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Day of the year
August 27 is the 239th day of the year (240th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 126 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1689 – The
Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by
Russia and the
Qing Empire (
Julian calendar ).
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Members of the
1st Maryland Regiment repeatedly charged a numerically superior British force during the
Battle of Long Island , allowing
General Washington and the rest of the American troops to escape.
[4]
1791 –
French Revolution :
Frederick William II of Prussia and
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor , issue the
Declaration of Pillnitz , declaring the joint support of the
Holy Roman Empire and
Prussia for the
French monarchy , agitating the French revolutionaries and contributing to the outbreak of the
War of the First Coalition .
[5]
1793 –
French Revolutionary Wars : The city of
Toulon revolts against the
French Republic and admits the British and Spanish fleets to seize
its port , leading to the
Siege of Toulon by
French Revolutionary forces .
1798 –
Wolfe Tone 's
United Irish and
French forces clash with the
British Army in the
Battle of Castlebar , part of the
Irish Rebellion of 1798 , resulting in the creation of the
French puppet
Republic of Connacht .
1810 –
Napoleonic Wars : The French Navy
defeats the British Royal Navy, preventing them from taking the harbour of
Grand Port on
Île de France .
1813 – French Emperor
Napoleon I defeats a larger force of
Austrians ,
Russians , and
Prussians at the
Battle of Dresden .
1828 – Brazil and Argentina recognize the sovereignty of Uruguay in the
Treaty of Montevideo
1832 –
Black Hawk , leader of the
Sauk tribe of Native Americans, surrenders to U.S. authorities, ending the
Black Hawk War .
1859 –
Petroleum is discovered in
Titusville, Pennsylvania , leading to the world's first commercially successful
oil well .
1881 – The
Georgia hurricane makes landfall near
Savannah, Georgia , resulting in an estimated 700 deaths.
1883 –
Eruption of Krakatoa : Four enormous explosions almost completely destroy the island of Krakatoa and cause years of climate change.
1893 – The
Sea Islands hurricane strikes the United States near
Savannah, Georgia , killing between 1,000 and 2,000 people.
1895 –
Japanese invasion of Taiwan :
Battle of Baguashan : The
Empire of Japan decisively defeats a smaller
Formosan army at
Changhua , crippling the short-lived
Republic of Formosa and leading to its surrender two months later.
[6]
1896 –
Anglo-Zanzibar War : The shortest war in world history (09:02 to 09:40), between the United Kingdom and
Zanzibar .
1901–present
1908 – The
Qing dynasty promulgates the
Qinding Xianfa Dagang , the first constitutional document in the
history of China , transforming the Qing empire into a
constitutional monarchy .
[7]
1914 –
World War I :
Battle of Étreux : A British rearguard action by the
Royal Munster Fusiliers during the
Great Retreat .
1914 – World War I:
Siege of Tsingtao : A Japanese fleet commanded by Vice Admiral
Sadakichi Kato imposes a blockade along the whole coastline of
German Tsingtao , initiating the
Siege of Tsingtao .
[8]
1915 – Attempted
assassination of
Bishop Patrick Heffron ,
bishop of the
Diocese of Winona , by
Rev. Louis M. Lesches.
1916 – World War I: The
Kingdom of Romania declares war on
Austria-Hungary , entering the war as one of the
Allied nations .
1918 –
Mexican Revolution :
Battle of Ambos Nogales :
U.S. Army forces skirmish against Mexican
Carrancistas in the only battle of
World War I fought on American soil.
1922 –
Greco-Turkish War : The Turkish army takes the
Aegean city of
Afyonkarahisar from the
Kingdom of Greece .
1927 –
Five Canadian women file a petition to the
Supreme Court of Canada , asking: "Does the word 'Persons' in Section 24 of the
British North America Act, 1867 , include female persons?"
1928 – The
Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
1933 – The first
Afrikaans Bible is introduced during a Bible Festival in
Bloemfontein .
1939 – First flight of the
turbojet -powered
Heinkel He 178 , the world's first
jet aircraft .
1942 – First day of the
Sarny Massacre , perpetrated by Germans and Ukrainians.
1943 –
World War II :
Japanese forces evacuate
New Georgia Island in the
Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
1943 – World War II: Aerial bombardment by the
Luftwaffe
razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in
Crete .
1955 – The first edition of the
Guinness Book of Records is published in Great Britain.
[9]
1956 – The nuclear power station at
Calder Hall in the United Kingdom was connected to the national power grid becoming the world's first commercial nuclear power station to generate electricity on an industrial scale.
1962 – The
Mariner 2 unmanned space mission is launched to
Venus by
NASA .
1963 – An explosion at the
Cane Creek potash mine near
Moab, Utah kills 18 miners.
[10]
[11]
1964 –
South Vietnamese junta leader
Nguyễn Khánh enters into a
triumvirate power-sharing arrangement with rival generals
Trần Thiện Khiêm and
Dương Văn Minh , who had both been involved in plots to unseat Khánh.
1971 – An attempted
coup d'état fails in the African nation of
Chad . The
Government of Chad accuses
Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off
diplomatic relations .
1975 – The Governor of
Portuguese Timor abandons its capital,
Dili , and flees to
Atauro Island , leaving control to a rebel group.
1979 –
The Troubles : Eighteen British soldiers are
killed in an ambush by the
Provisional Irish Republican Army near
Warrenpoint , Northern Ireland, in the deadliest attack on British forces during
Operation Banner . An IRA bomb also kills
British royal family member
Lord Mountbatten and three others on his boat at
Mullaghmore , Republic of Ireland.
1980 –
South Korean presidential election : After successfully staging the
Coup d'état of May Seventeenth , General
Chun Doo-hwan , running unopposed, has the National Conference for Unification elect him
President of the Fourth Republic of Korea .
[12]
1982 – Turkish
military diplomat Colonel
Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in
Ottawa .
Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide claim to be avenging the massacre of 1+ 1 ⁄2 million Armenians in the 1915
Armenian genocide .
1985 – Major General
Muhammadu Buhari , Chairman of the
Supreme Military Council of Nigeria , is ousted from power in a
coup d'état led by Major General
Ibrahim Babangida .
1991 – The
European Community recognizes the independence of the
Baltic states of
Estonia ,
Latvia and
Lithuania .
1991 –
Moldova declares independence from the
USSR .
1992 –
Aeroflot Flight 2808 crashes on approach to
Ivanovo Yuzhny Airport , killing all 84 aboard.
[13]
2003 –
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.
2003 – The first
six-party talks , involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the
North Korean nuclear weapons program .
2006 –
Comair Flight 5191 crashes on
takeoff from
Blue Grass Airport in
Lexington, Kentucky , bound for
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in
Atlanta . Of the passengers and crew, 49 of 50 are confirmed dead in the hours following the crash.
2009 –
Internal conflict in Myanmar : The
Burmese military junta and ethnic armies begin
three days of violent clashes in the
Kokang Special Region .
2011 –
Hurricane Irene strikes the United States east coast, killing 47 and causing an estimated $15.6 billion in damage.
[14]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1624 –
Koxinga , Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist (d. 1662)
1637 –
Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore , English politician, 2nd
Proprietor of Maryland (d. 1715)
1665 –
John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol , English politician (d. 1751)
1669 –
Anne Marie d'Orléans , queen of Sardinia (d. 1728)
1677 –
Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun , Austrian general (d. 1748)
1724 –
John Joachim Zubly , Swiss-American pastor, planter, and politician (d. 1781)
1730 –
Johann Georg Hamann , German philosopher and author (d. 1788)
1770 –
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , German philosopher and academic (d. 1831)
1785 –
Agustín Gamarra , Peruvian general and politician, 10th and 14th President of Peru (d. 1841)
[15]
1795 –
Giorgio Mitrovich , Maltese politician (d. 1885)
[16]
1803 –
Edward Beecher , American minister and theologian (d. 1895)
1809 –
Hannibal Hamlin , American publisher and politician, 15th
Vice President of the United States (d. 1891)
1812 –
Bertalan Szemere , Hungarian poet and politician, 3rd
Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1869)
1822 –
William Hayden English , American politician,
U.S. Representative from
Indiana and Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee (d. 1896)
[17]
1827 –
Charles Lilley , English-Australian politician, 4th
Premier of Queensland (d. 1897)
1845 –
Ödön Lechner , Hungarian architect, designed the
Museum of Applied Arts and the
Church of St Elisabeth (d. 1914)
1845 –
Friedrich Martens , Estonian-Russian historian, lawyer, and diplomat (d. 1909)
1856 –
Ivan Franko , Ukrainian author and poet (d. 1916)
1858 –
Giuseppe Peano , Italian mathematician and philosopher (d. 1932)
1864 –
Hermann Weingärtner , German gymnast (d. 1919)
1865 –
James Henry Breasted , American archaeologist and historian (d. 1935)
1865 –
Charles G. Dawes , American general and politician, 30th
Vice President of the United States ,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1951)
1868 –
Hong Beom-do , Korean general and activist (d. 1943)
1870 –
Amado Nervo , Mexican journalist, poet, and diplomat (d. 1919)
1871 –
Theodore Dreiser , American novelist and journalist (d. 1945)
1874 –
Carl Bosch , German chemist and engineer,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1940)
1875 –
Katharine McCormick , American biologist, philanthropist, and activist (d. 1967)
1877 –
Charles Rolls , English engineer and businessman, co-founded
Rolls-Royce Limited (d. 1910)
1877 –
Ernst Wetter , Swiss lawyer and politician, 48th
President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1963)
1878 –
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel , Russian general (d. 1928)
1884 –
Vincent Auriol , French lawyer and politician,
President of the French Republic (d. 1966)
[18]
1884 –
Denis G. Lillie , British biologist, member of the 1910–1913
Terra Nova Expedition (d. 1963)
1886 –
Rebecca Clarke , English viola player and composer (d. 1979)
[19]
1890 –
Man Ray , American-French photographer and painter (d. 1976)
1895 –
Andreas Alföldi , Hungarian archaeologist and historian (d. 1981)
1896 –
Kenji Miyazawa , Japanese author and poet (d. 1933)
1898 –
Gaspard Fauteux , Canadian businessman and politician, 19th
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (d. 1963)
1899 –
C. S. Forester , English novelist (d. 1966)
1901–present
1904 –
Alar Kotli , Estonian architect (d. 1963)
1904 –
Norah Lofts , English author (d. 1983)
1904 –
John Hay Whitney , American businessman, publisher, and diplomat, founded
J.H. Whitney & Company (d. 1982)
1905 –
Aris Velouchiotis , Greek soldier (d. 1945)
1906 –
Ed Gein , American murderer and body snatcher, The Butcher of Plainfield (d. 1982)
1908 –
Don Bradman , Australian cricketer and manager (d. 2001)
1908 –
Lyndon B. Johnson , American commander and politician, 36th
President of the United States (d. 1973)
[20]
1909 –
Sylvère Maes , Belgian cyclist (d. 1966)
1909 –
Charles Pozzi , French race car driver (d. 2001)
1909 –
Lester Young , American saxophonist and clarinet player (d. 1959)
1911 –
Kay Walsh , English actress and dancer (d. 2005)
1912 –
Gloria Guinness , Mexican journalist (d. 1980)
1915 –
Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. , American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011)
1916 –
Gordon Bashford , English engineer, co-designed the
Range Rover (d. 1991)
1916 –
Tony Harris , South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1993)
1916 –
Martha Raye , American actress and comedian (d. 1994)
1917 –
Peanuts Lowrey , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1986)
1918 –
Jelle Zijlstra , Dutch economist and politician,
Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2001)
1919 –
Pee Wee Butts , American baseball player and coach (d. 1972)
1919 –
Murray Grand , American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2007)
1920 –
Baptiste Manzini , American football player (d. 2008)
1920 –
James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead , Northern Irish soldier and politician (d. 2015)
1921 –
Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (d. 1996)
1921 –
Leo Penn , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1922 –
Roelof Kruisinga , Dutch physician and politician,
Minister of Defence for The Netherlands (d. 2012)
1923 –
Jimmy Greenhalgh , English footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1924 –
David Rowbotham , Australian journalist and poet (d. 2010)
1924 –
Rosalie E. Wahl , American lawyer and jurist (d. 2013)
1925 –
Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo , Italian cardinal (d. 2017)
1925 –
Nat Lofthouse , English footballer and manager (d. 2011)
1925 –
Saiichi Maruya , Japanese author and critic (d. 2012)
1925 –
Bill Neilson , Australian politician, 34th
Premier of Tasmania (d. 1989)
1925 –
Jaswant Singh Neki , Indian poet and academic (d. 2015)
1925 –
Carter Stanley , American bluegrass singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1966)
1926 –
George Brecht , American-German chemist and composer (d. 2008)
1926 –
Kristen Nygaard , Norwegian computer scientist and academic (d. 2002)
1928 –
Péter Boross , Hungarian lawyer and politician, 54th
Prime Minister of Hungary
1928 –
Mangosuthu Buthelezi , South African politician,
Chief Minister of KwaZulu (d. 2023)
1928 –
Joan Kroc , American philanthropist (d. 2003)
1929 –
Ira Levin , American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (d. 2007)
1929 –
George Scott , Canadian-American wrestler and promoter (d. 2014)
1930 –
Aase Foss Abrahamsen , Norwegian writer (d. 2023)
[21]
1930 –
Gholamreza Takhti , Iranian wrestler and politician (d. 1968)
1931 –
Sri Chinmoy , Indian-American guru and poet (d. 2007)
1931 –
Joe Cunningham , American baseball player and coach (d. 2021)
1932 –
Cor Brom , Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2008)
1932 –
Antonia Fraser , English historian and author
1935 –
Ernie Broglio , American baseball player (d. 2019)
1935 –
Michael Holroyd , English author
1935 –
Frank Yablans , American screenwriter and producer (d. 2014)
1936 –
Joel Kovel , American scholar and author (d. 2018)
1936 –
Lien Chan , Taiwanese politician,
Vice President of the Republic of China
1937 –
Alice Coltrane , American pianist and composer (d. 2007)
1937 –
Tommy Sands , American pop singer and actor
[22]
1939 –
William Least Heat-Moon , American travel writer and historian
[20]
1939 –
Edward Patten , American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
1939 –
Nikola Pilić , Yugoslav tennis player and coach
1940 –
Fernest Arceneaux , American singer and accordion player (d. 2008)
1940 –
Sonny Sharrock , American guitarist (d. 1994)
1941 –
Cesária Évora , Cape Verdean singer (d. 2011)
1941 –
János Konrád , Hungarian water polo player and swimmer (d. 2014)
1941 –
Harrison Page , American actor
1942 –
Daryl Dragon , American keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2019)
1942 –
Brian Peckford , Canadian educator and politician, 3rd
Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
1943 –
Chuck Girard , American singer-songwriter and pianist
1943 –
Bob Kerrey , American lieutenant and politician,
Medal of Honor recipient, 35th
Governor of Nebraska
1943 –
Tuesday Weld , American model and actress
[22]
1944 –
G. W. Bailey , American actor
[22]
1944 –
Tim Bogert , American singer and bass player (d. 2021)
1945 –
Douglas R. Campbell , Canadian lawyer and judge
1945 –
Marianne Sägebrecht , German actress
[22]
1946 –
Tony Howard , Barbadian cricketer and manager
1947 –
Barbara Bach , American actress and model
[20]
1947 –
Halil Berktay , Turkish historian and academic
1947 –
Kirk Francis , American engineer and producer
1947 –
Peter Krieg , German director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2009)
1947 –
John Morrison , New Zealand cricketer and politician
1947 –
Gavin Pfuhl , South African cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2002)
1948 –
John Mehler , American drummer
1948 –
Sgt. Slaughter , American wrestler
[23]
1948 –
Deborah Swallow , English historian and curator
1948 –
Philippe Vallois , French director and screenwriter
1949 –
Jeff Cook , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022)
[24]
1949 –
Leah Jamieson , American computer scientist, engineer, and academic
1949 –
Ann Murray , Irish soprano
1950 –
Charles Fleischer , American comedian and actor
1950 –
Neil Murray , Scottish bass player and songwriter
1950 –
Edmund Weiner , English lexicographer and author
1951 –
Buddy Bell , American baseball player and manager
1951 –
Mack Brown , American football player and coach
1951 –
Randall Garrison , American-Canadian criminologist and politician
1952 –
Paul Reubens , American actor and comedian (d. 2023)
[25]
1953 –
Tom Berryhill , American businessman and politician (d. 2020)
1953 –
Alex Lifeson , Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
[22]
1953 –
Joan Smith , English journalist and author
1953 –
Peter Stormare , Swedish actor, director, and playwright
[22]
1954 –
John Lloyd , English tennis player and sportscaster
1954 –
Rajesh Thakker , English physician and academic
1954 –
Derek Warwick , English race car driver
1955 –
Robert Richardson , American cinematographer
1955 –
Diana Scarwid , American actress
[22]
1956 –
Glen Matlock , English singer-songwriter and bass player
[22]
1957 –
Jeff Grubb , American game designer and author
1957 –
Bernhard Langer , German golfer
[20]
1958 –
Sergei Krikalev , Russian engineer and astronaut
1958 –
Tom Lanoye , Belgian author, poet, and playwright
1958 –
Hugh Orde , British police officer
[26]
1959 –
Daniela Romo , Mexican singer, actress and TV hostess
1959 –
Gerhard Berger , Austrian race car driver
1959 –
Juan Fernando Cobo , Colombian painter and sculptor
1959 –
Denice Denton , American engineer and academic (d. 2006)
1959 –
Frode Fjellheim , Norwegian pianist and composer
1959 –
András Petőcz , Hungarian author and poet
1959 –
Jeanette Winterson , English journalist and novelist
1961 –
Yolanda Adams , American singer, producer, and actress
[22]
1961 –
Mark Curry , English television host and actor
1961 –
Tom Ford , American fashion designer and film director
[20]
1961 –
Steve McDowall , New Zealand rugby player
1961 –
Helmut Winklhofer , German footballer
1962 –
Adam Oates , Canadian ice hockey player
[27]
1964 –
Stephan Elliott , Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
1964 –
Paul Bernardo , Canadian serial rapist and murderer
1965 –
Scott Dibble , American lawyer and politician
1965 –
Wayne James , Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
1965 –
Ange Postecoglou , Greek-Australian footballer and coach
1966 –
Jeroen Duyster , Dutch rower
1966 –
René Higuita , Colombian footballer
1966 –
Juhan Parts , Estonian lawyer and politician, 14th
Prime Minister of Estonia
1967 –
Ogie Alcasid , Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1967 –
Rob Burnett , American football player and sportscaster
1968 –
Eric "Bobo" Correa , American musician
[22]
1968 –
Daphne Koller , Israeli-American computer scientist and academic
1968 –
Michael Long , New Zealand golfer
1968 –
Matthew Ridge , New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
1969 –
Mark Ealham , English cricketer
1969 –
Cesar Millan , Mexican-American dog trainer, television personality, and author
1969 –
Reece Shearsmith , English actor, comedian and writer
1969 –
Chandra Wilson , American actress and director
[22]
1970 –
Andy Bichel , Australian cricketer and coach
1970 –
Mark Ilott , English cricketer
1970 –
Pokwang , Filipino comedian, actress, television host and singer
[28]
1970 –
Tony Kanal , British-American bass player. songwriter, and record producer
[22]
1970 –
Jim Thome , American baseball player and manager
1970 –
Karl Unterkircher , Italian mountaineer (d. 2008)
1971 –
Ernest Faber , Dutch footballer and manager
1971 –
Kyung Lah , South Korean-American journalist
1971 –
Hisayuki Okawa , Japanese runner
1971 –
Aygül Özkan , German lawyer and politician
1972 –
Jaap-Derk Buma , Dutch field hockey player
1972 –
Denise Lewis , English heptathlete
1972 –
Jimmy Pop , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 –
The Great Khali , Indian professional wrestler
[29]
1973 –
Danny Coyne , Welsh footballer
1973 –
Dietmar Hamann , German footballer and manager
1973 –
Burak Kut , Turkish singer-songwriter
1973 –
Johan Norberg , Swedish historian and author
1974 –
Aaron Downey , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
[30]
1974 –
Manny Fernandez , Canadian ice hockey player
[31]
1974 –
Michael Mason , New Zealand cricketer
1974 –
José Vidro , Puerto Rican-American baseball player
1974 –
Mohammad Yousuf , Pakistani cricketer
1975 –
Blake Adams , American golfer
1975 –
Mase , American rapper, songwriter and pastor
[22]
1975 –
Jonny Moseley , Puerto Rican-American skier and television host
1975 –
Marko Rudan , Australian footballer and manager
1976 –
Sarah Chalke , Canadian actress
[22]
1976 –
Audrey C. Delsanti , French astronomer and biologist
1976 –
Milano Collection A.T. , Japanese wrestler
1976 –
Carlos Moyá , Spanish-Swiss tennis player
1976 –
Mark Webber , Australian race car driver
1977 –
Deco , Brazilian-Portuguese footballer
1977 –
Justin Miller , American baseball player (d. 2013)
1978 –
Demetria McKinney , American actress and singer
[22]
1979 –
Sarah Neufeld , Canadian violinist
1979 –
Aaron Paul , American actor and producer
[22]
1979 –
Karel Rachůnek , Czech ice hockey player (d. 2011)
[32]
1979 –
Rusty Smith , American speed skater
1981 –
Patrick J. Adams , Canadian actor
[22]
1981 –
Maxwell Cabelino Andrade , Brazilian footballer
1981 –
Chantal Djotodia , Beninese-Central African nurse and politician
[33]
1981 –
Alessandro Gamberini , Italian footballer
1981 –
Karla Mosley , American actress
[22]
1983 –
Joanna McGilchrist , English rugby player and physiotherapist
1984 –
David Bentley , English footballer
[34]
1984 –
Amanda Fuller , American actress
[22]
1984 –
Sulley Muntari , Ghanaian footballer
1985 –
Kayla Ewell , American actress
[20]
1985 –
Kevan Hurst , English footballer
[35]
1985 –
Nikica Jelavić , Croatian footballer
1985 –
Alexandra Nechita , Romanian-American painter and sculptor
1986 –
Lana Bastašić , Serbian-Bosnian author and translator
[36]
1986 –
Sebastian Kurz , Austrian politician, 25th
Chancellor of Austria
1986 –
Mario , American singer and actor
[22]
1987 –
Joel Grant , English-Jamaican footballer
1987 –
Darren McFadden , American football player
1988 –
Alexa PenaVega , American actress and singer
[22]
1989 –
Romain Amalfitano , French footballer
[37]
1989 –
Juliana Cannarozzo , American figure skater and actress
1990 –
Tori Bowie , American athlete (d. 2023)
[38]
1990 –
Luuk de Jong , Dutch footballer
1991 –
Lee Sung-yeol , South Korean actor and singer
1992 –
Blake Jenner , American actor and singer
[20]
1992 –
Stephen Morris , American football player
1992 –
Kim Petras , German singer-songwriter
1992 –
Ayame Goriki , Japanese actress and singer
1993 –
Sarah Hecken , German figure skater
1993 –
Olivier Le Gac , French cyclist
1994 –
Ellar Coltrane , American actor
[22]
1994 –
Breanna Stewart , American basketball player
[39]
1995 –
Jessie Mei Li , English actress
[20]
1995 –
Sergey Sirotkin , Russian race car driver
1998 –
Kevin Huerter , American basketball player
[40]
2001 –
Franz Wagner , German basketball player
[41]
Deaths
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1611 –
Tomás Luis de Victoria , Spanish composer (b. c. 1548)
1635 –
Lope de Vega , Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1562)
1664 –
Francisco de Zurbarán , Spanish painter and educator (b. 1598)
1748 –
James Thomson , Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
1782 –
John Laurens , American Revolutionary and abolitionist (b. 1754)
1828 –
Eise Eisinga , Dutch astronomer and academic, built the
Eisinga Planetarium (b. 1744)
1857 –
Rufus Wilmot Griswold , American anthologist, poet, and critic (b. 1815)
1865 –
Thomas Chandler Haliburton , Canadian judge and politician (b. 1796)
1871 –
William Whiting Boardman , American lawyer and politician (b. 1794)
1875 –
William Chapman Ralston , American businessman and financier, founded the
Bank of California (b. 1826)
1891 –
Samuel C. Pomeroy , American businessman and politician (b. 1816)
1901–present
1903 –
Kusumoto Ine , first Japanese female doctor of Western medicine (b. 1827)
[44]
1909 –
Emil Christian Hansen , Danish physiologist and mycologist (b. 1842)
1922 –
Reşat Çiğiltepe , Turkish colonel (b. 1879)
1929 –
Herman Potočnik , Croatian-Austrian engineer (b. 1892)
1931 –
Frank Harris , Irish-American journalist and author (b. 1856)
1931 –
Willem Hubert Nolens , Dutch priest and politician (b. 1860)
1931 –
Francis Marion Smith , American miner and businessman (b. 1846)
1935 –
Childe Hassam , American painter and academic (b. 1859)
1944 –
Georg von Boeselager , German soldier (b. 1915)
1945 –
Hubert Pál Álgyay , Hungarian engineer, designed the
Petőfi Bridge (b. 1894)
1948 –
Charles Evans Hughes , American lawyer and politician, 11th
Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1862)
1950 –
Cesare Pavese , Italian author, poet, and critic (b. 1908)
1956 –
Pelageya Shajn , Russian astronomer and academic (b. 1894)
1958 –
Ernest Lawrence , American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
1963 –
W. E. B. Du Bois , American sociologist, historian, and activist (b. 1868)
1963 –
Inayatullah Khan Mashriqi , Pakistani mathematician and scholar (b. 1888)
1964 –
Gracie Allen , American actress and comedian (b. 1895)
1965 –
Le Corbusier , Swiss-French architect and urban planner, designed the
Philips Pavilion (b. 1887)
1967 –
Brian Epstein , English businessman and manager (b. 1934)
1968 –
Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (b. 1906)
1969 –
Ivy Compton-Burnett , English author (b. 1884)
1969 –
Erika Mann , German actress and author (b. 1905)
1971 –
Bennett Cerf , American publisher, co-founded
Random House (b. 1898)
1971 –
Margaret Bourke-White , American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)
1975 –
Haile Selassie , Ethiopian emperor (b. 1892)
1978 –
Gordon Matta-Clark , American painter and illustrator (b. 1943)
1978 –
Ieva Simonaitytė , Lithuanian author and poet (b. 1897)
1979 –
Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma , English admiral and politician, 44th
Governor-General of India (b. 1900)
1980 –
Douglas Kenney , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1947)
1981 –
Valeri Kharlamov , Russian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
1990 –
Avdy Andresson , Estonian soldier and diplomat (b. 1899)
1990 –
Stevie Ray Vaughan , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1954)
1992 –
Bengt Holbek , Danish folklorist (b. 1933)
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1994 –
Frank Jeske , German footballer (b. 1960)
1996 –
Greg Morris , American actor (b. 1933)
1998 –
Essie Summers , New Zealand author (b. 1912)
1999 –
Hélder Câmara , Brazilian archbishop and theologian (b. 1909)
2001 –
Michael Dertouzos , Greek-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1936)
2001 –
Abu Ali Mustafa , Palestinian politician (b. 1938)
2002 –
Edwin Louis Cole , American religious leader and author (b. 1922)
2003 –
Pierre Poujade , French soldier and politician (b. 1920)
2004 –
Willie Crawford , American baseball player (b. 1946)
2005 –
Giorgos Mouzakis , Greek trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)
2005 –
Seán Purcell , Irish footballer (b. 1929)
2006 –
Hrishikesh Mukherjee , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
2006 –
Jesse Pintado , Mexican-American guitarist (b. 1969)
2007 –
Emma Penella , Spanish actress (b. 1930)
2009 –
Sergey Mikhalkov , Russian author and poet (b. 1913)
2010 –
Anton Geesink , Dutch martial artist (b. 1934)
2010 –
Luna Vachon , Canadian-American wrestler and manager (b. 1962)
2012 –
Neville Alexander , South African linguist and activist (b. 1936)
2012 –
Malcolm Browne , American journalist and photographer (b. 1931)
2012 –
Art Heyman , American basketball player (b. 1941)
2012 –
Ivica Horvat , Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1926)
2012 –
Richard Kingsland , Australian captain and pilot (b. 1916)
2012 –
Geliy Korzhev , Russian painter (b. 1925)
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2013 –
Chen Liting , Chinese director and playwright (b. 1910)
2013 –
Bill Peach , Australian journalist (b. 1935)
2013 –
Dave Thomas , Welsh golfer and architect (b. 1934)
2014 –
Jacques Friedel , French physicist and academic (b. 1921)
2014 –
Valeri Petrov , Bulgarian poet, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1920)
2014 –
Benno Pludra , German author (b. 1925)
2015 –
Kazi Zafar Ahmed , Bangladeshi politician, 8th
Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1939)
2015 –
Pascal Chaumeil , French director and screenwriter (b. 1961)
2015 –
Darryl Dawkins , American basketball player and coach (b. 1957)
2016 –
Cookie , Australian
Major Mitchell's cockatoo , oldest recorded parrot (b. 1933)
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