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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [461](/source/461) &ndash; Roman Emperor [Majorian](/source/Majorian) is beheaded near the river [Iria](/source/Staffora) in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the ''magister militum'' [Ricimer](/source/Ricimer).<ref>John of Antioch, ''Historia chronike'', fragment 203; Marcellinus, ''sa'' 461; ''[Fasti vindobonenses priores](/source/Fasti_vindobonenses_priores)'', No 588. [Procopius](/source/Procopius) (VII.14–15) does not mention the Emperor's return from Hispania and said that Majorian died of [dysentery](/source/dysentery): it is possible that the news has been put about by [Ricimer](/source/Ricimer) (Fik Meijer, ''Emperors Do not Die in Bed'', Routledge, 2004, {{ISBN|0-415-31201-9}}, p. 155). [Victor of Tonnena](/source/Victor_of_Tonnena) erroneously claims that Majorian reached Rome and was killed there, and puts this event in 463 (''Chronica'', ''s.a.'' 463).</ref>
* [626](/source/626) &ndash; The [Avar](/source/Avars_(Carpathians)) and [Slav](/source/Slavs) armies leave the [siege of Constantinople](/source/siege_of_Constantinople_(626)).<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Kaegi| first1 = Walter Emil| author1-link=Walter Kaegi| title  = Heraclius: Emperor of Byzantium| date= 2003|page=137| publisher= CUP| isbn  = 978-0521814591| url  = https://books.google.com/books?id=tlNlFZ_7UhoC}}</ref>
* [768](/source/768) &ndash; [Pope Stephen III](/source/Pope_Stephen_III) is elected to office, and quickly seeks Frankish protection against the Lombard threat, since the Byzantine Empire is no longer able to help.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mann|first= Horace K.|title= The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages, Vol. I: The Popes Under the Lombard Rule, Part 2 |date=1903|page=371}}</ref>
* [936](/source/936) &ndash; Coronation of King [Otto I of Germany](/source/Otto_I%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor).<ref>{{cite book|last=Reuter|first= Timothy|title= Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056|year= 1991|isbn= 978-0-582-49034-5|page=148|publisher= Longman}}</ref>
*[1461](/source/1461) &ndash; The [Ming dynasty](/source/Ming_dynasty) [Chinese military general](/source/Military_history_of_China_before_1912) Cao Qin [stages a coup](/source/Rebellion_of_Cao_Qin) against the [Tianshun Emperor](/source/Zhengtong_Emperor).<ref>{{cite journal |last=Robinson |first=David M. |title=Politics, Force and Ethnicity in Ming China: Mongols and the Abortive Coup of 1461 |journal=Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies |volume=59 |issue=1 |year=1999 |pages=79&ndash;123 |doi= 10.2307/2652684|jstor=2652684 }}</ref>
*[1479](/source/1479) &ndash; [Battle of Guinegate](/source/Battle_of_Guinegate_(1479)): French troops of King [Louis XI](/source/Louis_XI) were defeated by the Burgundians led by [Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg](/source/Maximilian_I%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor).<ref name="Hans Delbruck">{{cite book|last=Delbruck|first=Hans|title=History of the Art of War Volume IV: The Dawn of Modern Warfare|year=1985|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|location=Lincoln|isbn=0-8032-6586-7|pages=4–7}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[1679](/source/1679) &ndash; The [brigantine](/source/brigantine) ''[Le Griffon](/source/Le_Griffon)'' becomes the first ship to sail the upper [Great Lakes](/source/Great_Lakes) of North America.<ref name="Our Inland Seas">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m2QGAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Our+Inland+Seas:+Their+Shipping+%26+Commerce+for+Three+Centuries%22&pg=PR3 | title=Our Inland Seas: Their Shipping & Commerce for Three Centuries | publisher=A. C. McClurg & Co. | access-date=8 February 2011 | last=Mills | first=James Cooke | year=1910 | location=Chicago, Illinois | pages=36, 37, 40, 43, 50–56, 59–64, 112, 193| isbn=9780722201176 }}</ref>
*[1714](/source/1714) &ndash; The [Battle of Gangut](/source/Battle_of_Gangut): The first important victory of the [Russian Navy](/source/Russian_Navy).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mattila |first1=Tapani |title=Meri maamme turvana |trans-title=Sea safeguarding our country |year=1983 |publisher=K. J. Gummerus Osakeyhtiö |location=Jyväskylä |language=fi |pages=41–43|isbn=951-99487-0-8 }}</ref>
*[1743](/source/1743) &ndash; The [Treaty of Åbo](/source/Treaty_of_%C3%85bo) ended the [1741–1743 Russo-Swedish War](/source/Russo-Swedish_War_(1741%E2%80%931743)).<ref>[http://militera.lib.ru/h/shirokorad1/5_04.html Shirokorad A.B. ''Northern Wars of Russia''. Moscow, 2001] (in Russian)</ref><ref>Merovuo, Jenni. "‘Divided and validated’? The institutionalization of the Russo-Swedish border region in the 1743 peace treaty." ''Hungarian Geographical Bulletin'' 66.4 (2017): pp. 283-293.</ref>
*[1782](/source/1782) &ndash; [George Washington](/source/George_Washington) orders the creation of the [Badge of Military Merit](/source/Badge_of_Military_Merit) to honor soldiers wounded in battle.<ref name= "LOC">{{cite web |title = The George Washington Papers at the Library of Congress, 1741–1799 | work = George Washington, August 7, 1782, General Orders | date = August 7, 1782 | url = http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mgw:@field(DOCID+@lit(gw240544)) |access-date =October 1, 2006 }}</ref> It is later renamed to the more poetic [Purple Heart](/source/Purple_Heart).
*[1786](/source/1786) &ndash; The first federal [Indian Reservation](/source/Indian_reservation) is created by the [United States](/source/United_States).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=The Native North American Almanac|last=Champagne|first=Duane|publisher=Gale Group|year=2001|isbn=0787616559|location=Farmington Hills, MI}}</ref>
*[1789](/source/1789) &ndash; The [United States Department of War](/source/United_States_Department_of_War) is established.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/35480|title=The Establishment of the Department of War - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives|work=house.gov|access-date=December 16, 2016}}</ref>
*[1791](/source/1791) &ndash; American troops destroy the [Miami](/source/Miami_people) town of [Kenapacomaqua](/source/Battle_of_Kenapacomaqua) near the site of present-day [Logansport, Indiana](/source/Logansport%2C_Indiana) in the [Northwest Indian War](/source/Northwest_Indian_War).<ref>{{cite book |last=Ward |first=Harry M. |title=Charles Scott and the "Spirit of '76" |publisher=University Press of Virginia |location=[Charlottesville, Virginia](/source/Charlottesville%2C_Virginia) |page=[https://archive.org/details/charlesscottsp00ward/page/116 116] |year=1988 |isbn=0-8139-1152-4 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/charlesscottsp00ward/page/116 }}</ref>
*[1794](/source/1794) &ndash; [U.S. President](/source/President_of_the_United_States) George Washington invokes the [Militia Acts of 1792](/source/Militia_Acts_of_1792) to suppress the [Whiskey Rebellion](/source/Whiskey_Rebellion) in [western Pennsylvania](/source/western_Pennsylvania).<ref>{{cite book|last=Slaughter|first= Thomas P.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hym2U_4C5fYC |title=The Whiskey Rebellion: Frontier Epilogue to the American Revolution|publisher= Oxford University Press|date= 1986|isbn=0-19-505191-2| page=196}}</ref>
*[1819](/source/1819) &ndash; [Simón Bolívar](/source/Sim%C3%B3n_Bol%C3%ADvar) triumphs over Spain in the [Battle of Boyacá](/source/Battle_of_Boyac%C3%A1).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Boyaca|title=Battle of Boyacá {{!}} Latin America [1819]|website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref>
*[1858](/source/1858) &ndash; The first [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football) match is played between [Melbourne Grammar](/source/Melbourne_Grammar) and Scotch College.<ref name="piesse">{{Cite book| author=Ken Piesse| author-link=Ken Piesse| title=The Complete Guide to Australian Football | publisher=Pan Macmillan Australia | year=1995 | isbn=0-330-35712-3 }} p303.</ref>
*[1890](/source/1890) &ndash; [Anna Månsdotter](/source/Anna_M%C3%A5nsdotter), found guilty of the 1889 [Yngsjö murder](/source/Yngsj%C3%B6_murder), became the last woman to be executed in Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://monaper.se/Yngsjomordet.htm|title=Yngsjömordet|website=monaper.se|access-date=28 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100812020556/http://www.monaper.se/Yngsjomordet.htm|archive-date=2010-08-12|url-status=dead|language=sv}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=According to this webpage, it's based on Wikipedia. "Källa:Wikipedia, den fria encyklopedin" translates as "Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia".|date=April 2019}}

===1901–present===
*[1909](/source/1909) &ndash; [Alice Huyler Ramsey](/source/Alice_Huyler_Ramsey) and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, [New York](/source/New_York_(state)) to [San Francisco, California](/source/San_Francisco).<ref name="smithsonian">{{cite journal |first=Marina Koestler |last=Ruben |title=Alice Ramsey's Historic Cross-Country Drive |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/specialsections/womens-history/The-Centennial-of-Alice-Ramseys-Drive.html |quote=In 1909, 22-year-old Alice Ramsey made history as the first woman to drive across the United States |journal= [Smithsonian](/source/Smithsonian_(magazine)) |publisher= [Smithsonian Institution](/source/Smithsonian_Institution) |date= June 5, 2009 |access-date=September 5, 2019 }}</ref>
*[1926](/source/1926) &ndash; The first [British Grand Prix](/source/British_Grand_Prix) was held at [Brooklands](/source/Brooklands).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/classic/first-british-grand-prix-at-brooklands-celebrated/ |title=First British Grand Prix at Brooklands celebrated  |date=9 August 2016 |accessdate=7 August 2025 |publisher=[The Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)}}</ref>
*[1927](/source/1927) &ndash; The [Peace Bridge](/source/Peace_Bridge) opens between [Fort Erie, Ontario](/source/Fort_Erie%2C_Ontario) and [Buffalo, New York](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.peacebridge.com/news.php?action=viewStory&id=21|title=Peace Bridge Authority|date=7 March 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307215156/http://www.peacebridge.com/news.php?action=viewStory&id=21|archive-date=7 March 2008}}</ref>
*[1930](/source/1930) &ndash; The last confirmed [lynching](/source/lynching) of black people in the Northern United States occurs in [Marion, Indiana](/source/Marion%2C_Indiana); two men, [Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith](/source/Thomas_Shipp_and_Abram_Smith), are murdered.<ref name="Bradley">{{cite web|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/anatomy-murder/|author= David Bradley|title=Anatomy of a Murder: Review of Cynthia Carr's ''Our Town''|website=The Nation|date= May 24, 2006|access-date=Feb 4, 2020}}</ref>
*[1933](/source/1933) &ndash; The [Kingdom of Iraq](/source/Kingdom_of_Iraq) [slaughters](/source/Simele_massacre) over 3,000 Assyrians in the village of Simele. This date is recognized as ''Martyrs Day'' or ''National Day of Mourning'' by the Assyrian community in memory of the Simele massacre.<ref>{{cite web|last=Shapira|first=Aprim|title=Why is the 7th of August an Assyrian Martyrs' Day?|url=http://www.bethsuryoyo.com/currentevents/AprimShapira8/WhyAugust7.html|publisher=Beth Suryoyo Assyrian|access-date=23 September 2011|archive-date=23 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923112153/http://www.bethsuryoyo.com/currentevents/AprimShapira8/WhyAugust7.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
*[1942](/source/1942) &ndash; [World War II](/source/World_War_II): The [Battle of Guadalcanal](/source/Guadalcanal_campaign) begins as the [United States Marines](/source/United_States_Marine_Corps) initiate the first American offensive of the war with landings on [Guadalcanal](/source/Guadalcanal) and [Tulagi](/source/Battle_of_Tulagi_and_Gavutu%E2%80%93Tanambogo) in the [Solomon Islands](/source/Solomon_Islands).<ref>{{cite book|last=McGee|first= William L.|title= The Solomons Campaigns, 1942–1943: From Guadalcanal to Bougainville – Pacific War Turning Point, Volume 2. |publisher=Santa Barbara, CA: BMC Publications|date= 2002| isbn=0-9701678-7-3 |oclc=49317834|page=21}}</ref>
*[1944](/source/1944) &ndash; [IBM](/source/IBM) dedicates the first program-controlled [calculator](/source/calculator), the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the [Harvard Mark I](/source/Harvard_Mark_I)).<ref>{{cite journal|title=Proposed automatic calculating machine (Abstract)|journal=IEEE Spectrum|date=August 1964 |volume=1|issue=8|pages=62–69|doi=10.1109/MSPEC.1964.6500770|publisher=IEEE Xplore|s2cid=51652725 |issn=0018-9235}}</ref>
*[1946](/source/1946) &ndash; The government of the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union) presented a note to its [Turkish counterparts](/source/Turkey) which refuted the latter's sovereignty over the [Turkish Straits](/source/Turkish_Straits), thus beginning the [Turkish Straits crisis](/source/Turkish_Straits_crisis).<ref>{{cite book |last=Rozakes |first=Chrestos |title=Turkish Straits |year=1987 |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers |location=Dordrecht |page=43}}</ref>
*[1947](/source/1947) &ndash; [Thor Heyerdahl](/source/Thor_Heyerdahl)'s [balsa wood](/source/Ochroma_pyramidale) raft, the ''[Kon-Tiki](/source/Kon-Tiki)'', smashes into the [reef](/source/reef) at [Raroia](/source/Raroia) in the [Tuamotu Islands](/source/Tuamotus) after a 101-day, {{Convert|7000|km|mi}} journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.<ref name="arrlDec1947">{{cite journal |journal=QST |title=Kon-Tiki Communications – Well Done! |date=December 1947 |author=Anonymous |pages=69, 143–48 |publisher=The [American Radio Relay League](/source/American_Radio_Relay_League)}}([http://p1k.arrl.org/cgi-bin/topdf.cgi?id=28028&pub=qst pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410014312/http://p1k.arrl.org/cgi-bin/topdf.cgi?id=28028&pub=qst |date=2022-04-10 }})</ref>
*  1947   &ndash; The [Bombay Municipal Corporation](/source/Municipal_Corporation_of_Greater_Mumbai) formally takes over the [Bombay Electric Supply and Transport](/source/Brihanmumbai_Electric_Supply_and_Transport) (BEST).<ref name="Motor Bus">{{cite web|url=http://bestundertaking.com/his_chap03.asp |title=Motor-Bus Appears |publisher=BEST Undertaking |access-date=12 October 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115024212/http://bestundertaking.com/his_chap03.asp |archive-date=15 January 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref>
*[1959](/source/1959) &ndash; [Explorer program](/source/Explorer_program): ''[Explorer 6](/source/Explorer_6)'' launches from the [Atlantic Missile Range](/source/Eastern_Range) in [Cape Canaveral, Florida](/source/Cape_Canaveral%2C_Florida).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usspaceobjectsregistry.state.gov/registry/dsp_DetailView.cfm?id=12 |title= Details of Explorer 6 (S-2) |access-date  = 2008-02-03 |publisher=U.S. Space Objects Registry |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924043243/http://usspaceobjectsregistry.state.gov/registry/dsp_DetailView.cfm?id=12 |archive-date = 2006-09-24}}</ref>
*[1960](/source/1960) &ndash; [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast) becomes independent from France.<ref name="CIA">{{Cite CIA World Factbook|country=Cote Divoire|access-date=8 August 2008 |year=2008}}</ref>
*[1962](/source/1962) &ndash; Canadian-born American pharmacologist [Frances Oldham Kelsey](/source/Frances_Oldham_Kelsey) is awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorize [thalidomide](/source/thalidomide).<ref name="jfk">{{citation |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=8807 |last=Kennedy |first=John F. |author-link=John F. Kennedy |year=1962 |title=Remarks Upon Presenting the President's Awards for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service |access-date = May 1, 2006}}.</ref>
*[1964](/source/1964) &ndash; [Vietnam War](/source/Vietnam_War): The [U.S. Congress](/source/United_States_Congress) passes the [Gulf of Tonkin Resolution](/source/Gulf_of_Tonkin_Resolution) giving U.S. President [Lyndon B. Johnson](/source/Lyndon_B._Johnson) broad war powers to deal with [North Vietnam](/source/North_Vietnam)ese attacks on American forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s481|title=Senate Vote #481 in 1964 (88th Congress)|website=GovTrack|access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h197|title=House Vote #197 in 1964 (88th Congress)|website=GovTrack|access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref>
*[1969](/source/1969) &ndash; [Richard Nixon](/source/Richard_Nixon) appoints Luis R. Bruce, a [Mohawk](/source/Mohawk_people)-[Oglala](/source/Oglala_Lakota) Sioux and co-founder of the [National Congress of American Indians](/source/National_Congress_of_American_Indians), as the new commissioner of the [Bureau of Indian Affairs](/source/Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs).<ref name=":0" />
*[1970](/source/1970) &ndash; California judge [Harold Haley](/source/Harold_Haley) is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during an effort to free [George Jackson](/source/George_Jackson_(Black_Panther)) from police custody.<ref name=time>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,909547-1,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080913023405/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,909547-1,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 13, 2008 |title=Justice: A Bad Week for the Good Guys |access-date=2008-06-04 |date = August 1970|magazine=[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))}}</ref>
*[1974](/source/1974) &ndash; [Philippe Petit](/source/Philippe_Petit) performs a high wire act between the Twin Towers of the [World Trade Center](/source/World_Trade_Center_(1973-2001)) {{Convert|1368|ft|m}} in the air.<ref name="grace">{{cite news|first=Grace|last=Lichtenstein|title=Stuntman, Eluding Guards, Walks a Tightrope Between Trade Center Towers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/08/archives/stuntman-eluding-guards-walks-a-tightrope-between-trade-center.html?sq=%2522Philippe+Petit%2522&scp=7&st=p|quote=Combining the cunning of a second-story man with the nerve of an [Evel Knievel](/source/Evel_Knievel), a French high-wire artist sneaked past guards at the [World Trade center](/source/World_Trade_Center_(1973%E2%80%932001)), ran a cable between the tops of its twin towers and tightrope-walked across it yesterday morning.|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=8 August 1974|access-date=18 April 2008 }}</ref>
*[1976](/source/1976) &ndash; [Viking program](/source/Viking_program): ''[Viking 2](/source/Viking_2)'' enters orbit around [Mars](/source/Mars).<ref name="NASA-20061218">{{cite web |last=Williams |first=David R. Dr. |title=Viking Mission to Mars |url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/viking.html |date=December 18, 2006 |work=[NASA](/source/NASA) |access-date=February 2, 2014 |archive-date=February 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170221095328/http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/viking.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[1978](/source/1978) &ndash; U.S. President [Jimmy Carter](/source/Jimmy_Carter) declares a federal emergency at [Love Canal](/source/Love_Canal) due to [toxic waste](/source/toxic_waste) that had been disposed of negligently.<ref>{{cite book|last=Blum|first=Elizabeth D.|title=Love Canal Revisited : Race, Class, and Gender in Environmental Activism|publisher=University Press of Kansas|year=2008|location=Kansas|isbn=978-0-7006-1560-5|page=28}}</ref>
*[1981](/source/1981) &ndash; ''[The Washington Star](/source/The_Washington_Star)'' ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.<ref>{{cite web|first=Edwin|last=Yoder|url=http://www.vqronline.org/articles/1993/autumn/yoder-star-wars-adventures/|title=Star Wars: Adventures in Attempting to Save a Failing Newspaper|website=Virginia Quarterly Review|access-date=2020-02-23|archive-date=2007-10-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015200314/http://www.vqronline.org/articles/1993/autumn/yoder-star-wars-adventures/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[1985](/source/1985) &ndash; [Takao Doi](/source/Takao_Doi), [Mamoru Mohri](/source/Mamoru_Mohri) and [Chiaki Mukai](/source/Chiaki_Mukai) are chosen to be Japan's first [astronaut](/source/astronaut)s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/reports/iss_reports/2011/08072011.html|title=ISS On-Orbit Status 08/07/11|website=NASA|access-date=February 23, 2020}}</ref>
*[1987](/source/1987) &ndash; [Cold War](/source/Cold_War): [Lynne Cox](/source/Lynne_Cox) becomes the first person to swim from the United States to the [Soviet Union](/source/Soviet_Union), crossing the [Bering Strait](/source/Bering_Strait) from [Little Diomede Island](/source/Little_Diomede_Island) in Alaska to [Big Diomede](/source/Big_Diomede) in the Soviet Union.<ref name="history.com">{{cite web|title=Lynne Cox swims into communist territory|date=16 November 2009 |url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lynne-cox-swims-into-communist-territory|publisher=History|access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref>
*[1989](/source/1989) &ndash; U.S. Congressman [Mickey Leland](/source/Mickey_Leland) (D-[TX](/source/Texas)) and 15 others die in a [plane crash](/source/Aviation_accidents_and_incidents) in [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia).<ref>{{cite web|last=Hiltzik|first= Michael A.|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=diJUAAAAIBAJ&pg=5803,4680798&dq=mickey+leland+crash&hl=en|title= Leland crash leaves no survivors|website= [Los Angeles Times](/source/Los_Angeles_Times) at the [Boca Raton News](/source/Boca_Raton_News)|date= August 14, 1989}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; The [National Cold Fusion Institute](/source/National_Cold_Fusion_Institute) opened in [Salt Lake City](/source/Salt_Lake_City).<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 23, 2004 |title=Cold fusion & Utah |url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?itype=storyID&id=1018B4B2015A0FE2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260215185816/https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?itype=storyID&id=1018B4B2015A0FE2 |archive-date=February 15, 2026 |access-date=February 15, 2026 |work=[The Salt Lake Tribune](/source/The_Salt_Lake_Tribune) |issn=0746-3502}}</ref>
*[1990](/source/1990) &ndash; First American soldiers arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the [Gulf War](/source/Gulf_War).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Timeline |url=http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Aug2000/n08082000_20008088.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526135240/http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=45404 |archive-date=26 May 2008 |access-date=30 June 2010}}</ref>
*[1993](/source/1993) &ndash; [Ada Deer](/source/Ada_Deer), a [Menominee](/source/Menominee) activist, is sworn in as the head of the [Bureau of Indian Affairs](/source/Bureau_of_Indian_Affairs).<ref name=":0" />
*[1995](/source/1995) &ndash; The Chilean government declares [state of emergency](/source/state_of_emergency) in the southern half of the country in response to an event of intense, cold, wind, rain and snowfall known as the [White Earthquake](/source/White_Earthquake).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.armada.cl/armada/en-el-radar/la-armada-de-chile-a-25-anos-del-terremoto-blanco/2020-08-14/100532.html|title=La Armada de Chile a 25 años del "Terremoto Blanco"|date=2020-08-14|access-date=2021-02-23|website=armada.cl|publisher=[Chilean Navy](/source/Chilean_Navy)|language=Spanish}}</ref>  
*[1997](/source/1997) &ndash; [Space Shuttle Program](/source/Space_Shuttle_program): The [Space Shuttle](/source/Space_Shuttle) ''[Discovery](/source/Space_Shuttle_Discovery)'' launches on [STS-85](/source/STS-85) from the [Kennedy Space Center](/source/Kennedy_Space_Center) in Cape Canaveral, Florida.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-85.html|title=NASA - STS-85|last=Warnock|first=Lynda|website=www.nasa.gov|publisher=NASA |access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [Fine Air Flight 101](/source/Fine_Air_Flight_101) crashes after takeoff from [Miami International Airport](/source/Miami_International_Airport), killing five people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19970807-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61F N27UA Miami International Airport, FL (MIA)|last1=Ranter|first1=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref>
*[1998](/source/1998) &ndash; [Bombings at United States embassies](/source/1998_United_States_embassy_bombings) in [Dar es Salaam, Tanzania](/source/Dar_es_Salaam) and [Nairobi, Kenya](/source/Nairobi) kill approximately 212 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usinfo.state.gov/is/international_security/terrorism/embassy_bombings.html |title=U.S. Embassy Bombings |publisher=U.S. Department of State website |access-date=August 4, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805035833/http://usinfo.state.gov/is/international_security/terrorism/embassy_bombings.html |archive-date=August 5, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[1999](/source/1999) &ndash; The [Chechnya](/source/Chechnya)-based [Islamic International Brigade](/source/Islamic_International_Brigade) [invades](/source/War_of_Dagestan) neighboring [Dagestan](/source/Dagestan).<ref name="mdb.cast.ru">{{cite news|author=Alexander Pashin|url=http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/3-2002/ac/raowdsmcc/|title=Russian Army Operations and Weaponry During Second Military Campaign in Chechnya|work=[Moscow Defense Brief](/source/Moscow_Defense_Brief)|publisher=Mdb.cast.ru|issue=#3|date=2002|access-date=2015-02-23|archive-date=2009-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129141108/http://mdb.cast.ru/mdb/3-2002/ac/raowdsmcc/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[2007](/source/2007) &ndash; At [AT&T Park](/source/AT%26T_Park), [Barry Bonds](/source/Barry_Bonds) hits his 756th career [home run](/source/home_run) to surpass [Hank Aaron](/source/Hank_Aaron)'s 33-year-old record.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/08/sports/baseball/08bonds.html |title=Bonds Hits No. 756 to Break Aaron's Record |author=Jack Curry |work=The New York Times |date=August 8, 2007}}</ref>
*[2008](/source/2008) &ndash; The start of the [Russo-Georgian War](/source/Russo-Georgian_War) over the territory of [South Ossetia](/source/South_Ossetia).<ref name="Karlsson">{{cite web |url=http://www.fhs.se/Documents/Externwebben/forskning/Forskningsprojekt/Statsvet/Forbe/US-RussianRelationsKarlsson160912Def.pdf |title=Competing Powers: U.S.-Russian Relations, 2006–2016 |author=Håkan Karlsson |publisher=Swedish Defence University |date=12 September 2016 |page=50 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122135733/http://www.fhs.se/Documents/Externwebben/forskning/Forskningsprojekt/Statsvet/Forbe/US-RussianRelationsKarlsson160912Def.pdf |archive-date=22 January 2017 }}</ref>
*[2020](/source/2020) &ndash; [Air India Express Flight 1344](/source/Air_India_Express_Flight_1344) overshoots the runway at [Calicut International Airport](/source/Calicut_International_Airport) in the [Malappuram district](/source/Malappuram_district) of [Kerala](/source/Kerala), India, and crashes, killing 21 of the 190 people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-8HG (WL) VT-AXH Kozhikode-Calicut Airport (CCJ)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20200807-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-05|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816003703/https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20200807-0 |archive-date=2020-08-16 }}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [317](/source/317) &ndash; [Constantius II](/source/Constantius_II), Roman emperor (died 361)
*[1282](/source/1282) &ndash; [Elizabeth of Rhuddlan](/source/Elizabeth_of_Rhuddlan) (died 1316)
*[1533](/source/1533) &ndash; [Alonso de Ercilla](/source/Alonso_de_Ercilla), Spanish soldier and poet (died 1595)
*[1560](/source/1560) &ndash; [Elizabeth Báthory](/source/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory), Hungarian aristocrat and purported serial killer (died 1614)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Bathory {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Bathory |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=21 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[1571](/source/1571) &ndash; [Thomas Lupo](/source/Thomas_Lupo_the_elder), English [viol](/source/viol) player and composer (died 1627)
*[1574](/source/1574) &ndash; [Robert Dudley](/source/Robert_Dudley_(explorer)), English explorer and cartographer (died 1649)
*[1598](/source/1598) &ndash; [Georg Stiernhielm](/source/Georg_Stiernhielm), Swedish poet and linguist (died 1672)

===1601–1900===
*[1613](/source/1613) &ndash; [William Frederick, Prince of Nassau-Dietz](/source/William_Frederick%2C_Prince_of_Nassau-Dietz), Dutch stadtholder (died 1664)
*[1702](/source/1702) &ndash; [Muhammad Shah](/source/Muhammad_Shah), Mughal emperor of India (died 1748)
*[1726](/source/1726) &ndash; [James Bowdoin](/source/James_Bowdoin), American banker and politician, 2nd [Governor of Massachusetts](/source/Governor_of_Massachusetts) (died 1790)
*[1742](/source/1742) &ndash; [Nathanael Greene](/source/Nathanael_Greene), American general (died 1786)
*[1751](/source/1751) &ndash; [Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange](/source/Wilhelmina_of_Prussia%2C_Princess_of_Orange) (died 1820)
*  1779   &ndash; [Carl Ritter](/source/Carl_Ritter), German geographer and academic (died 1859)
*[1826](/source/1826) &ndash; [August Ahlqvist](/source/August_Ahlqvist), Finnish professor, poet, scholar of the [Finno-Ugric languages](/source/Finno-Ugric_languages), author, and literary critic (died 1889)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/3105|title=Ahlqvist, August (1826-1889)|publisher=  kansallisbiografia|author=  H. K. Riikonen |accessdate=July 6, 2021|language=fi}}</ref>
*[1844](/source/1844) &ndash; [Auguste Michel-Lévy](/source/Auguste_Michel-L%C3%A9vy), French geologist and author (died 1911)
*[1862](/source/1862) &ndash; [Henri Le Sidaner](/source/Henri_Le_Sidaner), French painter (died 1939)
*  1862   &ndash; [Victoria of Baden](/source/Victoria_of_Baden) (died 1931)
*[1867](/source/1867) &ndash; [Emil Nolde](/source/Emil_Nolde), Danish-German painter and illustrator (died 1956)
*[1868](/source/1868) &ndash; [Ladislaus Bortkiewicz](/source/Ladislaus_Bortkiewicz), Russian-German economist and statistician (died 1931)
*  1868   &ndash; [Huntley Wright](/source/Huntley_Wright), English actor (died 1941)
*[1869](/source/1869) &ndash; [Mary Frances Winston](/source/Mary_Frances_Winston_Newson),  American mathematician (died 1959)<ref>{{cite book | first=Betsey S. | last=Whitman | chapter=Mary Frances Winston Newson | editor-last1=Grinstein | editor-first1=Louise S. | editor-last2=Campbell | editor-first2=Paul J. | title=Women of Mathematics: a Biobibliographic Sourcebook | place=New York | publisher=Greenwood Press | year=1987 | isbn=978-0-3132-4849-8 | page=[https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/161 161] | chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/womenofmathemati0000unse/page/161 }}</ref>
*[1876](/source/1876) &ndash; [Mata Hari](/source/Mata_Hari), Dutch dancer and spy (died 1917)
*[1879](/source/1879) &ndash; [Johannes Kotze](/source/Johannes_Kotze), South African cricketer (died 1931)
*[1884](/source/1884) &ndash; [Billie Burke](/source/Billie_Burke), American actress and singer (died 1970)
*  1884   &ndash; [Nikolai Triik](/source/Nikolai_Triik), Estonian painter and illustrator (died 1940) 
*[1887](/source/1887) &ndash; [Anna Elisabet Weirauch](/source/Anna_Elisabet_Weirauch), German author and playwright (died 1970)
*[1890](/source/1890) &ndash; [Elizabeth Gurley Flynn](/source/Elizabeth_Gurley_Flynn), American author and activist (died 1964)

===1901–present===
*[1901](/source/1901) &ndash; [Ann Harding](/source/Ann_Harding), American actress and singer (died 1981)
*[1903](/source/1903) &ndash; [Louis Leakey](/source/Louis_Leakey), Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist (died 1972)
*[1904](/source/1904) &ndash; [Ralph Bunche](/source/Ralph_Bunche), American political scientist, academic, and diplomat, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Peace_Prize) laureate (died 1971)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apsanet.org/DIVERSITY/Ralph-Bunche-Summer-Institute/About-Dr-Ralph-J-Bunche|title=About Dr. Ralph J. Bunche|website=American Political Science Association|access-date=August 17, 2024}}</ref>
*[1907](/source/1907) &ndash; [Albert Kotin](/source/Albert_Kotin), Belarusian-American soldier and painter (died 1980)
*[1911](/source/1911) &ndash; [István Bibó](/source/Istv%C3%A1n_Bib%C3%B3), Hungarian lawyer and politician (died 1979)
*  1911   &ndash; [Nicholas Ray](/source/Nicholas_Ray), American director and screenwriter (died 1979)
*[1916](/source/1916) &ndash; [Kermit Love](/source/Kermit_Love),  American actor, puppeteer, and costume designer (died 2008)
*[1918](/source/1918) &ndash; [C. Buddingh'](/source/C._Buddingh'), Dutch poet and translator (died 1985)
*  1918   &ndash; [Gordon Zahn](/source/Gordon_Zahn), American sociologist and author (died 2007)
*[1921](/source/1921) &ndash; [Manitas de Plata](/source/Manitas_de_Plata), French guitarist (died 2014)
*  1921   &ndash; [Karel Husa](/source/Karel_Husa), Czech-American composer and conductor (died 2016)
*[1925](/source/1925) &ndash; [Felice Bryant](/source/Felice_and_Boudleaux_Bryant), American songwriter (died 2003)
*[1926](/source/1926) &ndash; [Stan Freberg](/source/Stan_Freberg), American puppeteer, voice actor, and singer (died 2015)
*[1927](/source/1927) &ndash; [Edwin Edwards](/source/Edwin_Edwards), American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 50th [Governor of Louisiana](/source/Governor_of_Louisiana) (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Heil |first1=Emily |title=Edwin Edwards, roguish Louisiana governor, dies at 93 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/edwin-edwards-dead/2021/07/12/c475ef5e-c22c-11e1-99f6-7f2e755d43fd_story.html |access-date=July 30, 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=July 12, 2021}}</ref>   
*[1928](/source/1928) &ndash; [Betsy Byars](/source/Betsy_Byars), American author and academic (died 2020)
*  1928   &ndash; [Owen Luder](/source/Owen_Luder), English architect, designed [Tricorn Centre](/source/Tricorn_Centre) and [Trinity Square](/source/Trinity_Square%2C_Gateshead) (died 2021)
*  1928   &ndash; [James Randi](/source/James_Randi), Canadian-American stage magician and author (died 2020)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Valentine |first1=Paul W. |title=James Randi, magician and stage artist devoted to debunking the paranormal, dies at 92 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/james-randi-magician-and-stage-artist-devoted-to-debunking-the-paranormal-dies-at-92/2020/10/21/b6e1da3e-13ee-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html |access-date=October 22, 2020 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=October 21, 2020}}</ref>
*[1929](/source/1929) &ndash; [Don Larsen](/source/Don_Larsen), American baseball player (died 2020)<ref>{{cite web|author=Richard Goldstein|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/obituaries/don-larsen-dead.html|title=Don Larsen, Yankee Who Pitched Only Perfect Game in World Series History, Dies at 90|website=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>
*[1930](/source/1930) &ndash; [Togrul Narimanbekov](/source/Togrul_Narimanbekov), Azerbaijani-French painter and academic (died 2013)
*  1930   &ndash; [Veljo Tormis](/source/Veljo_Tormis), Estonian composer and educator (died 2017)
*[1932](/source/1932) &ndash; [Abebe Bikila](/source/Abebe_Bikila), Ethiopian runner (died 1973)
*  1932   &ndash; [Edward Hardwicke](/source/Edward_Hardwicke), English actor (died 2011)
*  1932   &ndash; [Rien Poortvliet](/source/Rien_Poortvliet), Dutch painter and illustrator (died 1995)
*  1932   &ndash; [Maurice Rabb Jr.](/source/Maurice_Rabb_Jr.), American ophthalmologist and academic (died 2005)
*[1933](/source/1933) &ndash; [Eddie Firmani](/source/Eddie_Firmani), South African footballer and manager
*  1933   &ndash; [Elinor Ostrom](/source/Elinor_Ostrom), American economist and academic, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences) laureate (died 2012)
*  1933   &ndash; [Jerry Pournelle](/source/Jerry_Pournelle), American journalist and author (died 2017)
*  1933   &ndash; [Alberto Romulo](/source/Alberto_Romulo), Filipino politician and diplomat
*[1934](/source/1934) &ndash; [Sándor Simó](/source/S%C3%A1ndor_Sim%C3%B3), Hungarian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2001)
*[1935](/source/1935) &ndash; [Lee Corso](/source/Lee_Corso), American college football coach and broadcaster<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lee Corso NFL Stats - Pro Football Archives |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerc/cors00400.html |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=www.profootballarchives.com}}</ref>
*  1935   &ndash; [Rahsaan Roland Kirk](/source/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk), American saxophonist and composer (died 1977)
*[1937](/source/1937) &ndash; [Zoltán Berczik](/source/Zolt%C3%A1n_Berczik), Hungarian table tennis player and coach (died 2011)
*  1937   &ndash; [Don Wilson](/source/Don_Wilson_(cricketer)), English cricketer and coach (died 2012)
*[1938](/source/1938) &ndash; [Giorgetto Giugiaro](/source/Giorgetto_Giugiaro), Italian automotive designer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.comunemonteargentario.gov.it/territorio/percorso-turistico.html|title= Comune Monte argentario|access-date= 2020-05-03}}</ref>
*[1940](/source/1940) &ndash; [Jean-Luc Dehaene](/source/Jean-Luc_Dehaene), French-Belgian lawyer and politician, 63rd [Prime Minister of Belgium](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Belgium) (died 2014)
*  1940   &ndash; [Uwe Nettelbeck](/source/Uwe_Nettelbeck), German record producer, journalist and film critic (died 2007)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,2011628,00.html |title=Obituary: Uwe Nettelbeck |newspaper=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |first=J |last=Boyd |access-date=10 June 2021 | location=London |date=13 February 2007}}</ref>
*[1941](/source/1941) &ndash; [Matthew Evans, Baron Evans of Temple Guiting](/source/Matthew_Evans%2C_Baron_Evans_of_Temple_Guiting), English publisher and politician (died 2016)
*[1942](/source/1942) &ndash; [Garrison Keillor](/source/Garrison_Keillor), American humorist, novelist, short story writer, and radio host
*  1942   &ndash; [Carlos Monzón](/source/Carlos_Monz%C3%B3n), Argentinian boxer and actor (died 1995)
*  1942   &ndash; [Caetano Veloso](/source/Caetano_Veloso), Brazilian singer-songwriter, writer and producer
*  1942   &ndash; [Richard Sykes](/source/Richard_Sykes_(microbiologist)), English biochemist and academic
*  1942   &ndash; [B. J. Thomas](/source/B._J._Thomas), American singer (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news|title=B.J. Thomas, who sang 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head,' dies at 78|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/bj-thomas-dead/2021/05/29/9c46fe42-8cad-11eb-a6bd-0eb91c03305a_story.html|first=Harrison|last=Smith|date=May 29, 2021|access-date=May 29, 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> 
*[1943](/source/1943) &ndash; [Mohammed Badie](/source/Mohammed_Badie), Egyptian religious leader
*  1943   &ndash; [Lana Cantrell](/source/Lana_Cantrell), Australian singer-songwriter and lawyer
*  1943   &ndash; [Alain Corneau](/source/Alain_Corneau), French director and screenwriter (died 2010)
*[1944](/source/1944) &ndash; [John Glover](/source/John_Glover_(actor)), American actor 
*  1944 &ndash; [Robert Mueller](/source/Robert_Mueller), American soldier and lawyer, 6th [Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation](/source/Director_of_the_Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation) (died 2026)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weiner|first=Tim|date=March 21, 2026|title=Robert S. Mueller III, 81, Dies; Rebuilt F.B.I. and Led Trump Inquiry|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/us/politics/robert-s-mueller-dead.html|access-date=March 21, 2026|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[1945](/source/1945) &ndash; [Kenny Ireland](/source/Kenny_Ireland), Scottish actor and director (died 2014)
*  1945   &ndash; [Alan Page](/source/Alan_Page), American football player and jurist
*[1947](/source/1947) &ndash; [Franciscus Henri](/source/Franciscus_Henri), Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter
*  1947   &ndash; [Sofia Rotaru](/source/Sofia_Rotaru), Ukrainian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
*[1948](/source/1948) &ndash; [Marty Appel](/source/Marty_Appel), American businessman and author
*  1948   &ndash; [Greg Chappell](/source/Greg_Chappell), Australian cricketer and coach
*[1949](/source/1949) &ndash; [Walid Jumblatt](/source/Walid_Jumblatt), Lebanese journalist and politician
*  1949   &ndash; [Matthew Parris](/source/Matthew_Parris), South African-English journalist and politician
*[1950](/source/1950) &ndash; [Rodney Crowell](/source/Rodney_Crowell), American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1950   &ndash; [Alan Keyes](/source/Alan_Keyes), American politician and diplomat, 16th [Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs](/source/Assistant_Secretary_of_State_for_International_Organization_Affairs)
*  1950   &ndash; [S. Thandayuthapani](/source/S._Thandayuthapani), Sri Lankan educator and politician
*[1952](/source/1952) &ndash; [Caroline Aaron](/source/Caroline_Aaron), American actress and producer
*  1952   &ndash; [Eamonn Darcy](/source/Eamonn_Darcy), Irish golfer
*  1952   &ndash; [Kees Kist](/source/Kees_Kist), Dutch footballer
*  1952   &ndash; [Alexei Sayle](/source/Alexei_Sayle), English comedian, actor, and author
*[1953](/source/1953) &ndash; [Anne Fadiman](/source/Anne_Fadiman), American journalist and author
*[1954](/source/1954) &ndash; [Valery Gazzaev](/source/Valery_Gazzaev), Russian footballer, manager and politician
*  1954   &ndash; [Jonathan Pollard](/source/Jonathan_Pollard), Israeli spy<!-- renounced U.S. citizenship -->
*  1954   &ndash; [Alan Reid](/source/Alan_Reid_(politician)), Scottish politician
*[1955](/source/1955) &ndash; [Wayne Knight](/source/Wayne_Knight), American actor, comedian and voice actor
*  1955   &ndash; [Greg Nickels](/source/Greg_Nickels), American lawyer and politician, 51st [Mayor of Seattle](/source/Mayor_of_Seattle)
*  1955   &ndash; [Vladimir Sorokin](/source/Vladimir_Sorokin), Russian author and playwright
*[1957](/source/1957) &ndash; [Daire Brehan](/source/Daire_Brehan), Irish journalist, lawyer, and actress (died 2012)
*  1957   &ndash; [Alexander Dityatin](/source/Alexander_Dityatin), Russian gymnast and colonel
*[1958](/source/1958) &ndash; [Russell Baze](/source/Russell_Baze), Canadian-American jockey
*  1958   &ndash; [Bruce Dickinson](/source/Bruce_Dickinson), English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1958   &ndash; [Alberto Salazar](/source/Alberto_Salazar), Cuban-American runner and coach
*[1959](/source/1959) &ndash; [Koenraad Elst](/source/Koenraad_Elst), Belgian orientalist and author
*  1959   &ndash; [Ali Shah](/source/Ali_Shah_(cricketer)), Zimbabwean cricketer and coach
*[1960](/source/1960) &ndash; [David Duchovny](/source/David_Duchovny), American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*[1961](/source/1961) &ndash; [Brian Conley](/source/Brian_Conley), English actor and singer
*  1961   &ndash; [Yelena Davydova](/source/Yelena_Davydova), Russian gymnast
*  1961   &ndash; [Walter Swinburn](/source/Walter_Swinburn), English jockey and trainer (died 2016)
*  1961   &ndash; [Carlos Vives](/source/Carlos_Vives), Colombian singer, songwriter, and actor<ref>[http://www.biografias.es/famosos/carlos-vives-kmj.html biografías.es]</ref>
*[1962](/source/1962) &ndash; [Alison Brown](/source/Alison_Brown), American banjo player, songwriter, and producer 
*[1963](/source/1963) &ndash; [Paul Dunn](/source/Paul_Dunn_(rugby_league)), Australian rugby league player
*  1963   &ndash; [Nick Gillespie](/source/Nick_Gillespie), American journalist and author
*  1963   &ndash; [Marcus Roberts](/source/Marcus_Roberts), American pianist and educator
*[1964](/source/1964) &ndash; [John Birmingham](/source/John_Birmingham), English-Australian journalist and author
*  1964   &ndash; [Ian Dench](/source/Ian_Dench), English guitarist and songwriter
*  1964   &ndash; [Peter Niven](/source/Peter_Niven), Scottish jockey
*[1965](/source/1965) &ndash; [Raul Malo](/source/Raul_Malo), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*  1965   &ndash; [Elizabeth Manley](/source/Elizabeth_Manley), Canadian figure skater
*[1966](/source/1966) &ndash; [David Cairns](/source/David_Cairns_(politician)), Scottish laicised priest and politician, [Minister of State for Scotland](/source/Minister_of_State_for_Scotland) (died 2011)
*  1966   &ndash; [Shobna Gulati](/source/Shobna_Gulati), British actress
*  1966   &ndash; [Kristin Hersh](/source/Kristin_Hersh), American singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1966   &ndash; [Jimmy Wales](/source/Jimmy_Wales), American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of [Wikipedia](/source/Wikipedia)
*[1967](/source/1967) &ndash; [Jason Grimsley](/source/Jason_Grimsley), American baseball player
*[1968](/source/1968) &ndash; [Francesca Gregorini](/source/Francesca_Gregorini), Italian-American director and screenwriter
*  1968   &ndash; [Trevor Hendy](/source/Trevor_Hendy), Australian surfer and coach
*  1968   &ndash; [Sophie Lee](/source/Sophie_Lee), Australian actress and author
*[1969](/source/1969) &ndash; [Markus Bundi](/source/Markus_Bundi), Swiss writer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bibliomedia.ch/de/autoren/Bundi_Markus/1135.html|title=Bundi Markus|publisher={{ill|Bibliomedia Schweiz|de}}|date=2016|accessdate=April 18, 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404122452/http://bibliomedia.ch/de/autoren/Bundi_Markus/1135.html|archivedate=April 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [Paul Lambert](/source/Paul_Lambert), Scottish footballer and manager
*  1969   &ndash; [Dana G. Peleg](/source/Dana_G._Peleg), Israeli writer and LGBT activist
*[1970](/source/1970) &ndash; [Eric Namesnik](/source/Eric_Namesnik), American swimmer (died 2006)
*[1971](/source/1971) &ndash; [Dominic Cork](/source/Dominic_Cork), England cricketer and sportscaster
*  1971   &ndash; [Rachel York](/source/Rachel_York), American actress and singer
*[1972](/source/1972) &ndash; [Gerry Peñalosa](/source/Gerry_Pe%C3%B1alosa), Filipino boxer and promoter
*[1973](/source/1973) &ndash; [Mikhail Gorsheniov](/source/Mikhail_Gorsheniov), Russian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
*  1973   &ndash; [Danny Graves](/source/Danny_Graves), Vietnamese-American baseball player
*  1973   &ndash; [Kevin Muscat](/source/Kevin_Muscat), English-Australian footballer, coach, and manager
*[1974](/source/1974) &ndash; [Chico Benymon](/source/Chico_Benymon), American actor
*  1974   &ndash; [Michael Shannon](/source/Michael_Shannon), American actor
*[1975](/source/1975) &ndash; [Koray Candemir](/source/Koray_Candemir), Turkish singer-songwriter
*  1975   &ndash; [Gerard Denton](/source/Gerard_Denton), Australian cricketer
*  1975   &ndash; [Megan Gale](/source/Megan_Gale), Australian model and actress
*  1975   &ndash; [Ray Hill](/source/Ray_Hill_(American_football)), American football player (died 2015)
*  1975   &ndash; [Rebecca Kleefisch](/source/Rebecca_Kleefisch), American journalist and politician, 44th [Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin](/source/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Wisconsin)
*  1975   &ndash; [Édgar Rentería](/source/%C3%89dgar_Renter%C3%ADa), Colombian baseball player
*  1975   &ndash; [Charlize Theron](/source/Charlize_Theron), South African actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Charlize Theron |url=https://www.biography.com/actor/charlize-theron |website=Biography.com |date=9 October 2019 |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Charlize Theron |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/charlize-theron |website=www.goldenglobes.com |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref>
*[1976](/source/1976) &ndash; [Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos](/source/Dimitrios_Eleftheropoulos), Greek footballer and manager
*  1976   &ndash; [Shane Lechler](/source/Shane_Lechler), American football player
*[1977](/source/1977) &ndash; [Charlotte Ronson](/source/Charlotte_Ronson), English fashion designer
*  1977   &ndash; [Samantha Ronson](/source/Samantha_Ronson), English singer-songwriter and DJ
*  1977   &ndash; [Justin Brooker](/source/Justin_Brooker), Australian rugby league player
*[1978](/source/1978) &ndash; [Alexandre Aja](/source/Alexandre_Aja), French director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1978   &ndash; [Jamey Jasta](/source/Jamey_Jasta), American singer-songwriter 
*  1978   &ndash; [Mark McCammon](/source/Mark_McCammon), English-Barbadian footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [Cirroc Lofton](/source/Cirroc_Lofton), American actor
*[1979](/source/1979) &ndash; [Eric Johnson](/source/Eric_Johnson_(actor)), American actor, director, and screenwriter
*  1979   &ndash; [Miguel Llera](/source/Miguel_Llera), Spanish footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [Birgit Zotz](/source/Birgit_Zotz), Austrian anthropologist and author
*[1980](/source/1980) &ndash; [Carsten Busch](/source/Carsten_Busch), German footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [Aurélie Claudel](/source/Aur%C3%A9lie_Claudel), French model and actress
*  1980   &ndash; [Tácio Caetano Cruz Queiroz](/source/T%C3%A1cio_Caetano_Cruz_Queiroz), Brazilian footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [Seiichiro Maki](/source/Seiichiro_Maki), Japanese footballer
*[1981](/source/1981) &ndash; [David Testo](/source/David_Testo), American soccer player
*  1981   &ndash; [Randy Wayne](/source/Randy_Wayne), American actor and producer
*[1982](/source/1982) &ndash; [Ángeles Balbiani](/source/%C3%81ngeles_Balbiani), Argentine actress and singer
*  1982   &ndash; [Abbie Cornish](/source/Abbie_Cornish), Australian actress
*  1982   &ndash; [Juan Martín Hernández](/source/Juan_Mart%C3%ADn_Hern%C3%A1ndez), Argentine rugby player
*  1982   &ndash; [Marquise Hill](/source/Marquise_Hill), American football player (died 2007)
*  1982   &ndash; [Vassilis Spanoulis](/source/Vassilis_Spanoulis), Greek basketball player
*  1982   &ndash; [Martin Vučić](/source/Martin_Vu%C4%8Di%C4%87), Macedonian singer and drummer
*[1983](/source/1983) &ndash; [Christian Chávez](/source/Christian_Ch%C3%A1vez), Mexican singer-songwriter and actor 
*  1983   &ndash; [Murat Dalkılıç](/source/Murat_Dalk%C4%B1l%C4%B1%C3%A7), Turkish singer-songwriter
*  1983   &ndash; [Danny](/source/Danny_(footballer)), Portuguese footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [Andriy Hrivko](/source/Andriy_Hrivko), Ukrainian cyclist
*  1983   &ndash; [Mark Pettini](/source/Mark_Pettini), English cricketer and journalist
*[1984](/source/1984) &ndash; [Stratos Perperoglou](/source/Stratos_Perperoglou), Greek basketball player
*  1984   &ndash; [Tooba Siddiqui](/source/Tooba_Siddiqui), Pakistani model and actress
*  1984   &ndash; [Yun Hyon-seok](/source/Yun_Hyon-seok), South Korean poet and author (died 2003) 
*[1986](/source/1986) &ndash; [Paul Biedermann](/source/Paul_Biedermann), German swimmer
*  1986   &ndash; [Valter Birsa](/source/Valter_Birsa), Slovenian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [Altaír Jarabo](/source/Alta%C3%ADr_Jarabo), Mexican model and actress
*  1986   &ndash; [Juan de la Rosa](/source/Juan_de_la_Rosa), Mexican boxer
*[1987](/source/1987) &ndash; [Sidney Crosby](/source/Sidney_Crosby), Canadian ice hockey player
*  1987   &ndash; [Mustapha Dumbuya](/source/Mustapha_Dumbuya), Sierra Leonean footballer
*  1987   &ndash; [Ryan Lavarnway](/source/Ryan_Lavarnway), American baseball player
*  1987   &ndash; [Rouven Sattelmaier](/source/Rouven_Sattelmaier), German footballer
*[1988](/source/1988) &ndash; [Jonathan Bernier](/source/Jonathan_Bernier), Canadian ice hockey player
*  1988   &ndash; [Mohamed Coulibaly](/source/Mohamed_Coulibaly_(footballer%2C_born_1988)), Senegalese footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [Melody Oliveria](/source/Melody_Oliveria), American blogger
*  1988   &ndash; [Erik Pieters](/source/Erik_Pieters), Dutch footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [Beanie Wells](/source/Beanie_Wells), American football player
*[1989](/source/1989) &ndash; [DeMar DeRozan](/source/DeMar_DeRozan), American basketball player
*[1990](/source/1990) &ndash; [Jake Allen](/source/Jake_Allen_(ice_hockey)), Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jake Allen |url=https://www.nhl.com/devils/player/jake-allen-8474596 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=[National Hockey League](/source/National_Hockey_League)}}</ref>
*  1990   &ndash; [Josh Franceschi](/source/Josh_Franceschi), English singer-songwriter
*[1991](/source/1991) &ndash; [Luis Salom](/source/Luis_Salom), Spanish motorcycle racer (died 2016)
*  1991   &ndash; [Mike Trout](/source/Mike_Trout), American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Trout |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/mike-trout-545361 |website=MLB.com |access-date=6 August 2025}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [Mitchell te Vrede](/source/Mitchell_te_Vrede), Dutch footballer
*[1992](/source/1992) &ndash; [Adam Yates](/source/Adam_Yates), English cyclist
*  1992   &ndash; [Simon Yates](/source/Simon_Yates_(cyclist)), English cyclist
*  1992   &ndash; [Wout Weghorst](/source/Wout_Weghorst), Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™: List of Players: Netherlands |publisher=FIFA |page=20 |date=18 December 2022 |access-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221218195301/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce44/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=18 December 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [Martti Nõmme](/source/Martti_N%C3%B5mme), Estonian ski jumper
*  1993   &ndash; [Karol Zalewski](/source/Karol_Zalewski), Polish sprinter
*[1996](/source/1996) &ndash; [Dani Ceballos](/source/Dani_Ceballos), Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.realmadrid.com/es-ES/futbol/primer-equipo-masculino/plantilla/daniel-ceballos-fernandez|title=Dani Ceballos|website=[Real Madrid CF](/source/Real_Madrid_CF)|access-date=7 August 2024}}</ref>
*[1997](/source/1997) &ndash; [Matty Cash](/source/Matty_Cash), Polish footballer<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.11v11.com/players/matty-cash-251428/ |title=Matty Cash Football Player Statistics |website=11v11.com |access-date=26 August 2022}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [Kyler Murray](/source/Kyler_Murray), American football player<ref>{{cite web |last1=Root |first1=Jess |title=Colt McCoy sent Kyler Murray a Cameo birthday message without knowing |url=https://cardswire.usatoday.com/2021/08/07/kyler-murray-birthday-colt-mccoy-cameo-arizona-cardinals/ |publisher=[USA Today](/source/USA_Today) |access-date=25 October 2022 |date=7 August 2021}}</ref>
*[1998](/source/1998) &ndash; [Vladimir Barbu](/source/Vladimir_Barbu), Italian diver
*  1998   &ndash; [María Belén Bazo](/source/Mar%C3%ADa_Bel%C3%A9n_Bazo), Peruvian windsurfer<ref>{{cite web |title=Sailing {{!}} Athlete Profile: BAZO Maria - Pan American Games Lima 2019 |url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1148555-bazo-maria.htm |website=wrsd.lima2019.pe |access-date=30 July 2020 }}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [Jalen Hurts](/source/Jalen_Hurts), American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jalen Hurts |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/4040715/jalen-hurts |publisher=[ESPN](/source/ESPN) |access-date=6 August 2023}}</ref>
*[1999](/source/1999) &ndash; [Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone](/source/Sydney_McLaughlin-Levrone), American hurdler and sprinter<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Sydney McLaughlin, world record 400m hurdler at Tokyo Olympics |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/07/23/meet-sydney-mclaughlin-usa-hurdler-tokyo-olympics/8031081002/ |publisher=[USA Today](/source/USA_Today) |access-date=26 July 2024}}</ref>
*[2000](/source/2000) &ndash; [Lauren Hemp](/source/Lauren_Hemp), English footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Players |url=https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/y2ggt9oloxrz5synr6vy.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726170144/https://img.fifa.com/image/upload/y2ggt9oloxrz5synr6vy.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 July 2018 |publisher=FIFA |access-date=29 July 2024 |page=3 }}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [461](/source/461) &ndash; [Majorian](/source/Majorian), Roman emperor (born 420)
*[707](/source/AD_707) &ndash; [Li Chongjun](/source/Li_Chongjun), Chinese prince
*[1028](/source/1028) &ndash; [Alfonso V](/source/Alfonso_V_of_Le%C3%B3n), king of León (born 994)
*[1106](/source/1106) &ndash; [Henry IV](/source/Henry_IV%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor), Holy Roman Emperor (born 1050)
*[1234](/source/1234) &ndash; [Hugh Foliot](/source/Hugh_Foliot), bishop of Hereford (born c. 1155)
*[1272](/source/1272) &ndash; [Richard Middleton](/source/Richard_Middleton_(Lord_Chancellor)), English [Lord Chancellor](/source/Lord_Chancellor)
*[1296](/source/1296) &ndash; [Heinrich II von Rotteneck](/source/Heinrich_II_von_Rotteneck), prince-bishop of Regensburg
*[1385](/source/1385) &ndash; [Joan of Kent](/source/Joan_of_Kent), mother of [Richard II](/source/Richard_II_of_England) (born 1328)
*[1485](/source/1485) &ndash; [Alexander Stewart](/source/Alexander_Stewart%2C_Duke_of_Albany), duke of Albany (born 1454)
*[1547](/source/1547) &ndash; [Cajetan](/source/Saint_Cajetan), Italian priest and saint (born 1480)

===1601–1900===
*[1613](/source/1613) &ndash; [Thomas Fleming](/source/Thomas_Fleming_(judge)), English judge and politician, [Lord Chief Justice of England](/source/Lord_Chief_Justice_of_England) (born 1544)
*[1616](/source/1616) &ndash; [Vincenzo Scamozzi](/source/Vincenzo_Scamozzi), Italian architect, designed [Teatro Olimpico](/source/Teatro_Olimpico) (born 1548)
*[1632](/source/1632) &ndash; [Robert de Vere, 19th Earl of Oxford](/source/Robert_de_Vere%2C_19th_Earl_of_Oxford), English soldier (born 1575)
*[1635](/source/1635) &ndash; [Friedrich Spee](/source/Friedrich_Spee), German poet and academic (born 1591)
*[1639](/source/1639) &ndash; [Martin van den Hove](/source/Martin_van_den_Hove), Dutch astronomer and mathematician (born 1605)
*[1661](/source/1661) &ndash; [Jin Shengtan](/source/Jin_Shengtan), Chinese journalist and critic (born 1608)
*[1787](/source/1787) &ndash; [Francis Blackburne](/source/Francis_Blackburne_(priest)), English Anglican churchman and activist (born 1705)
*[1817](/source/1817) &ndash; [Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours](/source/Pierre_Samuel_du_Pont_de_Nemours), French economist and politician (born 1739)
*[1834](/source/1834) &ndash; [Joseph Marie Jacquard](/source/Joseph_Marie_Jacquard), French weaver and inventor, invented the [Jacquard loom](/source/Jacquard_loom) (born 1752)
*[1848](/source/1848) &ndash; [Jöns Jacob Berzelius](/source/J%C3%B6ns_Jacob_Berzelius), Swedish chemist and academic (born 1779)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Jöns Jakob Berzelius (1779–1848) |journal=Nature |date=1 August 1948 |volume=162 |issue=4110 |pages=210 |doi=10.1038/162210b0 |bibcode=1948Natur.162R.210. |issn=1476-4687|doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[1855](/source/1855) &ndash; [Mariano Arista](/source/Mariano_Arista), Mexican general and politician, 19th [President of Mexico](/source/President_of_Mexico) (born 1802)
*[1864](/source/1864) &ndash; [Li Xiucheng](/source/Li_Xiucheng), Chinese field marshal (born 1823)
*[1893](/source/1893) &ndash; [Alfredo Catalani](/source/Alfredo_Catalani), Italian composer and academic (born 1854)
*[1899](/source/1899) &ndash; [Jacob Maris](/source/Jacob_Maris), Dutch painter and educator (born 1837)
*[1900](/source/1900) &ndash; [Wilhelm Liebknecht](/source/Wilhelm_Liebknecht), German lawyer and politician (born 1826)

===1901–present===
*[1912](/source/1912) &ndash; [François-Alphonse Forel](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois-Alphonse_Forel), Swiss limnologist and academic (born 1841)
*[1917](/source/1917) &ndash; [Edwin Harris Dunning](/source/Edwin_Harris_Dunning), South African-English commander and pilot (born 1891)
*[1938](/source/1938) &ndash; [Konstantin Stanislavski](/source/Konstantin_Stanislavski), Russian actor and director (born 1863)
*[1941](/source/1941) &ndash; [Rabindranath Tagore](/source/Rabindranath_Tagore), Indian author, poet, and playwright, [Nobel Prize](/source/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature) laureate (born 1861)
*[1948](/source/1948) &ndash; [Charles Bryant](/source/Charles_Bryant_(actor)), English-American actor and director (born 1879)
*[1953](/source/1953) &ndash; [Abner Powell](/source/Abner_Powell), American baseball player and manager (born 1860)
*[1957](/source/1957) &ndash; [Oliver Hardy](/source/Oliver_Hardy), American actor, singer, and director (born 1892)
*[1958](/source/1958) &ndash; [Elizabeth Foreman Lewis](/source/Elizabeth_Foreman_Lewis), American author and educator (born 1892)<ref>{{cite book|first=Anne|last=Commire|title=Yesterday's Authors of Books for Children|location=Detroit|publisher=Gale|year=1978|page=243|isbn=978-0-81030-073-6}}</ref>
*[1960](/source/1960) &ndash; [Luis Ángel Firpo](/source/Luis_%C3%81ngel_Firpo), Argentine boxer (born 1894)
*[1963](/source/1963) &ndash; [Ramon Vila Capdevila](/source/Ramon_Vila_Capdevila), last of the [Spanish Maquis](/source/Spanish_Maquis), holding out after the end of the [Spanish Civil War](/source/Spanish_Civil_War) (born 1908)<ref>{{cite book|last=Téllez|first=Antonio|title=Sabaté: Guerrilla Extraordinary|date=October 2000|isbn=1-902593-10-3|page=119|publisher=Elephant Editions }}</ref>
*[1968](/source/1968) &ndash; [Giovanni Bracco](/source/Giovanni_Bracco), Italian race car driver (born 1908)
*[1969](/source/1969) &ndash; [Jean Bastien](/source/Jean_Bastien), French professional footballer (born 1915)
*  1969   &ndash; [Joseph Kosma](/source/Joseph_Kosma), Hungarian-French composer (born 1905)
*[1970](/source/1970) &ndash; [Harold Haley](/source/Harold_Haley), American lawyer and judge (born 1904)
*  1970   &ndash; [Jonathan P. Jackson](/source/Jonathan_P._Jackson), American bodyguard and kidnapper (born 1953)
*[1972](/source/1972) &ndash; [Joi Lansing](/source/Joi_Lansing), American model, actress, and singer (born 1929)
*[1973](/source/1973) &ndash; [Jack Gregory](/source/Jack_Gregory_(cricketer)), Australian cricketer (born 1895)
*[1974](/source/1974) &ndash; [Rosario Castellanos](/source/Rosario_Castellanos), Mexican poet and author (born 1925)
*  1974   &ndash; [Sylvio Mantha](/source/Sylvio_Mantha), Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1902)
*[1978](/source/1978) &ndash; [Eddie Calvert](/source/Eddie_Calvert), English trumpeter (born 1922)    
*[1981](/source/1981) &ndash; [Gunnar Uusi](/source/Gunnar_Uusi), Estonian chess player (born 1931)
*[1985](/source/1985) &ndash; [Grayson Hall](/source/Grayson_Hall), American actress (born 1922)
*[1987](/source/1987) &ndash; [Camille Chamoun](/source/Camille_Chamoun), Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th [President of Lebanon](/source/President_of_Lebanon) (born 1900)
*[1989](/source/1989) &ndash; [Mickey Leland](/source/Mickey_Leland), American lawyer and politician (born 1944)
*[1994](/source/1994) &ndash; [Larry Martyn](/source/Larry_Martyn), English actor (born 1934)
*[1995](/source/1995) &ndash; [Brigid Brophy](/source/Brigid_Brophy), English author and critic (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Brigid Brophy |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-brigid-brophy-1595286.html |work=The Independent |date=8 August 1995 |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref>
*[2001](/source/2001) &ndash; [Algirdas Lauritėnas](/source/Algirdas_Laurit%C4%97nas), Lithuanian basketball player (born 1932)
*[2003](/source/2003) &ndash; [K. D. Arulpragasam](/source/K._D._Arulpragasam), Sri Lankan zoologist and academic (born 1931)
*  2003   &ndash; [Mickey McDermott](/source/Mickey_McDermott), American baseball player and coach (born 1929)
*[2004](/source/2004) &ndash; [Red Adair](/source/Red_Adair), American firefighter (born 1915)
*  2004   &ndash; [Colin Bibby](/source/Colin_Bibby), English ornithologist and academic (born 1948)
*[2005](/source/2005) &ndash; [Peter Jennings](/source/Peter_Jennings), Canadian-American journalist and author (born 1938)
*2005 &ndash; [Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková](/source/Ester_%C5%A0imerov%C3%A1-Martin%C4%8Dekov%C3%A1), Slovak painter (born 1909)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ester Šimerová-Martinčeková |url=https://secondaryarchive.org/artists/ester-simerova-martincekova/ |website=Secondary Archive |access-date=18 August 2023 |language=pl}}</ref>
*[2006](/source/2006) &ndash; [Mary Anderson Bain](/source/Mary_Anderson_Bain), American lawyer and politician (born 1911)
*[2007](/source/2007) &ndash; [Ernesto Alonso](/source/Ernesto_Alonso), Mexican actor, director, and producer (born 1917)
*  2007   &ndash; [Angus Tait](/source/Angus_Tait), New Zealand businessman, founded [Tait Communications](/source/Tait_Communications) (born 1919)
*[2008](/source/2008) &ndash; [Bernie Brillstein](/source/Bernie_Brillstein), American talent agent and producer (born 1931)
*  2008   &ndash; [Andrea Pininfarina](/source/Andrea_Pininfarina), Italian engineer and businessman (born 1957)
*[2009](/source/2009) &ndash; [Louis E. Saavedra](/source/Louis_E._Saavedra), American educator and politician, 48th [Mayor of Albuquerque](/source/Mayor_of_Albuquerque) (born 1933)
*  2009   &ndash; [Mike Seeger](/source/Mike_Seeger), American singer-songwriter (born 1933)
*[2010](/source/2010) &ndash; [John Nelder](/source/John_Nelder), English mathematician and statistician (born 1924)
*[2011](/source/2011) &ndash; [Mark Hatfield](/source/Mark_Hatfield), American soldier, academic, and politician, 29th [Governor of Oregon](/source/Governor_of_Oregon) (born 1922)
*  2011   &ndash; [Nancy Wake](/source/Nancy_Wake), New Zealand-English captain and spy (born 1912)
*[2012](/source/2012) &ndash; [Murtuz Alasgarov](/source/Murtuz_Alasgarov), Azerbaijani academic and politician, [Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan](/source/Speaker_of_the_National_Assembly_of_Azerbaijan) (born 1928)
*  2012   &ndash; [Judith Crist](/source/Judith_Crist), American critic and academic (born 1922)
*  2012   &ndash; [Vladimir Kobzev](/source/Vladimir_Kobzev), Russian footballer and coach (born 1959)
*  2012   &ndash; [Anna Piaggi](/source/Anna_Piaggi), Italian journalist and author (born 1931)
*  2012   &ndash; [Mayer Zald](/source/Mayer_Zald), American sociologist and academic (born 1931)
*  2012   &ndash; [Dušan Zbavitel](/source/Du%C5%A1an_Zbavitel), Czech indologist and author (born 1925)
*[2013](/source/2013) &ndash; [Samuel G. Armistead](/source/Samuel_G._Armistead), American linguist, historian, and academic (born 1927)
*  2013   &ndash; [Almir Kayumov](/source/Almir_Kayumov), Russian footballer (born 1964)
*  2013   &ndash; [Anthony Pawson](/source/Anthony_Pawson), English-Canadian biologist, chemist, and academic (born 1952)
*  2013   &ndash; [Margaret Pellegrini](/source/Margaret_Pellegrini), American actress and dancer (born 1923)
*  2013   &ndash; [Meeli Truu](/source/Meeli_Truu), Estonian architect (born 1946)  
*  2013   &ndash; [Alexander Yagubkin](/source/Alexander_Yagubkin), Russian boxer (born 1961)
*[2014](/source/2014) &ndash; [Víctor Fayad](/source/V%C3%ADctor_Fayad), Argentine lawyer and politician (born 1955)
*  2014   &ndash; [Perry Moss](/source/Perry_Moss), American football player and coach (born 1926)
*  2014   &ndash; [Henry Stone](/source/Henry_Stone), American record producer (born 1921)
*[2015](/source/2015) &ndash; [Manuel Contreras](/source/Manuel_Contreras), Chilean general (born 1929)
*  2015   &ndash; [Frances Oldham Kelsey](/source/Frances_Oldham_Kelsey), Canadian pharmacologist and physician (born 1914)
*  2015   &ndash; [Louise Suggs](/source/Louise_Suggs), American golfer, co-founded [LPGA](/source/LPGA) (born 1923)
*[2016](/source/2016) &ndash; [Bryan Clauson](/source/Bryan_Clauson), American racing driver (born 1989)
*[2017](/source/2017) &ndash; [Don Baylor](/source/Don_Baylor), American baseball player (born 1949)
*  2017   &ndash; [David Maslanka](/source/David_Maslanka), American composer (born 1943)
*[2018](/source/2018) &ndash; [M. Karunanidhi](/source/M._Karunanidhi), Indian politician, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and prominent leader of Tamils (born 1924)
*  2018   &ndash; [Stan Mikita](/source/Stan_Mikita), Slovak hockey player (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/24313004/blackhawks-legend-stan-mikita-dies-78|title=Blackhawks legend, Hall of Famer Mikita dies|work=ESPN.com|access-date=August 7, 2018}}</ref>
*[2019](/source/2019) &ndash; [David Berman](/source/David_Berman_(musician)), American musician, singer, poet and [cartoonist](/source/cartoonist) (born 1967)<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Coscarelli|first1=Joe|last2=Sisario|first2=Ben|date=2019-08-07|title=David Berman, Silver Jews Leader and Indie-Rock Poet, Dies at 52 |work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/arts/music/david-berman-silver-jews-dead.html|access-date=2020-08-07|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[2021](/source/2021) &ndash; [Markie Post](/source/Markie_Post), American actress (born 1950)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grobar|first=Matt|date=2021-08-08|title=Markie Post Dies: Actress Known For 'Night Court', 'The Fall Guy' & More Was 70|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/markie-post-dead-night-court-actress-was-70-1234811055/|access-date=2021-09-03|website=Deadline|language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2021   &ndash; [Trevor Moore](/source/Trevor_Moore_(comedian)), American comedian (born 1980)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grobar|first=Matt|date=2021-08-08|title=Trevor Moores Cause of death|url=https://people.com/tv/comedian-trevor-moores-cause-of-death-revealed//|access-date=2023-06-23|website=Peoples|language=en-US}}</ref>
*[2022](/source/2022) &ndash; [David McCullough](/source/David_McCullough), American historian and author (born 1933)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ulaby |first=Neda |date=8 August 2022 |title=Pulitzer Prize winning historian David McCullough has died |language=en |work=[NPR](/source/NPR) |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/08/08/1116337415/historian-david-mccullough-died |access-date=2022-08-09}}</ref>
*[2023](/source/2023) &ndash; [William Friedkin](/source/William_Friedkin), American film director (born 1935)<ref>{{cite news |title=William Friedkin: Director of The Exorcist and The French Connection dies aged 87 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66434077 |website=bbc.com |date=7 August 2023 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref>
*[2024](/source/2024) &ndash; [Jon McBride](/source/Jon_McBride), American astronaut (born 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Neale |first=Rick |title=Retired NASA astronaut Jon McBride, who was a KSC Visitor Complex 'living legend,' passes away |url=https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/tech/science/space/2024/08/09/jon-mcbride-a-nasa-astronaut-who-piloted-space-shuttle-challenger-dies-at-age-80/74736111007/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=Daytona Beach News-Journal Online |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[2025](/source/2025) - [Myint Swe](/source/Myint_Swe), retired army general and acting president of Myanmar (b.1951)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-08-07 |title=Myint Swe, president under Myanmar's junta, dies, state broadcaster reports |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myint-swe-president-under-myanmars-junta-dies-state-broadcaster-reports-2025-08-07/ |access-date=2025-08-07 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
* [Assyrian Martyrs Day](/source/Assyrian_Martyrs_Day) ([Assyrian community](/source/Assyrian_people))<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zindamagazine.com/html/archives/2004/8.10.04/index_tue.php#GoodMorningAssyria|title= Good Morning Assyria|website=[Zinda Magazine](/source/Zinda_Magazine) |last=Abraham|first=Salim|date=August 10, 2004}}</ref>
* [Battle of Boyacá Day](/source/Battle_of_Boyac%C3%A1_Day) ([Colombia](/source/Colombia))<ref>{{Cite web|title=Colombia Battle of Boyaca|url=http://aglobalworld.com/holidays-around-the-world/colombia-battle-boyaca/|website=Holidays Around the World|access-date=2020-05-23}}</ref>
* Christian [feast day](/source/Calendar_of_saints):
** [Albert of Trapani](/source/Albert_of_Trapani)
** [Cajetan of Thienna](/source/Saint_Cajetan)
** [Carpophorus and companions](/source/Carpophorus%2C_Exanthus%2C_Cassius%2C_Severinus%2C_Secundus%2C_and_Licinius)
** [Dometius of Persia](/source/Dometius_of_Persia)
** [Donatus of Arezzo](/source/Donatus_of_Arezzo)
** [Donatus of Besançon](/source/Donatus_of_Besan%C3%A7on)
** [Donatus of Muenstereifel](/source/Saint_Donatus_of_Muenstereifel)
** [John Mason Neale](/source/John_Mason_Neale) ([Episcopal Church (USA)](/source/Episcopal_Church_(USA)))
** [Nantovinus](/source/Nantovinus)
** [Pope Sixtus II](/source/Pope_Sixtus_II)
** [August 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)](/source/August_7_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
** [Filseta](/source/Filseta) [(Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church)](/source/Orthodox_Tewahedo)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Filseta: The Fast of the Assumption of St. Mary – Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church Sunday School Department – Mahibere Kidusan|url=https://eotcmk.org/e/filseta-the-fast-of-the-assumption-of-st-mary/|access-date=2020-09-27}}</ref>
* [Emancipation Day (Saint Kitts and Nevis)](/source/Emancipation_Day_(Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis))
* [Republic Day (Ivory Coast)](/source/Republic_Day_(Ivory_Coast))
* [Youth Day](/source/Youth_Day) ([Kiribati](/source/Kiribati))
* National [Purple Heart](/source/Purple_Heart) Day ([United States](/source/United_States))<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.milvets.nc.gov/events/2019/08/07/national-purple-heart-day|website=North Carolina Department of Military & Veterans Affairs|title=National Purple Heart Day|access-date=2019-08-06|archive-date=2019-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806184905/https://www.milvets.nc.gov/events/2019/08/07/national-purple-heart-day|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/7/ |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=07}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/7 |title=Historical Events on August 7 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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