Events

Pre-1600

• 654 Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I.

• 955 Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West.

• 991 Battle of Maldon: The English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon, Essex.

• 1030 The Battle of Azaz ends with a humiliating retreat of the Byzantine emperor, Romanos III Argyros, against the Mirdasid rulers of Aleppo. The retreat degenerates into a rout, in which Romanos himself barely escapes capture.

• 1258 Manfred, illegitimate son of Frederick II, is crowned king of Sicily.

• 1270 Yekuno Amlak takes the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power after a 100-year Zagwe interregnum.

• 1316 The Second Battle of Athenry takes place near Athenry during the Bruce campaign in Ireland.

• 1346 Jaume Ferrer sets out from Mallorca for the "River of Gold", the Senegal River.

• 1512 The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu, during the War of the League of Cambrai, sees the simultaneous destruction of the Breton ship La Cordelière and the English ship The Regent.

• 1519 Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe. The Basque second-in-command Juan Sebastián Elcano will complete the expedition after Magellan's death in the Philippines.

• 1557 Battle of St. Quentin: Spanish victory over the French in the Italian War of 1551–59.

• 1585 The Treaty of Nonsuch signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels.

1601–1900

• 1628 The Swedish warship Vasa sinks on her maiden voyage off Stockholm.

• 1641 The Treaty of London between England and Scotland, ending the Bishops' Wars, is signed.

• 1664 The Habsburg empire and the Ottoman empire sign the peace treaty of Vasvár, which results in peace until 1683.

• 1680 The Pueblo Revolt begins in New Mexico.

• 1741 King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeats the Dutch East India Company at the Battle of Colachel, effectively bringing about the end of the Dutch colonial rule in India.

• 1755 Under the direction of Charles Lawrence, the British begin to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies and France.

• 1792 French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.

• 1808 Finnish War: Swedish forces led by General von Döbeln defeat Russian forces led by General Šepelev in the Battle of Kauhajoki.

• 1835 P. T. Barnum begins his career as a showman and circus entrepreneur by exhibiting Joice Heth, an octogenerian African slave whom he claims was George Washington's nursemaid.

• 1856 The Last Island hurricane strikes Louisiana, resulting in over 200 deaths.

• 1861 American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek: A mixed force of Confederate, Missouri State Guard, and Arkansas State troops defeat outnumbered attacking Union forces in the southwestern part of Missouri.

• 1864 After Uruguay's governing Blanco Party refuses Brazil's demands, José Antônio Saraiva announces that the Brazilian military will begin reprisals, beginning the Uruguayan War.

1901–present

• 1901 The U.S. Steel recognition strike by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers begins.

• 1904 Russo-Japanese War: The Battle of the Yellow Sea between the Russian and Japanese battleship fleets takes place.

• 1905 Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

• 1913 Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.

• 1920 World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.

• 1937 Spanish Civil War: The Regional Defence Council of Aragon is dissolved by the Second Spanish Republic.

• 1944 World War II: The Battle of Guam in the Pacific comes to an effective end.

• 1944 World War II: The Battle of Narva on the Eastern Front ends with a defensive German victory.

• 1945 The Japanese government announced that a message had been sent to the Allies accepting the terms of the Potsdam Declaration provided that it "does not comprise any demand that prejudices the prerogatives of the Emperor as sovereign ruler."

• 1948 Candid Camera makes its television debut after being on radio for a year as The Candid Microphone.

• 1949 An amendment to the National Security Act of 1947 enhances the authority of the United States Secretary of Defense over the Army, Navy and Air Force, and replaces the National Military Establishment with the Department of Defense.

• 1953 First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.

• 1954 At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.

• 1961 Vietnam War: The U.S. Army begins Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam in an attempt to deprive the Viet Cong of food and vegetation cover.

• 1966 The Heron Road Bridge collapses while being built, killing nine workers in the deadliest construction accident in both Ottawa and Ontario.

• 1969 A day after murdering actress Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.

• 1971 The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.

• 1977 In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over the period of one year.

• 1978 Three members of the Ulrich family are killed in an accident. This leads to the Ford Pinto litigation.

• 1981 Murder of Adam Walsh: The head of John Walsh's son is found. This inspires the creation of the television series America's Most Wanted and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

• 1988 Japanese American internment: U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were either interned in or relocated by the United States during World War II.

• 1990 The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.

• 1993 Two earthquakes affect New Zealand. A 7.0 shock (intensity VI (Strong)) in the South Island was followed nine hours later by a 6.4 event (intensity VII (Very strong)) in the North Island.

• 1995 Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain for his testimony.

• 1997 Sixteen people are killed when Formosa Airlines Flight 7601 crashes near Beigan Airport in the Matsu Islands of Taiwan.

• 1998 HRH Prince Al-Muhtadee Billah is proclaimed the crown prince of Brunei with a Royal Proclamation.

• 1999 One person is killed and five people are injured in the Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting.

• 2001 The 2001 Angola train attack occurs, causing 252 deaths.

• 2001 Space Shuttle program: The Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-105 to the International Space Station, carrying the astronauts of Expedition 3 to replace the crew of Expedition 2.

• 2003 The Okinawa Urban Monorail is opened in Naha, Okinawa.

• 2009 Twenty people are killed in Handlová, Trenčín Region, in the deadliest mining disaster in Slovakia's history.

• 2012 The Marikana massacre begins near Rustenburg, South Africa, resulting in the deaths of 47 people.

• 2014 Forty people are killed when Sepahan Airlines Flight 5915 crashes at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport.

• 2018 Horizon Air employee Richard Russell hijacks and performs an unauthorized takeoff on a Horizon Air Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 plane at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport in Washington, flying it for more than an hour before crashing the plane and killing himself on Ketron Island in Puget Sound.

• 2018 An anti-government rally turns into a riot when members of the Romanian Gendarmerie attack the 100,000 people protesting in front of the Victoria Palace, leading to 452 recorded injuries. The authorities alleged that the crowd was infiltrated by hooligans who began attacking law enforcement agents.

• 2019 Thirty-two are killed and one million are evacuated as Typhoon Lekima makes landfall in Zhejiang, China. Earlier it had caused flooding in the Philippines.

• 2019 Philip Manshaus shoots his stepsister and attacks a mosque in the Bærum mosque shooting.

• 2020 Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history.

• 2024 Israel strikes Al-Tabaeen school in eastern Gaza City, killing at least 80 Palestinians.

Births

Pre-1600

• 941 Lê Hoàn, Vietnamese emperor (died 1005)

• 1267 James II of Aragon (died 1327)

• 1296 John of Bohemia (died 1346)

• 1360 Francesco Zabarella, Italian cardinal (died 1417)

• 1397 Albert II of Germany (died 1439)

• 1439 Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter, Duchess of York (died 1476)

• 1449 Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Savoy (died 1503)

• 1466 Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (died 1519)

• 1489 Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German lawyer and politician (died 1553)

• 1520 Madeleine of Valois (died 1537)

• 1528 Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (died 1584)

• 1547 Francis II, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (died 1619)

• 1560 Hieronymus Praetorius, German organist and composer (died 1629)

1601–1900

• 1602 Gilles de Roberval, French mathematician and academic (died 1675)

• 1645 Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary (died 1711)

• 1734 Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (died 1763)

• 1737 Anton Losenko, Russian painter and academic (died 1773)

• 1740 Samuel Arnold, English organist and composer (died 1802)

• 1744 Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles, daughter of Madame de Pompadour (died 1754)

• 1755 Narayan Rao, fifth Peshwa of the Maratha Empire (died 1773)

• 1782 Vicente Guerrero, Mexican insurgent leader and President of Mexico (died 1831)

• 1805 Ferenc Toldy, German-Hungarian historian and critic (died 1875)

• 1809 John Kirk Townsend, American ornithologist and explorer (died 1851)

• 1810 Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Italian soldier and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Italy (died 1861)

• 1814 Henri Nestlé, German businessman, founded Nestlé (died 1890)

• 1814 John C. Pemberton, United States soldier and Confederate general (died 1881)

• 1821 Jay Cooke, American financier, founded Jay Cooke & Company (died 1905)

• 1823 Hugh Stowell Brown, English minister and reformer (died 1886)

• 1825 István Türr, Hungarian soldier, architect, and engineer, co-designed the Corinth Canal (died 1908)

• 1827 Lovro Toman, Slovenian lawyer and politician (died 1870)

• 1839 Aleksandr Stoletov, Russian physicist and academic (died 1896)

• 1845 Abai Qunanbaiuli, Kazakh poet, composer, and philosopher (died 1904)

• 1848 William Harnett, Irish-American painter and educator (died 1892)

• 1856 William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (died 1915)

• 1860 Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian singer and musicologist (died 1936)

• 1865 Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor, and educator (died 1936)

• 1868 Hugo Eckener, German pilot and businessman (died 1954)

• 1869 Laurence Binyon, English poet, playwright, and scholar (died 1943)

• 1870 Trần Tế Xương, Vietnamese poet and satirist (died 1907)

• 1872 William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (died 1972)

• 1874 Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (died 1964)

• 1874 Antanas Smetona, Lithuanian jurist and politician, President of Lithuania (died 1944)

• 1877 Frank Marshall, American chess player and author (died 1944)

• 1878 Alfred Döblin, Polish-German physician and author (died 1957)

• 1880 Robert L. Thornton, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (died 1964)

• 1884 Panait Istrati, Romanian journalist and author (died 1935)

• 1888 Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark (died 1940)

• 1889 Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly (died 1967)

• 1889 Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Polish writer and member of the WW II Polish Resistance (died 1968)

• 1890 Angus Lewis Macdonald, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Nova Scotia (died 1954)

• 1894 V. V. Giri, Indian lawyer and politician, 4th President of India (died 1980)

• 1895 Hammy Love, Australian cricketer (died 1969)

• 1896 Charlie Daly, Executed Irish Republican (died 1923)

• 1897 John W. Galbreath, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Darby Dan Farm (died 1988)

• 1897 Jack Haley, American actor and singer (died 1979)

• 1900 Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, New Zealand physician and politician, 11th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 1994)

1901–present

• 1902 Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (died 1983)

• 1902 Curt Siodmak, German-English author and screenwriter (died 2000)

• 1902 Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1971)

• 1903 Ward Moore, American author (died 1978)

• 1905 Era Bell Thompson, American journalist and author (died 1986)

• 1907 Su Yu, Chinese general and politician (died 1984)

• 1908 Rica Erickson, Australian botanist, historian, and author (died 2009)

• 1908 Billy Gonsalves, American soccer player (died 1977)

• 1909 Leo Fender, American businessman, founded Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (died 1991)

• 1909 Richard J. Hughes, American politician, 45th Governor of New Jersey, and Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court (died 1992)

• 1910 Guy Mairesse, French racing driver (died 1954)

• 1911 Leonidas Andrianopoulos, Greek footballer (died 2011)

• 1911 A. N. Sherwin-White, English historian and author (died 1993)

• 1912 Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist and poet (died 2001)

• 1913 Noah Beery Jr., American actor (died 1994)

• 1913 Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (died 1983)

• 1913 Wolfgang Paul, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993)

• 1914 Jeff Corey, American actor and director (died 2002)

• 1914 Carlos Menditeguy, Argentinian racing driver and polo player (died 1973)

• 1914 Ray Smith, English cricketer (died 1996)

• 1918 Eugene P. Wilkinson, American admiral (died 2013)

• 1920 Red Holzman, American basketball player and coach (died 1998)

• 1922 Al Alberts, American pop singer and composer (died 2009)

• 1923 Bill Doolittle, American football player and coach (died 2014)

• 1923 Rhonda Fleming, American actress (died 2020)

• 1923 Fred Ridgway, English cricketer and footballer (died 2015)

• 1923 SM Sultan, Bangladeshi painter and illustrator (died 1994)

• 1924 Nancy Buckingham, English author (died 2022)

• 1924 Martha Hyer, American actress (died 2014)

• 1924 Jean-François Lyotard, French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist (died 1998)

• 1925 George Cooper, English general (died 2020)

• 1926 Marie-Claire Alain, French organist and educator (died 2013)

• 1926 Carol Ruth Vander Velde, American mathematician (died 1972)

• 1927 Jimmy Martin, American singer and guitarist (died 2005)

• 1927 Vernon Washington, American actor (died 1988)

• 1928 Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman, founded the Jimmy Dean Food Company (died 2010)

• 1928 Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor (died 2010)

• 1928 Gerino Gerini, Italian racing driver (died 2013)

• 1928 Gus Mercurio, American-Australian actor (died 2010)

• 1930 Barry Unsworth, English-Italian author and academic (died 2012)

• 1931 Dolores Alexander, American journalist and activist (died 2008)

• 1931 Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)

• 1932 Alexander Goehr, English composer and academic (died 2024)

• 1932 Gaudencio Rosales, Filipino cardinal

• 1933 Doyle Brunson, American poker player (died 2023)

• 1933 Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss, English lawyer and judge

• 1933 Rocky Colavito, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2024)

• 1933 Keith Duckworth, English engineer, founded Cosworth (died 2005)

• 1934 Tevfik Kış, Turkish wrestler and trainer (died 2019)

• 1935 Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby, English politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces (died 2018)

• 1935 Ad van Luyn, Dutch bishop

• 1936 Malene Schwartz, Danish actress

• 1937 Anatoly Sobchak, Russian scholar and politician, Mayor of Saint Petersburg (died 2000)

• 1938 Tony Ross, English author and illustrator

• 1939 Kate O'Mara, English actress (died 2014)

• 1939 Charlie Rose, American lawyer and politician (died 2012)

• 1940 Bobby Hatfield, American singer-songwriter (died 2003)

• 1940 Sid Waddell, English sportscaster (died 2012)

• 1941 Anita Lonsbrough, English swimmer and journalist

• 1941 Susan Dorothea White, Australian painter and sculptor

• 1942 Speedy Duncan, American football player (died 2021)

• 1942 Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer

• 1942 Michael Pepper, English physicist and engineer

• 1942 Norbert Putnam, American session bassist (Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section), and record producer

• 1943 Louise Forestier, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress

• 1943 Jimmy Griffin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)

• 1943 Michael Mantler, American trumpet player and composer

• 1943 Shafqat Rana, Indian-Pakistani cricketer

• 1943 Ronnie Spector, American singer-songwriter (died 2022)

• 1945 Harriet Miers, American lawyer (White House counsel to George W. Bush)

• 1947 Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1947 Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysian academic and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia

• 1947 John Spencer, English rugby player and manager

• 1947 Alan Ward, English cricketer

• 1948 Nick Stringer, English actor

• 1950 Patti Austin, American singer-songwriter

• 1951 Juan Manuel Santos, Colombian businessman and politician, 59th President of Colombia

• 1952 Carla Hayden, American librarian (1st African American and female Librarian of Congress)

• 1952 Daniel Hugh Kelly, American actor

• 1952 Diane Venora, American actress

• 1954 Peter Endrulat, German footballer

• 1954 Rick Overton, American screenwriter, actor and comedian

• 1955 Thomas Kidd, American illustrator

• 1955 Jim Mees, American set designer (died 2013)

• 1955 Mel Tiangco, Filipino journalist and talk show host

• 1955 Rainer Wimmer, Austrian politician

• 1956 Dianne Fromholtz, Australian tennis player

• 1956 José Luis Montes, Spanish footballer and manager (died 2013)

• 1956 Fred Ottman, American wrestler

• 1956 Charlie Peacock, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer

• 1956 Perween Warsi, Indian-English businesswoman

• 1957 Fred Ho, American saxophonist, composer, and playwright (died 2014)

• 1957 Andres Põime, Estonian architect

• 1957 Aqeel Abbas Jafari, Pakistani writer, poet, architect and chief editor Urdu Dictionary Board

• 1958 Michael Dokes, American boxer (died 2012)

• 1958 Jack Richards, English cricketer, coach, and manager

• 1958 Rosie Winterton, English nurse and politician, Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

• 1959 Rosanna Arquette, American actress, director, and producer

• 1959 Albert Owen, Welsh sailor and politician

• 1959 Mark Price, English drummer

• 1959 Florent Vollant, Canadian singer-songwriter

• 1960 Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor and producer

• 1960 Annely Ojastu, Estonian sprinter and long jumper

• 1960 Kenny Perry, American golfer

• 1961 Jon Farriss, Australian drummer, songwriter, and producer

• 1962 Suzanne Collins, American author and screenwriter

• 1962 Julia Fordham, English singer-songwriter

• 1963 Phoolan Devi, Indian lawyer and politician (died 2001)

• 1963 Anton Janssen, Dutch footballer and coach

• 1963 Andrew Sullivan, English-American journalist and author

• 1963 Henrik Fisker, Danish automotive designer and businessman

• 1964 Aaron Hall, American singer-songwriter

• 1964 Kåre Kolve, Norwegian saxophonist and composer

• 1964 Hiro Takahashi, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)

• 1965 Claudia Christian, American actress, singer, writer, and director

• 1965 Pat Pitney, American university leader and sport shooter

• 1965 Mike E. Smith, American jockey and sportscaster

• 1965 John Starks, American basketball player and coach

• 1966 Charlie Dimmock, English gardener and television host

• 1966 Hansi Kürsch, German singer-songwriter and bass player

• 1966 Hossam Hassan, Egyptian footballer and manager

• 1967 Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer and sportscaster

• 1967 Riddick Bowe, American boxer

• 1967 Todd Nichols, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1967 Reinout Scholte, Dutch cricketer

• 1968 Michael Bivins, American singer and producer

• 1968 Greg Hawgood, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1969 Emily Symons, Australian actress

• 1969 Brian Drummond, Canadian voice actor

• 1970 Doug Flach, American tennis player

• 1970 Bret Hedican, American ice hockey player and sportscaster

• 1970 Brendon Julian, New Zealand-Australian cricketer and journalist

• 1970 Steve Mautone, Australian footballer and coach

• 1971 Sal Fasano, American baseball player and coach

• 1971 Stephan Groth, Danish singer-songwriter

• 1971 Roy Keane, Irish footballer and manager

• 1971 Mario Kindelán, Cuban boxer

• 1971 Paul Newlove, English rugby player

• 1971 Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist and wrestler (died 2016)

• 1971 Justin Theroux, American actor

• 1972 Dilana, South African singer-songwriter and actress

• 1972 Lawrence Dallaglio, English rugby player and sportscaster

• 1972 Angie Harmon, American model and actress

• 1972 Christofer Johnsson, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1973 Lisa Raymond, American tennis player

• 1973 Javier Zanetti, Argentinian footballer

• 1974 Haifaa al-Mansour, Saudi Arabian director and producer

• 1974 Luis Marín, Costa Rican footballer and manager

• 1974 Rachel Simmons, American scholar and author

• 1974 David Sommeil, French footballer

• 1974 David Adam Williams "Adam the Woo", American YouTuber (died 2025)

• 1975 İlhan Mansız, Turkish footballer and figure skater

• 1976 Roadkill, American wrestler

• 1976 Ian Murray, Scottish businessman and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland

• 1977 Danny Griffin, Irish footballer

• 1977 Matt Morgan, English comedian, actor, and radio host

• 1978 Danny Allsopp, Australian footballer

• 1978 Marcus Fizer, American basketball player

• 1978 Chris Read, English cricketer

• 1979 Dinusha Fernando, Sri Lankan cricketer

• 1979 JoAnna Garcia Swisher, American actress

• 1979 Ted Geoghegan, American author, screenwriter, and producer

• 1979 Brandon Lyon, American baseball player

• 1979 Rémy Martin, French rugby player

• 1979 Matjaž Perc, Slovene physicist

• 1979 Yannick Schroeder, French racing driver

• 1980 Wade Barrett, English boxer, wrestler, and actor

• 1980 Aaron Staton, American actor

• 1981 Taufik Hidayat, Indonesian badminton player

• 1982 John Alvbåge, Swedish footballer

• 1982 Josh Anderson, American baseball player

• 1982 Julia Melim, Brazilian actress

• 1982 Shaun Murphy, English snooker player

• 1983 Kyle Brown, American soccer player

• 1983 C. B. Dollaway, American mixed martial artist

• 1983 Héctor Faubel, Spanish motorcycle racer

• 1983 Alexander Perezhogin, Russian ice hockey player

• 1983 Mathieu Roy, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1984 Ryan Eggold, American actor and composer

• 1984 Mokomichi Hayami, Japanese model and actor

• 1984 Jigar Naik, English cricketer

• 1984 Matt Prater, American football player

• 1985 Enrico Cortese, Italian footballer

• 1985 Roy O'Donovan, Irish footballer

• 1985 Kakuryū Rikisaburō, Mongolian sumo wrestler

• 1985 Julia Skripnik, Estonian tennis player

• 1986 Andrea Hlaváčková, Czech tennis player

• 1987 Jim Bakkum, Dutch singer and actor

• 1987 Ari Boyland, New Zealand actor and singer

• 1989 Sam Gagner, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1989 Ben Sahar, Israeli footballer

• 1989 Brenton Thwaites, Australian actor

• 1990 Cruze Ah-Nau, Australian rugby player

• 1990 Lee Sung-kyung, South Korean model, actress, and singer

• 1990 Lucas Till, American actor

• 1991 Dagný Brynjarsdóttir, Icelandic footballer

• 1991 Marcus Foligno, American-Canadian ice hockey player

• 1991 Nikos Korovesis, Greek footballer

• 1991 Chris Tremain, Australian cricketer

• 1992 Archie Bradley, American baseball player

• 1992 Michelle Khare, American YouTuber and television host

• 1992 Oliver Rowland, English racing driver

• 1993 Andre Drummond, American basketball player

• 1994 Bernardo Silva, Portuguese footballer

• 1995 Dalvin Cook, American football player

• 1996 Lauren Tait, Scottish netball player

• 1997 Kylie Jenner, American television personality and businesswoman

• 1997 Luca Marini, Italian motorcycle rider

• 1999 Ja Morant, American basketball player

• 1999 Ritomo Miyata, Japanese racing driver

• 1999 Nick Suzuki, Canadian ice hockey player

• 2000 Sophia Smith, American soccer player

• 2000 Jüri Vips, Estonian racing driver

• 2005 Tidjane Salaün, French basketball player

• 2005 Nikola Topić, Serbian basketball player

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 258 Lawrence of Rome, Spanish-Italian deacon and saint (born 225)

• 794 Fastrada, Frankish noblewoman (born 765)

• 796 Eanbald, archbishop of York

• 847 Al-Wathiq, Abbasid caliph (born 816)

• 955 Conrad ('the Red'), duke of Lorraine

• 1241 Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (born 1184)

• 1250 Eric IV of Denmark (born 1216)

• 1284 Tekuder, Khan of the Mongol Ilkhanate

• 1316 Felim mac Aedh Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht

• 1322 John of La Verna, Italian ascetic (born 1259)

• 1410 Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (born 1337)

• 1535 Ippolito de' Medici, Italian cardinal (born 1509)

• 1536 Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Dauphin of France, Brother of Henry II (born 1518)

1601–1900

• 1653 Maarten Tromp, Dutch admiral (born 1598)

• 1655 Alfonso de la Cueva, 1st Marquis of Bedmar, Spanish cardinal and diplomat (born 1572)

• 1660 Esmé Stewart, 2nd Duke of Richmond (born 1649)

• 1723 Guillaume Dubois, French cardinal and politician, French Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (born 1656)

• 1759 Ferdinand VI of Spain (born 1713)

• 1784 Allan Ramsay, Scottish-English painter (born 1713)

• 1796 Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official (born 1759)

• 1802 Franz Aepinus, German-Russian philosopher and academic (born 1724)

• 1806 Michael Haydn, Austrian composer and educator (born 1737)

• 1839 Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English lawyer and politician (born 1758)

• 1862 Hon'inbō Shūsaku, Japanese Go player (born 1829)

• 1875 Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (born 1808)

• 1889 Arthur Böttcher, German pathologist and anatomist (born 1831)

• 1890 John Boyle O'Reilly, Irish-born poet, journalist and fiction writer (born 1844)

• 1896 Otto Lilienthal, German pilot and engineer (born 1848)

1901–present

• 1904 Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau, French lawyer and politician, 68th Prime Minister of France (born 1846)

• 1913 Johannes Linnankoski, Finnish author (born 1869)

• 1915 Henry Moseley, English physicist and engineer (born 1887)

• 1916 John J. Loud, American inventor (born 1844)

• 1918 Erich Löwenhardt, German lieutenant and pilot (born 1897)

• 1920 Ádám Politzer, Hungarian-Austrian physician and academic (born 1835)

• 1922 Reginald Dunne, Irish Republican, executed for the killing of Sir Henry Wilson

• 1922 Joseph O'Sullivan, Irish Republican, executed for the killing of Sir Henry Wilson

• 1929 Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (born 1878)

• 1929 Aletta Jacobs, Dutch physician (born 1854)

• 1932 Rin Tin Tin, American acting dog (born 1918)

• 1933 Alf Morgans, Welsh-Australian politician, 4th Premier of Western Australia (born 1850)

• 1945 Robert H. Goddard, American physicist and engineer (born 1882)

• 1948 Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese-American historian, author, and academic (born 1873)

• 1948 Andrew Brown, Scottish footballer and coach (born 1870)

• 1948 Montague Summers, English clergyman and author (born 1880)

• 1949 Homer Burton Adkins, American chemist (born 1892)

• 1954 Robert Adair, American-born British actor (born 1900)

• 1958 Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (born 1910)

• 1960 Hamide Ayşe Sultan, Ottoman princess (born 1887)

• 1961 Julia Peterkin, American author (born 1880)

• 1963 Estes Kefauver, American lawyer and politician (born 1903)

• 1963 Ernst Wetter, Swiss lawyer and jurist (born 1877)

• 1969 János Kodolányi, Hungarian author (born 1899)

• 1976 Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (born 1894)

• 1979 Dick Foran, American actor and singer (born 1910)

• 1979 Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (born 1889)

• 1980 Yahya Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 3rd President of Pakistan (born 1917)

• 1982 Anderson Bigode Herzer, Brazilian author and poet (born 1962)

• 1985 Nate Barragar, American football player and sergeant (born 1906)

• 1987 Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1893)

• 1991 Lưu Trọng Lư, Vietnamese poet and playwright (born 1912)

• 1993 Euronymous, Norwegian singer, guitarist, and producer (born 1968)

• 1997 Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian director and screenwriter (born 1953)

• 1997 Conlon Nancarrow, American-Mexican pianist and composer (born 1912)

• 1999 Jennifer Paterson, English chef and television presenter (born 1928)

• 1999 Baldev Upadhyaya, Indian historian, scholar, and critic (born 1899)

• 2000 Gilbert Parkhouse, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (born 1925)

• 2001 Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (born 1917)

• 2002 Michael Houser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1962)

• 2002 Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and politician (born 1926)

• 2007 Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1925)

• 2007 James E. Faust, American lawyer and religious leader (born 1920)

• 2007 Jean Rédélé, French race car driver and pilot, founded Alpine (born 1922)

• 2007 Tony Wilson, English journalist, producer, and manager, co-founded Factory Records (born 1950)

• 2008 Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (born 1942)

• 2010 Markus Liebherr, German-Swiss businessman (born 1948)

• 2010 Adam Stansfield, English footballer (born 1978)

• 2010 David L. Wolper, American director and producer (born 1928)

• 2011 Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1925)

• 2012 Philippe Bugalski, French race car driver (born 1963)

• 2012 Ioan Dicezare, Romanian general and pilot (born 1916)

• 2012 Irving Fein, American producer and manager (born 1911)

• 2012 William W. Momyer, American general and pilot (born 1916)

• 2012 Carlo Rambaldi, Italian special effects artist (born 1925)

• 2013 William P. Clark Jr., American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (born 1931)

• 2013 Jonathan Dawson, Australian historian and academic (born 1941)

• 2013 Eydie Gormé, American singer and actress (born 1928)

• 2013 David C. Jones, American general (born 1921)

• 2013 Jody Payne, American singer and guitarist (born 1936)

• 2013 Amy Wallace, American author (born 1955)

• 2014 Jim Command, American baseball player and scout (born 1928)

• 2014 Dotty Lynch, American journalist and academic (born 1945)

• 2014 Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (born 1912)

• 2014 Bob Wiesler, American baseball player (born 1930)

• 2015 Buddy Baker, American race car driver and sportscaster (born 1941)

• 2015 Endre Czeizel, Hungarian physician, geneticist, and academic (born 1935)

• 2015 Knut Osnes, Norwegian footballer and coach (born 1922)

• 2015 Eriek Verpale, Belgian author and poet (born 1952)

• 2017 Ruth Pfau, German-Pakistani doctor and nun (born 1929)

• 2019 Jeffrey Epstein, American financier and child sex trafficker (born 1953)

• 2021 Tony Esposito, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1943)

• 2022 Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor, musician and comedian (born 1945)

• 2024 Rachael Lillis, American voice actress and scriptwriter (born 1978)

• 2024 Peggy Moffitt, American model and actress (born 1937)

• 2025 Anas Al-Sharif, Palestinian journalist and videographer (born 1996)

Holidays and observances

• Argentine Air Force Day (Argentina)

Christian feast day:

• Bessus

• Blane (Roman Catholic Church)

• Geraint of Dumnonia

• Lawrence of Rome

• Nicola Saggio

• Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso de Parañaque, Patroness of Parañaque, Philippines

• August 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Declaration of Independence of Quito, proclaimed independence from Spain on August 10, 1809. Independence was finally attained on May 24, 1822, at the Battle of Pichincha. (Ecuador)

• International Biodiesel Day

• National Veterans Day (Indonesia)

• World Lion Day

• National Day (Singapore)

References

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