August 20 is the 232nd day of the year (233rd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 133 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Monday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Tuesday or Wednesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Friday or Sunday (56).
Events
14 – Agrippa Postumus , adopted son of the late Roman emperor Augustus , is executed by his guards while in exile under mysterious circumstances.636 – Battle of Yarmouk : Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine away from the Byzantine Empire , marking the first great wave of Muslim conquests and the rapid advance of Islam outside Arabia .917 – Battle of Acheloos : Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria decisively defeats a Byzantine army.1000 – The foundation of the Hungarian state by Saint Stephen , celebrated as a National Day in Hungary.1083 – Canonization of the first King of Hungary , Saint Stephen and his son Saint Emeric .1308 – Pope Clement V pardons Jacques de Molay , the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar , absolving him of charges of heresy .1391 – Konrad von Wallenrode becomes the 24th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order .1467 – The Second Battle of Olmedo takes places as part of a succession conflict between Henry IV of Castile and his half-brother Alfonso, Prince of Asturias .1519 – Philosopher and general Wang Yangming defeats Zhu Chenhao , ending the Prince of Ning rebellion against the reign of the Ming dynasty 's Zhengde Emperor .1672 – Former Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt and his brother Cornelis are brutally murdered by an angry mob in The Hague .1707 – The first Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida .1710 – War of the Spanish Succession : A multinational army led by the Austrian commander Guido Starhemberg defeats the Spanish-Bourbon army commanded by Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay in the Battle of Saragossa .1775 – The Spanish establish the Presidio San Augustin del Tucson in the town that became Tucson, Arizona .1794 – Battle of Fallen Timbers : American troops force a confederacy of Shawnee , Mingo , Delaware , Wyandot , Miami , Ottawa , Chippewa , and Potawatomi warriors into a disorganized retreat.1858 – Charles Darwin first publishes his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London , alongside Alfred Russel Wallace 's same theory.1866 – President Andrew Johnson formally declares the American Civil War over.1882 – Tchaikovsky 's 1812 Overture 1910 – The Great Fire of 1910 (also commonly referred to as the "Big Blowup" or the "Big Burn") occurs in northeast Washington , northern Idaho (the panhandle), and western Montana, burning approximately 3 million acres (12,000 km2 ).1914 – Brussels is captured in the course of the German invasion of Belgium .1920 – The first commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ ), begins operations in Detroit .1926 – Japan's public broadcasting company, Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK) is established.1938 – Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood for 75 years until it was broken by Alex Rodriguez .1940 – In Mexico City, Mexico exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice axe by Ramón Mercader . He dies the next day.1940 – World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few ".
1944 – World War II: 168 captured allied airmen , including Phil Lamason , accused by the Gestapo of being "terror fliers", arrive at Buchenwald concentration camp .1944 – World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive.
1950 – Korean War : United Nations repel an offensive by North Korean divisions attempting to cross the Nakdong River and assault the city of Taegu .1955 – Battle of Philippeville : In Morocco , a force of Berbers from the Atlas Mountains region of Algeria raid two rural settlements and kill 77 French nationals.1960 – Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation , declaring its independence.1962 – The NS Savannah , the world's first nuclear-powered civilian ship, embarks on its maiden voyage .1965 – Keene, NH Episcopal seminarian Jonathan Daniels , 26, is martyred; murdered by shotgun at point-blank range in Hayneville, Alabama, by an unpaid sheriff's deputy, sacrificing his life for young black activist Ruby Sales whom he pushed out of the way of the blast.1968 – Soviet Union-dominated Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia , crushing the Prague Spring .1975 – Viking program : NASA launches the Viking 1 Mars .1977 – Voyager program : NASA launches the Voyager 2 1986 – In Edmond, Oklahoma , U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill guns down 14 of his co-workers and then commits suicide.1988 – "Black Saturday" of the Yellowstone fire in Yellowstone National Park 1988 – Iran–Iraq War : A ceasefire is agreed after almost eight years of war.
1988 – The Troubles : Eight British soldiers are killed and 28 wounded when their bus is hit by an IRA roadside bomb in Ballygawley, County Tyrone .
1989 – The pleasure boat Marchioness sinksRiver Thames following a collision. Fifty-one people are killed.1991 – Dissolution of the Soviet Union , August Coup : More than 100,000 people rally outside the Soviet Union's parliament building protesting the coup aiming to depose President Mikhail Gorbachev .1991 – Estonia , annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, issues a decision on the re-establishment of independence on the basis of historical continuity of its pre-World War II statehood.
1993 – After rounds of secret negotiations in Norway, the Oslo Accords are signed, followed by a public ceremony in Washington, D.C. the following month.1997 – Souhane massacre in Algeria ; over 60 people are killed and 15 kidnapped.1998 – The Supreme Court of Canada rules that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government's approval.1998 – U.S. embassy bombings : The United States launches cruise missile attacks against alleged al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons plant in Sudan in retaliation for the August 7 bombings of American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania .
2002 – A group of Iraqis opposed to the regime of Saddam Hussein take over the Iraqi Embassy in Berlin, Germany for five hours before releasing their hostages and surrendering.2006 – Sri Lankan Civil War : Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former MP S. Sivamaharajah is shot dead at his home in Tellippalai .2007 – China Airlines Flight 120 caught fire and exploded after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa , Japan.2008 – Spanair Flight 5022 , from Madrid , Spain to Gran Canaria , skids off the runway and crashes at Barajas Airport . Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash.2012 – A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas , kills at least 20 people.2014 – Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day.2016 – 54 people are killed when a suicide bomber detonates himself at a Kurdish wedding party in Gaziantep , Turkey .
Births
1517 – Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle , French cardinal and art collector (d. 1586)1561 – Jacopo Peri , Italian singer and composer (d. 1633)1613 – Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg (d. 1676)1625 – Thomas Corneille , French playwright and philologist (d. 1709)1632 – Louis Bourdaloue , French preacher and academic (d. 1704)1710 – Thomas Simpson , English mathematician and academic (d. 1761)1719 – Christian Mayer , Czech astronomer and educator (d. 1783)1720 – Bernard de Bury , French harpsichord player and composer (d. 1785)1778 – Bernardo O'Higgins , Chilean general and politician, 2nd Supreme Director of Chile (d. 1842)1779 – Jöns Jacob Berzelius , Swedish chemist and academic (d. 1848)1799 – James Prinsep , English orientalist and scholar (d. 1840)1833 – Benjamin Harrison , American general, lawyer, and politician, 23rd President of the United States (d. 1901)1845 – Albert Chmielowski , Polish saint, founded the Albertine Brothers (d. 1916)1847 – Andrew Greenwood , English cricketer (d. 1889)1847 – Bolesław Prus , Polish journalist and author (d. 1912)
1856 – Jakub Bart-Ćišinski , German poet and playwright (d. 1909)1860 – Raymond Poincaré , French lawyer and politician, 10th President of France (d. 1934)1865 – Bernard Tancred , South African cricketer and lawyer (d. 1911)1868 – Ellen Roosevelt , American tennis player (d. 1954)1873 – Eliel Saarinen , Finnish architect and academic, co-designed the National Museum of Finland (d. 1950)1881 – Edgar Guest , English-American poet and author (d. 1959)1881 – Aleksander Hellat , Estonian politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1943)
1885 – Dino Campana , Italian poet and author (d. 1932)1886 – Paul Tillich , German-American philosopher and theologian (d. 1965)1887 – Phan Khôi , Vietnamese journalist and scholar (d. 1959)1888 – Tôn Đức Thắng , Vietnamese politician, 2nd President of Vietnam (d. 1980)1890 – H. P. Lovecraft , American short story writer, editor, novelist (d. 1937)1896 – Gostha Pal , Indian footballer (d. 1976)1897 – Tarjei Vesaas , Norwegian author and poet (d. 1970)1898 – Vilhelm Moberg , Swedish historian, journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1973)1901 – Salvatore Quasimodo , Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)1905 – Jean Gebser , German linguist, poet, and philosopher (d. 1973)1905 – Jack Teagarden , American singer-songwriter and trombonist (d. 1964)
1906 – Bunny Austin , English tennis player (d. 2000)1906 – Vidrik Rootare , Estonian chess player (d. 1981)
1908 – Al López , American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)1909 – Alby Roberts , New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (d. 1978)1910 – Eero Saarinen , Finnish-American architect and furniture designer, designed the Gateway Arch (d. 1961)1912 – John H. Michaelis , American general (d. 1985)1913 – Roger Wolcott Sperry , American neuropsychologist and neurobiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)1916 – Paul Felix Schmidt , Estonian–German chess player and chemist (d. 1984)1918 – Jacqueline Susann , American actress and author (d. 1974)1919 – Walter Bernstein , American screenwriter and producer1920 – Arnold Green , Estonian soldier and politician (d. 2011)1921 – Jack Wilson , Australian cricketer (d. 1985)1923 – Jim Reeves , American singer-songwriter (d. 1964)1924 – George Zuverink , American baseball player (d. 2014)1926 – Nobby Wirkowski , American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2014)1927 – John Boardman , English archaeologist and historian1927 – Yootha Joyce , English actress (d. 1980)
1927 – Fred Kavli , Norwegian-American businessman and philanthropist, founded The Kavli Foundation (d. 2013)
1927 – Peter Oakley , English soldier and blogger (d. 2014)
1929 – Kevin Heffernan , Irish footballer and manager (d. 2013)1929 – Lorenz Weinrich , German historian
1930 – Mario Bernardi , Canadian pianist and conductor (d. 2013)1930 – Peter Randall , English sergeant (d. 2007)
1931 – Mikhail Kaaleste , Estonian canoe racer and coach1931 – Don King , American boxing promoter
1932 – Vasily Aksyonov , Russian physician, author, and academic (d. 2009)1932 – Atholl McKinnon , South African cricketer (d. 1983)
1933 – George J. Mitchell , American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician1934 – Sneaky Pete Kleinow , American country-rock pedal-steel guitarist and songwriter (d. 2007)1934 – Tom Mangold , German-English journalist and author
1935 – Ron Paul , American captain, physician, and politician1936 – Hideki Shirakawa , Japanese chemist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate1937 – Stelvio Cipriani , Italian composer1937 – Andrei Konchalovsky , Russian director, producer, and screenwriter
1937 – Sky Saxon , American singer-songwriter and bassist (d. 2009)
1938 – Peter Day , English chemist and academic1938 – Alain Vivien , French politician
1939 – Fernando Poe Jr. , Filipino actor and politician (d. 2004)1940 – Rubén Hinojosa , American businessman and politician1940 – Gus Macdonald , Scottish academic and politician, Minister for the Cabinet Office
1940 – Rex Sellers , Indian-Australian cricketer
1941 – Dave Brock , English singer-songwriter and guitarist1941 – Rich Brooks , American football player and coach
1941 – Anne Evans , English soprano and actress
1941 – William H. Gray , American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1941 – Slobodan Milošević , Serbian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Serbia (d. 2006)
1941 – Robin Oakley , English journalist and author
1941 – Jo Ramírez , Mexican race car driver and manager
1942 – Isaac Hayes , American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (d. 2008)1942 – Fred Norman , American baseball player
1943 – Roger Gale , English journalist and politician1943 – Sylvester McCoy , Scottish actor
1944 – Rajiv Gandhi , Indian lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of India (d. 1991)1944 – Graig Nettles , American baseball player and manager
1945 – Roy Gardner , English businessman1946 – Henryk Broder , Polish-German journalist and author1946 – Connie Chung , American journalist
1946 – Laurent Fabius , French politician, 158th Prime Minister of France
1946 – Ralf Hütter , German singer and keyboard player
1946 – N. R. Narayana Murthy , Indian businessman, co-founded Infosys
1947 – Alan Lee , English painter and illustrator1947 – Ray Wise , American actor
1948 – John Noble , Australian actor and director1948 – Robert Plant , English singer-songwriter
1949 – Nikolas Asimos , Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)1949 – Katiana Balanika , Greek actress and singer
1949 – Alan Hardwick , English journalist, actor, and producer
1949 – Patrick Kilpatrick , American actor and producer
1949 – Phil Lynott , Irish singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (d. 1986)
1951 – Greg Bear , American author1951 – Marcel Dadi , Tunisian-French guitarist (d. 1996)
1951 – Mohamed Morsi , Egyptian engineer and politician, 5th President of Egypt
1951 – DeForest Soaries , American minister and politician, 30th Secretary of State of New Jersey
1952 – John Emburey , English cricketer and coach1952 – Doug Fieger , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
1952 – John Hiatt , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1952 – Ric Menello , American director and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1953 – Gerry Bertier , American football player (d. 1981)1953 – Peter Horton , American actor and director
1953 – Mike Jackson , American politician
1953 – Jim Trenton , American radio host and actor
1953 – Leroy Burgess , American singer, songwriter, keyboard player, recording artist, and record producer
1954 – Quinn Buckner , American basketball player and coach1954 – Tawn Mastrey , American radio host and producer (d. 2007)
1954 – Al Roker , American news anchor, television personality, and author
1955 – Agnes Chan , Hong Kong singer and author1955 – Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon , English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1956 – Joan Allen , American actress1956 – Alvin Greenidge , Barbadian cricketer
1956 – Desmond Swayne , English soldier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
1957 – Finlay Calder , Scottish rugby player1957 – Jim Calder , Scottish rugby player
1957 – Simon Donaldson , English mathematician and academic
1957 – Sorin Antohi , Romanian journalist and historian
1957 – Paul Johnson , American football coach
1958 – Nigel Dodds , Northern Irish lawyer and politician1958 – Patricia Rozema , Canadian director and screenwriter
1958 – David O. Russell , American director and screenwriter
1958 – Michael Silka , American spree killer (d. 1984)
1958 – John Stehr , American journalist
1958 – Ukee Washington , American journalist and actor
1960 – Dom Duff , Breton singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer1960 – Mark Langston , American baseball player
1961 – Amanda Sonia Berry , English businesswoman1961 – Greg Egan , Australian computer programmer and author
1961 – Joe Pasquale , English comedian and game show host
1961 – Alberto Zerain , Spanish mountaineer
1962 – Sophie Aldred , English actress1962 – Tammy Bruce , American radio host and author
1962 – Song Dong-wook , South Korean tennis player
1962 – James Marsters , American actor and musician
1962 – Duffy Waldorf , American golfer
1963 – Uwe Bialon , German footballer and manager1963 – Kal Daniels , American baseball player
1963 – José Cecena , Mexican baseball player
1964 – Azarias Ruberwa , Congolese lawyer and politician, Vice-Presidents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1965 – KRS-One , American rapper and producer1966 – Miguel Albaladejo , Spanish director and screenwriter1966 – Colin Cunningham , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1966 – Dimebag Darrell , American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2004)
1966 – Enrico Letta , Italian lawyer and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Italy
1966 – David Rees Snell , American actor
1967 – Tori , American bodybuilder and wrestler1967 – Andy Benes , American baseball player
1968 – Brett Angell , English footballer and coach1968 – Abdelatif Benazzi , Moroccan-French rugby player
1968 – Klas Ingesson , Swedish footballer and manager (d. 2014)
1968 – Yuri Shiratori , Japanese voice actress and singer
1968 – Frode Barth , Norwegian guitarist and composer
1969 – Billy Gardell , American comedian, actor, and producer1969 – Mark Holzemer , American baseball player and scout
1970 – Els Callens , Belgian tennis player and sportscaster1970 – Adrian Bower , English actor
1970 – John D. Carmack , American game programmer, co-founded Id Software
1970 – Fred Durst , American singer-songwriter
1971 – Nenad Bjelica , Croatian footballer and manager1971 – Matt Calland , English rugby player and coach
1971 – Steve Stone , English footballer and coach
1971 – David Walliams , English comedian, actor, and author
1972 – Derrick Alston , American basketball player1972 – Melvin Booker , American basketball player
1972 – Chaney Kley , American actor, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2007)
1972 – Scott Quinnell , Welsh rugby player and sportscaster
1972 – Anna Umemiya , Japanese model and actress
1973 – Alban Bushi , Albanian footballer1973 – Alexandre Finazzi , Brazilian footballer
1973 – Scott Goodman , Australian swimmer
1973 – Todd Helton , American baseball player
1973 – Cameron Mather , New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
1973 – José Paniagua , Dominican baseball player
1973 – Donn Swaby , American actor and screenwriter
1974 – Amy Adams , American actress and singer1974 – Misha Collins , American actor
1974 – Big Moe , American rapper (d. 2007)
1974 – Szabolcs Sáfár , Hungarian footballer and coach
1974 – Andy Strachan , Australian drummer and songwriter
1974 – Maxim Vengerov , Russian violinist and conductor
1975 – Marcin Adamski , Polish footballer and manager1975 – Marko Martin , Estonian pianist and educator
1975 – Shaun Newton , English footballer
1975 – Elijah Williams , American football player and coach
1976 – Chris Drury , American ice hockey player1976 – Cornel Frăsineanu , Romanian footballer
1976 – Tony Grant , Irish footballer
1976 – Gene Kingsale , Aruban-Dutch baseball player
1976 – Kristen Miller , American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1976 – Marcel Podszus , German footballer
1976 – Fabio Ulloa , Honduran footballer
1977 – Paolo Bianco , Italian footballer1977 – Wayne Brown , English footballer
1977 – Felipe Contepomi , Argentine rugby player, coach, and physician
1977 – Manuel Contepomi , Argentine rugby player
1977 – Shockmain Davis , American football player
1977 – A. M. Esmonde , Welsh author, director, and producer
1977 – Stéphane Gillet , Luxembourgian footballer
1977 – Aaron Hamill , Australian footballer and coach
1977 – Ívar Ingimarsson , Icelandic footballer
1977 – Kevin Navayne , Jamaican-American actor and producer
1977 – James Ormond , English cricketer
1977 – Josh Pearce , American baseball player
1977 – Aaron Taylor , American baseball player
1978 – Alberto Martín , Spanish tennis player1978 – Emir Mkademi , Tunisian footballer
1978 – Chris Schroder , American baseball player
1979 – Haha , South Korean singer1979 – Sarah Borwell , English tennis player
1979 – Jamie Cullum , English singer-songwriter and pianist
1979 – Cory Sullivan , American baseball player
1980 – Langhorne Slim , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1980 – Nicolás Tauber , Argentine-Israeli footballer
1981 – Ben Barnes , English actor1981 – Brett Finch , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1981 – Artur Kotenko , Estonian footballer
1981 – Bernard Mendy , French footballer
1981 – Craig Ochs , American football player
1981 – Byron Saxton , American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster
1982 – Cléber Luis Alberti , Brazilian footballer1982 – Aleksandr Amisulashvili , Georgian footballer
1982 – Monty Dumond , South African rugby player
1982 – Youssouf Hersi , Ethiopian footballer
1982 – Joshua Kennedy , Australian footballer
1982 – Mijaín López , Cuban wrestler
1982 – Richard Petiot , Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Barney Rogers , Zimbabwean cricketer
1982 – Enyelbert Soto , Venezuelan-Japanese baseball player
1983 – Hamza Abdullah , American football player1983 – Paulo André Cren Benini , Brazilian footballer
1983 – Andrew Garfield , American-English actor
1983 – Héctor Landazuri , Colombian footballer
1983 – Mladen Pelaić , Croatian footballer
1983 – Brian Schaefering , American football player
1983 – Yuri Zhirkov , Russian footballer
1984 – Aílton José Almeida , Brazilian footballer1984 – Pavel Eismann , Czech footballer
1984 – Laura Georges , French footballer
1984 – Jamie Hoffmann , American baseball player
1984 – Ingrid Lukas , Estonian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist
1985 – Glen Buttriss , Australian rugby league player1985 – Blake DeWitt , American baseball player
1985 – Thomas Domingo , French rugby player
1985 – Matt Hague , American baseball player
1985 – Jack King , English footballer
1985 – Álvaro Negredo , Spanish footballer
1985 – Willie Ripia , New Zealand rugby player
1985 – Joe Vitale , American ice hockey player
1985 – Stephen Ward , Irish footballer
1985 – Mark Washington , American football player
1986 – Steven Campbell , Australian footballer1986 – Linus Sebastian , Canadian YouTube personality, presenter and producer
1986 – Letizia Ciampa , Italian actress
1986 – Damien Gaudin , French cyclist
1986 – Lior Jean , Israeli footballer
1986 – Luis Alberto Marco , Spanish runner
1986 – Manuel Pamić , Croatian footballer
1986 – Andrew Surman , South African-English footballer
1986 – Steven Zalewski , American ice hockey player
1987 – Stefan Aigner , German footballer1987 – Vedran Janjetović , Croatian-Australian footballer
1987 – Sido Jombati , Portuguese footballer
1987 – Egon Kaur , Estonian race car driver
1987 – Roy Krishna , Fijian footballer
1987 – Cătălina Ponor , Romanian gymnast
1988 – Jerryd Bayless , American basketball player1988 – Sarah R, Lotfi , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1988 – Ferhat Pehlivan , Turkish boxer
1988 – José Zamora , Spanish footballer
1989 – Kirko Bangz , American rapper and producer1989 – Nebil Gahwagi , Hungarian footballer
1989 – Silas Kiplagat , Kenyan runner
1989 – Slavcho Shokolarov , Bulgarian footballer
1989 – Judd Trump , English snooker player
1989 – Dean Winnard , English footballer
1990 – Macauley Chrisantus , Nigerian footballer1990 – Venelin Filipov , Bulgarian footballer
1990 – Leigh Griffiths , Scottish footballer
1990 – Fabien Jarsalé , French footballer
1990 – Bradley Klahn , American tennis player
1990 – Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Dutch swimmer
1990 – Conlin McCabe , Canadian rower
1991 – Tejitu Daba , Ethiopian runner1991 – Marko Djokovic , Serbian tennis player
1991 – Dejan Glavica , Croatian footballer
1991 – Cory Joseph , American basketball player
1991 – Jyrki Jokipakka , Finnish hockey player
1991 – Arseny Logashov , Russian footballer
1991 – Luke O'Neill , English footballer
1991 – Mario Tičinović , Croatian footballer
1992 – Matej Delač , Croatian footballer1992 – Demi Lovato , American singer-songwriter and actress
1992 – Andrei Peteleu , Romanian footballer
1992 – Deniss Rakels , Latvian footballer
1993 – Mario Jelavić , Croatian footballer1993 – Kamel Zeghli , Algerian footballer
1994 – Merily Toom , Estonian footballer1995 – Anna Danilina , Russian-Kazakhstani tennis player2000 – Fátima Ptacek , American voice actress
Deaths
14 – Agrippa Postumus , Roman son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (b. 12 BC)535 – Mochta , Irish missionary and saint651 – Oswine of Deira 768 – Eadberht of Northumbria 984 – Pope John XIV 1153 – Bernard of Clairvaux , French theologian and saint (b. 1090)1384 – Geert Groote , Dutch preacher, founded the Brethren of the Common Life (b. 1340)1572 – Miguel López de Legazpi , Spanish navigator and politician, 1st Governor-General of the Philippines (b. 1502)1580 – Jerónimo Osório , Portuguese historian and author (b. 1506)1611 – Tomás Luis de Victoria , Spanish priest and composer (b. 1548)1639 – Martin Opitz , German poet and hymnwriter (b. 1597)1648 – Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury , English soldier and diplomat (b. 1583)1672 – Cornelis de Witt , Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1623)1672 – Johan de Witt , Dutch mathematician and politician (b. 1625)
1680 – William Bedloe , English spy (b. 1650)1701 – Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet , English playwright and politician, Speaker of the British House of Commons (b. 1639)1707 – Nicolas Gigault , French organist and composer (b. 1627)1773 – Enrique Flórez , Spanish historian and author (b. 1701)1785 – Jean-Baptiste Pigalle , French sculptor (b. 1714)1823 – Pope Pius VII (b. 1740)1825 – William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock , English admiral and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1753)1835 – Agnes Bulmer , English merchant and poet (b. 1775)1854 – Shiranui Dakuemon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 8th Yokozuna (b. 1801)1887 – Jules Laforgue , French poet and author (b. 1860)1893 – Alexander Wassilko von Serecki , Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1827)1912 – William Booth , English preacher, co-founded The Salvation Army (b. 1829)1914 – Pope Pius X (b. 1835)1915 – Paul Ehrlich , German physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1854)1917 – Adolf von Baeyer , German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835)1919 – Greg MacGregor , Scottish cricketer and rugby player (b. 1869)1930 – Charles Bannerman , Australian cricketer and umpire (b. 1851)1939 – Agnes Giberne , Indian-English astronomer and author (b. 1845)1942 – István Horthy , Hungarian admiral and pilot (b. 1904)1951 – İzzettin Çalışlar , Turkish general (b. 1882)1961 – Percy Williams Bridgman , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)1963 – Joan Voûte , Dutch astronomer (b. 1879)1971 – Rashid Minhas , Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (b. 1951)1979 – Christian Dotremont , Belgian painter and poet (b. 1922)1980 – Joe Dassin , American-French singer-songwriter (b. 1938)1982 – Ulla Jacobsson , Swedish actress (b. 1929)1985 – Donald O. Hebb , Canadian psychologist and academic (b. 1904)1985 – Wilhelm Meendsen-Bohlken , German admiral (b. 1897)
1986 – Milton Acorn , Canadian poet and playwright (b. 1923)1987 – Walenty Kłyszejko , Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach (b. 1909)1993 – Bernard Delfgaauw , Dutch philosopher and academic (b. 1912)1995 – Hugo Pratt , Italian author and illustrator (b. 1927)1996 – Rio Reiser , German singer-songwriter (b. 1950)1997 – Norris Bradbury , American soldier, physicist, and academic (b. 1909)1997 – Léon Dion , Canadian political scientist and academic (b. 1922)
2000 – Bunny Austin , English tennis player (b. 1906)2001 – Fred Hoyle , English astronomer and author (b. 1915)2001 – Kim Stanley , American actress (b. 1925)
2005 – Thomas Herrion , American football player (b. 1981)2005 – Krzysztof Raczkowski , Polish drummer and songwriter (b. 1970)
2006 – Claude Blanchard , Canadian singer and actor (b. 1932)2006 – Bryan Budd , Northern Ireland-born English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1977)
2006 – Joe Rosenthal , American photographer and journalist (b. 1911)
2006 – S. Sivamaharajah , Sri Lankan Tamil newspaper publisher and politician (b. 1938)
2007 – Leona Helmsley , American businesswoman (b. 1920)2008 – Ed Freeman , American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1927)2008 – Hua Guofeng , Chinese politician, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China (b. 1921)
2008 – Stephanie Tubbs Jones , American lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
2008 – Gene Upshaw , American football player (b. 1945)
2009 – Larry Knechtel , American keyboardist and bass player (b. 1940)2009 – Karla Kuskin , American author and illustrator (b. 1932)
2010 – Đặng Phong , Vietnamese economist and historian (b. 1937)2011 – Ram Sharan Sharma , Indian historian and academic (b. 1919)2012 – Phyllis Diller , American actress and comedian (b. 1917)2012 – Virginia Dwyer , American actress (b. 1919)
2012 – Daryl Hine , Canadian-American poet and academic (b. 1936)
2012 – Dom Mintoff , Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (b. 1916)
2012 – Len Quested , English footballer and manager (b. 1925)
2012 – Mika Yamamoto , Japanese journalist (b. 1967)
2012 – Meles Zenawi , Ethiopian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1955)
2013 – Sathima Bea Benjamin , South African singer-songwriter (b. 1936)2013 – Narendra Dabholkar , Indian author and activist (b. 1945)
2013 – Don Hassler , American saxophonist and composer (b. 1929)
2013 – Elmore Leonard , American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2013 – Marian McPartland , English-American pianist and composer (b. 1918)
2013 – John W. Morris , American general (b. 1921)
2013 – Ted Post , American director and screenwriter (b. 1918)
2014 – Anton Buslov , Russian astrophysicist and journalist (b. 1983)2014 – Lois Mai Chan , Taiwanese-American librarian, author, and academic (b. 1934)
2014 – Boris Dubin , Russian sociologist and academic (b. 1946)
2014 – B. K. S. Iyengar , Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (b. 1918)
2014 – Buddy MacMaster , Canadian singer-songwriter and fiddler (b. 1924)
2014 – Sava Stojkov , Serbian painter and educator (b. 1925)
2014 – Edmund Szoka , American cardinal (b. 1927)
2015 – Egon Bahr , German journalist and politician, Federal Minister for Special Affairs of Germany (b. 1922)2015 – Paul Kibblewhite , New Zealand chemist and engineer (b. 1941)
2015 – Frank Wilkes , Australian soldier and politician (b. 1922)
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