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'{{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[309]]/[[310]] &ndash; [[Pope Eusebius]] is banished by the Emperor [[Maxentius]] to [[Sicilia (Roman province)|Sicily]], where he dies, perhaps from a [[hunger strike]]. * [[682]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo II]] begins his pontificate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Leo II {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Leo-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=28 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * [[986]] &ndash; [[Byzantine–Bulgarian wars]]: [[Battle of the Gates of Trajan]]: The [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarians]] under the [[Cometopuli dynasty|Comitopuli]] [[Samuel of Bulgaria|Samuel]] and [[Aron (noble)|Aron]] defeat the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] forces at the [[Gate of Trajan]], with [[Byzantine Emperor]] [[Basil&nbsp;II]] barely escaping. *[[1186]] &ndash; [[Georgenberg Pact]]: [[Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria]] and [[Leopold V, Duke of Austria]] sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar gives his duchy to Leopold and to his son [[Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg)|Frederick]] under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided. *[[1386]] &ndash; [[Karl Topia]], the ruler of [[Princedom of Albania]] forges an alliance with the [[Republic of Venice]], committing to participate in all wars of the Republic and receiving coastal protection against the [[Ottomans]] in return. *[[1424]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Battle of Verneuil]]: An English force under [[John, Duke of Bedford]] defeats a larger French army under [[Jean II, Duke of Alençon]], [[John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan|John Stewart]], and [[Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas|Earl Archibald of Douglas]]. *[[1498]] &ndash; [[Cesare Borgia]], son of [[Pope Alexander VI]], becomes the first person in history to resign the [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinalate]]; later that same day, King [[Louis XII of France]] names him [[Duke of Valentinois]]. *[[1549]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sampford Courtenay]]: The [[Prayer Book Rebellion]] is quashed in [[Kingdom of England|England]]. *[[1560]] &ndash; The [[Catholic Church]] is overthrown and [[Protestantism]] is [[Scottish Reformation Parliament|established]] as the national religion in [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]]. *[[1585]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Siege of Antwerp (1584–85)|Siege of Antwerp]]: [[Antwerp]] is captured by [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] forces under [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma]], who orders [[Protestants]] to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the [[Dutch Republic|northern provinces]]. * 1585 &ndash; A first group of colonists sent by [[Sir Walter Raleigh]] under the charge of [[Ralph Lane]] lands in the [[New World]] to create [[Roanoke Colony]] on [[Roanoke Island]], off the coast of present-day [[North Carolina]]. *[[1597]] &ndash; [[Islands Voyage]]: [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]], and Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] set sail on an expedition to the [[Azores]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1668]] &ndash; The magnitude 8.0 [[1668 North Anatolia earthquake|North Anatolia earthquake]] causes 8,000 deaths in northern [[Anatolia]], [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name="USGS">{{Cite web |url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/historical.php/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825081330/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/historical.php/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 August 2009|title=Historic Worldwide Earthquakes |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="Zabci_etal_2011">{{Cite journal |last1=Zabci |first1=C. |last2=Akyüz |first2=H. S. |last3=Karabacak |first3=V. |last4=Sançar |first4=T. |last5=Altunel |first5=E. |last6=Gürsoy |first6=H. |last7=Tatar |first7=O. |year=2011 |title=Palaeoearthquakes on the Kelkit Valley Segment of the North Anatolian Fault, Turkey: Implications for the Surface Rupture of the Historical 17 August 1668 Anatolian Earthquake |url=http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/earth/issues/yer-11-20-4/yer-20-4-4-0910-48.pdf |journal=Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=20 |pages=411–427|access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref> *[[1712]] &ndash; [[Action of 17 August 1712]] New Deep naval battle between [[Denmark]] and [[Sweden]]. *[[1717]] &ndash; [[Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18]]: The month-long [[Siege of Belgrade (1717)|Siege of Belgrade]] ends with [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]]'s [[Habsburg Monarchy|Austrian]] troops capturing the city from the [[Ottoman Empire]]. *[[1723]] &ndash; [[Ioan Giurgiu Patachi]] becomes [[Bishop of Făgăraș]] and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in [[Făgăraș]], after being formally confirmed earlier by [[Pope Clement XI]]. *[[1740]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict XIV]], previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds [[Clement XII]] as the 247th Pope. *[[1784]] &ndash; Classical composer [[Luigi Boccherini]] receives a pay rise of 12000 [[Spanish real|reals]] from his employer, the [[Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón]]. *[[1798]] &ndash; The [[Vietnam]]ese Catholics report a [[Marian apparition]] in [[Quảng Trị]], an event which is called [[Our Lady of La Vang]]. *[[1807]] &ndash; [[Robert Fulton]]'s ''[[North River Steamboat]]'' leaves New York City for [[Albany, New York]], on the [[Hudson River]], inaugurating the first commercial [[steamboat]] service in the world. *[[1808]] &ndash; The [[Finnish War]]: The [[Battle of Alavus]] was fought.<ref>{{cite book|title=När riket sprängdes: fälttågen i Finland och Västerbotten, 1808-1809 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DNPRAAAAMAAJ |first=Eirik |last=Hornborg |language=sv |year=1955|publisher=P. A. Norstedts och Söners Förlag |location=[[Stockholm]]}}</ref> *[[1827]] &ndash; Dutch King [[William I of the Netherlands|William I]] and [[Pope Leo XII]] sign concord. *[[1836]] &ndash; [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|British parliament]] [[Marriage Act 1836|accepts]] registration of births, marriages and deaths. *[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: The [[Dakota War of 1862]] begins in [[Minnesota]] as [[Dakota people|Dakota]] warriors attack white settlements along the [[Minnesota River]]. * 1862 &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Major General [[J. E. B. Stuart]] is assigned command of all the cavalry of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Army of Northern Virginia]]. *[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: In [[Charleston, South Carolina]], [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held [[Fort Sumter]]. *[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Battle of Gainesville]]: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near [[Gainesville, Florida]]. *[[1866]] &ndash; The [[Grand Duchy of Baden]] announces her withdrawal from the [[German Confederation]] and signs a [[History of Baden-Württemberg|treaty of peace and alliance]] with [[Prussia]]. *[[1883]] &ndash; The first public performance of the [[Dominican Republic]]'s [[national anthem]], ''[[National Anthem of the Dominican Republic|Himno Nacional]]''. *[[1896]] &ndash; [[Bridget Driscoll]] became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom. ===1901–present=== *[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Battle of Stallupönen]]: The German army of [[General officer|General]] [[Hermann von François]] defeats the Russian force commanded by [[Paul von Rennenkampf]] near modern-day [[Nesterov]], Russia. *[[1915]] &ndash; Jewish American [[Leo Frank]] is [[lynching|lynched]] in [[Marietta, Georgia]] after a 13-year-old girl is murdered. * 1915 &ndash; A [[1915 Galveston hurricane|Category 4 hurricane]] hits [[Galveston, Texas]] with winds at {{convert|135|mph|km/h}}. *[[1916]] &ndash; World War I: [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]] signs a [[Treaty of Bucharest (1916)|secret treaty]] with the [[Allies of World War I|Entente Powers]]. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side. *[[1918]] &ndash; [[Bolshevik]] revolutionary leader [[Moisei Uritsky]] is assassinated. *[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] [[Makin Island raid|raid]] the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]]-held Pacific island of Makin. *[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: The U.S. [[Eighth Air Force]] suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the [[Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission]]. * 1943 &ndash; World War II: The [[U.S. Seventh Army]] under General [[George S. Patton]] arrives in [[Messina]], Italy, followed several hours later by the [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|British 8th Army]] under Field Marshal [[Bernard Montgomery]], thus completing the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[Allied invasion of Sicily|conquest of Sicily]]. * 1943 &ndash; World War II: [[Quebec Conference, 1943|First Québec Conference]] of [[Winston Churchill]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], and [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] begins. * 1943 &ndash; World War II: The [[Royal Air Force]] begins [[Operation Hydra (1943)|Operation Hydra]], the first air raid of the [[Operation Crossbow]] [[Strategic bombing during World War II|strategic bombing campaign]] against Germany's [[V-weapons|V-weapon program]]. *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Sukarno]] and [[Mohammad Hatta]] [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|proclaim the independence]] of [[Indonesia]], igniting the [[Indonesian National Revolution]] against the [[Dutch Empire]]. * 1945 &ndash; The novella ''[[Animal Farm]]'' by [[George Orwell]] is first published. *[[1947]] &ndash; The [[Radcliffe Line]], the border between the [[Dominion of India|Dominions of India]] and [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]], is revealed. *[[1949]] &ndash; The 6.7 {{M|s}} [[1949 Karlıova earthquake|Karlıova earthquake]] shakes eastern [[Turkey]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of X (''Extreme''), leaving 320–450 dead.<ref name="USGS"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr/sismo/2/deprem-bilgileri/buyuk-depremler/|title=Bogazici University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute National Earthquake Monitoring Center (NEMC) List of major earthquakes 1900–2004|publisher=[[Boğaziçi Üniversitesi]]|language=Turkish|access-date=27 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQUzDAAAQBAJ|title=Asian Law in Disasters: Toward a Human-Centered Recovery|authors=Yuka KANEKO, Katsumi MATSUOKA, Toshihisa TOYODA|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2016|isbn=9781317396840|access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref> *[[1953]] &ndash; First meeting of [[Narcotics Anonymous]] takes place, in [[Southern California]]. *[[1955]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Diane]] made landfall near [[Wilmington, North Carolina]], and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Gordon E. Dunn|author2=Walter R. Davis|author3=Paul L. Moore|title=Hurricanes of 1955|pages=319|publisher=United States Weather Bureau|access-date=2013-02-13|date=December 1955|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/083/mwr-083-12-0315.pdf|journal=Monthly Weather Review|volume=83|issue=12|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1955)083<0315:HO>2.0.CO;2|bibcode = 1955MWRv...83..315D|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026210422/http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/083/mwr-083-12-0315.pdf|archive-date=2007-10-26|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|author=Edward N. Rappaport|author2=Jose Fernandez-Partagas|author3=Jack Beven|date=1997-04-22|title=The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492&ndash; 1996|publisher=National Hurricane Center|access-date=2013-02-03|chapter-url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdeadlyapp1.shtml?|chapter=Appendix 1: Cyclones with 25+ deaths}}</ref> *[[1958]] &ndash; ''[[Pioneer 0]]'', America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country. *[[1959]] &ndash; [[Quake Lake]] is formed by the magnitude 7.5 [[1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake]] near [[Hebgen Lake]] in [[Montana]]. *[[1962]] &ndash; [[Killing of Peter Fechter|Peter Fechter]] is shot and bleeds to death while [[List of deaths at the Berlin Wall|trying to cross the new Berlin Wall]]. *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale|Category 5]] [[Hurricane Camille]] hits the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|U.S. Gulf Coast]], killing 256 and causing $1.42&nbsp;billion in damage. *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Venera]] program: ''[[Venera 7]]'' launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet ([[Venus]]). *[[1977]] &ndash; The Soviet icebreaker ''[[Arktika (1972 icebreaker)|Arktika]]'' becomes the first surface ship to reach the [[North Pole]]. *[[1978]] &ndash; ''[[Double Eagle II]]'' becomes first [[balloon (aeronautics)|balloon]] to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in [[Miserey]], France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving [[Presque Isle, Maine]]. *[[1985]] &ndash; The [[1985–86 Hormel strike]] begins in [[Austin, Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hormel Strike, 1985–1986 {{!}} MNopedia|url=https://www.mnopedia.org/event/hormel-strike-1985-1986|access-date=2021-05-18|website=www.mnopedia.org}}</ref> *[[1988]] &ndash; President of Pakistan [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] and U.S. Ambassador [[Arnold Lewis Raphel|Arnold Raphel]] are killed in a plane crash. *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Strathfield massacre]]: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself. *[[1998]] &ndash; [[Lewinsky scandal]]: US President [[Bill Clinton]] admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with [[White House]] intern [[Monica Lewinsky]]; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship. *[[1999]] &ndash; The 7.6 {{M|w}} [[1999 İzmit earthquake|İzmit earthquake]] shakes northwestern [[Turkey]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured. *[[2004]] &ndash; The [[National Assembly of Serbia]] unanimously adopts new state symbols for [[Serbia]]: [[Bože pravde]] becomes the new anthem and the [[Coat of arms of Serbia|coat of arms]] is adopted for the whole country. *[[2005]] &ndash; The first forced evacuation of [[Israeli settlement|settler]]s, as part of [[Israeli disengagement from Gaza]], starts. * 2005 &ndash; Over 500 bombs are [[2005 Bangladesh bombings|set off by terrorists]] at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of [[Bangladesh]]. *[[2008]] &ndash; American swimmer [[Michael Phelps]] becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games. *[[2009]] &ndash; [[2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident|An accident]] at the [[Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam]] in [[Khakassia]], Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area. *[[2015]] &ndash; A [[2015 Bangkok bombing|bomb explodes]] near the [[Erawan Shrine]] in [[Bangkok]], Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others. *[[2017]] &ndash; [[2017 Barcelona attacks|Barcelona attacks]]: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100. *[[2019]] &ndash; [[17 August 2019 Kabul bombing|A bomb explodes at a wedding in Kabul]] killing 63 people and leaving 182 injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/dozens-feared-dead-or-injured-in-explosion-at-wedding-hall-in-kabul-afghanistan-11787995|title=Bomb blast at wedding party in Kabul, Afghanistan kills 63 and injures 182 more|date=18 August 2019|work=Sky News|access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref> ==Births== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this day in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ===Pre-1600=== *[[1153]] &ndash; [[William IX, Count of Poitiers]] (d. 1156) *[[1465]] &ndash; [[Philibert I, Duke of Savoy]] (d. 1482) *[[1473]] &ndash; [[Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York]] (d. 1483) *[[1501]] &ndash; [[Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg]] (d. 1529) *[[1556]] &ndash; [[Alexander Briant]], English martyr and saint (d. 1581) *[[1578]] &ndash; [[Francesco Albani]], Italian painter (d. 1660) * 1578 &ndash; [[Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]], first prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (d. 1638) *[[1582]] &ndash; [[John Matthew Rispoli]], Maltese philosopher (d. 1639) *[[1586]] &ndash; [[Johann Valentin Andrea]], German theologian (d. 1654) ===1601–1900=== *[[1603]] &ndash; [[Lennart Torstensson]], Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (d. 1651) *[[1629]] &ndash; [[John III Sobieski]], Polish–Lithuanian king (d. 1696) *[[1686]] &ndash; [[Nicola Porpora]], Italian composer and educator (d. 1768) *[[1753]] &ndash; [[Josef Dobrovský]], Bohemian philologist and historian (d. 1828) *[[1768]] &ndash; [[Louis Desaix]], French general (d. 1800) *[[1786]] &ndash; [[Davy Crockett]], American soldier and politician (d. 1836) * 1786 &ndash; [[Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]] (d. 1861) *[[1801]] &ndash; [[Fredrika Bremer]], Swedish writer and feminist (d. 1865)<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Bremer, Fredrika |volume=4 |pages=494–495}}</ref> *[[1828]] &ndash; [[Jules Bernard Luys]], French neurologist and physician (d. 1897) *[[1840]] &ndash; [[Wilfrid Scawen Blunt]], English poet and activist (d. 1922) *[[1845]] &ndash; [[Henry Cadwalader Chapman]], American physician and naturalist (d. 1909) *[[1849]] &ndash; [[William Kidston]], Scottish-Australian politician, 17th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 1919) *[[1863]] &ndash; [[Gene Stratton-Porter]], American author and photographer (d. 1924) *[[1865]] &ndash; [[Julia Marlowe]], English-American actress (d. 1950) *[[1866]] &ndash; [[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI]], Indian 6th [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] (d. 1911) *[[1873]] &ndash; [[John A. Sampson]], American gynecologist and academic (d. 1946) *[[1877]] &ndash; [[Ralph McKittrick]], American golfer and tennis player (d. 1923) *[[1878]] &ndash; [[Reggie Duff]], Australian cricketer (d. 1911) *[[1880]] &ndash; [[Percy Sherwell]], South African cricketer and tennis player (d. 1948) *[[1887]] &ndash; [[Charles I of Austria]] (d. 1922) * 1887 &ndash; [[Marcus Garvey]], Jamaican journalist and activist, founded [[Black Star Line]] (d. 1940) *[[1888]] &ndash; [[Monty Woolley]], American actor, raconteur, and pundit (d. 1963) *[[1890]] &ndash; [[Stefan Bastyr]], Polish soldier and pilot (d. 1920) * 1890 &ndash; [[Harry Hopkins]], American politician and diplomat, 8th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] (d. 1946) *[[1893]] &ndash; [[John Brahm]], German-American director and production manager (d. 1982) * 1893 &ndash; [[Mae West]], American actress, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1980) *[[1894]] &ndash; [[William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes]], English businessman, founded [[Rootes Group]] (d. 1964) *[[1896]] &ndash; [[Leslie Groves]], American general and engineer (d. 1970) * 1896 &ndash; [[Tõnis Kint]], Estonian lieutenant and politician, [[Prime Minister of Estonia in exile]] (d. 1991) * 1896 &ndash; [[Oliver Waterman Larkin]], American historian and author (d. 1970) *[[1900]] &ndash; [[Vivienne de Watteville]], British travel writer and adventurer (d. 1957) * 1900 &ndash; [[Pauline A. Young]], American teacher, historian, aviator and activist (d. 1991) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] &ndash; [[Mary Cain (editor)|Mary Cain]], American journalist and politician (d. 1984) * 1904 &ndash; [[Leopold Nowak]], Austrian composer and musicologist (d. 1991) *[[1909]] &ndash; [[Larry Clinton]], American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985) * 1909 &ndash; [[Wilf Copping]], English footballer (d. 1980) *[[1911]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Botvinnik]], Russian chess player and engineer (d. 1995) * 1911 &ndash; [[Martin Sandberger]], German colonel and lawyer (d. 2010) *[[1913]] &ndash; [[Mark Felt]] (aka 'Deep Throat'), American lawyer and agent, 2nd [[Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (d. 2008) * 1913 &ndash; [[Oscar Alfredo Gálvez]], Argentinian race car driver (d. 1989) * 1913 &ndash; [[Rudy York]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1970) *[[1914]] &ndash; [[Bill Downs]], American journalist (d. 1978) * 1914 &ndash; [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1988) *[[1916]] &ndash; [[Moses Majekodunmi]], Nigerian physician and politician (d. 2012) *[[1918]] &ndash; [[Evelyn Ankers]], British-American actress (d. 1985) * 1918 &ndash; [[Ike Quebec]], American saxophonist and pianist (d. 1963) * 1918 &ndash; [[Michael John Wise]], English geographer and academic (d. 2015) *[[1919]] &ndash; [[Georgia Gibbs]], American singer (d. 2006) *[[1920]] &ndash; [[Maureen O'Hara]], Irish-American actress and singer (d. 2015) * 1920 &ndash; [[Lida Moser]], American photographer and author (d. 2014) *[[1921]] &ndash; [[Geoffrey Elton]], German-English historian and academic (d. 1994) *[[1922]] &ndash; [[Roy Tattersall]], English cricketer (d. 2011) *[[1923]] &ndash; [[Carlos Cruz-Diez]], Venezuelan artist (d. 2019) * 1923 &ndash; [[Larry Rivers]], American painter and sculptor (d. 2002) *[[1924]] &ndash; [[Evan S. Connell]], American novelist, poet, and short story writer (d. 2013) *[[1926]] &ndash; [[Valerie Eliot]], English businesswoman (d. 2012) * 1926 &ndash; [[Jiang Zemin]], Chinese engineer and politician, former [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of China]] and 5th [[President of the People's Republic of China|President of China]] *[[1927]] &ndash; [[Sam Butera]], American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2009) * 1927 &ndash; [[F. Ray Keyser Jr.]], American lawyer and politician, 72nd [[Governor of Vermont]] (d. 2015) *[[1928]] &ndash; [[T. J. Anderson]], American composer, conductor, and educator * 1928 &ndash; [[Willem Duys]], Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer (d. 2011) *[[1929]] &ndash; [[Francis Gary Powers]], American captain and pilot (d. 1977) *[[1930]] &ndash; [[Harve Bennett]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015) * 1930 &ndash; [[Ted Hughes]], English poet and playwright (d. 1998) *[[1931]] &ndash; [[Tony Wrigley]], English historian, demographer, and academic *[[1932]] &ndash; [[V. S. Naipaul]], Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2018) * 1932 &ndash; [[Duke Pearson]], American pianist and composer (d. 1980) * 1932 &ndash; [[Jean-Jacques Sempé]], French cartoonist *[[1933]] &ndash; [[Mark Dinning]], American pop singer (d. 1986) *[[1934]] &ndash; [[João Donato]], Brazilian pianist and composer * 1934 &ndash; [[Ron Henry]], English footballer (d. 2014) *[[1936]] &ndash; [[Seamus Mallon]], Irish educator and politician, [[First Minister and deputy First Minister|Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland]] (d. 2020) * 1936 &ndash; [[Margaret Heafield Hamilton]], American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner. *[[1938]] &ndash; [[Theodoros Pangalos (politician)|Theodoros Pangalos]], Greek lawyer and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Greece]] *[[1939]] &ndash; [[Luther Allison]], American blues guitarist and singer (d. 1997) *[[1940]] &ndash; [[Eduardo Mignogna]], Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2006) * 1940 &ndash; [[Barry Sheerman]], English academic and politician *[[1941]] &ndash; [[Lothar Bisky]], German businessman and politician (d. 2013) * 1941 &ndash; [[Jean Pierre Lefebvre]], Canadian director and screenwriter *[[1942]] &ndash; [[Shane Porteous]], Australian actor, animator, and screenwriter *[[1943]] &ndash; [[Edward Cowie]], English composer, painter, and author * 1943 &ndash; [[Robert De Niro]], American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert De Niro |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/robert-de-niro |website=www.goldenglobes.com |access-date=7 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=De Niro, Robert |url=https://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n85231405.html |website=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=7 October 2020}}</ref> * 1943 &ndash; [[John Humphrys]], Welsh journalist and author * 1943 &ndash; [[Dave "Snaker" Ray]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002) *[[1944]] &ndash; [[Larry Ellison]], American businessman, co-founded the [[Oracle Corporation]] * 1944 &ndash; [[Jean-Bernard Pommier]], French pianist and conductor *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Rachel Pollack]], American author, poet, and educator *[[1946]] &ndash; [[Hugh Baiocchi]], South African golfer * 1946 &ndash; [[Martha Coolidge]], American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1946 &ndash; [[Patrick Manning]], Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th [[List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago|Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago]] (d. 2016) *[[1947]] &ndash; [[Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician)|Mohamed Abdelaziz]], [[President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]] (d. 2016) * 1947 &ndash; [[Gary Talley]], American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and author *[[1948]] &ndash; [[Alexander Ivashkin]], Russian-English cellist and conductor (d. 2014) *[[1949]] &ndash; [[Norm Coleman]], American lawyer and politician, 52nd [[List of mayors of Saint Paul, Minnesota|Mayor of St. Paul]] * 1949 &ndash; [[Sue Draheim]], American fiddler and composer (d. 2013) * 1949 &ndash; [[Julian Fellowes]], English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician * 1949 &ndash; [[Sib Hashian]], American rock drummer (d. 2017) *[[1951]] &ndash; [[Richard Hunt (puppeteer)|Richard Hunt]], American Muppet performer (d. 1992) *[[1952]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Maksimenkov]], Russian footballer and coach (d. 2012) * 1952 &ndash; [[Nelson Piquet]], Brazilian race car driver and businessman * 1952 &ndash; [[Mario Theissen]], German engineer and businessman * 1952 &ndash; [[Guillermo Vilas]], Argentinian tennis player *[[1953]] &ndash; [[Mick Malthouse]], Australian footballer and coach * 1953 &ndash; [[Herta Müller]], Romanian-German poet and author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate * 1953 &ndash; [[Korrie Layun Rampan]], Indonesian author, poet, and critic (d. 2015) * 1953 &ndash; [[Kevin Rowland]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1954]] &ndash; [[Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)|Eric Johnson]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1954 &ndash; [[Andrés Pastrana Arango]], Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th [[President of Colombia]] *[[1955]] &ndash; [[Colin Moulding]], English singer-songwriter and bassist *[[1956]] &ndash; [[Gail Berman]], American businessman, co-founded [[BermanBraun]] * 1956 &ndash; [[Álvaro Pino]], Spanish cyclist *[[1957]] &ndash; [[Ken Kwapis]], American director and screenwriter * 1957 &ndash; [[Laurence Overmire]], American poet, author, and actor * 1957 &ndash; [[Robin Cousins]], British competitive figure skater *[[1958]] &ndash; [[Belinda Carlisle]], American singer-songwriter * 1958 &ndash; [[Fred Goodwin]], Scottish banker and accountant * 1958 &ndash; [[Maurizio Sandro Sala]], Brazilian race car driver *[[1959]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Franzen]], American novelist and essayist * 1959 &ndash; [[Jacek Kazimierski]], Polish footballer * 1959 &ndash; [[Eric Schlosser]], American journalist and author *[[1960]] &ndash; [[Stephan Eicher]], Swiss singer-songwriter * 1960 &ndash; [[Sean Penn]], American actor, director, and political activist<ref>{{cite web |title=Sean Penn |url=https://www.biography.com/actor/sean-penn |website=Biography.com |publisher=A&E Television Networks |access-date=14 August 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref> *[[1962]] &ndash; [[Gilby Clarke]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1962 &ndash; [[Dan Dakich]], American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster *[[1963]] &ndash; [[Jon Gruden]], American football player, coach, and sportscaster *[[1964]] &ndash; [[Colin James]], Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1964 &ndash; [[Maria McKee]], American singer-songwriter * 1964 &ndash; [[Dave Penney]], English footballer and manager *[[1965]] &ndash; [[Steve Gorman]], American drummer * 1965 &ndash; [[Dottie Pepper]], American golfer *[[1966]] &ndash; [[Jüri Luik]], Estonian politician and diplomat, 18th [[Minister of Defence (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Defense]] * 1966 &ndash; [[Rodney Mullen]], American skateboarder and stuntman * 1966 &ndash; [[Don Sweeney]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager *[[1967]] &ndash; [[Michael Preetz]], German footballer and manager *[[1968]] &ndash; [[Andriy Kuzmenko]], Ukrainian singer-songwriter (d. 2015) * 1968 &ndash; [[Ed McCaffrey]], American football player and sportscaster * 1968 &ndash; [[Helen McCrory]], English actress (d. 2021) *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Christian Laettner]], American basketball player and coach * 1969 &ndash; [[Donnie Wahlberg]], American singer-songwriter, actor and producer * 1969 &ndash; [[Kelvin Mercer]], American rapper, songwriter and producer *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Jim Courier]], American tennis player and sportscaster * 1970 &ndash; [[Andrus Kivirähk]], Estonian author * 1970 &ndash; [[Øyvind Leonhardsen]], Norwegian footballer and coach *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Uhm Jung-hwa]], South Korean singer and actress * 1971 &ndash; [[Jorge Posada]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player * 1971 &ndash; [[Shaun Rehn]], Australian footballer and coach *[[1972]] &ndash; [[Habibul Bashar]], Bangladeshi cricketer *[[1974]] &ndash; [[Johannes Maria Staud]], Austrian composer *[[1976]] &ndash; [[Eric Boulton]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1976 &ndash; [[Geertjan Lassche]], Dutch journalist and director * 1976 &ndash; [[Serhiy Zakarlyuka]], Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014) *[[1977]] &ndash; [[Nathan Deakes]], Australian race walker * 1977 &ndash; [[William Gallas]], French footballer * 1977 &ndash; [[Thierry Henry]], French footballer * 1977 &ndash; [[Mike Lewis (musician)|Mike Lewis]], Welsh guitarist * 1977 &ndash; [[Tarja Turunen]], Finnish singer-songwriter and producer *[[1979]] &ndash; [[Antwaan Randle El]], American football player and journalist *[[1980]] &ndash; [[Keith Dabengwa]], Zimbabwean cricketer * 1980 &ndash; [[Daniel Güiza]], Spanish footballer * 1980 &ndash; [[Jan Kromkamp]], Dutch footballer * 1980 &ndash; [[Lene Marlin]], Norwegian singer-songwriter *[[1982]] &ndash; [[Phil Jagielka]], English footballer * 1982 &ndash; [[Cheerleader Melissa]], American wrestler and manager * 1982 &ndash; [[Mark Salling]], American actor and musician (d. 2018) *[[1983]] &ndash; [[Dustin Pedroia]], American baseball player *[[1984]] &ndash; [[Dee Brown (basketball, born 1984)|Dee Brown]], American basketball player * 1984 &ndash; [[Oksana Domnina]], Russian ice dancer * 1984 &ndash; [[Liam Heath]], British sprint canoeist<ref>{{cite web|title=Liam Heath|url=http://www.olympic.org/liam-heath/|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=27 June 2020}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[Garrett Wolfe]], American football player *[[1985]] &ndash; [[Yū Aoi]], Japanese actress and model *[[1986]] &ndash; [[Rudy Gay]], American basketball player * 1986 &ndash; [[Tyrus Thomas]], American basketball player * 1986 &ndash; [[Marcus Berg]], Swedish footballer *[[1988]] &ndash; [[Natalie Sandtorv]], Norwegian singer-songwriter * 1988 &ndash; [[Jihadi John]], Kuwaiti-British member of [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]] (d. 2015) * 1988 &ndash; [[Erika Toda]], Japanese actress *[[1989]] &ndash; [[Rachel Corsie]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Rachel Corsie {{!}} Scotland {{!}} Scottish FA |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=74263&lid=2 |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk |access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref> *[[1990]] &ndash; [[Chandler Hoffman]], American soccer player *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Steven Zuber]], Swiss footballer *[[1992]] &ndash; [[Alex Elisala]], New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013) * 1992 &ndash; [[Chanel Mata'utia]], Australian rugby league player * 1992 &ndash; [[Paige (wrestler)|Paige]], English wrestler * 1992 &ndash; [[Soony Saad]], Lebanese-American footballer *[[1993]] &ndash; [[Ederson Moraes]], Brazilian footballer * 1993 &ndash; [[Sarah Sjöström]], Swedish swimmer *[[1994]] &ndash; [[Phoebe Bridgers]], American singer/songwriter * 1994 &ndash; [[Tiémoué Bakayoko]], French footballer *[[1995]] &ndash; [[Gracie Gold]], American figure skater * 1995 &ndash; [[Dallin Watene-Zelezniak]], New Zealand rugby league player *[[1996]] &ndash; [[Jake Virtanen]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[2000]] &ndash; [[Lil Pump]], American rapper and songwriter <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this day in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[754]] &ndash; [[Carloman (mayor of the palace)|Carloman]], mayor of the palace of [[Austrasia]] * [[949]] &ndash; [[Li Shouzhen]], Chinese general and governor *[[1153]] &ndash; [[Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne]] (b. 1130) *[[1304]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Fukakusa]] of Japan (b. 1243) *[[1324]] &ndash; [[Irene of Brunswick]] (b. 1293) *[[1338]] &ndash; [[Nitta Yoshisada]], Japanese samurai (b. 1301) *[[1424]] &ndash; [[John Stewart, Earl of Buchan]] (b. c. 1381) *[[1510]] &ndash; [[Edmund Dudley]], English politician, [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] (b. 1462) * 1510 &ndash; [[Richard Empson]], English statesman *[[1547]] &ndash; [[Katharina von Zimmern]], Swiss sovereign abbess (b. 1478)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Christine|last1=Christ-von Wedel|first2=Irene|last2=Gysel|first3=Jeanne|last3=Pestalozzi|first4=Marlis|last4=Stähli|title=Die Äbtissin, der Söldnerführer und ihre Töchter: Katharina von Zimmern im politischen Spannungsfeld der Reformationszeit|location=Zürich|publisher=Theologischer Verlag Zürich|year=2020|language=DE|page=317|isbn=978-3-29018-255-7}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1673]] &ndash; [[Regnier de Graaf]], Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641) *[[1676]] &ndash; [[Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen]], German author (b. 1621) *[[1720]] &ndash; [[Anne Dacier]], French scholar and translator (b. 1654) *[[1723]] &ndash; [[Joseph Bingham]], English scholar and academic (b. 1668) *[[1768]] &ndash; [[Vasily Trediakovsky]], Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703) *[[1785]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Trumbull]], English-American merchant and politician, 16th [[Governor of Connecticut]] (b. 1710) *[[1786]] &ndash; [[Frederick the Great]], Prussian king (b. 1712) *[[1809]] &ndash; [[Matthew Boulton]], English businessman and engineer, co-founded [[Boulton and Watt]] (b. 1728)<ref>{{citation | last = Uglow | first = Jenny | author-link = Jenny Uglow | year = 2002 | title = The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World | publisher = Faber & Faber | location = London | isbn = 978-0-374-19440-6 | page = [https://archive.org/details/lunarmenfivefrie00uglo/page/495 495] | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/lunarmenfivefrie00uglo/page/495 }}</ref> *[[1814]] &ndash; [[John Johnson (architect, born 1732)|John Johnson]], English architect and surveyor (b. 1732) *[[1834]] &ndash; [[Husein Gradaščević]], Ottoman general (b. 1802) *[[1838]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo Da Ponte]], Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749) *[[1850]] &ndash; [[José de San Martín]], Argentinian general and politician, 1st [[President of Peru]] (b. 1778) *[[1861]] &ndash; [[Alcée Louis la Branche]], American politician and diplomat, 1st [[United States Ambassador to Texas]] (b. 1806) *[[1870]] &ndash; [[Perucho Figueredo]], Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818) *[[1875]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Bleek]], German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827) *[[1897]] &ndash; [[William Jervois]], English engineer and diplomat, 10th [[Governor of South Australia]] (b. 1821) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] &ndash; [[Edmond Audran]], French organist and composer (b. 1842) *[[1903]] &ndash; [[Hans Gude]], Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825) *[[1908]] &ndash; [[Radoje Domanović]], Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873) *[[1909]] &ndash; [[Madan Lal Dhingra]], Indian activist (b. 1883) *[[1918]] &ndash; [[Moisei Uritsky]], Russian activist and politician (b. 1873) *[[1920]] &ndash; [[Ray Chapman]], American baseball player (b. 1891) *[[1924]] &ndash; [[Tom Kendall]], English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851) *[[1925]] &ndash; [[Ioan Slavici]], Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848) *[[1935]] &ndash; [[Adam Gunn]], American decathlete (b. 1872) * 1935 &ndash; [[Charlotte Perkins Gilman]], American sociologist and author (b. 1860)<ref>{{cite book|first=Lynne E.|last=Ford|title=Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics|location=New York|publisher=Facts on File|year=2007|isbn=978-0-81605-491-6|page=209}}</ref> *[[1936]] &ndash; [[José María of Manila]], Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880) *[[1940]] &ndash; [[Billy Fiske]], American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web |title=Day by day: 17 August 1940 |url=https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/learn/the-battle-of-britain/day-by-day/#17-august-1940 |website=The Battle of Britain Memorial |access-date=14 August 2020 |quote=Today say the death of Pilot Officer Billy Fiske of No 601 Squadron, one of the American volunteers to fly with the RAF in the Battle. Fiske’s Hurricane had been hit by return fire from a Ju 87 over Bognor Regis the day before and had forced-landed back at Tangmere on fire. At the time the airfield was being bombed, but groundcrew carried him clear. He had appeared to be recovering in hospital before his death from burns and shock.}}</ref> *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Reidar Haaland]], Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919) *[[1949]] &ndash; [[Gregorio Perfecto]], Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891) *[[1958]] &ndash; [[Arthur Fox (fencer)|Arthur Fox]], English-American fencer (b. 1878) *[[1966]] &ndash; [[Ken Miles]], English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918) *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Otto Stern]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1888) *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Rattana Pestonji]], Thai director and producer (b. 1908) *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Maedayama Eigorō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1914) * 1971 &ndash; [[Wilhelm List]], German field marshal (b. 1880) *[[1973]] &ndash; [[Conrad Aiken]], American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889) * 1973 &ndash; [[Jean Barraqué]], French pianist and composer (b. 1928) * 1973 &ndash; [[Paul Williams (The Temptations)|Paul Williams]], American singer and choreographer (b. 1939) *[[1977]] &ndash; [[Delmer Daves]], American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1904) *[[1979]] &ndash; [[John C. Allen]], American [[roller coaster]] designer (b. 1907) * 1979 &ndash; [[Vivian Vance]], American actress and singer (b. 1909) *[[1983]] &ndash; [[Ira Gershwin]], American songwriter (b. 1896) *[[1987]] &ndash; [[Gary Chester]], Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924) * 1987 &ndash; [[Rudolf Hess]], German soldier and politician (b. 1894) * 1987 &ndash; [[Shaike Ophir]], Israeli actor and screenwriter (b. 1929) *[[1988]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]], Pakistani general and politician, 6th [[President of Pakistan]] (b. 1924) * 1988 &ndash; [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1914) * 1988 &ndash; [[Victoria Shaw (actress)|Victoria Shaw]], Australian-American actress (b. 1935) *[[1990]] &ndash; [[Pearl Bailey]], American actress and singer (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pearl Bailey {{!}} American entertainer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pearl-Bailey |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=4 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1993]] &ndash; [[Feng Kang]], Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920) *[[1994]] &ndash; [[Luigi Chinetti]], Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901) * 1994 &ndash; [[Jack Sharkey]], American boxer and referee (b. 1902) *[[1995]] &ndash; [[Howard E. Koch]], American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902) * 1995 &ndash; [[Ted Whitten]], Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933) *[[1998]] &ndash; [[Władysław Komar]], Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940) * 1998 &ndash; [[Tadeusz Ślusarski]], Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950) *[[2000]] &ndash; [[Jack Walker]], English businessman (b. 1929) *[[2004]] &ndash; [[Thea Astley]], Australian author and educator (b. 1925) *[[2005]] &ndash; [[John N. Bahcall]], American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934) *[[2006]] &ndash; [[Shamsur Rahman (poet)|Shamsur Rahman]], Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929) *[[2007]] &ndash; [[Bill Deedes]], English journalist and politician (b. 1913) * 2007 &ndash; [[Eddie Griffin (basketball)|Eddie Griffin]], American basketball player (b. 1982) *[[2008]] &ndash; [[Franco Sensi]], Italian businessman and politician (b. 1926) *[[2010]] &ndash; [[Francesco Cossiga]], Italian lawyer and politician, 8th [[President of Italy]] (b. 1928) *[[2012]] &ndash; [[Aase Bjerkholt]], Norwegian politician, [[Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion]] (b. 1915) * 2012 &ndash; [[Victor Poor]], American engineer, developed the [[Datapoint 2200]] (b. 1933) * 2012 &ndash; [[Patrick Ricard (entrepreneur)|Patrick Ricard]], French businessman (b. 1945) * 2012 &ndash; [[John Lynch-Staunton]], Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930) *[[2013]] &ndash; [[Odilia Dank]], American educator and politician (b. 1938) * 2013 &ndash; [[Jack Harshman]], American baseball player (b. 1927) * 2013 &ndash; [[John Hollander]], American poet and critic (b. 1929) * 2013 &ndash; [[Frank Martínez (artist)|Frank Martínez]], American painter (b. 1924) * 2013 &ndash; [[Gus Winckel]], Dutch lieutenant and pilot (b. 1912) *[[2014]] &ndash; [[Børre Knudsen]], Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937) * 2014 &ndash; [[Wolfgang Leonhard]], German historian and author (b. 1921) * 2014 &ndash; [[Sophie Masloff]], American civil servant and politician, 56th [[Mayor of Pittsburgh]] (b. 1917) * 2014 &ndash; [[Miodrag Pavlović]], Serbian poet and critic (b. 1928) * 2014 &ndash; [[Pierre Vassiliu]], French singer-songwriter (b. 1937) *[[2015]] &ndash; [[Yvonne Craig]], American ballet dancer and actress (b. 1937) * 2015 &ndash; [[Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder]], German businessman (b. 1933) * 2015 &ndash; [[László Paskai]], Hungarian cardinal (b. 1927) *[[2016]] &ndash; [[Arthur Hiller]], Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923) <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. --> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Clare of Montefalco]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Watkins |first1=Basil |title=The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary |date=2015-11-19 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-567-66456-3 |page=145 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kE6TCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA145 |language=en}}</ref> **[[Hyacinth of Poland]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Hyacinth of Poland |url=https://dominicans.ie/saint-hyacinth-of-poland/ |website=dominicans.ie |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref> **[[Jeanne Delanoue]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Howell |first1=Kenneth J. |last2=Crownwood |first2=Joseph |title=Mystery of the Altar: Daily Meditations on the Eucharist |date=2021-01-29 |publisher=Emmaus Road Publishing |isbn=978-1-949013-71-9 |page=108 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-MXEAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA108 |language=en}}</ref> **[[Samuel Johnson (American educator)|Samuel Johnson]], [[Timothy Cutler]], and [[Thomas Bradbury Chandler]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Publishing |first1=Church |title=A Great Cloud of Witnesses |date=2016-10-01 |publisher=Church Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-0-89869-963-0 |page=419 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uUlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT419 |language=en}}</ref> **[[August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Engineer's Day]] ([[Colombia]]) *[[Flag Day (Bolivia)]] *[[Independence Day (Indonesia)|Independence Day]], celebrates the [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|independence proclamation]] of [[Indonesia]] from Japan in 1945. *[[Independence Days (Gabon)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Gabon]] from France in 1960. *[[Marcus Garvey|Marcus Garvey Day]] ([[Jamaica]]) *[[Prekmurje Union Day]] ([[Slovenia]]) *[[San Martin Day]] ([[Argentina]]) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/17 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=17}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/17 |title=Historical Events on August 17 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} * {{cite web |url=http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/August_17 |title=Today in Canadian History |publisher=Canada Channel}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:August 17}} [[Category:Days of the year]] [[Category:August]]'
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'{{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[309]]/[[310]] &ndash; [[Pope Eusebius]] is banished by the Emperor [[Maxentius]] to [[Sicilia (Roman province)|Sicily]], where he dies, perhaps from a [[hunger strike]]. * [[682]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo II]] begins his pontificate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Leo II {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Leo-II |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=28 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * [[986]] &ndash; [[Byzantine–Bulgarian wars]]: [[Battle of the Gates of Trajan]]: The [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarians]] under the [[Cometopuli dynasty|Comitopuli]] [[Samuel of Bulgaria|Samuel]] and [[Aron (noble)|Aron]] defeat the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] forces at the [[Gate of Trajan]], with [[Byzantine Emperor]] [[Basil&nbsp;II]] barely escaping. *[[1186]] &ndash; [[Georgenberg Pact]]: [[Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria]] and [[Leopold V, Duke of Austria]] sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar gives his duchy to Leopold and to his son [[Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg)|Frederick]] under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided. *[[1386]] &ndash; [[Karl Topia]], the ruler of [[Princedom of Albania]] forges an alliance with the [[Republic of Venice]], committing to participate in all wars of the Republic and receiving coastal protection against the [[Ottomans]] in return. *[[1424]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Battle of Verneuil]]: An English force under [[John, Duke of Bedford]] defeats a larger French army under [[Jean II, Duke of Alençon]], [[John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan|John Stewart]], and [[Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas|Earl Archibald of Douglas]]. *[[1498]] &ndash; [[Cesare Borgia]], son of [[Pope Alexander VI]], becomes the first person in history to resign the [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|cardinalate]]; later that same day, King [[Louis XII of France]] names him [[Duke of Valentinois]]. *[[1549]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sampford Courtenay]]: The [[Prayer Book Rebellion]] is quashed in [[Kingdom of England|England]]. *[[1560]] &ndash; The [[Catholic Church]] is overthrown and [[Protestantism]] is [[Scottish Reformation Parliament|established]] as the national religion in [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]]. *[[1585]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Siege of Antwerp (1584–85)|Siege of Antwerp]]: [[Antwerp]] is captured by [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] forces under [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma]], who orders [[Protestants]] to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the [[Dutch Republic|northern provinces]]. * 1585 &ndash; A first group of colonists sent by [[Sir Walter Raleigh]] under the charge of [[Ralph Lane]] lands in the [[New World]] to create [[Roanoke Colony]] on [[Roanoke Island]], off the coast of present-day [[North Carolina]]. *[[1597]] &ndash; [[Islands Voyage]]: [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]], and Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] set sail on an expedition to the [[Azores]]. ===1601–1900=== *[[1668]] &ndash; The magnitude 8.0 [[1668 North Anatolia earthquake|North Anatolia earthquake]] causes 8,000 deaths in northern [[Anatolia]], [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name="USGS">{{Cite web |url=http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/historical.php/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825081330/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/historical.php/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 August 2009|title=Historic Worldwide Earthquakes |publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="Zabci_etal_2011">{{Cite journal |last1=Zabci |first1=C. |last2=Akyüz |first2=H. S. |last3=Karabacak |first3=V. |last4=Sançar |first4=T. |last5=Altunel |first5=E. |last6=Gürsoy |first6=H. |last7=Tatar |first7=O. |year=2011 |title=Palaeoearthquakes on the Kelkit Valley Segment of the North Anatolian Fault, Turkey: Implications for the Surface Rupture of the Historical 17 August 1668 Anatolian Earthquake |url=http://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/earth/issues/yer-11-20-4/yer-20-4-4-0910-48.pdf |journal=Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences |volume=20 |pages=411–427|access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref> *[[1712]] &ndash; [[Action of 17 August 1712]] New Deep naval battle between [[Denmark]] and [[Sweden]]. *[[1717]] &ndash; [[Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18]]: The month-long [[Siege of Belgrade (1717)|Siege of Belgrade]] ends with [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]]'s [[Habsburg Monarchy|Austrian]] troops capturing the city from the [[Ottoman Empire]]. *[[1723]] &ndash; [[Ioan Giurgiu Patachi]] becomes [[Bishop of Făgăraș]] and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in [[Făgăraș]], after being formally confirmed earlier by [[Pope Clement XI]]. *[[1740]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict XIV]], previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds [[Clement XII]] as the 247th Pope. *[[1784]] &ndash; Classical composer [[Luigi Boccherini]] receives a pay rise of 12000 [[Spanish real|reals]] from his employer, the [[Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón]]. *[[1798]] &ndash; The [[Vietnam]]ese Catholics report a [[Marian apparition]] in [[Quảng Trị]], an event which is called [[Our Lady of La Vang]]. *[[1807]] &ndash; [[Robert Fulton]]'s ''[[North River Steamboat]]'' leaves New York City for [[Albany, New York]], on the [[Hudson River]], inaugurating the first commercial [[steamboat]] service in the world. *[[1808]] &ndash; The [[Finnish War]]: The [[Battle of Alavus]] was fought.<ref>{{cite book|title=När riket sprängdes: fälttågen i Finland och Västerbotten, 1808-1809 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DNPRAAAAMAAJ |first=Eirik |last=Hornborg |language=sv |year=1955|publisher=P. A. Norstedts och Söners Förlag |location=[[Stockholm]]}}</ref> *[[1827]] &ndash; Dutch King [[William I of the Netherlands|William I]] and [[Pope Leo XII]] sign concord. *[[1836]] &ndash; [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|British parliament]] [[Marriage Act 1836|accepts]] registration of births, marriages and deaths. *[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: The [[Dakota War of 1862]] begins in [[Minnesota]] as [[Dakota people|Dakota]] warriors attack white settlements along the [[Minnesota River]]. * 1862 &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Major General [[J. E. B. Stuart]] is assigned command of all the cavalry of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Army of Northern Virginia]]. *[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: In [[Charleston, South Carolina]], [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held [[Fort Sumter]]. *[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Battle of Gainesville]]: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near [[Gainesville, Florida]]. *[[1866]] &ndash; The [[Grand Duchy of Baden]] announces her withdrawal from the [[German Confederation]] and signs a [[History of Baden-Württemberg|treaty of peace and alliance]] with [[Prussia]]. *[[1883]] &ndash; The first public performance of the [[Dominican Republic]]'s [[national anthem]], ''[[National Anthem of the Dominican Republic|Himno Nacional]]''. *[[1896]] &ndash; [[Bridget Driscoll]] became the first recorded case of a pedestrian killed in a collision with a motor car in the United Kingdom. ===1901–present=== *[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Battle of Stallupönen]]: The German army of [[General officer|General]] [[Hermann von François]] defeats the Russian force commanded by [[Paul von Rennenkampf]] near modern-day [[Nesterov]], Russia. *[[1915]] &ndash; Jewish American [[Leo Frank]] is [[lynching|lynched]] in [[Marietta, Georgia]] after a 13-year-old girl is murdered. * 1915 &ndash; A [[1915 Galveston hurricane|Category 4 hurricane]] hits [[Galveston, Texas]] with winds at {{convert|135|mph|km/h}}. *[[1916]] &ndash; World War I: [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]] signs a [[Treaty of Bucharest (1916)|secret treaty]] with the [[Allies of World War I|Entente Powers]]. According to the treaty, Romania agreed to join the war on the Allied side. *[[1918]] &ndash; [[Bolshevik]] revolutionary leader [[Moisei Uritsky]] is assassinated. *[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] [[Makin Island raid|raid]] the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]]-held Pacific island of Makin. *[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: The U.S. [[Eighth Air Force]] suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the [[Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission]]. * 1943 &ndash; World War II: The [[U.S. Seventh Army]] under General [[George S. Patton]] arrives in [[Messina]], Italy, followed several hours later by the [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|British 8th Army]] under Field Marshal [[Bernard Montgomery]], thus completing the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[Allied invasion of Sicily|conquest of Sicily]]. * 1943 &ndash; World War II: [[Quebec Conference, 1943|First Québec Conference]] of [[Winston Churchill]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], and [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] begins. * 1943 &ndash; World War II: The [[Royal Air Force]] begins [[Operation Hydra (1943)|Operation Hydra]], the first air raid of the [[Operation Crossbow]] [[Strategic bombing during World War II|strategic bombing campaign]] against Germany's [[V-weapons|V-weapon program]]. *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Sukarno]] and [[Mohammad Hatta]] [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|proclaim the independence]] of [[Indonesia]], igniting the [[Indonesian National Revolution]] against the [[Dutch Empire]]. * 1945 &ndash; The novella ''[[Animal Farm]]'' by [[George Orwell]] is first published. *[[1947]] &ndash; The [[Radcliffe Line]], the border between the [[Dominion of India|Dominions of India]] and [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]], is revealed. *[[1949]] &ndash; The 6.7 {{M|s}} [[1949 Karlıova earthquake|Karlıova earthquake]] shakes eastern [[Turkey]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of X (''Extreme''), leaving 320–450 dead.<ref name="USGS"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.koeri.boun.edu.tr/sismo/2/deprem-bilgileri/buyuk-depremler/|title=Bogazici University Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute National Earthquake Monitoring Center (NEMC) List of major earthquakes 1900–2004|publisher=[[Boğaziçi Üniversitesi]]|language=Turkish|access-date=27 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQUzDAAAQBAJ|title=Asian Law in Disasters: Toward a Human-Centered Recovery|authors=Yuka KANEKO, Katsumi MATSUOKA, Toshihisa TOYODA|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2016|isbn=9781317396840|access-date=27 September 2021}}</ref> *[[1953]] &ndash; First meeting of [[Narcotics Anonymous]] takes place, in [[Southern California]]. *[[1955]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Diane]] made landfall near [[Wilmington, North Carolina]], and it went on to cause major floods and kill more than 184 people.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Gordon E. Dunn|author2=Walter R. Davis|author3=Paul L. Moore|title=Hurricanes of 1955|pages=319|publisher=United States Weather Bureau|access-date=2013-02-13|date=December 1955|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/083/mwr-083-12-0315.pdf|journal=Monthly Weather Review|volume=83|issue=12|doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1955)083<0315:HO>2.0.CO;2|bibcode = 1955MWRv...83..315D|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026210422/http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/083/mwr-083-12-0315.pdf|archive-date=2007-10-26|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite report|author=Edward N. Rappaport|author2=Jose Fernandez-Partagas|author3=Jack Beven|date=1997-04-22|title=The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492&ndash; 1996|publisher=National Hurricane Center|access-date=2013-02-03|chapter-url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastdeadlyapp1.shtml?|chapter=Appendix 1: Cyclones with 25+ deaths}}</ref> *[[1958]] &ndash; ''[[Pioneer 0]]'', America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country. *[[1959]] &ndash; [[Quake Lake]] is formed by the magnitude 7.5 [[1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake]] near [[Hebgen Lake]] in [[Montana]]. *[[1962]] &ndash; [[Killing of Peter Fechter|Peter Fechter]] is shot and bleeds to death while [[List of deaths at the Berlin Wall|trying to cross the new Berlin Wall]]. *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale|Category 5]] [[Hurricane Camille]] hits the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|U.S. Gulf Coast]], killing 256 and causing $1.42&nbsp;billion in damage. *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Venera]] program: ''[[Venera 7]]'' launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet ([[Venus]]). *[[1977]] &ndash; The Soviet icebreaker ''[[Arktika (1972 icebreaker)|Arktika]]'' becomes the first surface ship to reach the [[North Pole]]. *[[1978]] &ndash; ''[[Double Eagle II]]'' becomes first [[balloon (aeronautics)|balloon]] to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in [[Miserey]], France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving [[Presque Isle, Maine]]. *[[1985]] &ndash; The [[1985–86 Hormel strike]] begins in [[Austin, Minnesota]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hormel Strike, 1985–1986 {{!}} MNopedia|url=https://www.mnopedia.org/event/hormel-strike-1985-1986|access-date=2021-05-18|website=www.mnopedia.org}}</ref> *[[1988]] &ndash; President of Pakistan [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] and U.S. Ambassador [[Arnold Lewis Raphel|Arnold Raphel]] are killed in a plane crash. *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Strathfield massacre]]: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself. *[[1998]] &ndash; [[Lewinsky scandal]]: US President [[Bill Clinton]] admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with [[White House]] intern [[Monica Lewinsky]]; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship. *[[1999]] &ndash; The 7.6 {{M|w}} [[1999 İzmit earthquake|İzmit earthquake]] shakes northwestern [[Turkey]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of IX (''Violent''), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured. *[[2004]] &ndash; The [[National Assembly of Serbia]] unanimously adopts new state symbols for [[Serbia]]: [[Bože pravde]] becomes the new anthem and the [[Coat of arms of Serbia|coat of arms]] is adopted for the whole country. *[[2005]] &ndash; The first forced evacuation of [[Israeli settlement|settler]]s, as part of [[Israeli disengagement from Gaza]], starts. * 2005 &ndash; Over 500 bombs are [[2005 Bangladesh bombings|set off by terrorists]] at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of [[Bangladesh]]. *[[2008]] &ndash; American swimmer [[Michael Phelps]] becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games. *[[2009]] &ndash; [[2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya power station accident|An accident]] at the [[Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam]] in [[Khakassia]], Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area. *[[2015]] &ndash; A [[2015 Bangkok bombing|bomb explodes]] near the [[Erawan Shrine]] in [[Bangkok]], Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others. *[[2017]] &ndash; [[2017 Barcelona attacks|Barcelona attacks]]: A van is driven into pedestrians in La Rambla, killing 14 and injuring at least 100. *[[2019]] &ndash; [[17 August 2019 Kabul bombing|A bomb explodes at a wedding in Kabul]] killing 63 people and leaving 182 injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/dozens-feared-dead-or-injured-in-explosion-at-wedding-hall-in-kabul-afghanistan-11787995|title=Bomb blast at wedding party in Kabul, Afghanistan kills 63 and injures 182 more|date=18 August 2019|work=Sky News|access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref> ==Births== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this day in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ===Pre-1600=== *[[1153]] &ndash; [[William IX, Count of Poitiers]] (d. 1156) *[[1465]] &ndash; [[Philibert I, Duke of Savoy]] (d. 1482) *[[1473]] &ndash; [[Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York]] (d. 1483) *[[1501]] &ndash; [[Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg]] (d. 1529) *[[1556]] &ndash; [[Alexander Briant]], English martyr and saint (d. 1581) *[[1578]] &ndash; [[Francesco Albani]], Italian painter (d. 1660) * 1578 &ndash; [[Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen]], first prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (d. 1638) *[[1582]] &ndash; [[John Matthew Rispoli]], Maltese philosopher (d. 1639) *[[1586]] &ndash; [[Johann Valentin Andrea]], German theologian (d. 1654) ===1601–1900=== *[[1603]] &ndash; [[Lennart Torstensson]], Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (d. 1651) *[[1629]] &ndash; [[John III Sobieski]], Polish–Lithuanian king (d. 1696) *[[1686]] &ndash; [[Nicola Porpora]], Italian composer and educator (d. 1768) *[[1753]] &ndash; [[Josef Dobrovský]], Bohemian philologist and historian (d. 1828) *[[1768]] &ndash; [[Louis Desaix]], French general (d. 1800) *[[1786]] &ndash; [[Davy Crockett]], American soldier and politician (d. 1836) * 1786 &ndash; [[Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]] (d. 1861) *[[1801]] &ndash; [[Fredrika Bremer]], Swedish writer and feminist (d. 1865)<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Bremer, Fredrika |volume=4 |pages=494–495}}</ref> *[[1828]] &ndash; [[Jules Bernard Luys]], French neurologist and physician (d. 1897) *[[1840]] &ndash; [[Wilfrid Scawen Blunt]], English poet and activist (d. 1922) *[[1845]] &ndash; [[Henry Cadwalader Chapman]], American physician and naturalist (d. 1909) *[[1849]] &ndash; [[William Kidston]], Scottish-Australian politician, 17th [[Premier of Queensland]] (d. 1919) *[[1863]] &ndash; [[Gene Stratton-Porter]], American author and photographer (d. 1924) *[[1865]] &ndash; [[Julia Marlowe]], English-American actress (d. 1950) *[[1866]] &ndash; [[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI]], Indian 6th [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] (d. 1911) *[[1873]] &ndash; [[John A. Sampson]], American gynecologist and academic (d. 1946) *[[1877]] &ndash; [[Ralph McKittrick]], American golfer and tennis player (d. 1923) *[[1878]] &ndash; [[Reggie Duff]], Australian cricketer (d. 1911) *[[1880]] &ndash; [[Percy Sherwell]], South African cricketer and tennis player (d. 1948) *[[1887]] &ndash; [[Charles I of Austria]] (d. 1922) * 1887 &ndash; [[Marcus Garvey]], Jamaican journalist and activist, founded [[Black Star Line]] (d. 1940) *[[1888]] &ndash; [[Monty Woolley]], American actor, raconteur, and pundit (d. 1963) *[[1890]] &ndash; [[Stefan Bastyr]], Polish soldier and pilot (d. 1920) * 1890 &ndash; [[Harry Hopkins]], American politician and diplomat, 8th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] (d. 1946) *[[1893]] &ndash; [[John Brahm]], German-American director and production manager (d. 1982) * 1893 &ndash; [[Mae West]], American actress, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1980) *[[1894]] &ndash; [[William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes]], English businessman, founded [[Rootes Group]] (d. 1964) *[[1896]] &ndash; [[Leslie Groves]], American general and engineer (d. 1970) * 1896 &ndash; [[Tõnis Kint]], Estonian lieutenant and politician, [[Prime Minister of Estonia in exile]] (d. 1991) * 1896 &ndash; [[Oliver Waterman Larkin]], American historian and author (d. 1970) *[[1900]] &ndash; [[Vivienne de Watteville]], British travel writer and adventurer (d. 1957) * 1900 &ndash; [[Pauline A. Young]], American teacher, historian, aviator and activist (d. 1991) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] &ndash; [[Mary Cain (editor)|Mary Cain]], American journalist and politician (d. 1984) * 1904 &ndash; [[Leopold Nowak]], Austrian composer and musicologist (d. 1991) *[[1909]] &ndash; [[Larry Clinton]], American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985) * 1909 &ndash; [[Wilf Copping]], English footballer (d. 1980) *[[1911]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Botvinnik]], Russian chess player and engineer (d. 1995) * 1911 &ndash; [[Martin Sandberger]], German colonel and lawyer (d. 2010) *[[1913]] &ndash; [[Mark Felt]] (aka 'Deep Throat'), American lawyer and agent, 2nd [[Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (d. 2008) * 1913 &ndash; [[Oscar Alfredo Gálvez]], Argentinian race car driver (d. 1989) * 1913 &ndash; [[Rudy York]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1970) *[[1914]] &ndash; [[Bill Downs]], American journalist (d. 1978) * 1914 &ndash; [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1988) *[[1916]] &ndash; [[Moses Majekodunmi]], Nigerian physician and politician (d. 2012) *[[1918]] &ndash; [[Evelyn Ankers]], British-American actress (d. 1985) * 1918 &ndash; [[Ike Quebec]], American saxophonist and pianist (d. 1963) * 1918 &ndash; [[Michael John Wise]], English geographer and academic (d. 2015) *[[1919]] &ndash; [[Georgia Gibbs]], American singer (d. 2006) *[[1920]] &ndash; [[Maureen O'Hara]], Irish-American actress and singer (d. 2015) * 1920 &ndash; [[Lida Moser]], American photographer and author (d. 2014) *[[1921]] &ndash; [[Geoffrey Elton]], German-English historian and academic (d. 1994) *[[1922]] &ndash; [[Roy Tattersall]], English cricketer (d. 2011) *[[1923]] &ndash; [[Carlos Cruz-Diez]], Venezuelan artist (d. 2019) * 1923 &ndash; [[Larry Rivers]], American painter and sculptor (d. 2002) *[[1924]] &ndash; [[Evan S. Connell]], American novelist, poet, and short story writer (d. 2013) *[[1926]] &ndash; [[Valerie Eliot]], English businesswoman (d. 2012) * 1926 &ndash; [[Jiang Zemin]], Chinese engineer and politician, former [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of China]] and 5th [[President of the People's Republic of China|President of China]] *[[1927]] &ndash; [[Sam Butera]], American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2009) * 1927 &ndash; [[F. Ray Keyser Jr.]], American lawyer and politician, 72nd [[Governor of Vermont]] (d. 2015) *[[1928]] &ndash; [[T. J. Anderson]], American composer, conductor, and educator * 1928 &ndash; [[Willem Duys]], Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer (d. 2011) *[[1929]] &ndash; [[Francis Gary Powers]], American captain and pilot (d. 1977) *[[1930]] &ndash; [[Harve Bennett]], American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015) * 1930 &ndash; [[Ted Hughes]], English poet and playwright (d. 1998) *[[1931]] &ndash; [[Tony Wrigley]], English historian, demographer, and academic *[[1932]] &ndash; [[V. S. Naipaul]], Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2018) * 1932 &ndash; [[Duke Pearson]], American pianist and composer (d. 1980) * 1932 &ndash; [[Jean-Jacques Sempé]], French cartoonist *[[1933]] &ndash; [[Mark Dinning]], American pop singer (d. 1986) *[[1934]] &ndash; [[João Donato]], Brazilian pianist and composer * 1934 &ndash; [[Ron Henry]], English footballer (d. 2014) *[[1936]] &ndash; [[Seamus Mallon]], Irish educator and politician, [[First Minister and deputy First Minister|Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland]] (d. 2020) * 1936 &ndash; [[Margaret Heafield Hamilton]], American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner. *[[1938]] &ndash; [[Theodoros Pangalos (politician)|Theodoros Pangalos]], Greek lawyer and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Greece]] *[[1939]] &ndash; [[Luther Allison]], American blues guitarist and singer (d. 1997) *[[1940]] &ndash; [[Eduardo Mignogna]], Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2006) * 1940 &ndash; [[Barry Sheerman]], English academic and politician *[[1941]] &ndash; [[Lothar Bisky]], German businessman and politician (d. 2013) * 1941 &ndash; [[Jean Pierre Lefebvre]], Canadian director and screenwriter *[[1942]] &ndash; [[Shane Porteous]], Australian actor, animator, and screenwriter *[[1943]] &ndash; [[Edward Cowie]], English composer, painter, and author * 1943 &ndash; [[Robert De Niro]], American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert De Niro |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/robert-de-niro |website=www.goldenglobes.com |access-date=7 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=De Niro, Robert |url=https://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/n85231405.html |website=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |access-date=7 October 2020}}</ref> * 1943 &ndash; [[John Humphrys]], Welsh journalist and author * 1943 &ndash; [[Dave "Snaker" Ray]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002) *[[1944]] &ndash; [[Larry Ellison]], American businessman, co-founded the [[Oracle Corporation]] * 1944 &ndash; [[Jean-Bernard Pommier]], French pianist and conductor *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Rachel Pollack]], American author, poet, and educator *[[1946]] &ndash; [[Hugh Baiocchi]], South African golfer * 1946 &ndash; [[Martha Coolidge]], American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1946 &ndash; [[Patrick Manning]], Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th [[List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago|Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago]] (d. 2016) *[[1947]] &ndash; [[Mohamed Abdelaziz (Sahrawi politician)|Mohamed Abdelaziz]], [[President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]] (d. 2016) * 1947 &ndash; [[Gary Talley]], American guitarist, singer-songwriter, and author *[[1948]] &ndash; [[Alexander Ivashkin]], Russian-English cellist and conductor (d. 2014) *[[1949]] &ndash; [[Norm Coleman]], American lawyer and politician, 52nd [[List of mayors of Saint Paul, Minnesota|Mayor of St. Paul]] * 1949 &ndash; [[Sue Draheim]], American fiddler and composer (d. 2013) * 1949 &ndash; [[Julian Fellowes]], English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician * 1949 &ndash; [[Sib Hashian]], American rock drummer (d. 2017) *[[1951]] &ndash; [[Richard Hunt (puppeteer)|Richard Hunt]], American Muppet performer (d. 1992) *[[1952]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Maksimenkov]], Russian footballer and coach (d. 2012) * 1952 &ndash; [[Nelson Piquet]], Brazilian race car driver and businessman * 1952 &ndash; [[Mario Theissen]], German engineer and businessman * 1952 &ndash; [[Guillermo Vilas]], Argentinian tennis player *[[1953]] &ndash; [[Mick Malthouse]], Australian footballer and coach * 1953 &ndash; [[Herta Müller]], Romanian-German poet and author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate * 1953 &ndash; [[Korrie Layun Rampan]], Indonesian author, poet, and critic (d. 2015) * 1953 &ndash; [[Kevin Rowland]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1954]] &ndash; [[Eric Johnson (guitarist, born 1954)|Eric Johnson]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1954 &ndash; [[Andrés Pastrana Arango]], Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th [[President of Colombia]] *[[1955]] &ndash; [[Colin Moulding]], English singer-songwriter and bassist *[[1956]] &ndash; [[Gail Berman]], American businessman, co-founded [[BermanBraun]] * 1956 &ndash; [[Álvaro Pino]], Spanish cyclist *[[1957]] &ndash; [[Ken Kwapis]], American director and screenwriter * 1957 &ndash; [[Laurence Overmire]], American poet, author, and actor * 1957 &ndash; [[Robin Cousins]], British competitive figure skater *[[1958]] &ndash; [[Belinda Carlisle]], American singer-songwriter * 1958 &ndash; [[Fred Goodwin]], Scottish banker and accountant * 1958 &ndash; [[Maurizio Sandro Sala]], Brazilian race car driver *[[1959]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Franzen]], American novelist and essayist * 1959 &ndash; [[Jacek Kazimierski]], Polish footballer * 1959 &ndash; [[Eric Schlosser]], American journalist and author *[[1960]] &ndash; [[Stephan Eicher]], Swiss singer-songwriter * 1960 &ndash; [[Sean Penn]], American actor, director, and political activist<ref>{{cite web |title=Sean Penn |url=https://www.biography.com/actor/sean-penn |website=Biography.com |publisher=A&E Television Networks |access-date=14 August 2020 |language=en-us}}</ref> *[[1962]] &ndash; [[Gilby Clarke]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1962 &ndash; [[Dan Dakich]], American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster *[[1963]] &ndash; [[Jon Gruden]], American football player, coach, and sportscaster *[[1964]] &ndash; [[Colin James]], Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1964 &ndash; [[Maria McKee]], American singer-songwriter * 1964 &ndash; [[Dave Penney]], English footballer and manager *[[1965]] &ndash; [[Steve Gorman]], American drummer * 1965 &ndash; [[Dottie Pepper]], American golfer *[[1966]] &ndash; [[Jüri Luik]], Estonian politician and diplomat, 18th [[Minister of Defence (Estonia)|Estonian Minister of Defense]] * 1966 &ndash; [[Rodney Mullen]], American skateboarder and stuntman * 1966 &ndash; [[Don Sweeney]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager *[[1967]] &ndash; [[Michael Preetz]], German footballer and manager *[[1968]] &ndash; [[Andriy Kuzmenko]], Ukrainian singer-songwriter (d. 2015) * 1968 &ndash; [[Ed McCaffrey]], American football player and sportscaster * 1968 &ndash; [[Helen McCrory]], English actress (d. 2021) *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Christian Laettner]], American basketball player and coach * 1969 &ndash; [[Donnie Wahlberg]], American singer-songwriter, actor and producer * 1969 &ndash; [[Kelvin Mercer]], American rapper, songwriter and producer *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Jim Courier]], American tennis player and sportscaster * 1970 &ndash; [[Andrus Kivirähk]], Estonian author * 1970 &ndash; [[Øyvind Leonhardsen]], Norwegian footballer and coach *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Uhm Jung-hwa]], South Korean singer and actress * 1971 &ndash; [[Jorge Posada]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player * 1971 &ndash; [[Shaun Rehn]], Australian footballer and coach *[[1972]] &ndash; [[Habibul Bashar]], Bangladeshi cricketer *[[1974]] &ndash; [[Johannes Maria Staud]], Austrian composer *[[1976]] &ndash; [[Eric Boulton]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1976 &ndash; [[Geertjan Lassche]], Dutch journalist and director * 1976 &ndash; [[Serhiy Zakarlyuka]], Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014) *[[1977]] &ndash; [[Nathan Deakes]], Australian race walker * 1977 &ndash; [[William Gallas]], French footballer * 1977 &ndash; [[Thierry Henry]], French footballer * 1977 &ndash; [[Mike Lewis (musician)|Mike Lewis]], Welsh guitarist * 1977 &ndash; [[Tarja Turunen]], Finnish singer-songwriter and producer *[[1979]] &ndash; [[Antwaan Randle El]], American football player and journalist *[[1980]] &ndash; [[Keith Dabengwa]], Zimbabwean cricketer * 1980 &ndash; [[Daniel Güiza]], Spanish footballer * 1980 &ndash; [[Jan Kromkamp]], Dutch footballer * 1980 &ndash; [[Lene Marlin]], Norwegian singer-songwriter *[[1982]] &ndash; [[Phil Jagielka]], English footballer * 1982 &ndash; [[Cheerleader Melissa]], American wrestler and manager * 1982 &ndash; [[Mark Salling]], American actor and musician (d. 2018) *[[1983]] &ndash; [[Dustin Pedroia]], American baseball player *[[1984]] &ndash; [[Dee Brown (basketball, born 1984)|Dee Brown]], American basketball player * 1984 &ndash; [[Oksana Domnina]], Russian ice dancer * 1984 &ndash; [[Liam Heath]], British sprint canoeist<ref>{{cite web|title=Liam Heath|url=http://www.olympic.org/liam-heath/|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=27 June 2020}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[Garrett Wolfe]], American football player *[[1985]] &ndash; [[Yū Aoi]], Japanese actress and model *[[1986]] &ndash; [[Rudy Gay]], American basketball player * 1986 &ndash; [[Tyrus Thomas]], American basketball player * 1986 &ndash; [[Marcus Berg]], Swedish footballer *[[1988]] &ndash; [[Natalie Sandtorv]], Norwegian singer-songwriter * 1988 &ndash; [[Jihadi John]], Kuwaiti-British member of [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]] (d. 2015) * 1988 &ndash; [[Erika Toda]], Japanese actress *[[1989]] &ndash; [[Rachel Corsie]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Rachel Corsie {{!}} Scotland {{!}} Scottish FA |url=https://www.scottishfa.co.uk/players/?pid=74263&lid=2 |website=www.scottishfa.co.uk |access-date=28 April 2020}}</ref> *[[1990]] &ndash; [[Chandler Hoffman]], American soccer player *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Steven Zuber]], Swiss footballer *[[1992]] &ndash; [[Alex Elisala]], New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013) * 1992 &ndash; [[Chanel Mata'utia]], Australian rugby league player * 1992 &ndash; [[Paige (wrestler)|Paige]], English wrestler * 1992 &ndash; [[Soony Saad]], Lebanese-American footballer *[[1993]] &ndash; [[Rodrigo Caio]], Brazilian footballer * 1993 &ndash; [[Ederson Moraes]], Brazilian footballer * 1993 &ndash; [[Sarah Sjöström]], Swedish swimmer *[[1994]] &ndash; [[Phoebe Bridgers]], American singer/songwriter * 1994 &ndash; [[Tiémoué Bakayoko]], French footballer *[[1995]] &ndash; [[Gracie Gold]], American figure skater * 1995 &ndash; [[Dallin Watene-Zelezniak]], New Zealand rugby league player *[[1996]] &ndash; [[Jake Virtanen]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[2000]] &ndash; [[Lil Pump]], American rapper and songwriter <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this day in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[754]] &ndash; [[Carloman (mayor of the palace)|Carloman]], mayor of the palace of [[Austrasia]] * [[949]] &ndash; [[Li Shouzhen]], Chinese general and governor *[[1153]] &ndash; [[Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne]] (b. 1130) *[[1304]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Fukakusa]] of Japan (b. 1243) *[[1324]] &ndash; [[Irene of Brunswick]] (b. 1293) *[[1338]] &ndash; [[Nitta Yoshisada]], Japanese samurai (b. 1301) *[[1424]] &ndash; [[John Stewart, Earl of Buchan]] (b. c. 1381) *[[1510]] &ndash; [[Edmund Dudley]], English politician, [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] (b. 1462) * 1510 &ndash; [[Richard Empson]], English statesman *[[1547]] &ndash; [[Katharina von Zimmern]], Swiss sovereign abbess (b. 1478)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Christine|last1=Christ-von Wedel|first2=Irene|last2=Gysel|first3=Jeanne|last3=Pestalozzi|first4=Marlis|last4=Stähli|title=Die Äbtissin, der Söldnerführer und ihre Töchter: Katharina von Zimmern im politischen Spannungsfeld der Reformationszeit|location=Zürich|publisher=Theologischer Verlag Zürich|year=2020|language=DE|page=317|isbn=978-3-29018-255-7}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1673]] &ndash; [[Regnier de Graaf]], Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641) *[[1676]] &ndash; [[Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen]], German author (b. 1621) *[[1720]] &ndash; [[Anne Dacier]], French scholar and translator (b. 1654) *[[1723]] &ndash; [[Joseph Bingham]], English scholar and academic (b. 1668) *[[1768]] &ndash; [[Vasily Trediakovsky]], Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703) *[[1785]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Trumbull]], English-American merchant and politician, 16th [[Governor of Connecticut]] (b. 1710) *[[1786]] &ndash; [[Frederick the Great]], Prussian king (b. 1712) *[[1809]] &ndash; [[Matthew Boulton]], English businessman and engineer, co-founded [[Boulton and Watt]] (b. 1728)<ref>{{citation | last = Uglow | first = Jenny | author-link = Jenny Uglow | year = 2002 | title = The Lunar Men: Five Friends Whose Curiosity Changed the World | publisher = Faber & Faber | location = London | isbn = 978-0-374-19440-6 | page = [https://archive.org/details/lunarmenfivefrie00uglo/page/495 495] | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/lunarmenfivefrie00uglo/page/495 }}</ref> *[[1814]] &ndash; [[John Johnson (architect, born 1732)|John Johnson]], English architect and surveyor (b. 1732) *[[1834]] &ndash; [[Husein Gradaščević]], Ottoman general (b. 1802) *[[1838]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo Da Ponte]], Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749) *[[1850]] &ndash; [[José de San Martín]], Argentinian general and politician, 1st [[President of Peru]] (b. 1778) *[[1861]] &ndash; [[Alcée Louis la Branche]], American politician and diplomat, 1st [[United States Ambassador to Texas]] (b. 1806) *[[1870]] &ndash; [[Perucho Figueredo]], Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818) *[[1875]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Bleek]], German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827) *[[1897]] &ndash; [[William Jervois]], English engineer and diplomat, 10th [[Governor of South Australia]] (b. 1821) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] &ndash; [[Edmond Audran]], French organist and composer (b. 1842) *[[1903]] &ndash; [[Hans Gude]], Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825) *[[1908]] &ndash; [[Radoje Domanović]], Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873) *[[1909]] &ndash; [[Madan Lal Dhingra]], Indian activist (b. 1883) *[[1918]] &ndash; [[Moisei Uritsky]], Russian activist and politician (b. 1873) *[[1920]] &ndash; [[Ray Chapman]], American baseball player (b. 1891) *[[1924]] &ndash; [[Tom Kendall]], English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851) *[[1925]] &ndash; [[Ioan Slavici]], Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848) *[[1935]] &ndash; [[Adam Gunn]], American decathlete (b. 1872) * 1935 &ndash; [[Charlotte Perkins Gilman]], American sociologist and author (b. 1860)<ref>{{cite book|first=Lynne E.|last=Ford|title=Encyclopedia of Women and American Politics|location=New York|publisher=Facts on File|year=2007|isbn=978-0-81605-491-6|page=209}}</ref> *[[1936]] &ndash; [[José María of Manila]], Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880) *[[1940]] &ndash; [[Billy Fiske]], American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web |title=Day by day: 17 August 1940 |url=https://www.battleofbritainmemorial.org/learn/the-battle-of-britain/day-by-day/#17-august-1940 |website=The Battle of Britain Memorial |access-date=14 August 2020 |quote=Today say the death of Pilot Officer Billy Fiske of No 601 Squadron, one of the American volunteers to fly with the RAF in the Battle. Fiske’s Hurricane had been hit by return fire from a Ju 87 over Bognor Regis the day before and had forced-landed back at Tangmere on fire. At the time the airfield was being bombed, but groundcrew carried him clear. He had appeared to be recovering in hospital before his death from burns and shock.}}</ref> *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Reidar Haaland]], Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919) *[[1949]] &ndash; [[Gregorio Perfecto]], Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891) *[[1958]] &ndash; [[Arthur Fox (fencer)|Arthur Fox]], English-American fencer (b. 1878) *[[1966]] &ndash; [[Ken Miles]], English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918) *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Otto Stern]], German physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1888) *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Rattana Pestonji]], Thai director and producer (b. 1908) *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Maedayama Eigorō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1914) * 1971 &ndash; [[Wilhelm List]], German field marshal (b. 1880) *[[1973]] &ndash; [[Conrad Aiken]], American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889) * 1973 &ndash; [[Jean Barraqué]], French pianist and composer (b. 1928) * 1973 &ndash; [[Paul Williams (The Temptations)|Paul Williams]], American singer and choreographer (b. 1939) *[[1977]] &ndash; [[Delmer Daves]], American screenwriter, director and producer (b. 1904) *[[1979]] &ndash; [[John C. Allen]], American [[roller coaster]] designer (b. 1907) * 1979 &ndash; [[Vivian Vance]], American actress and singer (b. 1909) *[[1983]] &ndash; [[Ira Gershwin]], American songwriter (b. 1896) *[[1987]] &ndash; [[Gary Chester]], Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924) * 1987 &ndash; [[Rudolf Hess]], German soldier and politician (b. 1894) * 1987 &ndash; [[Shaike Ophir]], Israeli actor and screenwriter (b. 1929) *[[1988]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]], Pakistani general and politician, 6th [[President of Pakistan]] (b. 1924) * 1988 &ndash; [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1914) * 1988 &ndash; [[Victoria Shaw (actress)|Victoria Shaw]], Australian-American actress (b. 1935) *[[1990]] &ndash; [[Pearl Bailey]], American actress and singer (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pearl Bailey {{!}} American entertainer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pearl-Bailey |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=4 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1993]] &ndash; [[Feng Kang]], Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920) *[[1994]] &ndash; [[Luigi Chinetti]], Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901) * 1994 &ndash; [[Jack Sharkey]], American boxer and referee (b. 1902) *[[1995]] &ndash; [[Howard E. Koch]], American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902) * 1995 &ndash; [[Ted Whitten]], Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933) *[[1998]] &ndash; [[Władysław Komar]], Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940) * 1998 &ndash; [[Tadeusz Ślusarski]], Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950) *[[2000]] &ndash; [[Jack Walker]], English businessman (b. 1929) *[[2004]] &ndash; [[Thea Astley]], Australian author and educator (b. 1925) *[[2005]] &ndash; [[John N. Bahcall]], American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934) *[[2006]] &ndash; [[Shamsur Rahman (poet)|Shamsur Rahman]], Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929) *[[2007]] &ndash; [[Bill Deedes]], English journalist and politician (b. 1913) * 2007 &ndash; [[Eddie Griffin (basketball)|Eddie Griffin]], American basketball player (b. 1982) *[[2008]] &ndash; [[Franco Sensi]], Italian businessman and politician (b. 1926) *[[2010]] &ndash; [[Francesco Cossiga]], Italian lawyer and politician, 8th [[President of Italy]] (b. 1928) *[[2012]] &ndash; [[Aase Bjerkholt]], Norwegian politician, [[Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion]] (b. 1915) * 2012 &ndash; [[Victor Poor]], American engineer, developed the [[Datapoint 2200]] (b. 1933) * 2012 &ndash; [[Patrick Ricard (entrepreneur)|Patrick Ricard]], French businessman (b. 1945) * 2012 &ndash; [[John Lynch-Staunton]], Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930) *[[2013]] &ndash; [[Odilia Dank]], American educator and politician (b. 1938) * 2013 &ndash; [[Jack Harshman]], American baseball player (b. 1927) * 2013 &ndash; [[John Hollander]], American poet and critic (b. 1929) * 2013 &ndash; [[Frank Martínez (artist)|Frank Martínez]], American painter (b. 1924) * 2013 &ndash; [[Gus Winckel]], Dutch lieutenant and pilot (b. 1912) *[[2014]] &ndash; [[Børre Knudsen]], Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937) * 2014 &ndash; [[Wolfgang Leonhard]], German historian and author (b. 1921) * 2014 &ndash; [[Sophie Masloff]], American civil servant and politician, 56th [[Mayor of Pittsburgh]] (b. 1917) * 2014 &ndash; [[Miodrag Pavlović]], Serbian poet and critic (b. 1928) * 2014 &ndash; [[Pierre Vassiliu]], French singer-songwriter (b. 1937) *[[2015]] &ndash; [[Yvonne Craig]], American ballet dancer and actress (b. 1937) * 2015 &ndash; [[Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder]], German businessman (b. 1933) * 2015 &ndash; [[László Paskai]], Hungarian cardinal (b. 1927) *[[2016]] &ndash; [[Arthur Hiller]], Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923) <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list. Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. --> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]: **[[Clare of Montefalco]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Watkins |first1=Basil |title=The Book of Saints: A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary |date=2015-11-19 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-0-567-66456-3 |page=145 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kE6TCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA145 |language=en}}</ref> **[[Hyacinth of Poland]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Hyacinth of Poland |url=https://dominicans.ie/saint-hyacinth-of-poland/ |website=dominicans.ie |access-date=10 June 2021}}</ref> **[[Jeanne Delanoue]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Howell |first1=Kenneth J. |last2=Crownwood |first2=Joseph |title=Mystery of the Altar: Daily Meditations on the Eucharist |date=2021-01-29 |publisher=Emmaus Road Publishing |isbn=978-1-949013-71-9 |page=108 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-MXEAAAQBAJ&pg=RA1-PA108 |language=en}}</ref> **[[Samuel Johnson (American educator)|Samuel Johnson]], [[Timothy Cutler]], and [[Thomas Bradbury Chandler]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Publishing |first1=Church |title=A Great Cloud of Witnesses |date=2016-10-01 |publisher=Church Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-0-89869-963-0 |page=419 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uUlDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT419 |language=en}}</ref> **[[August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Engineer's Day]] ([[Colombia]]) *[[Flag Day (Bolivia)]] *[[Independence Day (Indonesia)|Independence Day]], celebrates the [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|independence proclamation]] of [[Indonesia]] from Japan in 1945. *[[Independence Days (Gabon)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Gabon]] from France in 1960. *[[Marcus Garvey|Marcus Garvey Day]] ([[Jamaica]]) *[[Prekmurje Union Day]] ([[Slovenia]]) *[[San Martin Day]] ([[Argentina]]) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/17 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=17}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/17 |title=Historical Events on August 17 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} * {{cite web |url=http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/August_17 |title=Today in Canadian History |publisher=Canada Channel}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:August 17}} [[Category:Days of the year]] [[Category:August]]'
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