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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[708]] – [[Wadōkaichin|Copper coins]] are minted in [[Japan]] for the first time (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: August 10, 708).
* [[870]] – The city of [[Melite (ancient city)|Melite]] surrenders to an [[Aghlabids|Aghlabid]] army [[Siege of Melite (870)|following a siege]], putting an end to [[Byzantine Malta]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Luttrell | first = Anthony | title = Medieval Malta : studies on Malta before the Knights | publisher = The British School at Rome | location = London | year = 1975 | isbn = 9780904152029 | page=83}}</ref>
*[[1009]] – [[Mainz Cathedral]] suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its [[inauguration]].
*[[1261]] – [[Pope Urban IV]] succeeds [[Pope Alexander IV]], becoming the 182nd pope.
*[[1315]] – [[Battle of Montecatini]]: The army of the [[Republic of Pisa]], commanded by [[Uguccione della Faggiuola]], wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the [[Kingdom of Naples]] and the [[Republic of Florence]] despite being outnumbered.<ref>{{cite book | last = Bowsky | first = William | title = A medieval Italian commune : Siena under the Nine, 1287-1355 | publisher = University of California Press | location = Berkeley | year = 1981 | isbn = 9780520042568 | page=167}}</ref>
*[[1350]] – [[Battle of Winchelsea]] (or [[Les Espagnols sur Mer]]): The [[Kingdom of England|English]] [[naval fleet]] under King [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] defeats a [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]] fleet of 40 ships.<ref>{{cite book|author=Robin Neillands|title=The Hundred Years War|publisher=Taylor & Francis|ISBN=9781134507405|year= 2002|page=114}}</ref>
*[[1475]] – The [[Treaty of Picquigny]] ends a brief war between the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of France|France]] and England.
*[[1484]] – [[Pope Innocent VIII]] succeeds [[Pope Sixtus IV]].
*[[1498]] – [[Vasco da Gama]] decides to depart [[Kozhikode|Calicut]] and return to [[Kingdom of Portugal]].
*[[1521]] – The [[Ottoman Turks]] capture [[Nándorfehérvár]] (Belgrade).
*[[1526]] – [[Battle of Mohács]]: The [[Ottoman Turks]] led by [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] defeat and kill the last [[Jagiellonian]] king of [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] and [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]].
*[[1541]] – The [[Ottoman Turks]] capture [[Buda]], the capital of the [[Hungarian Kingdom]].
===1601–1900===
*[[1728]] – The city of [[Nuuk]] in [[Greenland]] is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the [[list of governors of Greenland|royal governor]] [[Claus Paarss]].
*[[1741]] – The [[1741 eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami|eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami]]: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a [[tsunami]] caused by the eruption of [[Oshima (Hokkaido)|Oshima]].<ref name="A Study on the Impacts of the 1741 Tsunami Recorded in the Annals of Joseon Dynasty">{{cite journal |author1=Sang-Shin Byun |author2=Kyeong Ok Kim |title=A study on the effects of the 1741 tsunami recorded in the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty |journal=Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers |date=25 February 2021 |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=30–37 |doi=10.9765/KSCOE.2021.33.1.30 |s2cid=233955868 |url=http://jkscoe.or.kr/journal/view.php?number=361 |access-date=30 March 2021|doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1756]] – [[Frederick the Great]] attacks [[Electorate of Saxony|Saxony]], beginning the [[Seven Years' War]] in Europe.
*[[1758]] – The [[Treaty of Easton]] establishes the first American [[Indian reservation]], at [[Indian Mills, New Jersey]], for the [[Lenape]].
*[[1778]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: British and American forces battle indecisively at the [[Battle of Rhode Island]].
*[[1779]] – American Revolutionary War: American forces battle and defeat the British and [[Iroquois]] forces at the [[Battle of Newtown]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://usgwarchives.net/pa/1pa/1picts/sullivan/sullbio2.html|title = Sullbio2}}</ref>
*[[1786]] – [[Shays' Rebellion]], an armed uprising of [[Massachusetts]] farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
*[[1807]] – British troops under Sir [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]] defeat a Danish militia outside [[Copenhagen]] in the [[Battle of Køge]].
*[[1831]] – [[Michael Faraday]] discovers [[electromagnetic induction]].
*[[1842]] – [[Treaty of Nanking]] signing ends the [[First Opium War]].
*[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries]] gives Federal forces control of [[Pamlico Sound]].
*[[1869]] – The [[Mount Washington Cog Railway]] opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing [[rack railway]].
*[[1871]] – [[Emperor Meiji]] orders the [[abolition of the han system]] and the establishment of [[Prefectures of Japan|prefectures]] as local centers of administration. (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: July 14, 1871).
*[[1885]] – [[Gottlieb Daimler]] patents the world's first [[internal combustion]] [[motorcycle]], the ''[[Daimler Reitwagen|Reitwagen]]''.
*[[1898]] – The [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] tire company is founded.
===1901–present===
*[[1903]] – The {{ship|Russian battleship|Slava||2}}, the last of the five {{sclass|Borodino|battleship}}s, is launched.
*[[1907]] – The [[Quebec Bridge]] collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
*[[1910]] – The [[Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910]], also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the [[Korea under Japanese rule|period of Japanese rule]] in Korea.
*[[1911]] – [[Ishi]], considered the last [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern [[California]].
* 1911 – The Canadian Naval Service becomes the [[Royal Canadian Navy]].<ref>Gilbert Norman Tucker ''The Naval Service of Canada: Its Official History'' Ottawa, 1952</ref>
*[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: Start of the [[Battle of St. Quentin (1914)|Battle of St. Quentin]] in which the French [[Fifth Army (France)|Fifth Army]] counter-attacked the invading Germans at [[Saint-Quentin, Aisne]].
*[[1915]] – US Navy salvage divers raise {{USS|F-4|SS-23|2}}, the first U.S. [[submarine]] sunk in an accident.
*[[1916]] – The United States passes the [[Jones Law (Philippines)|Philippine Autonomy Act]].
*[[1918]] – World War I: [[Bapaume]] taken by the [[New Zealand Division]] in the [[Hundred Days Offensive]].
*[[1930]] – The last 36 remaining inhabitants of [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]] are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
*[[1941]] – [[World War II]]: [[Tallinn]], the capital of [[Estonia]], is occupied by [[Nazi Germany]] following an occupation by the [[Soviet Union]].
*[[1943]] – World War II: [[Occupation of Denmark|German-occupied Denmark]] scuttles most of its [[Royal Danish Navy|navy]]; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
*[[1944]] – World War II: [[Slovak National Uprising]] takes place as 60,000 [[Slovaks|Slovak]] troops turn against the [[Nazism|Nazi]]s.
*[[1949]] – [[Soviet atomic bomb project]]: The [[Soviet Union]] tests its first [[atomic bomb]], known as ''[[First Lightning]]'' or ''Joe 1'', at [[Semipalatinsk Test Site|Semipalatinsk]], [[Kazakhstan]].
*[[1950]] – [[Korean War]]: [[British people|British]] troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
*[[1958]] – [[United States Air Force Academy]] opens in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]].
*[[1965]] – The [[Gemini V]] spacecraft returns to [[Earth]], landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
*[[1966]] – [[The Beatles]] perform their last concert before paying fans at [[Candlestick Park]] in [[San Francisco]].
* 1966 – Leading Egyptian thinker [[Sayyid Qutb]] is executed for plotting the assassination of President [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]].
*[[1970]] – [[Chicano Moratorium]] against the [[Vietnam War]], [[East Los Angeles, California]]. Police riot kills three people, including journalist [[Rubén Salazar]].
*[[1982]] – The synthetic [[chemical element]] [[Meitnerium]], [[atomic number]] 109, is first synthesized at the [[Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung]] in [[Darmstadt]], Germany.
*[[1991]] – [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union]] suspends all activities of the [[Soviet Communist Party]].
* 1991 – [[Libero Grassi]], an Italian businessman from [[Palermo]], is killed by the [[Sicilian Mafia]] after taking a solitary stand against their [[extortion]] demands.
*[[1996]] – [[Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801]], a [[Tupolev Tu-154]], crashes into a mountain on the [[Arctic]] island of [[Spitsbergen]], killing all 141 aboard.
*[[1997]] – [[Netflix]] is launched as an internet [[DVD]] rental service.
* 1997 – At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria [[Armed Islamic Group|GIA]] in the [[Rais massacre]], [[Algeria]].
*[[1998]] – Eighty people are killed when [[Cubana de Aviación Flight 389]] crashes during a [[rejected takeoff]] from the [[Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport]] in [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154M CU-T1264 Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980829-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-27|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307092250/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19980829-0 |archive-date=2005-03-07 }}</ref>
*[[2003]] – [[Ayatollah]] [[Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim]], the [[Shia Muslim]] leader in [[Iraq]], is [[assassination|assassin]]ated in a [[terrorism|terrorist]] bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a [[mosque]] in [[Najaf]].
*[[2005]] – [[Hurricane Katrina]] [[Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans|devastates]] much of the [[U.S. Gulf Coast]] from [[Louisiana]] to the [[Florida Panhandle]], killing up to 1,836 people and causing $125 billion in damage.
*[[2012]] – At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the [[Xiaojiawan coal mine disaster|Xiaojiawan coal mine]], located at [[Panzhihua|Panzhihua, Sichuan Province]].
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[979]] – [[Otto, Count of Vermandois|Otto]] (or '''Eudes'''), French nobleman (d. 1045)
*[[1321]] – [[John of Artois, Count of Eu|John of Artois]], French nobleman (d. 1387)
*[[1347]] – [[John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]], English nobleman and soldier (d. 1375)
*[[1434]] – [[Janus Pannonius]], Hungarian bishop and poet (d. 1472)
*[[1514]] – [[García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca]], Spanish noble and admiral (d. 1577)
*[[1534]] – [[Nicholas Pieck]], Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr (d. 1572)
*[[1597]] – [[Henry Gage (soldier)|Henry Gage]], Royalist officer in the English Civil War (d. 1645)
===1601–1900===
*[[1619]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]], French economist and politician, [[Controller-General of Finances]] (d. 1683)
*[[1628]] – [[John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (d. 1701)
*[[1632]] – [[John Locke]], English physician and philosopher (d. 1704)
*[[1724]] – [[Giovanni Battista Casti]], Italian poet and author (d. 1803)
*[[1725]] – [[Charles Townshend]], English politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (d. 1767)
*[[1728]] – [[Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony]], electress of Bavaria (d. 1797)
*[[1756]] – [[Jan Śniadecki]], Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1830)
*[[1756]] – [[Count Heinrich von Bellegarde]], Austrian general and politician (d. 1845)
*[[1773]] – [[Aimé Bonpland]], French botanist and explorer (d. 1858)
*[[1777]] – [[Hyacinth (Bichurin)|Hyacinth]], Russian religious leader, founded [[Sinology]] (d. 1853)
*[[1780]] – [[Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres]], French painter and illustrator (d. 1867)
*[[1792]] – [[Charles Grandison Finney]], American minister and author (d. 1875)
*[[1805]] – [[Frederick Denison Maurice]], English priest, theologian, and author (d. 1872)
*[[1809]] – [[Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.]], American physician and author (d. 1894)
*[[1810]] – [[Juan Bautista Alberdi]], Argentinian theorist and diplomat (d. 1884)
*[[1813]] – [[Henry Bergh]], American activist, founded the [[American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|ASPCA]] (d. 1888)<ref>''National Cyclopedia of American Biography: Volume 3.'' New York: James White and Co., 1893; pg. 106.</ref>
*[[1842]] – [[Alfred Shaw]], English cricketer, rugby player, and umpire (d. 1907)
*[[1843]] – [[David B. Hill]], American lawyer and politician, 29th [[Governor of New York]] (d. 1910)
*[[1844]] – [[Edward Carpenter]], English anthologist and poet (d. 1929)
*[[1857]] – [[Sandford Schultz]], English cricketer (d. 1937)
*[[1861]] – [[Byron G. Harlan]], American singer (d. 1936)
*[[1862]] – [[Andrew Fisher]], Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 1928)
* 1862 – [[Maurice Maeterlinck]], Belgian poet and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1949)
*[[1871]] – [[Albert François Lebrun]], French engineer and politician, 15th [[President of France]] (d. 1950)
*[[1875]] – [[Leonardo De Lorenzo]], Italian flute player and educator (d. 1962)
*[[1876]] – [[Charles F. Kettering]], American engineer and businessman, founded [[Delco Electronics]] (d. 1958)
* 1876 – [[Kim Koo]], South Korean politician, 6th [[Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea|President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea]] (d. 1949)
*[[1887]] – [[Jivraj Narayan Mehta]], Indian physicians and politician, 1st [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]] (d. 1978)
*[[1888]] – [[Salme Dutt]], Estonian-English politician (d. 1964)
*[[1890]] – [[Peder Furubotn]], Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (d.1975)
*[[1891]] – [[Marquis James]], American journalist and author (d. 1955)
*[[1898]] – [[Preston Sturges]], American director and producer (d. 1959)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[Aurèle Joliat]], Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 1986)
*[[1904]] – [[Werner Forssmann]], German physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1979)
*[[1905]] – [[Dhyan Chand]], Indian field hockey player (d. 1979)
* 1905 – [[Arndt Pekurinen]], Finnish activist (d. 1941)
*[[1910]] – [[Vivien Thomas]], American surgeon and academic (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Soylu |first1=Erdinc |last2=Athanasiou |first2=Thanos |last3=Jarral |first3=Omar A |title=Vivien Theodore Thomas (1910–1985): An African-American laboratory technician who went on to become an innovator in cardiac surgery |journal=Journal of Medical Biography |date=May 2017 |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=106–113 |doi=10.1177/0967772015601566 |pmid=26307408 |s2cid=31036235 }}</ref>
*[[1911]] – [[John Charnley]], British orthopedic surgeon (d. 1982)
*[[1912]] – [[Sohn Kee-chung]], South Korean runner (d. 2002)
* 1912 – [[Barry Sullivan (actor)|Barry Sullivan]], American actor (d. 1994)
* 1912 – [[Wolfgang Suschitzky]], Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016)
*[[1913]] – [[Len Butterfield]], New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
*[[1913]] – [[Jackie Mitchell]], American baseball pitcher (d. 1987)<ref name="obit">{{cite news |last1=Minsberg |first1=Talya |title=Overlooked No More: Jackie Mitchell, Who Fanned Two of Baseball's Greats |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/obituaries/jackie-mitchell-overlooked.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/obituaries/jackie-mitchell-overlooked.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |access-date=29 July 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=7 November 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[1915]] – [[Ingrid Bergman]], Swedish actress (d. 1982)
* 1915 – [[Nathan Pritikin]], American nutritionist and author (d. 1985)
*[[1916]] – [[Luther Davis]], American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2008)
*[[1917]] – [[Isabel Sanford]], American actress (d. 2004)
*[[1920]] – [[Charlie Parker]], American saxophonist and composer (d. 1955)
* 1920 – [[Herb Simpson]], American baseball player (d. 2015)
* 1920 – [[Otis Boykin]], American inventor and engineer (d. 1982)<ref>{{cite web |title=Otis Boykin |url=https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/otis-boykin |website=lemelson.mit.edu |publisher=Lemelson-MIT Program |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Otis Frank Boykin |url=https://www.nsbp.org/nsbp-news/bhm-physics-profiles/2019-honorees/128-otis-frank-boykin |website=www.nsbp.org |publisher=[[National Society of Black Physicists]] |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[1922]] – [[Richard Blackwell]], American actor, fashion designer, and critic (d. 2008)
* 1922 – [[John Edward Williams]], American author and educator (d. 1994)
* 1922 – [[Arthur Anderson (actor)|Arthur Anderson]], American actor (d. 2016)
*[[1923]] – [[Richard Attenborough]], English actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
*[[1924]] – [[Dinah Washington]], American singer and pianist (d. 1963)
*[[1926]] – [[Helene Ahrweiler]], Greek historian and academic
* 1926 – [[Donn Fendler]], American author and speaker (d. 2016)
* 1926 – [[Betty Lynn]], American actress
*[[1927]] – [[Jimmy C. Newman]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
*[[1928]] – [[Herbert Meier]], Swiss author and translator (d. 2018)
*[[1929]] – [[Thom Gunn]], English-American poet and academic (d. 2004)
*[[1930]] – [[Jacques Bouchard]], Canadian businessman (d. 2006)
* 1930 – [[Carlos Loyzaga]], Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
*[[1931]] – [[Stelios Kazantzidis]], Greek singer and guitarist (d. 2001)
* 1931 – [[Lise Payette]], Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2018)
*[[1933]] – [[Sorel Etrog]], Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (d. 2014)
* 1933 – [[Arnold Koller]], Swiss politician
*[[1934]] – [[Dimitris Papamichael]], Greek actor and director (d. 2004)
*[[1935]] – [[Hugo Brandt Corstius]], Dutch linguist and author (d. 2014)
* 1935 – [[William Friedkin]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1935 – [[László Garai]], Hungarian psychologist and scholar
*[[1936]] – [[John McCain]], American captain and politician (d. 2018)
*[[1937]] – [[James Florio]], American commander, lawyer, and politician, 49th [[Governor of New Jersey]]
*[[1938]] – [[Elliott Gould]], American actor and producer
* 1938 – [[Angela Huth]], English journalist and author
* 1938 – [[Christian Müller (footballer, born 1938)|Christian Müller]], German footballer and manager
* 1938 – [[Robert Rubin]], American lawyer and politician, 70th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]]
*[[1939]] – [[Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek]], Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter
* 1939 – [[Joel Schumacher]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
*[[1940]] – [[James Brady]], American politician and activist, 15th [[White House Press Secretary]] (d. 2014)
* 1940 – [[Gary Gabelich]], American race car driver (d. 1984)
*[[1941]] – [[Robin Leach]], English journalist and television host (d. 2018)
*[[1942]] – [[James Glennon]], American cinematographer (d. 2006)
* 1942 – [[Gottfried John]], German actor (d. 2014)
* 1942 – [[Sterling Morrison]], American singer and guitarist (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sterling-morrison-mn0000749365 |title=Sterling Morrison |first=Richie |last=Unterberger |author-link=Richie Unterberger |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207085628/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sterling-morrison-mn0000749365 |archive-date=February 7, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1943]] – [[Mohamed Amin]], Kenyan photographer and journalist (d. 1996)
* 1943 – [[Dick Halligan]], American pianist and composer
* 1943 – [[Arthur B. McDonald]], Canadian astrophysicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1945]] – [[Chris Copping]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1945 – [[Wyomia Tyus]], American sprinter
*[[1946]] – [[Bob Beamon]], American long jumper
* 1946 – [[Francine D. Blau]], American economist and academic
* 1946 – [[Demetris Christofias]], Cypriot businessman and politician, 6th [[President of Cyprus]] (d. 2019)
* 1946 – [[Giorgio Orsoni]], Italian lawyer and politician, 17th [[Mayor of Venice]]
*[[1947]] – [[Temple Grandin]], American ethologist, academic, and author
* 1947 – [[James Hunt]], English race car driver and sportscaster (d. 1993)
*[[1948]] – [[Robert S. Langer]], American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic
*[[1949]] – [[Stan Hansen]], American wrestler and actor
*[[1950]] – [[Doug DeCinces]], American baseball player
* 1950 – [[Frank Henenlotter]], American director and screenwriter
* 1950 – [[Dave Reichert]], American soldier and politician
*[[1951]] – [[Geoff Whitehorn]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1952]] – [[Karen Hesse]], American author and poet
* 1952 – [[Dave Malone]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1952 – [[Don Schlitz]], American [[Country Music Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] country music songwriter
*[[1953]] – [[David Boaz]], American businessman and author
* 1953 – [[Richard Harding (rugby player)|Richard Harding]], English rugby player
* 1953 – [[James Quesada]], Nicaraguan-American anthropologist and academic
*[[1954]] – [[Michael P. Kube-McDowell]], American journalist, author, and academic
*[[1955]] – [[Diamanda Galás]], American singer-songwriter and pianist
* 1955 – [[Jack Lew]], American lawyer and politician, 25th [[White House Chief of Staff]]
*[[1956]] – [[Mark Morris (choreographer)|Mark Morris]], American dancer and choreographer
* 1956 – [[Eddie Murray (American football)|Eddie Murray]], American football player
* 1956 – [[Charalambos Xanthopoulos]], Greek footballer
* 1956 – [[Steve Yarbrough (writer)|Steve Yarbrough]], American novelist and short story writer
*[[1957]] – [[Jerry D. Bailey]], American jockey and sportscaster
* 1957 – [[Grzegorz Ciechowski]], Polish singer-songwriter, film music composer (d. 2001)
*[[1958]] – [[Lenny Henry]], English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
* 1958 – [[Michael Jackson]], American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (d. 2009)
*[[1959]] – [[Rebecca De Mornay]], American actress
* 1959 – [[Ramón Díaz]], Argentinian footballer and manager
* 1959 – [[Ray Elgaard]], Canadian football player
* 1959 – [[Chris Hadfield]], Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
* 1959 – [[Eddi Reader]], Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1959 – [[Timothy Shriver]], American businessman and activist
* 1959 – [[Stephen Wolfram]], English-American physicist and mathematician
* 1959 – [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], Indian film actor, Producer and Businessman
*[[1960]] – [[Todd English]], American chef and author
* 1960 – [[Tony MacAlpine]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
*[[1961]] – [[Carsten Fischer]], German field hockey player
* 1961 – [[Rodney McCray (basketball)|Rodney McCray]], American basketball player
*[[1962]] – [[Carl Banks]], American football player and sportscaster
* 1962 – [[Hiroki Kikuta]], Japanese game designer and composer
* 1962 – [[Ian James Corlett]], Canadian voice actor, writer, producer and author
* 1962 – [[Simon Thurley]], English historian and academic
*[[1963]] – [[Elizabeth Fraser]], Scottish singer-songwriter
*[[1964]] – [[Perri "Pebbles" Reid]], American dance-pop and urban contemporary singer-songwriter
* 1964 – [[Zisis Tsekos]], Greek footballer
*[[1965]] – [[Will Perdue]], American basketball player and sportscaster
*[[1966]] – [[Jörn Großkopf]], German footballer and manager
*[[1967]] – [[Neil Gorsuch]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]
* 1967 – [[Anton Newcombe]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1968]] – [[Meshell Ndegeocello]], German-American singer-songwriter
*[[1969]] – [[Joe Swail]], Northern Irish snooker player
* 1969 – [[Jennifer Crittenden]], American screenwriter and producer
* 1969 – [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]], Mexican singer, songwriter, actress, and television host<ref>{{citation|website=All Music.com |title=Lucero|access-date=August 24, 2019|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lucero-mn0000306033/biography|author=Heather Phares}}</ref>
*[[1971]] – [[Henry Blanco]], Venezuelan baseball player and coach
* 1971 – [[Alex Griffin]], English bass player
* 1971 – [[Carla Gugino]], American actress
*[[1972]] – [[Amanda Marshall]], Canadian singer-songwriter
* 1972 – [[Bae Yong-joon]], South Korean actor
*[[1973]] – [[Vincent Cavanagh]], English singer and guitarist
* 1973 – [[Olivier Jacque]], French motorcycle racer
*[[1974]] – [[Kumi Tanioka]], Japanese keyboard player and composer
*[[1975]] – [[Kyle Cook]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1976]] – [[Stephen Carr]], Irish footballer
* 1976 – [[Phil Harvey (manager)|Phil Harvey]], English businessman
* 1976 – [[Kevin Kaesviharn]], American football player
* 1976 – [[Georgios Kalaitzis]], Greek basketball player
* 1976 – [[Pablo Mastroeni]], Argentine-American soccer player and manager
* 1976 – [[Jon Dahl Tomasson]], Danish footballer and manager
*[[1977]] – [[Cayetano (Giorgos Bratanis)|Cayetano]], Greek DJ and producer
* 1977 – [[Devean George]], American basketball player
* 1977 – [[John O'Brien (soccer)|John Patrick O'Brien]], American soccer player
* 1977 – [[Roy Oswalt]], American baseball player
* 1977 – [[Charlie Pickering]], Australian comedian and radio host
* 1977 – [[Aaron Rowand]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*[[1978]] – [[Volkan Arslan]], German-Turkish footballer
* 1978 – [[Celestine Babayaro]], Nigerian footballer
*[[1979]] – [[Stijn Devolder]], Belgian cyclist
* 1979 – [[Kristjan Rahnu]], Estonian decathlete
* 1979 – [[Ryan Shealy]], American baseball player
*[[1980]] – [[Chris Simms]], American football player
* 1980 – [[David West (basketball)|David West]], American basketball player
*[[1981]] – [[Geneviève Jeanson]], Canadian cyclist
* 1981 – [[Jay Ryan (actor)|Jay Ryan]], New Zealand-Australian actor and producer
*[[1982]] – [[Ruhila Adatia-Sood]], Kenyan journalist and radio host (d. 2013)
* 1982 – [[Carlos Delfino]], Argentinian-Italian basketball player
* 1982 – [[Vincent Enyeama]], Nigerian footballer
*[[1983]] – [[Antti Niemi (ice hockey)|Antti Niemi]], Finnish ice hockey player
*[[1986]] – [[Hajime Isayama]], Japanese illustrator
* 1986 – [[Lea Michele]], American actress and singer
*[[1987]] – [[Tony Kane]], Irish footballer
*[[1990]] – [[Jakub Kosecki]], Polish footballer
* 1990 – [[Patrick van Aanholt]], Dutch footballer
*[[1991]] – [[Néstor Araujo]], Mexican footballer
* 1991 – [[Deshaun Thomas]], American basketball player
*[[1992]] – [[Mallu Magalhães]], Brazilian singer-songwriter
* 1992 – [[Noah Syndergaard]], American baseball player
*[[1993]] – [[Liam Payne]], English singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=One Direction {{!}} Members, Songs, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/One-Direction |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[886]] – [[Basil I]], Byzantine emperor (b. 811)
* [[939]] – [[Wang Jipeng]], Chinese emperor of Min
* 939 – [[Empress Li Chunyan|Li Chunyan]], Chinese empress
* [[956]] – [[Empress Fu the Elder|Fu the Elder]], Chinese empress
* [[979]] – [[Abu Taghlib]], Hamdanid emir
*[[1021]] – [[Minamoto no Yorimitsu]], Japanese nobleman (b. 948)
*[[1046]] – [[Gerard of Csanád]] Venetian monk and Hungarian bishop (b.980)<ref name="ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA">{{cite book |url = https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Gerard |title = St. Gerard |publisher = [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |year = 2019 }}</ref>
*[[1093]] – [[Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy|Hugh I]], duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)
*[[1123]] – [[Eystein I of Norway|Eystein I]], king of Norway (b. 1088)
*[[1135]] – [[Al-Mustarshid]], Abbasid caliph (b. 1092)
*[[1159]] – [[Bertha of Sulzbach]], Byzantine empress
*[[1298]] – [[Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar]], English princess (b. 1269)
*[[1315]] – [[Peter Tempesta]], Italian nobleman (b. 1291)
* 1315 – [[Charles of Taranto]], Italian nobleman (b. 1296)
*[[1395]] – [[Albert III, Duke of Austria|Albert III]], duke of Austria (b. 1349)
*[[1442]] – [[John V, Duke of Brittany|John V]], duke of Brittany (b. 1389)
*[[1499]] – [[Alesso Baldovinetti]], Florentine painter (b. 1427)
*[[1523]] – [[Ulrich von Hutten]], Lutheran reformer (b. 1488)
*[[1526]] – [[Louis II of Hungary|Louis II]], king of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1506)
* 1526 – [[Pál Tomori]] Hungarian archbishop and soldier (b. 1475)
*[[1533]] – [[Atahualpa]], Inca emperor (b. 1497)
*[[1542]] – [[Cristóvão da Gama]], Portuguese commander (b. 1516)
===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] – [[Hamida Banu Begum]], Mughal empress (b. 1527)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lal |first1=Muni |title=Shah Jahan |date=1986 |publisher=Vikas Publishing House |page=xv |isbn=9780706929294 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__BtAAAAMAAJ&q=hamida+banu+Begum+August+29 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1657]] – [[John Lilburne]], English activist (b. 1614)
*[[1712]] – [[Gregory King]], English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)
*[[1749]] – [[Matthias Bel]], Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
*[[1769]] – [[Edmond Hoyle]], English author and educator (b. 1672)
*[[1780]] – [[Jacques-Germain Soufflot]], French architect, co-designed [[Panthéon, Paris|The Panthéon]] (b. 1713)
*[[1799]] – [[Pope Pius VI|Pius VI]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pius VI {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pius-VI |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1844]] – [[Edmund Ignatius Rice]], Irish missionary and educator, founded the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]] and [[Presentation Brothers]] (b. 1762)
*[[1856]] – [[Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck]], English author and activist (b. 1778)
*[[1866]] – [[Tokugawa Iemochi]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
*[[1877]] – [[Brigham Young]], American religious leader, 2nd [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. 1801)
*[[1889]] – [[Stefan Dunjov]], Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
*[[1891]] – [[Pierre Lallement]], French businessman, invented the [[bicycle]] (b. 1843)
*[[1892]] – [[William Forbes Skene]], Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
===1901–present===
*[[1904]] – [[Murad V]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
*[[1911]] – [[Mir Mahboob Ali Khan]], 6th [[Nizam]] of Hyderabad (b.1866)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/180816/picturing-the-beloved.html|title = Picturing the 'Beloved'|date = 18 August 2016}}</ref>
*[[1917]] – [[George Huntington Hartford]], American businessman (b. 1833)
*[[1930]] – [[William Archibald Spooner]], English priest and author (b. 1844)
*[[1931]] – [[David T. Abercrombie]], American businessman, co-founded [[Abercrombie & Fitch]] (b. 1867)
*[[1944]] – [[Attik]], Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
*[[1946]] – [[Adolphus Busch III]], American businessman (b. 1891)
* 1946 – [[John Steuart Curry]], American painter and academic (b. 1897)
*[[1951]] – [[Sydney Chapman (economist)|Sydney Chapman]], English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
*[[1952]] – [[Anton Piëch]], Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)
*[[1958]] – [[Marjorie Flack]], American author and illustrator (b. 1897)<ref>{{cite book|last=Whitehead|first=Winifred|chapter=Flack, Marjorie|editor-first=D.L.|editor-last=Kirkpatrick|title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=978-0-33323-414-3|page=461}}</ref>
*[[1966]] – [[Sayyid Qutb]], Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)
*[[1968]] – [[Ulysses S. Grant III]], American general (b. 1881)
*[[1971]] – [[Leopold and Loeb|Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr.]], American murderer (b. 1904)
*[[1972]] – [[Lale Andersen]], German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)
*[[1975]] – [[Éamon de Valera]], Irish soldier and politician, 3rd [[President of Ireland]] (b. 1882)
*[[1977]] – [[Jean Hagen]], American actress (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean Hagen |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/jean-hagen/ |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=27 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1977 – [[Brian McGuire (racing driver)|Brian McGuire]], Australian race car driver (b. 1945)
*[[1979]] – [[Gertrude Chandler Warner]], American author and educator (b. 1890)
*[[1981]] – [[Lowell Thomas]], American journalist and author (b. 1892)
*[[1982]] – [[Ingrid Bergman]], Swedish actress (b. 1915)
* 1982 – [[Lehman Engel]], American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
*[[1985]] – [[Evelyn Ankers]], British-American actress (b. 1918)
*[[1987]] – [[Archie Campbell (comedian)|Archie Campbell]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1914)
* 1987 – [[Lee Marvin]], American actor (b. 1924)
*[[1989]] – [[Peter Scott]], English explorer and painter (b. 1909)
*[[1990]] – [[Manly Palmer Hall]], Canadian-American mystic and author (b. 1901)
*[[1991]] – [[Libero Grassi]], Italian businessman (b. 1924)
*[[1992]] – [[Félix Guattari]], French philosopher and theorist (b. 1930)
*[[1995]] – [[Frank Perry]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
*[[2000]] – [[Shelagh Fraser]], English actress (b. 1922)
* 2000 – [[Willie Maddren]], English footballer and manager (b. 1951)
* 2000 – [[Conrad Marca-Relli]], American-Italian painter and academic (b. 1913)
*[[2001]] – [[Graeme Strachan]], Australian singer-songwriter & television personality (b. 1952)
* 2001 – [[Francisco Rabal]], Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
*[[2002]] – [[Lance Macklin]], English race car driver (b. 1919)
*[[2003]] – [[Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim]], Iraqi politician (b. 1939)
* 2003 – [[Patrick Procktor]], English painter and academic (b. 1936)
*[[2004]] – [[Hans Vonk (conductor)|Hans Vonk]], Dutch conductor (b. 1942)
*[[2007]] – [[James Muir Cameron Fletcher]], New Zealand businessman (b. 1914)
* 2007 – [[Richard Jewell]], American police officer (b. 1962)
* 2007 – [[Pierre Messmer]], French civil servant and politician, 154th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1916)
* 2007 – [[Alfred Peet]], Dutch-American businessman, founded [[Peet's Coffee & Tea]] (b. 1920)
*[[2008]] – [[Geoffrey Perkins]], English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1953)
* 2008 – [[Michael Schoenberg]], American geophysicist and theorist (b. 1939)
*[[2011]] – [[David "Honeyboy" Edwards|Honeyboy Edwards]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1915)
* 2011 – [[Junpei Takiguchi]], Japanese voice actor (b. 1931)
*[[2012]] – [[Ruth Goldbloom]], Canadian academic and philanthropist, co-founded [[Pier 21]] (b. 1923)
* 2012 – [[Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke]], English historian and author (b. 1953)
* 2012 – [[Shoshichi Kobayashi]], Japanese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)
* 2012 – [[Anne McKnight]], American soprano (b. 1924)
* 2012 – [[Les Moss]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925)
* 2012 – [[Sergei Ovchinnikov (volleyball)|Sergei Ovchinnikov]], Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1969)
*[[2013]] – [[Joan L. Krajewski]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
* 2013 – [[Medardo Joseph Mazombwe]], Zambian cardinal (b. 1931)
* 2013 – [[Bruce C. Murray]], American geologist and academic, co-founded [[The Planetary Society]] (b. 1931)
*[[2014]] – [[Octavio Brunetti]], Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1975)
* 2014 – [[Björn Waldegård]], Swedish race car driver (b. 1943)
*[[2016]] – [[Gene Wilder]], American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author (b. 1933)
*[[2018]] – [[James Mirrlees]], Scottish economist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1936)
* 2018 – [[Paul Taylor (choreographer)|Paul Taylor]], American choreographer (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/notable-deaths-in-2018 |title=Notable Deaths in 2018|website=CBS News|access-date=2018-09-04}}</ref>
*[[2021]] – [[Ed Asner]], American actor (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/ed-asner-dead-lou-grant-1235051373/|title=Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning ‘Lou Grant’ Star, Dies at 91|last1=Dagan|first1=Carmel|last2=Natale|first2=Richard|date=August 29, 2021|access-date=August 29, 2021|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
* 2021 – [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]], Jamaican reggae producer (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=2021-08-29|title=Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Reggae Giant and Dub Pioneer, Dead at 85|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lee-scratch-perry-dead-obit-1045198/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830031023/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lee-scratch-perry-dead-obit-1045198/|archive-date=2021-08-30|access-date=2021-08-31|website=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
*2021 – [[Jacques Rogge]], Olympic sailor and Orthopedic Surgeon who served as the 8th [[President of the International Olympic Committee]] (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=2021-08-30|title=Jacques Rogge, Who Led Olympic Committee, Dies at 79|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/sports/olympics/jacques-rogge-dead.html|access-date=2021-09-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Adelphus|Adelphus of Metz]]
**[[Beheading of St. John the Baptist]]
**[[Eadwold of Cerne]]
**[[Euphrasia Eluvathingal]] ([[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]])
**[[John Bunyan]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]])
**[[Saint Sabina|Sabina]]
**[[Vitalis, Sator and Repositus]]
**[[August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[International Day against Nuclear Tests]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[Public holidays in Ukraine|Miners' Day]] ([[Ukraine]])
*[[Public holidays in Ukraine#Other national holidays|Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine]] (Ukraine)
*[[Public holidays in Poland|Municipal Police Day]] ([[Poland]])
*[[National Sports Day]] ([[India]])
*[[Public holidays in Slovakia|Slovak National Uprising Anniversary]] ([[Slovakia]])
*[[Gidugu Venkata Ramamoorty|Telugu Language Day]] ([[India]])
==References==
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* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/29 |title=Historical Events on August 29 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}
* {{cite web |url=http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/August_29 |title=Today in Canadian History |publisher=Canada Channel}}
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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[708]] – [[Wadōkaichin|Copper coins]] are minted in [[Japan]] for the first time (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: August 10, 708).
* [[870]] – The city of [[Melite (ancient city)|Melite]] surrenders to an [[Aghlabids|Aghlabid]] army [[Siege of Melite (870)|following a siege]], putting an end to [[Byzantine Malta]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Luttrell | first = Anthony | title = Medieval Malta : studies on Malta before the Knights | publisher = The British School at Rome | location = London | year = 1975 | isbn = 9780904152029 | page=83}}</ref>
*[[1009]] – [[Mainz Cathedral]] suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its [[inauguration]].
*[[1261]] – [[Pope Urban IV]] succeeds [[Pope Alexander IV]], becoming the 182nd pope.
*[[1315]] – [[Battle of Montecatini]]: The army of the [[Republic of Pisa]], commanded by [[Uguccione della Faggiuola]], wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the [[Kingdom of Naples]] and the [[Republic of Florence]] despite being outnumbered.<ref>{{cite book | last = Bowsky | first = William | title = A medieval Italian commune : Siena under the Nine, 1287-1355 | publisher = University of California Press | location = Berkeley | year = 1981 | isbn = 9780520042568 | page=167}}</ref>
*[[1350]] – [[Battle of Winchelsea]] (or [[Les Espagnols sur Mer]]): The [[Kingdom of England|English]] [[naval fleet]] under King [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] defeats a [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]] fleet of 40 ships.<ref>{{cite book|author=Robin Neillands|title=The Hundred Years War|publisher=Taylor & Francis|ISBN=9781134507405|year= 2002|page=114}}</ref>
*[[1475]] – The [[Treaty of Picquigny]] ends a brief war between the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of France|France]] and England.
*[[1484]] – [[Pope Innocent VIII]] succeeds [[Pope Sixtus IV]].
*[[1498]] – [[Vasco da Gama]] decides to depart [[Kozhikode|Calicut]] and return to [[Kingdom of Portugal]].
*[[1521]] – The [[Ottoman Turks]] capture [[Nándorfehérvár]] (Belgrade).
*[[1526]] – [[Battle of Mohács]]: The [[Ottoman Turks]] led by [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] defeat and kill the last [[Jagiellonian]] king of [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] and [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]].
*[[1541]] – The [[Ottoman Turks]] capture [[Buda]], the capital of the [[Hungarian Kingdom]].
===1601–1900===
*[[1728]] – The city of [[Nuuk]] in [[Greenland]] is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the [[list of governors of Greenland|royal governor]] [[Claus Paarss]].
*[[1741]] – The [[1741 eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami|eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami]]: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a [[tsunami]] caused by the eruption of [[Oshima (Hokkaido)|Oshima]].<ref name="A Study on the Impacts of the 1741 Tsunami Recorded in the Annals of Joseon Dynasty">{{cite journal |author1=Sang-Shin Byun |author2=Kyeong Ok Kim |title=A study on the effects of the 1741 tsunami recorded in the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty |journal=Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers |date=25 February 2021 |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=30–37 |doi=10.9765/KSCOE.2021.33.1.30 |s2cid=233955868 |url=http://jkscoe.or.kr/journal/view.php?number=361 |access-date=30 March 2021|doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1756]] – [[Frederick the Great]] attacks [[Electorate of Saxony|Saxony]], beginning the [[Seven Years' War]] in Europe.
*[[1758]] – The [[Treaty of Easton]] establishes the first American [[Indian reservation]], at [[Indian Mills, New Jersey]], for the [[Lenape]].
*[[1778]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: British and American forces battle indecisively at the [[Battle of Rhode Island]].
*[[1779]] – American Revolutionary War: American forces battle and defeat the British and [[Iroquois]] forces at the [[Battle of Newtown]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://usgwarchives.net/pa/1pa/1picts/sullivan/sullbio2.html|title = Sullbio2}}</ref>
*[[1786]] – [[Shays' Rebellion]], an armed uprising of [[Massachusetts]] farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
*[[1807]] – British troops under Sir [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]] defeat a Danish militia outside [[Copenhagen]] in the [[Battle of Køge]].
*[[1831]] – [[Michael Faraday]] discovers [[electromagnetic induction]].
*[[1842]] – [[Treaty of Nanking]] signing ends the [[First Opium War]].
*[[1861]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries]] gives Federal forces control of [[Pamlico Sound]].
*[[1869]] – The [[Mount Washington Cog Railway]] opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing [[rack railway]].
*[[1871]] – [[Emperor Meiji]] orders the [[abolition of the han system]] and the establishment of [[Prefectures of Japan|prefectures]] as local centers of administration. (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: July 14, 1871).
*[[1885]] – [[Gottlieb Daimler]] patents the world's first [[internal combustion]] [[motorcycle]], the ''[[Daimler Reitwagen|Reitwagen]]''.
*[[1898]] – The [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] tire company is founded.
===1901–present===
*[[1903]] – The {{ship|Russian battleship|Slava||2}}, the last of the five {{sclass|Borodino|battleship}}s, is launched.
*[[1907]] – The [[Quebec Bridge]] collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
*[[1910]] – The [[Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910]], also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the [[Korea under Japanese rule|period of Japanese rule]] in Korea.
*[[1911]] – [[Ishi]], considered the last [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern [[California]].
* 1911 – The Canadian Naval Service becomes the [[Royal Canadian Navy]].<ref>Gilbert Norman Tucker ''The Naval Service of Canada: Its Official History'' Ottawa, 1952</ref>
*[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: Start of the [[Battle of St. Quentin (1914)|Battle of St. Quentin]] in which the French [[Fifth Army (France)|Fifth Army]] counter-attacked the invading Germans at [[Saint-Quentin, Aisne]].
*[[1915]] – US Navy salvage divers raise {{USS|F-4|SS-23|2}}, the first U.S. [[submarine]] sunk in an accident.
*[[1916]] – The United States passes the [[Jones Law (Philippines)|Philippine Autonomy Act]].
*[[1918]] – World War I: [[Bapaume]] taken by the [[New Zealand Division]] in the [[Hundred Days Offensive]].
*[[1930]] – The last 36 remaining inhabitants of [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]] are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
*[[1941]] – [[World War II]]: [[Tallinn]], the capital of [[Estonia]], is occupied by [[Nazi Germany]] following an occupation by the [[Soviet Union]].
*[[1943]] – World War II: [[Occupation of Denmark|German-occupied Denmark]] scuttles most of its [[Royal Danish Navy|navy]]; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
*[[1944]] – World War II: [[Slovak National Uprising]] takes place as 60,000 [[Slovaks|Slovak]] troops turn against the [[Nazism|Nazi]]s.
*[[1949]] – [[Soviet atomic bomb project]]: The [[Soviet Union]] tests its first [[atomic bomb]], known as ''[[First Lightning]]'' or ''Joe 1'', at [[Semipalatinsk Test Site|Semipalatinsk]], [[Kazakhstan]].
*[[1950]] – [[Korean War]]: [[British people|British]] troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
*[[1958]] – [[United States Air Force Academy]] opens in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]].
*[[1965]] – The [[Gemini V]] spacecraft returns to [[Earth]], landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
*[[1966]] – [[The Beatles]] perform their last concert before paying fans at [[Candlestick Park]] in [[San Francisco]].
* 1966 – Leading Egyptian thinker [[Sayyid Qutb]] is executed for plotting the assassination of President [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]].
*[[1970]] – [[Chicano Moratorium]] against the [[Vietnam War]], [[East Los Angeles, California]]. Police riot kills three people, including journalist [[Rubén Salazar]].
*[[1982]] – The synthetic [[chemical element]] [[Meitnerium]], [[atomic number]] 109, is first synthesized at the [[Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung]] in [[Darmstadt]], Germany.
*[[1991]] – [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union]] suspends all activities of the [[Soviet Communist Party]].
* 1991 – [[Libero Grassi]], an Italian businessman from [[Palermo]], is killed by the [[Sicilian Mafia]] after taking a solitary stand against their [[extortion]] demands.
*[[1996]] – [[Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801]], a [[Tupolev Tu-154]], crashes into a mountain on the [[Arctic]] island of [[Spitsbergen]], killing all 141 aboard.
*[[1997]] – [[Netflix]] is launched as an internet [[DVD]] rental service.
* 1997 – At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria [[Armed Islamic Group|GIA]] in the [[Rais massacre]], [[Algeria]].
*[[1998]] – Eighty people are killed when [[Cubana de Aviación Flight 389]] crashes during a [[rejected takeoff]] from the [[Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport]] in [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154M CU-T1264 Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980829-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-27|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307092250/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19980829-0 |archive-date=2005-03-07 }}</ref>
*[[2003]] – [[Ayatollah]] [[Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim]], the [[Shia Muslim]] leader in [[Iraq]], is [[assassination|assassin]]ated in a [[terrorism|terrorist]] bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a [[mosque]] in [[Najaf]].
*[[2005]] – [[Hurricane Katrina]] [[Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans|devastates]] much of the [[U.S. Gulf Coast]] from [[Louisiana]] to the [[Florida Panhandle]], killing up to 1,836 people and causing $125 billion in damage.
*[[2012]] – At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the [[Xiaojiawan coal mine disaster|Xiaojiawan coal mine]], located at [[Panzhihua|Panzhihua, Sichuan Province]].
*[[2022]] -- launch of [[Artemis 1|Artemis I]]
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[979]] – [[Otto, Count of Vermandois|Otto]] (or '''Eudes'''), French nobleman (d. 1045)
*[[1321]] – [[John of Artois, Count of Eu|John of Artois]], French nobleman (d. 1387)
*[[1347]] – [[John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]], English nobleman and soldier (d. 1375)
*[[1434]] – [[Janus Pannonius]], Hungarian bishop and poet (d. 1472)
*[[1514]] – [[García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca]], Spanish noble and admiral (d. 1577)
*[[1534]] – [[Nicholas Pieck]], Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr (d. 1572)
*[[1597]] – [[Henry Gage (soldier)|Henry Gage]], Royalist officer in the English Civil War (d. 1645)
===1601–1900===
*[[1619]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]], French economist and politician, [[Controller-General of Finances]] (d. 1683)
*[[1628]] – [[John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (d. 1701)
*[[1632]] – [[John Locke]], English physician and philosopher (d. 1704)
*[[1724]] – [[Giovanni Battista Casti]], Italian poet and author (d. 1803)
*[[1725]] – [[Charles Townshend]], English politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (d. 1767)
*[[1728]] – [[Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony]], electress of Bavaria (d. 1797)
*[[1756]] – [[Jan Śniadecki]], Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1830)
*[[1756]] – [[Count Heinrich von Bellegarde]], Austrian general and politician (d. 1845)
*[[1773]] – [[Aimé Bonpland]], French botanist and explorer (d. 1858)
*[[1777]] – [[Hyacinth (Bichurin)|Hyacinth]], Russian religious leader, founded [[Sinology]] (d. 1853)
*[[1780]] – [[Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres]], French painter and illustrator (d. 1867)
*[[1792]] – [[Charles Grandison Finney]], American minister and author (d. 1875)
*[[1805]] – [[Frederick Denison Maurice]], English priest, theologian, and author (d. 1872)
*[[1809]] – [[Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.]], American physician and author (d. 1894)
*[[1810]] – [[Juan Bautista Alberdi]], Argentinian theorist and diplomat (d. 1884)
*[[1813]] – [[Henry Bergh]], American activist, founded the [[American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|ASPCA]] (d. 1888)<ref>''National Cyclopedia of American Biography: Volume 3.'' New York: James White and Co., 1893; pg. 106.</ref>
*[[1842]] – [[Alfred Shaw]], English cricketer, rugby player, and umpire (d. 1907)
*[[1843]] – [[David B. Hill]], American lawyer and politician, 29th [[Governor of New York]] (d. 1910)
*[[1844]] – [[Edward Carpenter]], English anthologist and poet (d. 1929)
*[[1857]] – [[Sandford Schultz]], English cricketer (d. 1937)
*[[1861]] – [[Byron G. Harlan]], American singer (d. 1936)
*[[1862]] – [[Andrew Fisher]], Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 1928)
* 1862 – [[Maurice Maeterlinck]], Belgian poet and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1949)
*[[1871]] – [[Albert François Lebrun]], French engineer and politician, 15th [[President of France]] (d. 1950)
*[[1875]] – [[Leonardo De Lorenzo]], Italian flute player and educator (d. 1962)
*[[1876]] – [[Charles F. Kettering]], American engineer and businessman, founded [[Delco Electronics]] (d. 1958)
* 1876 – [[Kim Koo]], South Korean politician, 6th [[Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea|President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea]] (d. 1949)
*[[1887]] – [[Jivraj Narayan Mehta]], Indian physicians and politician, 1st [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]] (d. 1978)
*[[1888]] – [[Salme Dutt]], Estonian-English politician (d. 1964)
*[[1890]] – [[Peder Furubotn]], Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (d.1975)
*[[1891]] – [[Marquis James]], American journalist and author (d. 1955)
*[[1898]] – [[Preston Sturges]], American director and producer (d. 1959)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[Aurèle Joliat]], Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 1986)
*[[1904]] – [[Werner Forssmann]], German physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1979)
*[[1905]] – [[Dhyan Chand]], Indian field hockey player (d. 1979)
* 1905 – [[Arndt Pekurinen]], Finnish activist (d. 1941)
*[[1910]] – [[Vivien Thomas]], American surgeon and academic (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Soylu |first1=Erdinc |last2=Athanasiou |first2=Thanos |last3=Jarral |first3=Omar A |title=Vivien Theodore Thomas (1910–1985): An African-American laboratory technician who went on to become an innovator in cardiac surgery |journal=Journal of Medical Biography |date=May 2017 |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=106–113 |doi=10.1177/0967772015601566 |pmid=26307408 |s2cid=31036235 }}</ref>
*[[1911]] – [[John Charnley]], British orthopedic surgeon (d. 1982)
*[[1912]] – [[Sohn Kee-chung]], South Korean runner (d. 2002)
* 1912 – [[Barry Sullivan (actor)|Barry Sullivan]], American actor (d. 1994)
* 1912 – [[Wolfgang Suschitzky]], Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016)
*[[1913]] – [[Len Butterfield]], New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
*[[1913]] – [[Jackie Mitchell]], American baseball pitcher (d. 1987)<ref name="obit">{{cite news |last1=Minsberg |first1=Talya |title=Overlooked No More: Jackie Mitchell, Who Fanned Two of Baseball's Greats |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/obituaries/jackie-mitchell-overlooked.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/obituaries/jackie-mitchell-overlooked.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |access-date=29 July 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=7 November 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[1915]] – [[Ingrid Bergman]], Swedish actress (d. 1982)
* 1915 – [[Nathan Pritikin]], American nutritionist and author (d. 1985)
*[[1916]] – [[Luther Davis]], American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2008)
*[[1917]] – [[Isabel Sanford]], American actress (d. 2004)
*[[1920]] – [[Charlie Parker]], American saxophonist and composer (d. 1955)
* 1920 – [[Herb Simpson]], American baseball player (d. 2015)
* 1920 – [[Otis Boykin]], American inventor and engineer (d. 1982)<ref>{{cite web |title=Otis Boykin |url=https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/otis-boykin |website=lemelson.mit.edu |publisher=Lemelson-MIT Program |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Otis Frank Boykin |url=https://www.nsbp.org/nsbp-news/bhm-physics-profiles/2019-honorees/128-otis-frank-boykin |website=www.nsbp.org |publisher=[[National Society of Black Physicists]] |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[1922]] – [[Richard Blackwell]], American actor, fashion designer, and critic (d. 2008)
* 1922 – [[John Edward Williams]], American author and educator (d. 1994)
* 1922 – [[Arthur Anderson (actor)|Arthur Anderson]], American actor (d. 2016)
*[[1923]] – [[Richard Attenborough]], English actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
*[[1924]] – [[Dinah Washington]], American singer and pianist (d. 1963)
*[[1926]] – [[Helene Ahrweiler]], Greek historian and academic
* 1926 – [[Donn Fendler]], American author and speaker (d. 2016)
* 1926 – [[Betty Lynn]], American actress
*[[1927]] – [[Jimmy C. Newman]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014)
*[[1928]] – [[Herbert Meier]], Swiss author and translator (d. 2018)
*[[1929]] – [[Thom Gunn]], English-American poet and academic (d. 2004)
*[[1930]] – [[Jacques Bouchard]], Canadian businessman (d. 2006)
* 1930 – [[Carlos Loyzaga]], Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 2016)
*[[1931]] – [[Stelios Kazantzidis]], Greek singer and guitarist (d. 2001)
* 1931 – [[Lise Payette]], Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2018)
*[[1933]] – [[Sorel Etrog]], Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (d. 2014)
* 1933 – [[Arnold Koller]], Swiss politician
*[[1934]] – [[Dimitris Papamichael]], Greek actor and director (d. 2004)
*[[1935]] – [[Hugo Brandt Corstius]], Dutch linguist and author (d. 2014)
* 1935 – [[William Friedkin]], American director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1935 – [[László Garai]], Hungarian psychologist and scholar
*[[1936]] – [[John McCain]], American captain and politician (d. 2018)
*[[1937]] – [[James Florio]], American commander, lawyer, and politician, 49th [[Governor of New Jersey]]
*[[1938]] – [[Elliott Gould]], American actor and producer
* 1938 – [[Angela Huth]], English journalist and author
* 1938 – [[Christian Müller (footballer, born 1938)|Christian Müller]], German footballer and manager
* 1938 – [[Robert Rubin]], American lawyer and politician, 70th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]]
*[[1939]] – [[Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek]], Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter
* 1939 – [[Joel Schumacher]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020)
*[[1940]] – [[James Brady]], American politician and activist, 15th [[White House Press Secretary]] (d. 2014)
* 1940 – [[Gary Gabelich]], American race car driver (d. 1984)
*[[1941]] – [[Robin Leach]], English journalist and television host (d. 2018)
*[[1942]] – [[James Glennon]], American cinematographer (d. 2006)
* 1942 – [[Gottfried John]], German actor (d. 2014)
* 1942 – [[Sterling Morrison]], American singer and guitarist (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sterling-morrison-mn0000749365 |title=Sterling Morrison |first=Richie |last=Unterberger |author-link=Richie Unterberger |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207085628/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sterling-morrison-mn0000749365 |archive-date=February 7, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1943]] – [[Mohamed Amin]], Kenyan photographer and journalist (d. 1996)
* 1943 – [[Dick Halligan]], American pianist and composer
* 1943 – [[Arthur B. McDonald]], Canadian astrophysicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*[[1945]] – [[Chris Copping]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1945 – [[Wyomia Tyus]], American sprinter
*[[1946]] – [[Bob Beamon]], American long jumper
* 1946 – [[Francine D. Blau]], American economist and academic
* 1946 – [[Demetris Christofias]], Cypriot businessman and politician, 6th [[President of Cyprus]] (d. 2019)
* 1946 – [[Giorgio Orsoni]], Italian lawyer and politician, 17th [[Mayor of Venice]]
*[[1947]] – [[Temple Grandin]], American ethologist, academic, and author
* 1947 – [[James Hunt]], English race car driver and sportscaster (d. 1993)
*[[1948]] – [[Robert S. Langer]], American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic
*[[1949]] – [[Stan Hansen]], American wrestler and actor
*[[1950]] – [[Doug DeCinces]], American baseball player
* 1950 – [[Frank Henenlotter]], American director and screenwriter
* 1950 – [[Dave Reichert]], American soldier and politician
*[[1951]] – [[Geoff Whitehorn]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1952]] – [[Karen Hesse]], American author and poet
* 1952 – [[Dave Malone]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1952 – [[Don Schlitz]], American [[Country Music Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] country music songwriter
*[[1953]] – [[David Boaz]], American businessman and author
* 1953 – [[Richard Harding (rugby player)|Richard Harding]], English rugby player
* 1953 – [[James Quesada]], Nicaraguan-American anthropologist and academic
*[[1954]] – [[Michael P. Kube-McDowell]], American journalist, author, and academic
*[[1955]] – [[Diamanda Galás]], American singer-songwriter and pianist
* 1955 – [[Jack Lew]], American lawyer and politician, 25th [[White House Chief of Staff]]
*[[1956]] – [[Mark Morris (choreographer)|Mark Morris]], American dancer and choreographer
* 1956 – [[Eddie Murray (American football)|Eddie Murray]], American football player
* 1956 – [[Charalambos Xanthopoulos]], Greek footballer
* 1956 – [[Steve Yarbrough (writer)|Steve Yarbrough]], American novelist and short story writer
*[[1957]] – [[Jerry D. Bailey]], American jockey and sportscaster
* 1957 – [[Grzegorz Ciechowski]], Polish singer-songwriter, film music composer (d. 2001)
*[[1958]] – [[Lenny Henry]], English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
* 1958 – [[Michael Jackson]], American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (d. 2009)
*[[1959]] – [[Rebecca De Mornay]], American actress
* 1959 – [[Ramón Díaz]], Argentinian footballer and manager
* 1959 – [[Ray Elgaard]], Canadian football player
* 1959 – [[Chris Hadfield]], Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut
* 1959 – [[Eddi Reader]], Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1959 – [[Timothy Shriver]], American businessman and activist
* 1959 – [[Stephen Wolfram]], English-American physicist and mathematician
* 1959 – [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], Indian film actor, Producer and Businessman
*[[1960]] – [[Todd English]], American chef and author
* 1960 – [[Tony MacAlpine]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
*[[1961]] – [[Carsten Fischer]], German field hockey player
* 1961 – [[Rodney McCray (basketball)|Rodney McCray]], American basketball player
*[[1962]] – [[Carl Banks]], American football player and sportscaster
* 1962 – [[Hiroki Kikuta]], Japanese game designer and composer
* 1962 – [[Ian James Corlett]], Canadian voice actor, writer, producer and author
* 1962 – [[Simon Thurley]], English historian and academic
*[[1963]] – [[Elizabeth Fraser]], Scottish singer-songwriter
*[[1964]] – [[Perri "Pebbles" Reid]], American dance-pop and urban contemporary singer-songwriter
* 1964 – [[Zisis Tsekos]], Greek footballer
*[[1965]] – [[Will Perdue]], American basketball player and sportscaster
*[[1966]] – [[Jörn Großkopf]], German footballer and manager
*[[1967]] – [[Neil Gorsuch]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]
* 1967 – [[Anton Newcombe]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1968]] – [[Meshell Ndegeocello]], German-American singer-songwriter
*[[1969]] – [[Joe Swail]], Northern Irish snooker player
* 1969 – [[Jennifer Crittenden]], American screenwriter and producer
* 1969 – [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]], Mexican singer, songwriter, actress, and television host<ref>{{citation|website=All Music.com |title=Lucero|access-date=August 24, 2019|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lucero-mn0000306033/biography|author=Heather Phares}}</ref>
*[[1971]] – [[Henry Blanco]], Venezuelan baseball player and coach
* 1971 – [[Alex Griffin]], English bass player
* 1971 – [[Carla Gugino]], American actress
*[[1972]] – [[Amanda Marshall]], Canadian singer-songwriter
* 1972 – [[Bae Yong-joon]], South Korean actor
*[[1973]] – [[Vincent Cavanagh]], English singer and guitarist
* 1973 – [[Olivier Jacque]], French motorcycle racer
*[[1974]] – [[Kumi Tanioka]], Japanese keyboard player and composer
*[[1975]] – [[Kyle Cook]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1976]] – [[Stephen Carr]], Irish footballer
* 1976 – [[Phil Harvey (manager)|Phil Harvey]], English businessman
* 1976 – [[Kevin Kaesviharn]], American football player
* 1976 – [[Georgios Kalaitzis]], Greek basketball player
* 1976 – [[Pablo Mastroeni]], Argentine-American soccer player and manager
* 1976 – [[Jon Dahl Tomasson]], Danish footballer and manager
*[[1977]] – [[Cayetano (Giorgos Bratanis)|Cayetano]], Greek DJ and producer
* 1977 – [[Devean George]], American basketball player
* 1977 – [[John O'Brien (soccer)|John Patrick O'Brien]], American soccer player
* 1977 – [[Roy Oswalt]], American baseball player
* 1977 – [[Charlie Pickering]], Australian comedian and radio host
* 1977 – [[Aaron Rowand]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*[[1978]] – [[Volkan Arslan]], German-Turkish footballer
* 1978 – [[Celestine Babayaro]], Nigerian footballer
*[[1979]] – [[Stijn Devolder]], Belgian cyclist
* 1979 – [[Kristjan Rahnu]], Estonian decathlete
* 1979 – [[Ryan Shealy]], American baseball player
*[[1980]] – [[Chris Simms]], American football player
* 1980 – [[David West (basketball)|David West]], American basketball player
*[[1981]] – [[Geneviève Jeanson]], Canadian cyclist
* 1981 – [[Jay Ryan (actor)|Jay Ryan]], New Zealand-Australian actor and producer
*[[1982]] – [[Ruhila Adatia-Sood]], Kenyan journalist and radio host (d. 2013)
* 1982 – [[Carlos Delfino]], Argentinian-Italian basketball player
* 1982 – [[Vincent Enyeama]], Nigerian footballer
*[[1983]] – [[Antti Niemi (ice hockey)|Antti Niemi]], Finnish ice hockey player
*[[1986]] – [[Hajime Isayama]], Japanese illustrator
* 1986 – [[Lea Michele]], American actress and singer
*[[1987]] – [[Tony Kane]], Irish footballer
*[[1990]] – [[Jakub Kosecki]], Polish footballer
* 1990 – [[Patrick van Aanholt]], Dutch footballer
*[[1991]] – [[Néstor Araujo]], Mexican footballer
* 1991 – [[Deshaun Thomas]], American basketball player
*[[1992]] – [[Mallu Magalhães]], Brazilian singer-songwriter
* 1992 – [[Noah Syndergaard]], American baseball player
*[[1993]] – [[Liam Payne]], English singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=One Direction {{!}} Members, Songs, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/One-Direction |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[886]] – [[Basil I]], Byzantine emperor (b. 811)
* [[939]] – [[Wang Jipeng]], Chinese emperor of Min
* 939 – [[Empress Li Chunyan|Li Chunyan]], Chinese empress
* [[956]] – [[Empress Fu the Elder|Fu the Elder]], Chinese empress
* [[979]] – [[Abu Taghlib]], Hamdanid emir
*[[1021]] – [[Minamoto no Yorimitsu]], Japanese nobleman (b. 948)
*[[1046]] – [[Gerard of Csanád]] Venetian monk and Hungarian bishop (b.980)<ref name="ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA">{{cite book |url = https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Gerard |title = St. Gerard |publisher = [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |year = 2019 }}</ref>
*[[1093]] – [[Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy|Hugh I]], duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)
*[[1123]] – [[Eystein I of Norway|Eystein I]], king of Norway (b. 1088)
*[[1135]] – [[Al-Mustarshid]], Abbasid caliph (b. 1092)
*[[1159]] – [[Bertha of Sulzbach]], Byzantine empress
*[[1298]] – [[Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar]], English princess (b. 1269)
*[[1315]] – [[Peter Tempesta]], Italian nobleman (b. 1291)
* 1315 – [[Charles of Taranto]], Italian nobleman (b. 1296)
*[[1395]] – [[Albert III, Duke of Austria|Albert III]], duke of Austria (b. 1349)
*[[1442]] – [[John V, Duke of Brittany|John V]], duke of Brittany (b. 1389)
*[[1499]] – [[Alesso Baldovinetti]], Florentine painter (b. 1427)
*[[1523]] – [[Ulrich von Hutten]], Lutheran reformer (b. 1488)
*[[1526]] – [[Louis II of Hungary|Louis II]], king of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1506)
* 1526 – [[Pál Tomori]] Hungarian archbishop and soldier (b. 1475)
*[[1533]] – [[Atahualpa]], Inca emperor (b. 1497)
*[[1542]] – [[Cristóvão da Gama]], Portuguese commander (b. 1516)
===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] – [[Hamida Banu Begum]], Mughal empress (b. 1527)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lal |first1=Muni |title=Shah Jahan |date=1986 |publisher=Vikas Publishing House |page=xv |isbn=9780706929294 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__BtAAAAMAAJ&q=hamida+banu+Begum+August+29 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1657]] – [[John Lilburne]], English activist (b. 1614)
*[[1712]] – [[Gregory King]], English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648)
*[[1749]] – [[Matthias Bel]], Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684)
*[[1769]] – [[Edmond Hoyle]], English author and educator (b. 1672)
*[[1780]] – [[Jacques-Germain Soufflot]], French architect, co-designed [[Panthéon, Paris|The Panthéon]] (b. 1713)
*[[1799]] – [[Pope Pius VI|Pius VI]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pius VI {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pius-VI |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1844]] – [[Edmund Ignatius Rice]], Irish missionary and educator, founded the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]] and [[Presentation Brothers]] (b. 1762)
*[[1856]] – [[Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck]], English author and activist (b. 1778)
*[[1866]] – [[Tokugawa Iemochi]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1846)
*[[1877]] – [[Brigham Young]], American religious leader, 2nd [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. 1801)
*[[1889]] – [[Stefan Dunjov]], Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815)
*[[1891]] – [[Pierre Lallement]], French businessman, invented the [[bicycle]] (b. 1843)
*[[1892]] – [[William Forbes Skene]], Scottish historian and author (b. 1809)
===1901–present===
*[[1904]] – [[Murad V]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1840)
*[[1911]] – [[Mir Mahboob Ali Khan]], 6th [[Nizam]] of Hyderabad (b.1866)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/180816/picturing-the-beloved.html|title = Picturing the 'Beloved'|date = 18 August 2016}}</ref>
*[[1917]] – [[George Huntington Hartford]], American businessman (b. 1833)
*[[1930]] – [[William Archibald Spooner]], English priest and author (b. 1844)
*[[1931]] – [[David T. Abercrombie]], American businessman, co-founded [[Abercrombie & Fitch]] (b. 1867)
*[[1944]] – [[Attik]], Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885)
*[[1946]] – [[Adolphus Busch III]], American businessman (b. 1891)
* 1946 – [[John Steuart Curry]], American painter and academic (b. 1897)
*[[1951]] – [[Sydney Chapman (economist)|Sydney Chapman]], English economist and civil servant (b. 1871)
*[[1952]] – [[Anton Piëch]], Austrian lawyer (b. 1894)
*[[1958]] – [[Marjorie Flack]], American author and illustrator (b. 1897)<ref>{{cite book|last=Whitehead|first=Winifred|chapter=Flack, Marjorie|editor-first=D.L.|editor-last=Kirkpatrick|title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=978-0-33323-414-3|page=461}}</ref>
*[[1966]] – [[Sayyid Qutb]], Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906)
*[[1968]] – [[Ulysses S. Grant III]], American general (b. 1881)
*[[1971]] – [[Leopold and Loeb|Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr.]], American murderer (b. 1904)
*[[1972]] – [[Lale Andersen]], German singer-songwriter (b. 1905)
*[[1975]] – [[Éamon de Valera]], Irish soldier and politician, 3rd [[President of Ireland]] (b. 1882)
*[[1977]] – [[Jean Hagen]], American actress (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean Hagen |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/jean-hagen/ |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=27 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* 1977 – [[Brian McGuire (racing driver)|Brian McGuire]], Australian race car driver (b. 1945)
*[[1979]] – [[Gertrude Chandler Warner]], American author and educator (b. 1890)
*[[1981]] – [[Lowell Thomas]], American journalist and author (b. 1892)
*[[1982]] – [[Ingrid Bergman]], Swedish actress (b. 1915)
* 1982 – [[Lehman Engel]], American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
*[[1985]] – [[Evelyn Ankers]], British-American actress (b. 1918)
*[[1987]] – [[Archie Campbell (comedian)|Archie Campbell]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1914)
* 1987 – [[Lee Marvin]], American actor (b. 1924)
*[[1989]] – [[Peter Scott]], English explorer and painter (b. 1909)
*[[1990]] – [[Manly Palmer Hall]], Canadian-American mystic and author (b. 1901)
*[[1991]] – [[Libero Grassi]], Italian businessman (b. 1924)
*[[1992]] – [[Félix Guattari]], French philosopher and theorist (b. 1930)
*[[1995]] – [[Frank Perry]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
*[[2000]] – [[Shelagh Fraser]], English actress (b. 1922)
* 2000 – [[Willie Maddren]], English footballer and manager (b. 1951)
* 2000 – [[Conrad Marca-Relli]], American-Italian painter and academic (b. 1913)
*[[2001]] – [[Graeme Strachan]], Australian singer-songwriter & television personality (b. 1952)
* 2001 – [[Francisco Rabal]], Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
*[[2002]] – [[Lance Macklin]], English race car driver (b. 1919)
*[[2003]] – [[Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim]], Iraqi politician (b. 1939)
* 2003 – [[Patrick Procktor]], English painter and academic (b. 1936)
*[[2004]] – [[Hans Vonk (conductor)|Hans Vonk]], Dutch conductor (b. 1942)
*[[2007]] – [[James Muir Cameron Fletcher]], New Zealand businessman (b. 1914)
* 2007 – [[Richard Jewell]], American police officer (b. 1962)
* 2007 – [[Pierre Messmer]], French civil servant and politician, 154th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1916)
* 2007 – [[Alfred Peet]], Dutch-American businessman, founded [[Peet's Coffee & Tea]] (b. 1920)
*[[2008]] – [[Geoffrey Perkins]], English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1953)
* 2008 – [[Michael Schoenberg]], American geophysicist and theorist (b. 1939)
*[[2011]] – [[David "Honeyboy" Edwards|Honeyboy Edwards]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1915)
* 2011 – [[Junpei Takiguchi]], Japanese voice actor (b. 1931)
*[[2012]] – [[Ruth Goldbloom]], Canadian academic and philanthropist, co-founded [[Pier 21]] (b. 1923)
* 2012 – [[Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke]], English historian and author (b. 1953)
* 2012 – [[Shoshichi Kobayashi]], Japanese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)
* 2012 – [[Anne McKnight]], American soprano (b. 1924)
* 2012 – [[Les Moss]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925)
* 2012 – [[Sergei Ovchinnikov (volleyball)|Sergei Ovchinnikov]], Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1969)
*[[2013]] – [[Joan L. Krajewski]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
* 2013 – [[Medardo Joseph Mazombwe]], Zambian cardinal (b. 1931)
* 2013 – [[Bruce C. Murray]], American geologist and academic, co-founded [[The Planetary Society]] (b. 1931)
*[[2014]] – [[Octavio Brunetti]], Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1975)
* 2014 – [[Björn Waldegård]], Swedish race car driver (b. 1943)
*[[2016]] – [[Gene Wilder]], American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author (b. 1933)
*[[2018]] – [[James Mirrlees]], Scottish economist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1936)
* 2018 – [[Paul Taylor (choreographer)|Paul Taylor]], American choreographer (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/notable-deaths-in-2018 |title=Notable Deaths in 2018|website=CBS News|access-date=2018-09-04}}</ref>
*[[2021]] – [[Ed Asner]], American actor (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/ed-asner-dead-lou-grant-1235051373/|title=Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning ‘Lou Grant’ Star, Dies at 91|last1=Dagan|first1=Carmel|last2=Natale|first2=Richard|date=August 29, 2021|access-date=August 29, 2021|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
* 2021 – [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]], Jamaican reggae producer (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=2021-08-29|title=Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Reggae Giant and Dub Pioneer, Dead at 85|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lee-scratch-perry-dead-obit-1045198/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830031023/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lee-scratch-perry-dead-obit-1045198/|archive-date=2021-08-30|access-date=2021-08-31|website=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US}}</ref>
*2021 – [[Jacques Rogge]], Olympic sailor and Orthopedic Surgeon who served as the 8th [[President of the International Olympic Committee]] (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=2021-08-30|title=Jacques Rogge, Who Led Olympic Committee, Dies at 79|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/sports/olympics/jacques-rogge-dead.html|access-date=2021-09-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Adelphus|Adelphus of Metz]]
**[[Beheading of St. John the Baptist]]
**[[Eadwold of Cerne]]
**[[Euphrasia Eluvathingal]] ([[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]])
**[[John Bunyan]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]])
**[[Saint Sabina|Sabina]]
**[[Vitalis, Sator and Repositus]]
**[[August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[International Day against Nuclear Tests]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
*[[Public holidays in Ukraine|Miners' Day]] ([[Ukraine]])
*[[Public holidays in Ukraine#Other national holidays|Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine]] (Ukraine)
*[[Public holidays in Poland|Municipal Police Day]] ([[Poland]])
*[[National Sports Day]] ([[India]])
*[[Public holidays in Slovakia|Slovak National Uprising Anniversary]] ([[Slovakia]])
*[[Gidugu Venkata Ramamoorty|Telugu Language Day]] ([[India]])
==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/29 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=29}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/29 |title=Historical Events on August 29 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}
* {{cite web |url=http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/August_29 |title=Today in Canadian History |publisher=Canada Channel}}
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