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*[[2015]] &ndash; The [[Embassy of the United States, Havana|US Embassy]] in [[Havana, Cuba]] re-opens after 54 years of being closed when [[Cuba–United States relations]] were broken off.<ref>{{cite web |title=US embassy in Cuba formally reopens: 'A day for pushing aside old barriers' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/14/us-embassy-cuba-formally-reopens |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en |date=14 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; The [[Embassy of the United States, Havana|US Embassy]] in [[Havana, Cuba]] re-opens after 54 years of being closed when [[Cuba–United States relations]] were broken off.<ref>{{cite web |title=US embassy in Cuba formally reopens: 'A day for pushing aside old barriers' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/14/us-embassy-cuba-formally-reopens |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en |date=14 August 2015}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; A [[2021 Haiti earthquake|magnitude 7.2 earthquake]] strikes southwestern [[Haiti]], killing at least 2,248 people and causing a [[humanitarian crisis]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=M 7.2 - Nippes, Haiti|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f65h/executive|url-status=live|access-date=14 September 2021|website=earthquake.usgs.gov|archive-date=14 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814142823/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f65h/executive}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; A [[2021 Haiti earthquake|magnitude 7.2 earthquake]] strikes southwestern [[Haiti]], killing at least 2,248 people and causing a [[humanitarian crisis]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=M 7.2 - Nippes, Haiti|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f65h/executive|url-status=live|access-date=14 September 2021|website=earthquake.usgs.gov|archive-date=14 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814142823/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f65h/executive}}</ref>
*2022 - Vancouver Titans win their first game in over a year


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'{{distinguish|August 14 (web series)}} {{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[74 BC]] &ndash; A group of officials, led by the [[Han dynasty#Western Han|Western Han]] minister [[Huo Guang]], present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, [[Marquis of Haihun|Liu He]], to the imperial regent, [[Grand Empress Dowager Shangguan|Empress Dowager Shangguan]]. The articles, enumerating the 1,127 offences (sexual debauchery, fiscal negligence, cronyism, etc.) that the ministers found the new emperor to have committed over the course of his 27-day rule, result in the unprecedented impeachment — and summary deposition on the same day — of the emperor by the bureaucracy.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sima |first=Guang |title=Zizhi Tongjian |year=1084 |language=zh |chapter=卷 024 |chapter-url=https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7024}}</ref> *[[29 BC]] &ndash; [[Octavian]] holds the second of three consecutive [[Roman triumph|triumphs]] in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] to celebrate the victory over the [[Dalmatian tribes]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Michael Murray|author2=Phōtios Michaēl Petsas|title=Octavian's Campsite Memorial for the Actian War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ciALAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA128|year=1989|publisher=American Philosophical Society|isbn=978-0-87169-794-3|pages=128}}</ref> *[[1040]] &ndash; King [[Duncan I of Scotland|Duncan I]] is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival [[Macbeth, King of Scotland|Macbeth]]. The latter succeeds him as [[List of Scottish monarchs|King of Scotland]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward Peck|title=North-east Scotland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mm0nAQAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=J. Bartholomew & Son|page=16|isbn=9780702880216}}</ref> *[[1183]] &ndash; [[Taira no Munemori]] and the [[Taira clan]] take the young [[Emperor Antoku]] and the [[Imperial Regalia of Japan|three sacred treasures]] and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the [[Minamoto clan]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brinkley |first1=Frank & Kikuchi |title=A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era |year=1912 |publisher=Library of Alexandria |isbn=978-1-4655-1304-5 |page=530 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bzRen1dcdTwC&pg=PT530 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Antoku {{!}} emperor of Japan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoku |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1264]] &ndash; After tricking the [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] [[galley]] fleet into sailing east to the [[Levant]], the [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] capture an entire Venetian trade convoy at the [[Battle of Saseno]].<ref>{{cite journal | last = Dotson | first = John E. | title = Fleet Operations in the First Genoese-Venetian War, 1264-1266 | pages = 165–180 | journal = Viator. Medieval and Renaissance Studies | volume = 30 | year = 1999 | issn = 0083-5897 | doi = 10.1484/J.VIATOR.2.300833 }}</ref> *[[1352]] &ndash; [[War of the Breton Succession]]: Anglo-Bretons defeat the [[Kingdom of France|French]] in the [[Battle of Mauron]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wagner |first1=John A. |title=Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War |year=2006 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-32736-0 |page=214 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVZ893wOWgoC&pg=PA214 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1370]] &ndash; [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor]], grants [[city privileges]] to [[Karlovy Vary]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Matoušek |first1=Václav |last2=Mautner |first2=Pavel |last3=Pavelka |first3=Tomáš |title=Text, Speech and Dialogue: 8th International Conference, TSD 2005, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, September 12-15, 2005, Proceedings |date=25 August 2005 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-540-31817-0 |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnUFCAAAQBAJ&pg=PR9 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1385]] &ndash; [[1383–85 Portuguese interregnum|Portuguese Crisis of 1383–85]]: [[Battle of Aljubarrota]]: Portuguese forces commanded by [[John I of Portugal]] defeat the [[Castile (historical region)|Castilian]] army of [[John I of Castile]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Aljubarrota {{!}} Portugal [1385] |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Aljubarrota |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1592]] &ndash; The first sighting of the [[Falkland Islands]] by [[John Davis (English explorer)|John Davis]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Purdy |first1=John |title=The New Sailing Directory for the Ethiopic Or Southern Atlantic Ocean ... |year=1855 |publisher=Richard Holmes Laurie |page=137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0WYDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA137 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1598]] &ndash; [[Nine Years' War (Ireland)|Nine Years' War]]: [[Battle of the Yellow Ford]]: Irish forces under [[Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone]], defeat an English expeditionary force under [[Henry Bagenal]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grant |first1=R. G. |title=1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History |date=24 October 2017 |publisher=Book Sales |isbn=978-0-7858-3553-0 |page=307 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZNADwAAQBAJ&pg=PA307 |language=en}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1720]] &ndash; The Spanish military [[Villasur expedition]] is defeated by [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]] and [[Otoe tribe|Otoe]] warriors near present-day [[Columbus, Nebraska]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer |last2=Arnold |first2=James R. |last3=Wiener |first3=Roberta |title=The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607–1890: A Political, Social, and Military History |date=30 September 2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-697-8 |page=559 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JsM4A0GSO34C&pg=PA559 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1784]] &ndash; [[Russian colonization of North America]]: [[Awa’uq Massacre]]: The Russian fur trader [[Grigory Shelikhov]] storms a [[Kodiak Island]] [[Alutiiq|Alutiit]] refuge rock on [[Sitkalidak Island]], killing 500+ Alutiit. The consequent subjugation of the [[Alutiiq]] on [[Kodiak Island]] allows Shelikhov to establish the first permanent Russian settlement in Alaska at [[Three Saints Bay]].<ref name="Knechthaakansondickson">Richard A. Knecht, Sven Haakanson, and Shawn Dickson (2002). "[https://www.academia.edu/1108002/Awauq_discovery_and_excavation_of_an_18th_century_Alutiiq_refuge_rock_in_the_Kodiak_Archipelago Awa'uq: discovery and excavation of an 18th century Alutiiq refuge rock in the Kodiak Archipelago]". In ''To the Aleutians and Beyond'':, Bruno Frohlich, Albert S. Harper, and Rolf Gilberg, editors, Pp. 177-191. Publications of the National Museum Ethnographical Series, Vol. 20. Department of Ethnography, National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. the Anthropology of William S. Laughlin.</ref> *[[1790]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Wereloe]] ended the [[Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)|1788–1790 Russo-Swedish War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Haythornwaite|first=Philip J.|title=The Napoleonic Source Book|year=1990|publisher=Guild Publishing|location=London|isbn=978-1854092878|page=68}}</ref> *[[1791]] &ndash; Slaves from plantations in [[Saint-Domingue]] hold a [[Haitian Vodou|Vodou]] ceremony led by [[houngan]] [[Dutty Boukman]] at [[Bois Caïman]], marking the start of the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Haitian Revolution 1791 |url=https://library.brown.edu/haitihistory/5.html |website=library.brown.edu |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1814]] &ndash; A cease fire agreement, called the [[Convention of Moss]], ended the [[Swedish–Norwegian War (1814)|Swedish–Norwegian War]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thelocal.se/20140814/sweden-and-norway-celebrate-200-years-of-peace/ |title=Sweden and Norway celebrate peace treaty |work=The Local |date=14 August 2021 |access-date=14 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1816]] &ndash; The United Kingdom formally annexes the [[Tristan da Cunha]] archipelago, administering the islands from the [[Cape Colony]] in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Occupation of Tristan da Cunha |url=https://snr.org.uk/the-occupation-of-tristan-da-cunha/ |website=SNR |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en |date=1 February 1935}}</ref> *[[1842]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: [[Seminole Wars|Second Seminole War]] ends, with the [[Seminole]]s forced from [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Second Seminole War {{!}} Background, Battles, & Outcome |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Seminole-War |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1848]] &ndash; [[Oregon Territory]] is organized by [[act of Congress]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Washington State Archives - Territorial Timeline |url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/timeline/detail.aspx?id=199 |website=Office of the Secretary of State |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1880]] &ndash; Construction of [[Cologne Cathedral]], the most famous landmark in [[Cologne]], Germany, is completed.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenman |first1=Robin |title=Artists and Society in Germany, 1850-1914 |year=1997 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-0-7190-3636-1 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IDPoAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA16 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1885]] &ndash; [[Japanese patent law|Japan's first patent]] is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goel |first1=Deepa |last2=Parashar |first2=Shomini |title=IPR, Biosafety and Bioethics |year=2013 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=978-93-325-1424-9 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6T08BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1893]] &ndash; France becomes the first country to introduce [[vehicle registration plate|motor vehicle registration]].<ref>{{cite web |title=When was the first driving licence issued? |url=https://nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/ufaqs/when-was-the-first-driving-licence-issued/ |website=The National Motor Museum Trust |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1900]] &ndash; The [[Eight-Nation Alliance]] occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody [[Boxer Rebellion]] in China.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boxer Rebellion {{!}} Significance, Combatants, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Boxer-Rebellion |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] &ndash; The first claimed [[aviation|powered flight]], by [[Gustave Whitehead]] in his [[Whitehead No. 21|Number 21]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hussey |first1=Kristin |title=First in Flight? Connecticut Stakes a Claim (Published 2015) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/18/nyregion/where-was-modern-flight-invented-connecticut-believes-it-holds-the-answer.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/18/nyregion/where-was-modern-flight-invented-connecticut-believes-it-holds-the-answer.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=16 March 2021 |date=17 April 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: Start of the [[Battle of Lorraine]], an unsuccessful French offensive.<ref>{{cite web |title=World War I - The war in the west, 1914 |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I/The-war-in-the-west-1914 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1917]] &ndash; World War I: The [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]], which had heretofore been [[Chinese Labour Corps|shipping labourers]] to Europe to assist in the war effort, officially declares war on the [[Central Powers]], although it will continue to send to Europe labourers instead of combatants for the remaining duration of the war.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=LaFrague |first=Thomas E. |date=September 1936 |title=The Entrance of China into the World War |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3634027 |journal=Pacific Historical Review |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=222—223 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> *[[1920]] &ndash; The [[1920 Summer Olympics]], having started four months earlier, officially open in [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]], with the newly-adopted [[Olympic symbols#Different types of flags|Olympic flag]] and the Olympic oath being raised and taken at the Opening Ceremony for the first time in Olympic history.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Findling |first1=John E. |title=Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement |date=2004 |publisher=Greenwood |isbn=9780313322785 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QmXi_-Jujj0C&q=olympic+games+1920+antwerp+opening+ceremony&pg=PA74}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=International Olympic Committee |title=Antwerp 1920 Summer Olympics — Athletes, Medals & Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/antwerp-1920 |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=olympics.com}}</ref> *[[1921]] &ndash; [[Tannu Uriankhai]], later [[Tuvan People's Republic]] is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]]).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hoch |first1=Tomáš |last2=Kopeček |first2=Vincenc |title=De Facto States in Eurasia |date=17 July 2019 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-53425-6 |page=92 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QRGjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT92 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1933]] &ndash; Loggers cause a [[Wildfire|forest fire]] in the [[Pacific Coast Ranges|Coast Range]] of [[Oregon]], later known as the first forest fire of the [[Tillamook Burn]]; destroying {{convert|240,000|acre|km2}} of land.<ref>{{cite web |title=Logging accident sparks forest fire in Oregon Coast Range – August 14, 1933 {{!}} The NAFI Blog |url=https://www.nafi.org/blog/logging-accident-sparks-forest-fire-in-oregon-coast-range-august-14-1933/ |website=www.nafi.org |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1935]] &ndash; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs the [[Social Security Act]], creating a government pension system for the retired.<ref>{{cite web |title=Social Security Act {{!}} History & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Social-Security-Act-United-States-1935 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1936]] &ndash; [[Rainey Bethea]] is hanged in [[Owensboro, Kentucky]] in the last known public [[capital punishment in the United States|execution in the United States]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Last Hanging: There Was a Reason They Outlawed Public Executions (Published 2001) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/06/weekinreview/the-last-hanging-there-was-a-reason-they-outlawed-public.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=16 March 2021 |date=6 May 2001}}</ref> *[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] sign the [[Atlantic Charter]] of war stating postwar aims.<ref>{{cite web |title=Atlantic Charter {{!}} History & Definition |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Atlantic-Charter |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1947]] &ndash; [[Pakistan]] gains [[Pakistan Movement|independence]] from the [[British Empire]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |title=In pictures: Pakistan marks Independence Day |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40922732 |website=BBC News |access-date=16 March 2021 |date=14 August 2017}}</ref> *[[1959]] &ndash; Founding and first official meeting of the [[American Football League]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nelson |first1=Murry R. |title=American Sports: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [4 volumes]: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas |date=23 May 2013 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-39753-0 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tfTXAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA49 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1967]] &ndash; UK [[Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967|Marine Broadcasting Offences Act]] declares participation in offshore [[pirate radio]] illegal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Part 1: The Pirates |url=https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/100-voices/radio-reinvented/the-pirates |website=www.bbc.com |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1969]] &ndash; [[The Troubles]]: British troops are deployed in [[Northern Ireland]] as [[1969 Northern Ireland riots|political and sectarian violence breaks out]], marking the start of the 37-year [[Operation Banner]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Service in Staffordshire marks 50 years since start of Operation Banner |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-49348406 |website=BBC News |access-date=15 March 2021 |date=14 August 2019}}</ref> *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Bahrain]] declares independence from Britain.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Law |first1=Principal V. M. Salgaocar College of Law & Dean of Faculty of |last2=University |first2=Goa |last3=D’Souza |first3=Dr Anthony |title=World Constitutionalism |date=26 March 2009 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-4438-0910-8 |page=181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wQIZBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1972]] &ndash; An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner [[1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster|crashes near Königs Wusterhausen]], East Germany killing 156 people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haine |first1=Edgar A. |title=Disaster in the Air |year=2000 |publisher=Associated University Presses |isbn=978-0-8453-4777-5 |page=123 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=twKfXowAigIC&pg=PA123 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1980]] &ndash; [[Lech Wałęsa]] leads strikes at the [[Gdańsk]], Poland shipyards.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lech Walesa {{!}} Biography, Solidarity, Nobel Prize, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lech-Walesa |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1994]] &ndash; Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "[[Carlos the Jackal]]", is captured.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlos the Jackal Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/26/world/americas/carlos-the-jackal-fast-facts/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1996]] &ndash; Greek Cypriot refugee [[Solomos Solomou]] is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the [[United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Protester is killed as Turkish soldiers open fire during attempt to tear down flag British troops shot in Cyprus |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12039247.protester-is-killed-as-turkish-soldiers-open-fire-during-attempt-to-tear-down-flag-british-troops-shot-in-cyprus/ |website=HeraldScotland |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2003]] &ndash; A [[Northeast blackout of 2003|widescale power blackout]] affects the northeast United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Alan |title=Photos: 15 Years Since the 2003 Northeast Blackout - The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/08/photos-15-years-since-the-2003-northeast-blackout/567410/ |website=www.theatlantic.com |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2005]] &ndash; [[Helios Airways Flight 522]], en route from Larnaca, [[Cyprus]] to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near [[Grammatiko]], Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.<ref>{{cite web |title=In 2005, Helios flight 522 crashed into a Greek hillside. Was it because one man forgot to flip a switch? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/19/in-2005-helios-flight-522-crashed-into-a-greek-hillside-was-it-because-one-man-forgot-to-flip-a-switch |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en |date=19 September 2020}}</ref> *[[2006]] &ndash; [[2006 Lebanon War|Lebanon War]]: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the [[United Nations Security Council]]’s approval of [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701]], formally ending hostilities between [[Lebanon]] and [[Israel]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lebanon truce holds despite clashes|date=14 August 2006|publisher=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/14/mideast.main/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613073546/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/14/mideast.main/index.html|archive-date=13 June 2008}}</ref> *[[2006]] &ndash; [[Sri Lankan Civil War]]: Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in [[Chencholai bombing]] by [[Sri Lanka Air force|Sri Lankan Air Force]] air strike.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sri Lankan government clashes with Tamil rebels |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/aug/15/davidfickling |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en |date=15 August 2006}}</ref> *[[2007]] &ndash; The [[2007 Yazidi communities bombings|Kahtaniya bombings]] kills at least 500 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iraq sees worst bombing since invasion with 250 deaths |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36720720 |website=BBC News |access-date=15 March 2021 |date=6 July 2016}}</ref> *[[2013]] &ndash; [[Egypt]] declares a [[state of emergency]] as security forces [[August 2013 Rabaa massacre|kill hundreds of demonstrators]] supporting former president [[Mohamed Morsi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Egypt declares national emergency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23700663 |website=BBC News |access-date=15 March 2021 |date=14 August 2013}}</ref> * 2013 &ndash; [[UPS Airlines Flight 1354]] crashes short of the runway at [[Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport]], killing both crew members on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20130814-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A300F4-622R N155UP Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, AL (BHM)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> *[[2015]] &ndash; The [[Embassy of the United States, Havana|US Embassy]] in [[Havana, Cuba]] re-opens after 54 years of being closed when [[Cuba–United States relations]] were broken off.<ref>{{cite web |title=US embassy in Cuba formally reopens: 'A day for pushing aside old barriers' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/14/us-embassy-cuba-formally-reopens |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en |date=14 August 2015}}</ref> *[[2021]] &ndash; A [[2021 Haiti earthquake|magnitude 7.2 earthquake]] strikes southwestern [[Haiti]], killing at least 2,248 people and causing a [[humanitarian crisis]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=M 7.2 - Nippes, Haiti|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f65h/executive|url-status=live|access-date=14 September 2021|website=earthquake.usgs.gov|archive-date=14 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814142823/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f65h/executive}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1479]] &ndash; [[Catherine of York]] (d. 1527)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=24 February 2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=92 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA92 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1499]] &ndash; [[John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford]], English politician (d. 1526)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Somerset |first1=J. A. B. |title=Shropshire |date=January 1994 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-0648-6 |page=712 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gPSNsR2NGAgC&pg=PA712 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1502]] &ndash; [[Pieter Coecke van Aelst]], Flemish painter (d. 1550)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pieter Coecke van Aelst I {{!}} British Museum |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG34043 |website=www.britishmuseum.org |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1530]] &ndash; [[Giambattista Benedetti]], Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1590)<ref>{{cite web |title=Giambattista Benedetti |url=http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/benedeti.html |website=galileo.rice.edu |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1552]] &ndash; [[Paolo Sarpi]], Italian writer (d. 1623)<ref>{{cite web |title=Paolo Sarpi {{!}} Italian theologian |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paolo-Sarpi |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1599]] &ndash; [[Méric Casaubon]], Swiss-English scholar and author (d. 1671)<ref>{{cite web |title=Méric Casaubon (1599-1671) |url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/12237777/meric_casaubon/ |website=data.bnf.fr |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=fr}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1642]] &ndash; [[Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (d. 1723)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cosimo III {{!}} grand duke of Tuscany |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cosimo-III |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1653]] &ndash; [[Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle]], English colonel and politician, [[Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica]] (d. 1688)<ref>{{cite book |title=The House of Commons, 1660-1690 |year=1983 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-0-436-19274-6 |page=73 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HW1_upECKUwC&pg=RA2-PA73 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1688]] &ndash; [[Frederick William I of Prussia]] (d. 1740)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frederick William I {{!}} king of Prussia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-William-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1714]] &ndash; [[Claude Joseph Vernet]], French painter (d. 1789)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Vernet {{!}} French painter |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Vernet |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1738]] &ndash; [[Leopold Hofmann]], Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1793)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boer |first1=Bertil van |title=Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period |date=5 April 2012 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7386-5 |page=278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1GchjwmUnmoC&pg=PA278 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1742]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius VII]] (d. 1823)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pius VII {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pius-VII |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1758]] &ndash; [[Carle Vernet]], French painter and lithographer (d. 1836)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carle Vernet {{!}} French painter |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carle-Vernet |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1777]] &ndash; [[Hans Christian Ørsted]], Danish physicist and chemist (d. 1851)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hans Christian Ørsted {{!}} Danish physicist and chemist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hans-Christian-Orsted |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1802]] &ndash; [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]], English poet and novelist (d. 1838)<ref>{{cite web |title=Letitia Elizabeth Landon {{!}} British author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Letitia-Elizabeth-Landon |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1814]] &ndash; [[Charlotte Fowler Wells]], American phrenologist and publisher (d. 1901)<ref name="Logan1912">{{cite book|last=Logan|first=Mrs. John A.|title=The Part Taken by Women in American History|url=https://archive.org/details/parttakenbywome00logagoog|edition=Public domain|year=1912|publisher=Perry-Nalle publishing Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/parttakenbywome00logagoog/page/n949 902]–}}</ref> *[[1817]] &ndash; [[Alexander H. Bailey]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1874)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lanman |first1=Charles |title=Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States: From Original and Official Sources |year=1887 |publisher=J.M. Morrison |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pp9GAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA19 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1840]] &ndash; [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]], German-Austrian psychologist and author (d. 1902)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard, baron von Krafft-Ebing {{!}} German psychologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Freiherr-von-Krafft-Ebing |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1847]] &ndash; [[Robert Comtesse]], Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1922)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Justice |first1=United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of |title=Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1987: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First and Second Sessions, H.R. 1623 ... June 17, July 23, September 16 and 30, 1987, February 9 and 10, 1988 |year=1988 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=1369 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A0CKb55p3k0C&pg=PA1369 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1848]] &ndash; [[Margaret Lindsay Huggins]], Anglo-Irish astronomer and author (d. 1915)<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Member: William Huggins |url=https://www.rasc.ca/honorary-member-william-huggins |website=Royal Astronomical Society of Canada |date=3 April 2013 |access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1851]] &ndash; [[Doc Holliday]], American dentist and gambler (d. 1887)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Agnew |first1=Jeremy |title=The Old West in Fact and Film: History Versus Hollywood |date=November 2012 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-6888-1 |page=113 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_x6_Od3gVzoC&pg=PA113 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1860]] &ndash; [[Ernest Thompson Seton]], American author, artist, and naturalist (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ernest Thompson Seton {{!}} American writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernest-Thompson-Seton |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1863]] &ndash; [[Ernest Thayer]], American poet and author (d. 1940)<ref>{{cite web |title=About Ernest Lawrence Thayer {{!}} Academy of American Poets |url=https://poets.org/poet/ernest-lawrence-thayer |website=Academy of American Poets |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1865]] &ndash; [[Guido Castelnuovo]], Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1952)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chang |first1=Sooyoung |title=Academic Genealogy of Mathematicians |year=2011 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-4282-29-1 |page=286 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4siw31DPONUC&pg=PA286 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1866]] &ndash; [[Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin]], Belgian mathematician and academic (d. 1962)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Süli |first1=Endre |last2=Mayers |first2=David F. |title=An Introduction to Numerical Analysis |date=28 August 2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-00794-8 |page=232 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hj9weaqJTbQC&pg=PA232 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1867]] &ndash; [[Cupid Childs]], American baseball player (d. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cupid Childs |url=https://sabr.org/journal/article/cupid-childs/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> * 1867 &ndash; [[John Galsworthy]], English novelist and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Galsworthy {{!}} British writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Galsworthy |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1871]] &ndash; [[Guangxu Emperor]] of China (d. 1908)<ref>{{cite web |title=Guangxu {{!}} emperor of Qing dynasty |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guangxu |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1875]] &ndash; [[Mstislav Dobuzhinsky]], Russian-Lithuanian painter and illustrator (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leek |first1=Peter |title=Russian Painting |date=8 May 2012 |publisher=Parkstone International |isbn=978-1-78042-975-5 |page=258 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ePYhUnX4vgUC&pg=PA258 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1876]] &ndash; [[Alexander I of Serbia]] (d. 1903)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander {{!}} king of Serbia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-king-of-Serbia |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1881]] &ndash; [[Francis Ford (actor)|Francis Ford]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1953)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mayer |first1=Geoff |title=Encyclopedia of American Film Serials |date=9 February 2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-7762-3 |page=127 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CYSDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA127 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1883]] &ndash; [[Ernest Everett Just]], American biologist and academic (d. 1941)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941) • |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/just-ernest-everett-1883-1941/ |website=blackpast.org |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=30 January 2007}}</ref> *[[1886]] &ndash; [[Arthur Jeffrey Dempster]], Canadian-American physicist and academic (d. 1950)<ref>{{cite web |title=Arthur Jeffrey Dempster {{!}} American physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Jeffrey-Dempster |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1889]] &ndash; [[Otto Tief]], Estonian lawyer and politician, [[List of heads of government of Estonia|Prime Minister of Estonia]] (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roszkowski |first1=Wojciech |last2=Kofman |first2=Jan |title=Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century |date=8 July 2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-47593-4 |page=2682 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RnKlDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA2682 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1890]] &ndash; [[Bruno Tesch]], German chemist and businessman (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bartrop |first1=Paul R. |last2=Grimm |first2=Eve E. |title=Perpetrating the Holocaust: Leaders, Enablers, and Collaborators |date=11 January 2019 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-5897-0 |page=283 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SymBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA283 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1892]] &ndash; [[Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji]], English pianist, composer, and critic (d. 1988)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji {{!}} British composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kaikhosru-Shapurji-Sorabji |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1894]] &ndash; [[Frank Burge]], Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1958)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/frank-burge/summary.html|title=Frank Burge - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref> *[[1895]] &ndash; [[Jack Gregory (cricketer)|Jack Gregory]], Australian cricketer (d. 1973)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Andrews |first1=B. G. |title=Jack Gregory |chapter=Gregory, Jack Morrison (1895–1973) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gregory-jack-morrison-6478 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> * 1895 &ndash; [[Amaza Lee Meredith]], American architect (d. 1984)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livingplaces.com/people/amaza-lee-meredith.html|title=Amaza Lee Meredith, Architect [1895-1984]|website=www.livingplaces.com|access-date=2018-06-04}}</ref> *[[1896]] &ndash; [[Albert Ball]], English fighter pilot (d. 1917)<ref>{{cite web |title=Statue of Captain Albert Ball, Nottingham Castle, Non Civil Parish - 1246929 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1246929 |website=historicengland.org.uk |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1896 &ndash; [[Theodor Luts]], Estonian director and cinematographer (d. 1980)<ref>{{cite web |title=Theodor Luts |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1841cf8 |website=BFI |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1900]] &ndash; [[Margret Boveri]], German journalist (d. 1975)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fell |first1=Karolina Dorothea |title=Kalkuliertes Abenteuer: Reiseberichte deutschsprachiger Frauen 1920-1945 |date=12 December 2016 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-476-03752-7 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RW1DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA49 |language=de}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1910]] &ndash; [[Nüzhet Gökdoğan]], Turkish astronomer and mathematician (d. 2003)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nüzhet Gökdoğan|url=https://www.tad.org.tr/ani-defteri/nuzhet-gokdogan|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Turkish Astronomy Association|language=tr}}</ref> * 1910 &ndash; [[Willy Ronis]], French photographer (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite web |title=Willy Ronis obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/sep/16/willy-ronis-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en |date=16 September 2009}}</ref> * 1910 &ndash; [[Pierre Schaeffer]], French composer and producer (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pierre Schaeffer {{!}} French composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pierre-Schaeffer |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1912]] &ndash; [[Frank Oppenheimer]], American physicist and academic (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite web |title=Collection: Frank Oppenheimer papers {{!}} University of Minnesota Archival Collections Guides |url=https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/14/resources/1604 |website=archives.lib.umn.edu |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1913]] &ndash; [[Hector Crawford]], Australian director and producer (d. 1991)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bazzani |first1=Rozzi |title=Hector Crawford |chapter=Crawford, Hector William (1913–1991) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/crawford-hector-william-14950 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> * 1913 &ndash; [[Paul Dean (baseball)|Paul Dean]], American baseball player (d. 1981)<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Dean |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/paul-dean/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1914]] &ndash; [[Herman Branson]], American physicist, chemist, and academic (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chase |first1=Anna |title=Herman Branson (1914-1995) • |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/herman-branson-1914-1995/ |website=blackpast.org |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=16 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1915]] &ndash; [[B. A. Santamaria]], Australian political activist and publisher (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: B. A. Santamaria |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-b-a-santamaria-1149763.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en |date=22 October 2011}}</ref> *[[1916]] &ndash; [[Wellington Mara]], American businessman (d. 2005)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Wellington Mara, Co-Owner of New York Giants, Is Dead at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/sports/football/wellington-mara-coowner-of-new-york-giants-is-dead-at-89.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=25 October 2005}}</ref> *[[1923]] &ndash; [[Alice Ghostley]], American actress (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alice Ghostley |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba30ec87f |website=BFI |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1924]] &ndash; [[Sverre Fehn]], Norwegian architect, designed the [[Hedmark Museum]] (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sverre Fehn {{!}} Norwegian architect |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sverre-Fehn |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1924 &ndash; [[Georges Prêtre]], French conductor (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nichols |first1=Roger |title=Georges Prêtre obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/05/georges-pretre-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en |date=5 January 2017}}</ref> *[[1925]] &ndash; [[Russell Baker]], American critic and essayist (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=Russell Baker {{!}} American journalist and humorist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Russell-Baker |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1926]] &ndash; [[René Goscinny]], French author and illustrator (d. 1977)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bendazzi |first1=Giannalberto |title=Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets |date=23 October 2015 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-317-51990-4 |page=547 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=razMCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT547 |language=en}}</ref> * 1926 &ndash; [[Buddy Greco]], American singer and pianist (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=Buddy Greco obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/13/buddy-greco-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en |date=13 January 2017}}</ref> *[[1928]] &ndash; [[Lina Wertmüller]], Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lina Wertmuller {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lina-Wertmuller |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1929]] &ndash; [[Giacomo Capuzzi]], Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi]] from 1989 to 2005 (d. 2021).<ref>{{Cite web|title=È morto monsignor Giacomo Capuzzi, vescovo di Lodi dal 1989 al 2005. FU IL VESCOVO DEL PAPA A LODI|url=https://www.ilcittadino.it/stories/Cronaca/e-morto-monsignor-giacomo-capuzzi-vescovo-di-lodi-dal-1989-al-2005_73256_96/|access-date=2021-12-26|website=www.ilcittadino.it|language=it}}</ref> * 1929 &ndash; [[Dick Tiger]], Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dick Tiger {{!}} Nigerian boxer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dick-Tiger |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1930]] &ndash; [[Arthur Latham]], British politician and [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (d. 2016)<ref name="whoswho">{{cite web |title=Latham, Arthur Charles, (14 Aug. 1930–3 Dec. 2016), Member (Lab), Havering Council (formerly Romford Borough Council), 1952–78 and 1986–98 |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U23853 |website=Who's Who |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=1 April 2021 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u23853 |date=1 December 2007}}</ref> * 1930 &ndash; [[Earl Weaver]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Earl Weaver {{!}} American baseball player and manager |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Earl-Weaver |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1931]] &ndash; [[Frederic Raphael]], American journalist, author, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Frederic Raphael |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba64f0606 |website=BFI |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1932]] &ndash; [[Lee Hoffman]], American author (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite web |title=Authors : Hoffman, Lee : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hoffman_lee |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1933]] &ndash; [[Richard R. Ernst]], Swiss chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard R. Ernst {{!}} Biography, Nobel Prize, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-R-Ernst |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1935]] &ndash; [[John Brodie]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=John Brodie Facts & Stats |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/John-Brodie |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1938]] &ndash; [[Bennie Muller]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Bennie Muller - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/bennie-muller_prs192867/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1941]] &ndash; [[David Crosby]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite web |title=the Byrds {{!}} Members, Albums, Songs, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/the-Byrds#ref669341 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1941 &ndash; [[Connie Smith]], American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite book |last1=McCall |first1=Michael |last2=Rumble |first2=John |last3=Kingsbury |first3=Paul |title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music |date=February 2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-992083-9 |page=490 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tLZz02EzmBYC&pg=PA490 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1942]] &ndash; [[Willie Dunn]], Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Willie Dunn {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/william-lawrence-dunn |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1943]] &ndash; [[Ronnie Campbell]], English miner and politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Ronnie Campbell |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2053987.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=21 October 2002}}</ref> * 1943 &ndash; [[Ben Sidran]], American jazz and rock keyboardist<ref>{{cite book |last1=Masino |first1=Susan |title=Famous Wisconsin Musicians |year=2003 |publisher=Badger Books Inc. |isbn=978-1-878569-88-2 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQiOWL9N9moC&pg=PA49 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Steve Martin]], American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Steve Martin {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steve-Martin |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1945 &ndash; [[Wim Wenders]], German director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Wim Wenders {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wim-Wenders |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1946]] &ndash; [[Larry Graham]], American soul/funk bass player and singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Sly and the Family Stone {{!}} American music group |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sly-and-the-Family-Stone |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1946 &ndash; [[Susan Saint James]], American actress<ref name=Chase2017>{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2017: The Ultimate Go-To Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |date=23 September 2016 |publisher=Bernan Press |isbn=978-1-59888-859-1 |page=412 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q-xrDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA412 |language=en}}</ref> * 1946 &ndash; [[Tom Walkinshaw]], Scottish race car driver and businessman (d. 2010)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Walkinshaw: Motor racing team owner who won the world title with |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/tom-walkinshaw-motor-racing-team-owner-who-won-world-title-michael-schumacher-and-branched-out-rugby-union-2161604.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en |date=22 October 2011}}</ref> *[[1947]] &ndash; [[Maddy Prior]], English folk singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Steeleye Span |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000046276 |website=Grove Music Online |year=2001 |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.46276|last1=Laing |first1=Dave |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 }}</ref> * 1947 &ndash; [[Danielle Steel]], American author<ref>{{cite web |title=Danielle Steel {{!}} Biography, Books, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Danielle-Steel |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1947 &ndash; [[Joop van Daele]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Joop van Daele - Player Profile - Fotbal |url=https://www.eurosport.ro/fotbal/joop-van-daele_prs192610/person.shtml |website=Eurosport |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=ro}}</ref> *[[1949]] &ndash; [[Morten Olsen]], Danish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Morten Olsen - - UEL |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/clubs/players/12--morten-olsen/ |website=UEFA.com |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1950]] &ndash; [[Gary Larson]], American cartoonist<ref name=Chase2017 /> *[[1951]] &ndash; [[Slim Dunlap]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist{{r|larkin|p=1894}} *[[1952]] &ndash; [[Debbie Meyer]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Debbie Meyer |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51124 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1953]] &ndash; [[James Horner]], American composer and conductor (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=James Horner, 1953-2015 {{!}} Obituary {{!}} Sight & Sound |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/obituaries/james-horner-1953-2015 |website=British Film Institute |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1954]] &ndash; [[Mark Fidrych]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Fidrych |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/mark-fidrych/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> * 1954 &ndash; [[Stanley A. McChrystal]], American general<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanley McChrystal {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanley-McChrystal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1956]] &ndash; [[Jackée Harry]], American actress and television personality<ref>{{cite book |last1=McCann |first1=Bob |title=Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television |date=21 December 2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5804-2 |page=172 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&pg=PA172 |language=en}}</ref> * 1956 &ndash; [[Andy King (footballer, born 1956)|Andy King]], English footballer and manager (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=Andy King: Cultured Everton midfielder remembered by Toffees fans for |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/andy-king-cultured-everton-midfielder-remembered-toffees-fans-glorious-merseyside-derby-winner-1978-10285662.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en |date=29 May 2015}}</ref> * 1956 &ndash; [[Rusty Wallace]], American race car driver<ref name=Chase2017 /> *[[1957]] &ndash; [[Peter Costello]], Australian lawyer and politician<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carroll |first1=Brian |title=Australia's Prime Ministers: From Barton to Howard |year=2004 |publisher=Rosenberg Publishing Pty, Limited |isbn=978-1-877058-22-6 |page=317 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W8PUBuw4idYC&pg=PA317 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1959]] &ndash; [[Frank Brickowski]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Frank Brickowski |url=https://www.espn.com.au/nba/player/_/id/3653/frank-brickowski |website=ESPN |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> * 1959 &ndash; [[Marcia Gay Harden]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Marcia Gay Harden {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcia-Gay-Harden |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1959 &ndash; [[Magic Johnson]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Magic Johnson {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Magic-Johnson |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1960]] &ndash; [[Sarah Brightman]], English singer and actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Brightman |url=http://www.bfi-staging.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2324841 |website=BFI |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1960 &ndash; [[Fred Roberts]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Fred Roberts Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3828/fred-roberts |website=ESPN |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1962]] &ndash; [[Mark Gubicza]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Gubicza |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/mark-gubicza/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1963]] &ndash; [[José Cóceres]], Argentinian golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=José Coceres PGA TOUR Profile - News, Stats, and Videos |url=https://www.pgatour.com/players/player.19972.jose-coceres.html |website=PGATour |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1964]] &ndash; [[Neal Anderson]], American football player and coach<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cohen |first1=Robert W. |title=The 50 Greatest Players in Chicago Bears History |date=15 September 2020 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4930-4699-7 |page=199 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sAPzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA199 |language=en}}</ref> * 1964 &ndash; [[Jason Dunstall]], Australian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Dunstall |url=https://collection.australiansportsmuseum.org.au/persons/18586/jason-dunstall |website=Australian Sports Museum Collection Online |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1965]] &ndash; [[Paul Broadhurst]], English golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Broadhurst PGA TOUR Champions Profile - News, Stats, and Videos |url=https://www.pgatour.com/players/player.08191.paul-broadhurst.html |website=PGATour |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1966]] &ndash; [[Halle Berry]], American model, actress, and producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Halle Berry {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Halle-Berry |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1966 &ndash; [[Karl Petter Løken]], Swedish-Norwegian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Karl-Petter Løken - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/karl-petter-loken_prs191149/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1968]] &ndash; [[Catherine Bell (actress)|Catherine Bell]], English-American actress and producer<ref name=Chase2017 /> * 1968 &ndash; [[Darren Clarke]], Northern Irish golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=If Darren Clarke could... |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/golf/features/newsid_3873000/3873631.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=7 July 2004}}</ref> * 1968 &ndash; [[Jason Leonard]], English rugby player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Leonard {{!}} Rugby Union {{!}} Players and Officials |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/blogs/rugby/player/10878.html |website=ESPN scrum |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Tracy Caldwell Dyson]], American chemist and astronaut<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cavallaro |first1=Umberto |title=Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space |date=2 March 2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-34048-7 |page=309 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCNBDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA309 |language=en}}</ref> * 1969 &ndash; [[Stig Tøfting]], Danish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Tofting gets jail term |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/2329505.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=15 October 2002}}</ref> *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Kevin Cadogan]], American rock guitarist{{r|larkin|p=2005}} *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Raoul Bova]], Italian actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Raoul Bova |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bae029773 |website=BFI |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1971 &ndash; [[Benito Carbone]], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Benito Carbone Forward, Profile & Stats {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/1240/Benito-Carbone/overview |website=www.premierleague.com |access-date=13 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1971 &ndash; [[Peter Franzén]], Finnish actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Franzén - Discogs |website=[[Discogs]] |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1967069-Peter-Franz%C3%A9n |access-date=14 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Viihde: Peter Franzén |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/julkkisarkisto/a/201003170125949 |work=[[Iltalehti]]|access-date=14 August 2021 |language=fi}}</ref> * 1971 &ndash; [[Mark Loretta]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Loretta Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.milb.com/player/mark-loretta-117928 |website=MiLB.com |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1972]] &ndash; [[Laurent Lamothe]], Haitian businessman and politician, [[Prime Minister of Haiti]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Janssen |first1=Sarah |title=The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013 |date=4 December 2012 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-60057-175-6 |page=1995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1yt4yY51DXIC&pg=PA1995 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1973]] &ndash; [[Jared Borgetti]], Mexican footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jared Borgetti - - UEL |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/clubs/players/64646--jared-borgetti/ |website=UEFA.com |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1973 &ndash; [[Kieren Perkins]], Australian swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Kieren Perkins |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/45268 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1974]] &ndash; [[Chucky Atkins]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=ESPN.com: Detroit Pistons Roster |url=http://a.espncdn.com/nba/rosters/det.html |website=a.espncdn.com |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1975]] &ndash; [[Mike Vrabel]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Vrabel Stats |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1257/mike-vrabel |website=ESPN |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1976]] &ndash; [[Fabrizio Donato]], Italian triple jumper<ref>{{cite web |title=Fabrizio DONATO {{!}} Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/italy/fabrizio-donato-14200237 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1977]] &ndash; [[Juan Pierre]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Juan Pierre Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.milb.com/player/juan-pierre-334393 |website=MiLB.com |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1978]] &ndash; [[Anastasios Kyriakos]], Greek footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Anastasios Kyriakos - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/anastasios-kyriakos_prs207052/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1978 &ndash; [[Greg Rawlinson]], New Zealand rugby player<ref>{{cite web |title=Gregory Paul Rawlinson |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/timeline/rugby/player/15273.html |website=ESPN scrum |access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1979]] &ndash; [[Paul Burgess (athlete)|Paul Burgess]], Australian pole vaulter<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul BURGESS {{!}} Profile |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/paul-burgess-14180019 |website=www.worldathletics.org |access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1981]] &ndash; [[Earl Barron]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Earl Barron |url=https://gleague.nba.com/player/earl-barron/ |website=NBA G League |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> * 1981 &ndash; [[Julius Jones (American football)|Julius Jones]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Julius Jones |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nfl/player/_/id/5568/julius-jones |website=ESPN |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> * 1981 &ndash; [[Scott Lipsky]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/scott-lipsky/l580/overview|title=Scott Lipsky &#124; Overview &#124; ATP Tour &#124; Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}</ref> *[[1983]] &ndash; [[Elena Baltacha]], Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elena Baltacha obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/may/05/elena-baltacha |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en |date=5 May 2014}}</ref> * 1983 &ndash; [[Mila Kunis]], Ukrainian-American actress<ref name=Chase2017 /> *[[1984]] &ndash; [[Eva Birnerová]], Czech tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tennis Eva Birnerova - ESPN |url=http://m.espn.com/general/tennis/playercard?playerId=322&src=desktop&rand=ref~%257B%2522ref%2522%253A%2522https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F%2522%257D |website=m.espn.com |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[Clay Buchholz]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Clay Buchholz Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.milb.com/player/clay-buchholz-453329 |website=MiLB.com |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[Giorgio Chiellini]], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pellizzari |first1=Tommaso |title=World Cup 2014: Italy profile – Giorgio Chiellini {{!}} Tommaso Pellizzari |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/02/world-cup-2014-italy-profile-giorgio-chiellini |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en |date=2 June 2014}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[Josh Gorges]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Gorges Stats and News |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/josh-gorges-8470324 |website=NHL.com |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[Nick Grimshaw]], English radio and television host<ref>{{cite web |title=Nick Grimshaw |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bde925ee6 |website=BFI |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[Nicola Slater]], Scottish tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicola Slater - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/nicola-slater_prs356163/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[Robin Söderling]], Swedish tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robin Soderling |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/paperroundfootball/sport/player/27049.html |website=ESPN.co.uk |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1985]] &ndash; [[Christian Gentner]], German footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Christian Gentner |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/84755/christian-gentner |website=ESPN.com |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1985 &ndash; [[Shea Weber]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Shea Weber |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/shea-weber/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1986]] &ndash; [[Braian Rodríguez]], Uruguayan footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Bryan Rodríguez - Player Profile - Fotball |url=https://www.eurosport.no/fotball/bryan-rodriguez_prs416945/person.shtml |website=Eurosport |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=no}}</ref> *[[1987]] &ndash; [[Tim Tebow]], American football and baseball player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Tim Tebow Facts & Stats |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Tim-Tebow |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1989]] &ndash; [[Ander Herrera]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Ander Herrera |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/125651 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> * 1989 &ndash; [[Kyle Turris]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kyle Turris |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/gamelog/_/id/3892/kyle-turris |website=ESPN.com |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Richard Freitag]], German ski jumper<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Richard Freitag |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/127864 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> <!--Do not add yourself or 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.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[582]] &ndash; [[Tiberius II Constantine]], Byzantine emperor<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiberius II Constantinus {{!}} Facts, Reign, & Biography |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tiberius-II-Constantinus |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1040]] &ndash; [[Duncan I of Scotland]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cannon |first1=John |last2=Hargreaves |first2=Anne |title=The Kings and Queens of Britain |date=26 March 2009 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-158028-4 |page=131 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FKhB1kiXq7YC&pg=PT131 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1167]] &ndash; [[Rainald of Dassel]], Italian archbishop<ref>{{cite web |title=Rainald Of Dassel {{!}} German statesman |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rainald-of-Dassel |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1204]] &ndash; [[Minamoto no Yoriie]], second Shōgun of the [[Kamakura shogunate]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~micro-8/toshio/azuma/120407.html |title=Azuma Kagami |language=ja |chapter=18}}: 7月18日 [愚管抄]   修善寺にて、また頼家入道をば指ころしてけり。とみにえとりつめざりければ、頸に   緒をつけ、ふぐりを取などしてころしてけりと聞えき。人はいみじくたけきも力及ば   ぬことなりけり。ひきは其郡に父の党とて、みせやの大夫行時と云う者のむすめを妻   にして、一万御前が母をばもうけたるなり。その行時は又兒玉党にしたるなり。 </ref> *[[1433]] &ndash; [[John I of Portugal]] (b. 1357)<ref>{{cite web |title=John I {{!}} king of Portugal |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-I-king-of-Portugal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1464]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius II]] (b. 1405)<ref>{{cite book |title=Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge |year=1891 |publisher=J.B. Lippincott & Company |page=208 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GJlAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA208 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1573]] &ndash; [[Saitō Tatsuoki]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1548)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Koike |first1=Kazuo |last2=Kojima |first2=Goseki |title=Shinobi with Extending Fists |year=2006 |publisher=Dark Horse Comics |isbn=978-1-59307-509-5 |page=293 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3H0EDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA293 |language=en}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1691]] &ndash; [[Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell]], Irish soldier and politician (b. 1630)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Talbot, earl of Tyrconnell {{!}} Irish Jacobite |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Talbot-earl-of-Tyrconnell |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1716]] &ndash; [[Madre María Rosa]], Capuchin nun from Spain, to Peru (b. 1660)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sisters and workers in the middle ages|last=Bennett|first=Judith M|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=1989|location=Chicago}}</ref> *[[1727]] &ndash; [[William Croft]], English organist and composer (b. 1678)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Croft {{!}} English musician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Croft |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1774]] &ndash; [[Johann Jakob Reiske]], German physician and scholar (b. 1716)<ref>{{cite web |title=Johann Jakob Reiske {{!}} German scholar |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-Jakob-Reiske |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1784]] &ndash; [[Nathaniel Hone the Elder]], Irish-born English painter and academic (b. 1718)<ref>{{cite web |title=Self-portrait of Nathaniel Hone, R.A. {{!}} Works of Art {{!}} RA Collection {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/self-portrait-of-nathaniel-hone-r-a |website=www.royalacademy.org.uk |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1852]] &ndash; [[Margaret Taylor]], First Lady of the United States (b. 1788)<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret Taylor {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Taylor |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1854]] &ndash; [[Carl Carl]], Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Bernbrunn, Carl|chapter-url=http://www.literature.at/viewer.alo?objid=12537&page=341&scale=3.33&viewmode=fullscreen|title=[[Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich]]|language=de|page=327|access-date=July 17, 2019}}</ref> *[[1860]] &ndash; [[André Marie Constant Duméril]], French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Damkaer |first1=David M. |title=The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History |year=2002 |publisher=American Philosophical Society |isbn=978-0-87169-240-5 |page=140 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TgUNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA140 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1870]] &ndash; [[David Farragut]], American admiral (b. 1801)<ref>{{cite web |title=David Farragut {{!}} United States admiral |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Farragut |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1890]] &ndash; [[Michael J. McGivney]], American priest, founded the [[Knights of Columbus]] (b. 1852)<ref>{{cite web |title=McGivney, Michael J. (1852-1890), Catholic priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0800959 |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0800959|last1=Kauffman |first1=Christopher J. |isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 }}</ref> *[[1891]] &ndash; [[Sarah Childress Polk]], First Lady of the United States (b. 1803)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Polk {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sarah-Polk |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] &ndash; [[Simeon Solomon]], English soldier and painter (b. 1840)<ref>{{cite web |title=Simeon Solomon {{!}} Artist {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/simeon-solomon |website=www.royalacademy.org.uk |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1909]] &ndash; [[William Stanley (inventor)|William Stanley]], British engineer and author (b. 1829)<ref>{{cite web |title=Authors : Stanley, William : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/stanley_william |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1922]] &ndash; [[Rebecca Cole]], American physician and social reformer (b. 1846)<ref>{{cite book|first=Darryl|last=Lyman|title=Great African-American Women|location=New York|publisher=J David|year=2005|isbn=978-0-82460-459-2|page=279}}</ref> *[[1928]] &ndash; [[Klabund]], German author and poet (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite web |title=Klabund {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Klabund |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1938]] &ndash; [[Hugh Trumble]], Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pierce |first1=Peter |title=Hugh Trumble |chapter=Trumble, Hugh (1867–1938) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/trumble-hugh-8860 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1941]] &ndash; [[Maximilian Kolbe]], Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Maksymilian Maria Kolbe {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Maksymilian-Maria-Kolbe |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1941 &ndash; [[Paul Sabatier (chemist)|Paul Sabatier]], French chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1854)<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Sabatier {{!}} French chemist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Sabatier-French-chemist |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1943]] &ndash; [[Joe Kelley]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joe Kelley |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/joe-kelley/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1951]] &ndash; [[William Randolph Hearst]], American publisher and politician, founded the [[Hearst Corporation]] (b. 1863)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Randolph Hearst {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Randolph-Hearst |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1954]] &ndash; [[Hugo Eckener]], German pilot and designer (b. 1868)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hugo Eckener {{!}} German aeronautical engineer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hugo-Eckener |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1955]] &ndash; [[Herbert Putnam]], American lawyer and publisher, [[Librarian of Congress]] (b. 1861)<ref>{{cite web |title=Herbert Putnam {{!}} American librarian |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herbert-Putnam |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1956]] &ndash; [[Bertolt Brecht]], German poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bertolt Brecht {{!}} Biography, Plays, Epic Theater, Poems, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bertolt-Brecht |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1956 &ndash; [[Konstantin von Neurath]], German lawyer and politician, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)|Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1873)<ref>{{cite web |title=Konstantin, baron von Neurath {{!}} German official |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantin-Freiherr-von-Neurath |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1958]] &ndash; [[Frédéric Joliot-Curie]], French physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1900)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie {{!}} French chemists |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederic-and-Irene-Joliot-Curie |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1963]] &ndash; [[Clifford Odets]], American director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clifford Odets {{!}} American dramatist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clifford-Odets |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1964]] &ndash; [[Johnny Burnette]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Morrison |first1=Craig |title=Go Cat Go!: Rockabilly Music and Its Makers |year=1996 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-06538-5 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAHvUO5GknMC&pg=PA103 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1965]] &ndash; [[Vello Kaaristo]], Estonian skier (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Vello Kaaristo |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/88602 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1967]] &ndash; [[Bob Anderson (racing driver)|Bob Anderson]], English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Anderson |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/brabham/motorsport/driver/851.html |website=ESPN UK |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1972]] &ndash; [[Oscar Levant]], American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rayno |first1=Don |title=Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930-1967 |date=19 December 2012 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-8322-2 |page=407 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-hYmPstZmIC&pg=PA407 |language=en}}</ref> * 1972 &ndash; [[Jules Romains]], French author and poet (b. 1885)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jules Romains {{!}} French author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jules-Romains |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1973]] &ndash; [[Fred Gipson]], American journalist and author (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=19 August 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2599-7 |page=281 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA281 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1978]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Bentley]], English author and illustrator (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite book |last1=NA |first1=NA |title=Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers |date=25 December 2015 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-81366-7 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_U6vCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1980]] &ndash; [[Dorothy Stratten]], Canadian-American model and actress (b. 1960)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Flowers |first1=R. Barri |last2=Flowers |first2=H. Loraine |title=Murders in the United States: Crimes, Killers and Victims of the Twentieth Century |date=January 2004 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-2075-9 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gh6q_-Vzc0YC&pg=PA47 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1981]] &ndash; [[Karl Böhm]], Austrian conductor and director (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite web |title=Karl Böhm {{!}} Austrian musician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Bohm |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1981 &ndash; [[Dudley Nourse]], South African cricketer (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite web |title=All-round records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Cricinfo Statsguru {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/46589.html?class=1;type=allround |website=Cricinfo |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1982]] &ndash; [[Mahasi Sayadaw]], Burmese monk and philosopher (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Melton |first1=J. Gordon |last2=Baumann |first2=Martin |title=Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2nd Edition [6 volumes] |date=21 September 2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-59884-204-3 |page=418 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2yiyLLOj88C&pg=PA418 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1984]] &ndash; [[Spud Davis]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite web |title=Spud Davis |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/spud-davis/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[J. B. Priestley]], English novelist and playwright (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite web |title=J. B. Priestley {{!}} British writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-B-Priestley |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1985]] &ndash; [[Gale Sondergaard]], American actress (b. 1899)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gale Sondergaard Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Gale-Sondergaard |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1988]] &ndash; [[Roy Buchanan]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Prown |first1=Pete |last2=Newquist |first2=Harvey P. |title=Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists |year=1997 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-0-7935-4042-6 |page=92 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60Jde3l7WNwC&pg=PA92 |language=en}}</ref> * 1988 &ndash; [[Robert Calvert]], South African-English singer-songwriter and playwright (b. 1945){{r|larkin|p=1712}} * 1988 &ndash; [[Enzo Ferrari]], Italian race car driver and businessman, founded [[Ferrari]] (b. 1898)<ref>{{cite web |title=Enzo Ferrari {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Enzo-Ferrari |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Alberto Crespo]], Argentinian race car driver (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alberto Crespo |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/driver/617.html |website=ESPN UK |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1992]] &ndash; [[John Sirica]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Sirica {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Watergate Trial |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Sirica |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1994]] &ndash; [[Elias Canetti]], Bulgarian-Swiss author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Elias Canetti |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-elias-canetti-1377364.html |website=The Independent |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=18 September 2011}}</ref> * 1994 &ndash; [[Alice Childress]], American actress, playwright, and author (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alice Childress {{!}} American writer and actress |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alice-Childress |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1996]] &ndash; [[Sergiu Celibidache]], Romanian conductor and composer (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Sergiu Celibidache |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sergiu-celibidache-1309910.html |website=The Independent |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=23 October 2011}}</ref> *[[1999]] &ndash; [[Pee Wee Reese]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pee Wee Reese {{!}} American baseball player and broadcaster |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pee-Wee-Reese |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2002]] &ndash; [[Larry Rivers]], American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Larry Rivers {{!}} American painter |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Larry-Rivers |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2003]] &ndash; [[Helmut Rahn]], German footballer (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Helmut Rahn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/aug/15/guardianobituaries.football |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=15 August 2003}}</ref> *[[2004]] &ndash; [[Czesław Miłosz]], Polish-born American novelist, essayist, and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Czerniawski |first1=Adam |title=Obituary: Czeslaw Milosz |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/aug/16/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=15 August 2004}}</ref> * 2004 &ndash; [[Trevor Skeet]], New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Critchley |first1=Julian |title=Obituary: Sir Trevor Skeet |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/aug/19/guardianobituaries.conservatives |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=18 August 2004}}</ref> *[[2006]] &ndash; [[Bruno Kirby]], American actor (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Obituary: Bruno Kirby |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/aug/30/guardianobituaries.usa |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=29 August 2006}}</ref> *[[2007]] &ndash; [[Tikhon Khrennikov]], Russian pianist and composer (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kozinn |first1=Allan |title=Tikhon Khrennikov, Prolific Soviet Composer, Dies at 94 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/15/arts/music/15khrennikov.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=15 August 2007}}</ref> *[[2010]] &ndash; [[Herman Leonard]], American photographer (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Herman Leonard obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/aug/17/herman-leonard-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=17 August 2010}}</ref> *[[2012]] &ndash; [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]], Indian lawyer and politician, [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news |title=Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh passes away |url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/union-minister-vilasrao-deshmukh-passes-away/articleshow/15491218.cms |website=The Economic Times |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> * 2012 &ndash; [[Svetozar Gligorić]], Serbian chess player (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Svetozar Gligoric obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/22/svetozar-gligoric |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=22 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 &ndash; [[Phyllis Thaxter]], American actress (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite web |title=Phyllis Thaxter obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/aug/17/phyllis-thaxter |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en |date=17 August 2012}}</ref> *[[2013]] &ndash; [[Jack Germond]], American journalist and author (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Jack Germond, Political Reporter of the Old School, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/us/jack-germond-political-reporter-of-the-old-school-dies-at-85.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/us/jack-germond-political-reporter-of-the-old-school-dies-at-85.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=15 August 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2014]] &ndash; [[Leonard Fein]], American journalist and academic, co-founded ''[[Moment (magazine)|Moment Magazine]]'' (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |title=Leonard Fein, Provocative Writer on Jewish Affairs, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/us/leonard-fein-80-provocative-writer-on-jewish-affairs-dies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/us/leonard-fein-80-provocative-writer-on-jewish-affairs-dies.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=16 August 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2014 &ndash; [[George V. Hansen]], American politician (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vitello |first1=Paul |title=George Hansen, Idaho Congressman and Convicted Swindler, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/us/george-v-hansen-seven-term-idaho-congressman-dies-at-83.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/us/george-v-hansen-seven-term-idaho-congressman-dies-at-83.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=20 August 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2015]] &ndash; [[Bob Johnston]], American songwriter and producer (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Johnston |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13625837.bob-johnston/ |website=HeraldScotland |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2016]] &ndash; [[Fyvush Finkel]], American actor (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Berger |first1=Joseph |title=Fyvush Finkel, Pillar of Yiddish Theater Who Crossed Into TV, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/theater/fyvush-finkel-pillar-of-yiddish-theater-dies-at-93.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/theater/fyvush-finkel-pillar-of-yiddish-theater-dies-at-93.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=15 August 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2018]] &ndash; [[Jill Janus]], American singer (b. 1975)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/music/jill-janus-frontwoman-huntress-dead-43/|title=Jill Janus, Frontwoman of Heavy Metal Rock Band Huntress, Dies By Suicide at 43|website=People|date=16 August 2018|last=Fernandez|first=Alexia|access-date=17 August 2018}}</ref> *[[2019]] &ndash; [[Polly Farmer]], Australian footballer and coach (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/graham+%27polly%27+farmer/9390|title=Australian Football - Graham 'Polly' Farmer - Player Bio|website=australianfootball.com}}</ref> *[[2020]] &ndash; [[Julian Bream]], English classical guitarist and lutenist (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |title=Julian Bream {{!}} Biography, Music, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julian-Bream |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 2020 &ndash; [[Angela Buxton]], British tennis player (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/sports/tennis/angela-buxton-dead.html|title=Angela Buxton, Half of an Outcast Duo in Tennis History, Dies at 85|first=Katharine Q.|last=Seelye|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 28, 2020}}</ref> * 2020 &ndash; [[James R. Thompson]], American politician, Governor of Illinois (1977–91) (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/2020?p=3|title=Famous People Who Died in 2020|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-22}}</ref> <!--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]]: **[[Arnold of Soissons]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Foley |first1=Michael P. |title=Drinking with the Saints: The Sinner's Guide to a Holy Happy Hour |date=4 May 2015 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-62157-383-8 |page=272 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e4ipBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT272 |language=en}}</ref> **[[Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Butler |first1=Alban |last2=Burns |first2=Paul |title=Butler's Lives of the Saints: September |date=January 1995 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-86012-258-6 |page=259 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-KKc-SzyoEUC&pg=PA259 |language=en}}</ref> **[[Eusebius of Rome]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Butler |first1=Alban |title=Butler's Lives of the Saints |date=January 1995 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-8146-2388-6 |page=312 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u32OUS4-yd0C&pg=PA312 |language=en}}</ref> **[[Jonathan Myrick Daniels]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Portaro |first1=Sam |title=Brightest and Best: A Companion to the Lesser Feasts and Fasts |date=25 January 1998 |publisher=Cowley Publications |isbn=978-1-4616-6051-4 |page=141 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yp3wPBN8QyQC&pg=PA141 |language=en}}</ref> **[[Maximilian Kolbe]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Maksymilian Maria Kolbe {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Maksymilian-Maria-Kolbe |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Falklands Day]] is the celebration of the first sighting of the [[Falkland Islands]] by [[John Davis (English explorer)|John Davis]] in 1592.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.mercopress.com/2013/08/19/falklands-day-celebrated-on-14-august-remembers-first-recorded-sighting-by-john-davis-in-1592|title=Falklands' Day celebrated on 14 August remembers first recorded sighting by John Davis in 1592|website=MercoPress|access-date=2017-05-31}}</ref> *[[Independence Day (Pakistan)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of Pakistan from the United Kingdom in 1947.<ref name="BBC"/> *[[Partition Horrors Remembrance Day]] commemorates the victims and sufferings of people during the Partition of India in 1947.<ref>{{cite web |title=Learning, not avenging history – Why India needs rethink on Partition Horrors Remembrance Day |date=14 August 2021 |publisher=The Print |url=https://theprint.in/campus-voice/learning-not-avenging-history-why-india-needs-rethink-on-partition-horrors-remembrance-day/721611/ |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name="larkin">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=RA21-PA2005-IA3 |language=en}}</ref> }} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/14 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=14}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/14 |title=Historical Events on August 14 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} * {{cite web |url=http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/August_14 |title=Today in Canadian History |publisher=Canada Channel}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:August 14}} [[Category:Days of the year]] [[Category:August]]'
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'{{distinguish|August 14 (web series)}} {{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[74 BC]] &ndash; A group of officials, led by the [[Han dynasty#Western Han|Western Han]] minister [[Huo Guang]], present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, [[Marquis of Haihun|Liu He]], to the imperial regent, [[Grand Empress Dowager Shangguan|Empress Dowager Shangguan]]. The articles, enumerating the 1,127 offences (sexual debauchery, fiscal negligence, cronyism, etc.) that the ministers found the new emperor to have committed over the course of his 27-day rule, result in the unprecedented impeachment — and summary deposition on the same day — of the emperor by the bureaucracy.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sima |first=Guang |title=Zizhi Tongjian |year=1084 |language=zh |chapter=卷 024 |chapter-url=https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/%E8%B3%87%E6%B2%BB%E9%80%9A%E9%91%91/%E5%8D%B7024}}</ref> *[[29 BC]] &ndash; [[Octavian]] holds the second of three consecutive [[Roman triumph|triumphs]] in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]] to celebrate the victory over the [[Dalmatian tribes]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=William Michael Murray|author2=Phōtios Michaēl Petsas|title=Octavian's Campsite Memorial for the Actian War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ciALAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA128|year=1989|publisher=American Philosophical Society|isbn=978-0-87169-794-3|pages=128}}</ref> *[[1040]] &ndash; King [[Duncan I of Scotland|Duncan I]] is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival [[Macbeth, King of Scotland|Macbeth]]. The latter succeeds him as [[List of Scottish monarchs|King of Scotland]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Edward Peck|title=North-east Scotland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mm0nAQAAMAAJ|year=1981|publisher=J. Bartholomew & Son|page=16|isbn=9780702880216}}</ref> *[[1183]] &ndash; [[Taira no Munemori]] and the [[Taira clan]] take the young [[Emperor Antoku]] and the [[Imperial Regalia of Japan|three sacred treasures]] and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the [[Minamoto clan]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Brinkley |first1=Frank & Kikuchi |title=A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era |year=1912 |publisher=Library of Alexandria |isbn=978-1-4655-1304-5 |page=530 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bzRen1dcdTwC&pg=PT530 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Antoku {{!}} emperor of Japan |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antoku |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1264]] &ndash; After tricking the [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] [[galley]] fleet into sailing east to the [[Levant]], the [[Republic of Genoa|Genoese]] capture an entire Venetian trade convoy at the [[Battle of Saseno]].<ref>{{cite journal | last = Dotson | first = John E. | title = Fleet Operations in the First Genoese-Venetian War, 1264-1266 | pages = 165–180 | journal = Viator. Medieval and Renaissance Studies | volume = 30 | year = 1999 | issn = 0083-5897 | doi = 10.1484/J.VIATOR.2.300833 }}</ref> *[[1352]] &ndash; [[War of the Breton Succession]]: Anglo-Bretons defeat the [[Kingdom of France|French]] in the [[Battle of Mauron]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wagner |first1=John A. |title=Encyclopedia of the Hundred Years War |year=2006 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-32736-0 |page=214 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uVZ893wOWgoC&pg=PA214 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1370]] &ndash; [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor]], grants [[city privileges]] to [[Karlovy Vary]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Matoušek |first1=Václav |last2=Mautner |first2=Pavel |last3=Pavelka |first3=Tomáš |title=Text, Speech and Dialogue: 8th International Conference, TSD 2005, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, September 12-15, 2005, Proceedings |date=25 August 2005 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-540-31817-0 |page=9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnUFCAAAQBAJ&pg=PR9 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1385]] &ndash; [[1383–85 Portuguese interregnum|Portuguese Crisis of 1383–85]]: [[Battle of Aljubarrota]]: Portuguese forces commanded by [[John I of Portugal]] defeat the [[Castile (historical region)|Castilian]] army of [[John I of Castile]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Battle of Aljubarrota {{!}} Portugal [1385] |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Aljubarrota |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1592]] &ndash; The first sighting of the [[Falkland Islands]] by [[John Davis (English explorer)|John Davis]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Purdy |first1=John |title=The New Sailing Directory for the Ethiopic Or Southern Atlantic Ocean ... |year=1855 |publisher=Richard Holmes Laurie |page=137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0WYDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA137 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1598]] &ndash; [[Nine Years' War (Ireland)|Nine Years' War]]: [[Battle of the Yellow Ford]]: Irish forces under [[Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone]], defeat an English expeditionary force under [[Henry Bagenal]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grant |first1=R. G. |title=1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History |date=24 October 2017 |publisher=Book Sales |isbn=978-0-7858-3553-0 |page=307 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZNADwAAQBAJ&pg=PA307 |language=en}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1720]] &ndash; The Spanish military [[Villasur expedition]] is defeated by [[Pawnee people|Pawnee]] and [[Otoe tribe|Otoe]] warriors near present-day [[Columbus, Nebraska]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer |last2=Arnold |first2=James R. |last3=Wiener |first3=Roberta |title=The Encyclopedia of North American Indian Wars, 1607–1890: A Political, Social, and Military History |date=30 September 2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-85109-697-8 |page=559 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JsM4A0GSO34C&pg=PA559 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1784]] &ndash; [[Russian colonization of North America]]: [[Awa’uq Massacre]]: The Russian fur trader [[Grigory Shelikhov]] storms a [[Kodiak Island]] [[Alutiiq|Alutiit]] refuge rock on [[Sitkalidak Island]], killing 500+ Alutiit. The consequent subjugation of the [[Alutiiq]] on [[Kodiak Island]] allows Shelikhov to establish the first permanent Russian settlement in Alaska at [[Three Saints Bay]].<ref name="Knechthaakansondickson">Richard A. Knecht, Sven Haakanson, and Shawn Dickson (2002). "[https://www.academia.edu/1108002/Awauq_discovery_and_excavation_of_an_18th_century_Alutiiq_refuge_rock_in_the_Kodiak_Archipelago Awa'uq: discovery and excavation of an 18th century Alutiiq refuge rock in the Kodiak Archipelago]". In ''To the Aleutians and Beyond'':, Bruno Frohlich, Albert S. Harper, and Rolf Gilberg, editors, Pp. 177-191. Publications of the National Museum Ethnographical Series, Vol. 20. Department of Ethnography, National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. the Anthropology of William S. Laughlin.</ref> *[[1790]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Wereloe]] ended the [[Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)|1788–1790 Russo-Swedish War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Haythornwaite|first=Philip J.|title=The Napoleonic Source Book|year=1990|publisher=Guild Publishing|location=London|isbn=978-1854092878|page=68}}</ref> *[[1791]] &ndash; Slaves from plantations in [[Saint-Domingue]] hold a [[Haitian Vodou|Vodou]] ceremony led by [[houngan]] [[Dutty Boukman]] at [[Bois Caïman]], marking the start of the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Haitian Revolution 1791 |url=https://library.brown.edu/haitihistory/5.html |website=library.brown.edu |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1814]] &ndash; A cease fire agreement, called the [[Convention of Moss]], ended the [[Swedish–Norwegian War (1814)|Swedish–Norwegian War]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thelocal.se/20140814/sweden-and-norway-celebrate-200-years-of-peace/ |title=Sweden and Norway celebrate peace treaty |work=The Local |date=14 August 2021 |access-date=14 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1816]] &ndash; The United Kingdom formally annexes the [[Tristan da Cunha]] archipelago, administering the islands from the [[Cape Colony]] in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Occupation of Tristan da Cunha |url=https://snr.org.uk/the-occupation-of-tristan-da-cunha/ |website=SNR |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en |date=1 February 1935}}</ref> *[[1842]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: [[Seminole Wars|Second Seminole War]] ends, with the [[Seminole]]s forced from [[Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Second Seminole War {{!}} Background, Battles, & Outcome |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Second-Seminole-War |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1848]] &ndash; [[Oregon Territory]] is organized by [[act of Congress]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Washington State Archives - Territorial Timeline |url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/archives/timeline/detail.aspx?id=199 |website=Office of the Secretary of State |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1880]] &ndash; Construction of [[Cologne Cathedral]], the most famous landmark in [[Cologne]], Germany, is completed.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenman |first1=Robin |title=Artists and Society in Germany, 1850-1914 |year=1997 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-0-7190-3636-1 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IDPoAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA16 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1885]] &ndash; [[Japanese patent law|Japan's first patent]] is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Goel |first1=Deepa |last2=Parashar |first2=Shomini |title=IPR, Biosafety and Bioethics |year=2013 |publisher=Pearson Education India |isbn=978-93-325-1424-9 |page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6T08BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA43 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1893]] &ndash; France becomes the first country to introduce [[vehicle registration plate|motor vehicle registration]].<ref>{{cite web |title=When was the first driving licence issued? |url=https://nationalmotormuseum.org.uk/ufaqs/when-was-the-first-driving-licence-issued/ |website=The National Motor Museum Trust |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1900]] &ndash; The [[Eight-Nation Alliance]] occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody [[Boxer Rebellion]] in China.<ref>{{cite web |title=Boxer Rebellion {{!}} Significance, Combatants, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Boxer-Rebellion |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] &ndash; The first claimed [[aviation|powered flight]], by [[Gustave Whitehead]] in his [[Whitehead No. 21|Number 21]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hussey |first1=Kristin |title=First in Flight? Connecticut Stakes a Claim (Published 2015) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/18/nyregion/where-was-modern-flight-invented-connecticut-believes-it-holds-the-answer.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/18/nyregion/where-was-modern-flight-invented-connecticut-believes-it-holds-the-answer.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=16 March 2021 |date=17 April 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: Start of the [[Battle of Lorraine]], an unsuccessful French offensive.<ref>{{cite web |title=World War I - The war in the west, 1914 |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-I/The-war-in-the-west-1914 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1917]] &ndash; World War I: The [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]], which had heretofore been [[Chinese Labour Corps|shipping labourers]] to Europe to assist in the war effort, officially declares war on the [[Central Powers]], although it will continue to send to Europe labourers instead of combatants for the remaining duration of the war.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=LaFrague |first=Thomas E. |date=September 1936 |title=The Entrance of China into the World War |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3634027 |journal=Pacific Historical Review |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=222—223 |via=JSTOR}}</ref> *[[1920]] &ndash; The [[1920 Summer Olympics]], having started four months earlier, officially open in [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]], with the newly-adopted [[Olympic symbols#Different types of flags|Olympic flag]] and the Olympic oath being raised and taken at the Opening Ceremony for the first time in Olympic history.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Findling |first1=John E. |title=Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement |date=2004 |publisher=Greenwood |isbn=9780313322785 |page=74 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QmXi_-Jujj0C&q=olympic+games+1920+antwerp+opening+ceremony&pg=PA74}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=International Olympic Committee |title=Antwerp 1920 Summer Olympics — Athletes, Medals & Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/antwerp-1920 |access-date=13 August 2022 |website=olympics.com}}</ref> *[[1921]] &ndash; [[Tannu Uriankhai]], later [[Tuvan People's Republic]] is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Soviet Russia]]).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hoch |first1=Tomáš |last2=Kopeček |first2=Vincenc |title=De Facto States in Eurasia |date=17 July 2019 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-53425-6 |page=92 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QRGjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT92 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1933]] &ndash; Loggers cause a [[Wildfire|forest fire]] in the [[Pacific Coast Ranges|Coast Range]] of [[Oregon]], later known as the first forest fire of the [[Tillamook Burn]]; destroying {{convert|240,000|acre|km2}} of land.<ref>{{cite web |title=Logging accident sparks forest fire in Oregon Coast Range – August 14, 1933 {{!}} The NAFI Blog |url=https://www.nafi.org/blog/logging-accident-sparks-forest-fire-in-oregon-coast-range-august-14-1933/ |website=www.nafi.org |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1935]] &ndash; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs the [[Social Security Act]], creating a government pension system for the retired.<ref>{{cite web |title=Social Security Act {{!}} History & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Social-Security-Act-United-States-1935 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1936]] &ndash; [[Rainey Bethea]] is hanged in [[Owensboro, Kentucky]] in the last known public [[capital punishment in the United States|execution in the United States]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Last Hanging: There Was a Reason They Outlawed Public Executions (Published 2001) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/06/weekinreview/the-last-hanging-there-was-a-reason-they-outlawed-public.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=16 March 2021 |date=6 May 2001}}</ref> *[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Winston Churchill]] and [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] sign the [[Atlantic Charter]] of war stating postwar aims.<ref>{{cite web |title=Atlantic Charter {{!}} History & Definition |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Atlantic-Charter |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1947]] &ndash; [[Pakistan]] gains [[Pakistan Movement|independence]] from the [[British Empire]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite web |title=In pictures: Pakistan marks Independence Day |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40922732 |website=BBC News |access-date=16 March 2021 |date=14 August 2017}}</ref> *[[1959]] &ndash; Founding and first official meeting of the [[American Football League]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nelson |first1=Murry R. |title=American Sports: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas [4 volumes]: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas |date=23 May 2013 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-39753-0 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tfTXAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA49 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1967]] &ndash; UK [[Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967|Marine Broadcasting Offences Act]] declares participation in offshore [[pirate radio]] illegal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Part 1: The Pirates |url=https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/100-voices/radio-reinvented/the-pirates |website=www.bbc.com |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1969]] &ndash; [[The Troubles]]: British troops are deployed in [[Northern Ireland]] as [[1969 Northern Ireland riots|political and sectarian violence breaks out]], marking the start of the 37-year [[Operation Banner]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Service in Staffordshire marks 50 years since start of Operation Banner |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-49348406 |website=BBC News |access-date=15 March 2021 |date=14 August 2019}}</ref> *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Bahrain]] declares independence from Britain.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Law |first1=Principal V. M. Salgaocar College of Law & Dean of Faculty of |last2=University |first2=Goa |last3=D’Souza |first3=Dr Anthony |title=World Constitutionalism |date=26 March 2009 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-4438-0910-8 |page=181 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wQIZBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA181 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1972]] &ndash; An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner [[1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster|crashes near Königs Wusterhausen]], East Germany killing 156 people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Haine |first1=Edgar A. |title=Disaster in the Air |year=2000 |publisher=Associated University Presses |isbn=978-0-8453-4777-5 |page=123 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=twKfXowAigIC&pg=PA123 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1980]] &ndash; [[Lech Wałęsa]] leads strikes at the [[Gdańsk]], Poland shipyards.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lech Walesa {{!}} Biography, Solidarity, Nobel Prize, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lech-Walesa |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1994]] &ndash; Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "[[Carlos the Jackal]]", is captured.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carlos the Jackal Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/26/world/americas/carlos-the-jackal-fast-facts/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1996]] &ndash; Greek Cypriot refugee [[Solomos Solomou]] is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the [[United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Protester is killed as Turkish soldiers open fire during attempt to tear down flag British troops shot in Cyprus |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12039247.protester-is-killed-as-turkish-soldiers-open-fire-during-attempt-to-tear-down-flag-british-troops-shot-in-cyprus/ |website=HeraldScotland |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2003]] &ndash; A [[Northeast blackout of 2003|widescale power blackout]] affects the northeast United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Alan |title=Photos: 15 Years Since the 2003 Northeast Blackout - The Atlantic |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/08/photos-15-years-since-the-2003-northeast-blackout/567410/ |website=www.theatlantic.com |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2005]] &ndash; [[Helios Airways Flight 522]], en route from Larnaca, [[Cyprus]] to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near [[Grammatiko]], Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.<ref>{{cite web |title=In 2005, Helios flight 522 crashed into a Greek hillside. Was it because one man forgot to flip a switch? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/19/in-2005-helios-flight-522-crashed-into-a-greek-hillside-was-it-because-one-man-forgot-to-flip-a-switch |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en |date=19 September 2020}}</ref> *[[2006]] &ndash; [[2006 Lebanon War|Lebanon War]]: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the [[United Nations Security Council]]’s approval of [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701]], formally ending hostilities between [[Lebanon]] and [[Israel]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lebanon truce holds despite clashes|date=14 August 2006|publisher=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/14/mideast.main/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080613073546/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/08/14/mideast.main/index.html|archive-date=13 June 2008}}</ref> *[[2006]] &ndash; [[Sri Lankan Civil War]]: Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in [[Chencholai bombing]] by [[Sri Lanka Air force|Sri Lankan Air Force]] air strike.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sri Lankan government clashes with Tamil rebels |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/aug/15/davidfickling |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en |date=15 August 2006}}</ref> *[[2007]] &ndash; The [[2007 Yazidi communities bombings|Kahtaniya bombings]] kills at least 500 people.<ref>{{cite web |title=Iraq sees worst bombing since invasion with 250 deaths |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36720720 |website=BBC News |access-date=15 March 2021 |date=6 July 2016}}</ref> *[[2013]] &ndash; [[Egypt]] declares a [[state of emergency]] as security forces [[August 2013 Rabaa massacre|kill hundreds of demonstrators]] supporting former president [[Mohamed Morsi]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Egypt declares national emergency |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23700663 |website=BBC News |access-date=15 March 2021 |date=14 August 2013}}</ref> * 2013 &ndash; [[UPS Airlines Flight 1354]] crashes short of the runway at [[Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport]], killing both crew members on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20130814-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A300F4-622R N155UP Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, AL (BHM)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> *[[2015]] &ndash; The [[Embassy of the United States, Havana|US Embassy]] in [[Havana, Cuba]] re-opens after 54 years of being closed when [[Cuba–United States relations]] were broken off.<ref>{{cite web |title=US embassy in Cuba formally reopens: 'A day for pushing aside old barriers' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/14/us-embassy-cuba-formally-reopens |website=The Guardian |access-date=15 March 2021 |language=en |date=14 August 2015}}</ref> *[[2021]] &ndash; A [[2021 Haiti earthquake|magnitude 7.2 earthquake]] strikes southwestern [[Haiti]], killing at least 2,248 people and causing a [[humanitarian crisis]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=M 7.2 - Nippes, Haiti|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f65h/executive|url-status=live|access-date=14 September 2021|website=earthquake.usgs.gov|archive-date=14 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814142823/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000f65h/executive}}</ref> *2022 - Vancouver Titans win their first game in over a year ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[1479]] &ndash; [[Catherine of York]] (d. 1527)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Panton |first1=James |title=Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy |date=24 February 2011 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7497-8 |page=92 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BiyyueBTpaMC&pg=PA92 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1499]] &ndash; [[John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford]], English politician (d. 1526)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Somerset |first1=J. A. B. |title=Shropshire |date=January 1994 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-0-8020-0648-6 |page=712 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gPSNsR2NGAgC&pg=PA712 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1502]] &ndash; [[Pieter Coecke van Aelst]], Flemish painter (d. 1550)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pieter Coecke van Aelst I {{!}} British Museum |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG34043 |website=www.britishmuseum.org |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1530]] &ndash; [[Giambattista Benedetti]], Italian mathematician and physicist (d. 1590)<ref>{{cite web |title=Giambattista Benedetti |url=http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/benedeti.html |website=galileo.rice.edu |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1552]] &ndash; [[Paolo Sarpi]], Italian writer (d. 1623)<ref>{{cite web |title=Paolo Sarpi {{!}} Italian theologian |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paolo-Sarpi |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1599]] &ndash; [[Méric Casaubon]], Swiss-English scholar and author (d. 1671)<ref>{{cite web |title=Méric Casaubon (1599-1671) |url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/12237777/meric_casaubon/ |website=data.bnf.fr |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=fr}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1642]] &ndash; [[Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (d. 1723)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cosimo III {{!}} grand duke of Tuscany |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Cosimo-III |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1653]] &ndash; [[Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle]], English colonel and politician, [[Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica]] (d. 1688)<ref>{{cite book |title=The House of Commons, 1660-1690 |year=1983 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-0-436-19274-6 |page=73 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HW1_upECKUwC&pg=RA2-PA73 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1688]] &ndash; [[Frederick William I of Prussia]] (d. 1740)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frederick William I {{!}} king of Prussia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederick-William-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1714]] &ndash; [[Claude Joseph Vernet]], French painter (d. 1789)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joseph Vernet {{!}} French painter |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Joseph-Vernet |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1738]] &ndash; [[Leopold Hofmann]], Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1793)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Boer |first1=Bertil van |title=Historical Dictionary of Music of the Classical Period |date=5 April 2012 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7386-5 |page=278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1GchjwmUnmoC&pg=PA278 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1742]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius VII]] (d. 1823)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pius VII {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pius-VII |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=14 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1758]] &ndash; [[Carle Vernet]], French painter and lithographer (d. 1836)<ref>{{cite web |title=Carle Vernet {{!}} French painter |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carle-Vernet |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1777]] &ndash; [[Hans Christian Ørsted]], Danish physicist and chemist (d. 1851)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hans Christian Ørsted {{!}} Danish physicist and chemist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hans-Christian-Orsted |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1802]] &ndash; [[Letitia Elizabeth Landon]], English poet and novelist (d. 1838)<ref>{{cite web |title=Letitia Elizabeth Landon {{!}} British author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Letitia-Elizabeth-Landon |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1814]] &ndash; [[Charlotte Fowler Wells]], American phrenologist and publisher (d. 1901)<ref name="Logan1912">{{cite book|last=Logan|first=Mrs. John A.|title=The Part Taken by Women in American History|url=https://archive.org/details/parttakenbywome00logagoog|edition=Public domain|year=1912|publisher=Perry-Nalle publishing Company|pages=[https://archive.org/details/parttakenbywome00logagoog/page/n949 902]–}}</ref> *[[1817]] &ndash; [[Alexander H. Bailey]], American lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 1874)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lanman |first1=Charles |title=Biographical Annals of the Civil Government of the United States: From Original and Official Sources |year=1887 |publisher=J.M. Morrison |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pp9GAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA19 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1840]] &ndash; [[Richard von Krafft-Ebing]], German-Austrian psychologist and author (d. 1902)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard, baron von Krafft-Ebing {{!}} German psychologist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Freiherr-von-Krafft-Ebing |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1847]] &ndash; [[Robert Comtesse]], Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1922)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Justice |first1=United States Congress House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of |title=Berne Convention Implementation Act of 1987: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First and Second Sessions, H.R. 1623 ... June 17, July 23, September 16 and 30, 1987, February 9 and 10, 1988 |year=1988 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=1369 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A0CKb55p3k0C&pg=PA1369 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1848]] &ndash; [[Margaret Lindsay Huggins]], Anglo-Irish astronomer and author (d. 1915)<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Member: William Huggins |url=https://www.rasc.ca/honorary-member-william-huggins |website=Royal Astronomical Society of Canada |date=3 April 2013 |access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1851]] &ndash; [[Doc Holliday]], American dentist and gambler (d. 1887)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Agnew |first1=Jeremy |title=The Old West in Fact and Film: History Versus Hollywood |date=November 2012 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-6888-1 |page=113 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_x6_Od3gVzoC&pg=PA113 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1860]] &ndash; [[Ernest Thompson Seton]], American author, artist, and naturalist (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ernest Thompson Seton {{!}} American writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ernest-Thompson-Seton |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=3 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1863]] &ndash; [[Ernest Thayer]], American poet and author (d. 1940)<ref>{{cite web |title=About Ernest Lawrence Thayer {{!}} Academy of American Poets |url=https://poets.org/poet/ernest-lawrence-thayer |website=Academy of American Poets |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1865]] &ndash; [[Guido Castelnuovo]], Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1952)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chang |first1=Sooyoung |title=Academic Genealogy of Mathematicians |year=2011 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-4282-29-1 |page=286 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4siw31DPONUC&pg=PA286 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1866]] &ndash; [[Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin]], Belgian mathematician and academic (d. 1962)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Süli |first1=Endre |last2=Mayers |first2=David F. |title=An Introduction to Numerical Analysis |date=28 August 2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-00794-8 |page=232 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hj9weaqJTbQC&pg=PA232 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1867]] &ndash; [[Cupid Childs]], American baseball player (d. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=Cupid Childs |url=https://sabr.org/journal/article/cupid-childs/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> * 1867 &ndash; [[John Galsworthy]], English novelist and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Galsworthy {{!}} British writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Galsworthy |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1871]] &ndash; [[Guangxu Emperor]] of China (d. 1908)<ref>{{cite web |title=Guangxu {{!}} emperor of Qing dynasty |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Guangxu |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1875]] &ndash; [[Mstislav Dobuzhinsky]], Russian-Lithuanian painter and illustrator (d. 1957)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Leek |first1=Peter |title=Russian Painting |date=8 May 2012 |publisher=Parkstone International |isbn=978-1-78042-975-5 |page=258 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ePYhUnX4vgUC&pg=PA258 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1876]] &ndash; [[Alexander I of Serbia]] (d. 1903)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander {{!}} king of Serbia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-king-of-Serbia |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1881]] &ndash; [[Francis Ford (actor)|Francis Ford]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1953)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mayer |first1=Geoff |title=Encyclopedia of American Film Serials |date=9 February 2017 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-7762-3 |page=127 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CYSDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA127 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1883]] &ndash; [[Ernest Everett Just]], American biologist and academic (d. 1941)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ernest Everett Just (1883-1941) • |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/just-ernest-everett-1883-1941/ |website=blackpast.org |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=30 January 2007}}</ref> *[[1886]] &ndash; [[Arthur Jeffrey Dempster]], Canadian-American physicist and academic (d. 1950)<ref>{{cite web |title=Arthur Jeffrey Dempster {{!}} American physicist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Arthur-Jeffrey-Dempster |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1889]] &ndash; [[Otto Tief]], Estonian lawyer and politician, [[List of heads of government of Estonia|Prime Minister of Estonia]] (d. 1976)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Roszkowski |first1=Wojciech |last2=Kofman |first2=Jan |title=Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century |date=8 July 2016 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-47593-4 |page=2682 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RnKlDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA2682 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1890]] &ndash; [[Bruno Tesch]], German chemist and businessman (d. 1946)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bartrop |first1=Paul R. |last2=Grimm |first2=Eve E. |title=Perpetrating the Holocaust: Leaders, Enablers, and Collaborators |date=11 January 2019 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-5897-0 |page=283 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SymBDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA283 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1892]] &ndash; [[Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji]], English pianist, composer, and critic (d. 1988)<ref>{{cite web |title=Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji {{!}} British composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kaikhosru-Shapurji-Sorabji |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1894]] &ndash; [[Frank Burge]], Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1958)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/frank-burge/summary.html|title=Frank Burge - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=www.rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref> *[[1895]] &ndash; [[Jack Gregory (cricketer)|Jack Gregory]], Australian cricketer (d. 1973)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Andrews |first1=B. G. |title=Jack Gregory |chapter=Gregory, Jack Morrison (1895–1973) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gregory-jack-morrison-6478 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> * 1895 &ndash; [[Amaza Lee Meredith]], American architect (d. 1984)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.livingplaces.com/people/amaza-lee-meredith.html|title=Amaza Lee Meredith, Architect [1895-1984]|website=www.livingplaces.com|access-date=2018-06-04}}</ref> *[[1896]] &ndash; [[Albert Ball]], English fighter pilot (d. 1917)<ref>{{cite web |title=Statue of Captain Albert Ball, Nottingham Castle, Non Civil Parish - 1246929 {{!}} Historic England |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1246929 |website=historicengland.org.uk |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1896 &ndash; [[Theodor Luts]], Estonian director and cinematographer (d. 1980)<ref>{{cite web |title=Theodor Luts |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba1841cf8 |website=BFI |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1900]] &ndash; [[Margret Boveri]], German journalist (d. 1975)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fell |first1=Karolina Dorothea |title=Kalkuliertes Abenteuer: Reiseberichte deutschsprachiger Frauen 1920-1945 |date=12 December 2016 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-476-03752-7 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5RW1DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA49 |language=de}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1910]] &ndash; [[Nüzhet Gökdoğan]], Turkish astronomer and mathematician (d. 2003)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nüzhet Gökdoğan|url=https://www.tad.org.tr/ani-defteri/nuzhet-gokdogan|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Turkish Astronomy Association|language=tr}}</ref> * 1910 &ndash; [[Willy Ronis]], French photographer (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite web |title=Willy Ronis obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/sep/16/willy-ronis-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en |date=16 September 2009}}</ref> * 1910 &ndash; [[Pierre Schaeffer]], French composer and producer (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pierre Schaeffer {{!}} French composer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pierre-Schaeffer |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1912]] &ndash; [[Frank Oppenheimer]], American physicist and academic (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite web |title=Collection: Frank Oppenheimer papers {{!}} University of Minnesota Archival Collections Guides |url=https://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/14/resources/1604 |website=archives.lib.umn.edu |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1913]] &ndash; [[Hector Crawford]], Australian director and producer (d. 1991)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bazzani |first1=Rozzi |title=Hector Crawford |chapter=Crawford, Hector William (1913–1991) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/crawford-hector-william-14950 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> * 1913 &ndash; [[Paul Dean (baseball)|Paul Dean]], American baseball player (d. 1981)<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Dean |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/paul-dean/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1914]] &ndash; [[Herman Branson]], American physicist, chemist, and academic (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chase |first1=Anna |title=Herman Branson (1914-1995) • |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/herman-branson-1914-1995/ |website=blackpast.org |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=16 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1915]] &ndash; [[B. A. Santamaria]], Australian political activist and publisher (d. 1998)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: B. A. Santamaria |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-b-a-santamaria-1149763.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en |date=22 October 2011}}</ref> *[[1916]] &ndash; [[Wellington Mara]], American businessman (d. 2005)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Richard |title=Wellington Mara, Co-Owner of New York Giants, Is Dead at 89 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/sports/football/wellington-mara-coowner-of-new-york-giants-is-dead-at-89.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=25 October 2005}}</ref> *[[1923]] &ndash; [[Alice Ghostley]], American actress (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alice Ghostley |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba30ec87f |website=BFI |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1924]] &ndash; [[Sverre Fehn]], Norwegian architect, designed the [[Hedmark Museum]] (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sverre Fehn {{!}} Norwegian architect |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sverre-Fehn |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1924 &ndash; [[Georges Prêtre]], French conductor (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nichols |first1=Roger |title=Georges Prêtre obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/05/georges-pretre-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en |date=5 January 2017}}</ref> *[[1925]] &ndash; [[Russell Baker]], American critic and essayist (d. 2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=Russell Baker {{!}} American journalist and humorist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Russell-Baker |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1926]] &ndash; [[René Goscinny]], French author and illustrator (d. 1977)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bendazzi |first1=Giannalberto |title=Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets |date=23 October 2015 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-317-51990-4 |page=547 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=razMCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT547 |language=en}}</ref> * 1926 &ndash; [[Buddy Greco]], American singer and pianist (d. 2017)<ref>{{cite web |title=Buddy Greco obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/13/buddy-greco-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en |date=13 January 2017}}</ref> *[[1928]] &ndash; [[Lina Wertmüller]], Italian director and screenwriter (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lina Wertmuller {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lina-Wertmuller |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1929]] &ndash; [[Giacomo Capuzzi]], Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi]] from 1989 to 2005 (d. 2021).<ref>{{Cite web|title=È morto monsignor Giacomo Capuzzi, vescovo di Lodi dal 1989 al 2005. FU IL VESCOVO DEL PAPA A LODI|url=https://www.ilcittadino.it/stories/Cronaca/e-morto-monsignor-giacomo-capuzzi-vescovo-di-lodi-dal-1989-al-2005_73256_96/|access-date=2021-12-26|website=www.ilcittadino.it|language=it}}</ref> * 1929 &ndash; [[Dick Tiger]], Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dick Tiger {{!}} Nigerian boxer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Dick-Tiger |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1930]] &ndash; [[Arthur Latham]], British politician and [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (d. 2016)<ref name="whoswho">{{cite web |title=Latham, Arthur Charles, (14 Aug. 1930–3 Dec. 2016), Member (Lab), Havering Council (formerly Romford Borough Council), 1952–78 and 1986–98 |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U23853 |website=Who's Who |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=1 April 2021 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u23853 |date=1 December 2007}}</ref> * 1930 &ndash; [[Earl Weaver]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Earl Weaver {{!}} American baseball player and manager |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Earl-Weaver |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1931]] &ndash; [[Frederic Raphael]], American journalist, author, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Frederic Raphael |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba64f0606 |website=BFI |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1932]] &ndash; [[Lee Hoffman]], American author (d. 2007)<ref>{{cite web |title=Authors : Hoffman, Lee : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/hoffman_lee |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1933]] &ndash; [[Richard R. Ernst]], Swiss chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard R. Ernst {{!}} Biography, Nobel Prize, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-R-Ernst |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1935]] &ndash; [[John Brodie]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=John Brodie Facts & Stats |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/John-Brodie |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1938]] &ndash; [[Bennie Muller]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Bennie Muller - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/bennie-muller_prs192867/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1941]] &ndash; [[David Crosby]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite web |title=the Byrds {{!}} Members, Albums, Songs, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/the-Byrds#ref669341 |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1941 &ndash; [[Connie Smith]], American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite book |last1=McCall |first1=Michael |last2=Rumble |first2=John |last3=Kingsbury |first3=Paul |title=The Encyclopedia of Country Music |date=February 2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-992083-9 |page=490 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tLZz02EzmBYC&pg=PA490 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1942]] &ndash; [[Willie Dunn]], Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Willie Dunn {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/william-lawrence-dunn |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1943]] &ndash; [[Ronnie Campbell]], English miner and politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Ronnie Campbell |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2053987.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=21 October 2002}}</ref> * 1943 &ndash; [[Ben Sidran]], American jazz and rock keyboardist<ref>{{cite book |last1=Masino |first1=Susan |title=Famous Wisconsin Musicians |year=2003 |publisher=Badger Books Inc. |isbn=978-1-878569-88-2 |page=49 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQiOWL9N9moC&pg=PA49 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Steve Martin]], American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Steve Martin {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Steve-Martin |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1945 &ndash; [[Wim Wenders]], German director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Wim Wenders {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wim-Wenders |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1946]] &ndash; [[Larry Graham]], American soul/funk bass player and singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Sly and the Family Stone {{!}} American music group |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sly-and-the-Family-Stone |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1946 &ndash; [[Susan Saint James]], American actress<ref name=Chase2017>{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2017: The Ultimate Go-To Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |date=23 September 2016 |publisher=Bernan Press |isbn=978-1-59888-859-1 |page=412 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q-xrDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA412 |language=en}}</ref> * 1946 &ndash; [[Tom Walkinshaw]], Scottish race car driver and businessman (d. 2010)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tom Walkinshaw: Motor racing team owner who won the world title with |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/tom-walkinshaw-motor-racing-team-owner-who-won-world-title-michael-schumacher-and-branched-out-rugby-union-2161604.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en |date=22 October 2011}}</ref> *[[1947]] &ndash; [[Maddy Prior]], English folk singer<ref>{{cite web |title=Steeleye Span |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000046276 |website=Grove Music Online |year=2001 |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.46276|last1=Laing |first1=Dave |isbn=978-1-56159-263-0 }}</ref> * 1947 &ndash; [[Danielle Steel]], American author<ref>{{cite web |title=Danielle Steel {{!}} Biography, Books, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Danielle-Steel |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1947 &ndash; [[Joop van Daele]], Dutch footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Joop van Daele - Player Profile - Fotbal |url=https://www.eurosport.ro/fotbal/joop-van-daele_prs192610/person.shtml |website=Eurosport |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=ro}}</ref> *[[1949]] &ndash; [[Morten Olsen]], Danish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Morten Olsen - - UEL |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/clubs/players/12--morten-olsen/ |website=UEFA.com |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1950]] &ndash; [[Gary Larson]], American cartoonist<ref name=Chase2017 /> *[[1951]] &ndash; [[Slim Dunlap]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist{{r|larkin|p=1894}} *[[1952]] &ndash; [[Debbie Meyer]], American swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Debbie Meyer |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51124 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1953]] &ndash; [[James Horner]], American composer and conductor (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=James Horner, 1953-2015 {{!}} Obituary {{!}} Sight & Sound |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/obituaries/james-horner-1953-2015 |website=British Film Institute |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1954]] &ndash; [[Mark Fidrych]], American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Fidrych |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/mark-fidrych/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> * 1954 &ndash; [[Stanley A. McChrystal]], American general<ref>{{cite web |title=Stanley McChrystal {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stanley-McChrystal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1956]] &ndash; [[Jackée Harry]], American actress and television personality<ref>{{cite book |last1=McCann |first1=Bob |title=Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television |date=21 December 2009 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-5804-2 |page=172 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X7ZYsnTPIhwC&pg=PA172 |language=en}}</ref> * 1956 &ndash; [[Andy King (footballer, born 1956)|Andy King]], English footballer and manager (d. 2015)<ref>{{cite web |title=Andy King: Cultured Everton midfielder remembered by Toffees fans for |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/andy-king-cultured-everton-midfielder-remembered-toffees-fans-glorious-merseyside-derby-winner-1978-10285662.html |website=The Independent |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en |date=29 May 2015}}</ref> * 1956 &ndash; [[Rusty Wallace]], American race car driver<ref name=Chase2017 /> *[[1957]] &ndash; [[Peter Costello]], Australian lawyer and politician<ref>{{cite book |last1=Carroll |first1=Brian |title=Australia's Prime Ministers: From Barton to Howard |year=2004 |publisher=Rosenberg Publishing Pty, Limited |isbn=978-1-877058-22-6 |page=317 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W8PUBuw4idYC&pg=PA317 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1959]] &ndash; [[Frank Brickowski]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Frank Brickowski |url=https://www.espn.com.au/nba/player/_/id/3653/frank-brickowski |website=ESPN |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> * 1959 &ndash; [[Marcia Gay Harden]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Marcia Gay Harden {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marcia-Gay-Harden |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1959 &ndash; [[Magic Johnson]], American basketball player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Magic Johnson {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Magic-Johnson |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1960]] &ndash; [[Sarah Brightman]], English singer and actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Brightman |url=http://www.bfi-staging.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2324841 |website=BFI |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1960 &ndash; [[Fred Roberts]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Fred Roberts Stats, News, Bio |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/3828/fred-roberts |website=ESPN |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1962]] &ndash; [[Mark Gubicza]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Gubicza |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/mark-gubicza/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1963]] &ndash; [[José Cóceres]], Argentinian golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=José Coceres PGA TOUR Profile - News, Stats, and Videos |url=https://www.pgatour.com/players/player.19972.jose-coceres.html |website=PGATour |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1964]] &ndash; [[Neal Anderson]], American football player and coach<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cohen |first1=Robert W. |title=The 50 Greatest Players in Chicago Bears History |date=15 September 2020 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4930-4699-7 |page=199 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sAPzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA199 |language=en}}</ref> * 1964 &ndash; [[Jason Dunstall]], Australian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Dunstall |url=https://collection.australiansportsmuseum.org.au/persons/18586/jason-dunstall |website=Australian Sports Museum Collection Online |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1965]] &ndash; [[Paul Broadhurst]], English golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Broadhurst PGA TOUR Champions Profile - News, Stats, and Videos |url=https://www.pgatour.com/players/player.08191.paul-broadhurst.html |website=PGATour |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1966]] &ndash; [[Halle Berry]], American model, actress, and producer<ref>{{cite web |title=Halle Berry {{!}} Biography, Movies, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Halle-Berry |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1966 &ndash; [[Karl Petter Løken]], Swedish-Norwegian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Karl-Petter Løken - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/karl-petter-loken_prs191149/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1968]] &ndash; [[Catherine Bell (actress)|Catherine Bell]], English-American actress and producer<ref name=Chase2017 /> * 1968 &ndash; [[Darren Clarke]], Northern Irish golfer<ref>{{cite web |title=If Darren Clarke could... |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/golf/features/newsid_3873000/3873631.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=7 July 2004}}</ref> * 1968 &ndash; [[Jason Leonard]], English rugby player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jason Leonard {{!}} Rugby Union {{!}} Players and Officials |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/blogs/rugby/player/10878.html |website=ESPN scrum |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Tracy Caldwell Dyson]], American chemist and astronaut<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cavallaro |first1=Umberto |title=Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space |date=2 March 2017 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-34048-7 |page=309 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VCNBDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA309 |language=en}}</ref> * 1969 &ndash; [[Stig Tøfting]], Danish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Tofting gets jail term |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/2329505.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=18 March 2021 |date=15 October 2002}}</ref> *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Kevin Cadogan]], American rock guitarist{{r|larkin|p=2005}} *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Raoul Bova]], Italian actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=Raoul Bova |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bae029773 |website=BFI |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1971 &ndash; [[Benito Carbone]], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Benito Carbone Forward, Profile & Stats {{!}} Premier League |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/1240/Benito-Carbone/overview |website=www.premierleague.com |access-date=13 May 2022 |language=en}}</ref> * 1971 &ndash; [[Peter Franzén]], Finnish actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter Franzén - Discogs |website=[[Discogs]] |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/1967069-Peter-Franz%C3%A9n |access-date=14 August 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Viihde: Peter Franzén |url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/julkkisarkisto/a/201003170125949 |work=[[Iltalehti]]|access-date=14 August 2021 |language=fi}}</ref> * 1971 &ndash; [[Mark Loretta]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Loretta Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.milb.com/player/mark-loretta-117928 |website=MiLB.com |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1972]] &ndash; [[Laurent Lamothe]], Haitian businessman and politician, [[Prime Minister of Haiti]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Janssen |first1=Sarah |title=The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013 |date=4 December 2012 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-60057-175-6 |page=1995 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1yt4yY51DXIC&pg=PA1995 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1973]] &ndash; [[Jared Borgetti]], Mexican footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Jared Borgetti - - UEL |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/clubs/players/64646--jared-borgetti/ |website=UEFA.com |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1973 &ndash; [[Kieren Perkins]], Australian swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Kieren Perkins |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/45268 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1974]] &ndash; [[Chucky Atkins]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=ESPN.com: Detroit Pistons Roster |url=http://a.espncdn.com/nba/rosters/det.html |website=a.espncdn.com |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1975]] &ndash; [[Mike Vrabel]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Vrabel Stats |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1257/mike-vrabel |website=ESPN |access-date=18 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1976]] &ndash; [[Fabrizio Donato]], Italian triple jumper<ref>{{cite web |title=Fabrizio DONATO {{!}} Profile |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/italy/fabrizio-donato-14200237 |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=18 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1977]] &ndash; [[Juan Pierre]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Juan Pierre Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.milb.com/player/juan-pierre-334393 |website=MiLB.com |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1978]] &ndash; [[Anastasios Kyriakos]], Greek footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Anastasios Kyriakos - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/anastasios-kyriakos_prs207052/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1978 &ndash; [[Greg Rawlinson]], New Zealand rugby player<ref>{{cite web |title=Gregory Paul Rawlinson |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/timeline/rugby/player/15273.html |website=ESPN scrum |access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1979]] &ndash; [[Paul Burgess (athlete)|Paul Burgess]], Australian pole vaulter<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul BURGESS {{!}} Profile |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/australia/paul-burgess-14180019 |website=www.worldathletics.org |access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1981]] &ndash; [[Earl Barron]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Earl Barron |url=https://gleague.nba.com/player/earl-barron/ |website=NBA G League |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> * 1981 &ndash; [[Julius Jones (American football)|Julius Jones]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Julius Jones |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/nfl/player/_/id/5568/julius-jones |website=ESPN |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> * 1981 &ndash; [[Scott Lipsky]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/scott-lipsky/l580/overview|title=Scott Lipsky &#124; Overview &#124; ATP Tour &#124; Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}</ref> *[[1983]] &ndash; [[Elena Baltacha]], Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Elena Baltacha obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/may/05/elena-baltacha |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en |date=5 May 2014}}</ref> * 1983 &ndash; [[Mila Kunis]], Ukrainian-American actress<ref name=Chase2017 /> *[[1984]] &ndash; [[Eva Birnerová]], Czech tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tennis Eva Birnerova - ESPN |url=http://m.espn.com/general/tennis/playercard?playerId=322&src=desktop&rand=ref~%257B%2522ref%2522%253A%2522https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F%2522%257D |website=m.espn.com |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[Clay Buchholz]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Clay Buchholz Stats, Fantasy & News |url=https://www.milb.com/player/clay-buchholz-453329 |website=MiLB.com |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[Giorgio Chiellini]], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pellizzari |first1=Tommaso |title=World Cup 2014: Italy profile – Giorgio Chiellini {{!}} Tommaso Pellizzari |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/02/world-cup-2014-italy-profile-giorgio-chiellini |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en |date=2 June 2014}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[Josh Gorges]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Gorges Stats and News |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/josh-gorges-8470324 |website=NHL.com |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[Nick Grimshaw]], English radio and television host<ref>{{cite web |title=Nick Grimshaw |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2bde925ee6 |website=BFI |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[Nicola Slater]], Scottish tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicola Slater - Player Profile - Tennis |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/nicola-slater_prs356163/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[Robin Söderling]], Swedish tennis player<ref>{{cite web |title=Robin Soderling |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/paperroundfootball/sport/player/27049.html |website=ESPN.co.uk |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1985]] &ndash; [[Christian Gentner]], German footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Christian Gentner |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/84755/christian-gentner |website=ESPN.com |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1985 &ndash; [[Shea Weber]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Shea Weber |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/shea-weber/ |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1986]] &ndash; [[Braian Rodríguez]], Uruguayan footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Bryan Rodríguez - Player Profile - Fotball |url=https://www.eurosport.no/fotball/bryan-rodriguez_prs416945/person.shtml |website=Eurosport |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=no}}</ref> *[[1987]] &ndash; [[Tim Tebow]], American football and baseball player and sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |title=Tim Tebow Facts & Stats |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Tim-Tebow |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1989]] &ndash; [[Ander Herrera]], Spanish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Ander Herrera |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/125651 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> * 1989 &ndash; [[Kyle Turris]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kyle Turris |url=https://www.espn.com/nhl/player/gamelog/_/id/3892/kyle-turris |website=ESPN.com |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Richard Freitag]], German ski jumper<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Richard Freitag |url=http://www.olympedia.org/athletes/127864 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=16 March 2021}}</ref> <!--Do not add yourself or 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.--> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[582]] &ndash; [[Tiberius II Constantine]], Byzantine emperor<ref>{{cite web |title=Tiberius II Constantinus {{!}} Facts, Reign, & Biography |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tiberius-II-Constantinus |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1040]] &ndash; [[Duncan I of Scotland]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cannon |first1=John |last2=Hargreaves |first2=Anne |title=The Kings and Queens of Britain |date=26 March 2009 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-158028-4 |page=131 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FKhB1kiXq7YC&pg=PT131 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1167]] &ndash; [[Rainald of Dassel]], Italian archbishop<ref>{{cite web |title=Rainald Of Dassel {{!}} German statesman |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rainald-of-Dassel |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1204]] &ndash; [[Minamoto no Yoriie]], second Shōgun of the [[Kamakura shogunate]]<ref>{{Cite book |url=http://www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~micro-8/toshio/azuma/120407.html |title=Azuma Kagami |language=ja |chapter=18}}: 7月18日 [愚管抄]   修善寺にて、また頼家入道をば指ころしてけり。とみにえとりつめざりければ、頸に   緒をつけ、ふぐりを取などしてころしてけりと聞えき。人はいみじくたけきも力及ば   ぬことなりけり。ひきは其郡に父の党とて、みせやの大夫行時と云う者のむすめを妻   にして、一万御前が母をばもうけたるなり。その行時は又兒玉党にしたるなり。 </ref> *[[1433]] &ndash; [[John I of Portugal]] (b. 1357)<ref>{{cite web |title=John I {{!}} king of Portugal |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-I-king-of-Portugal |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1464]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius II]] (b. 1405)<ref>{{cite book |title=Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge |year=1891 |publisher=J.B. Lippincott & Company |page=208 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GJlAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA208 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1573]] &ndash; [[Saitō Tatsuoki]], Japanese daimyō (b. 1548)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Koike |first1=Kazuo |last2=Kojima |first2=Goseki |title=Shinobi with Extending Fists |year=2006 |publisher=Dark Horse Comics |isbn=978-1-59307-509-5 |page=293 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3H0EDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA293 |language=en}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1691]] &ndash; [[Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell]], Irish soldier and politician (b. 1630)<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Talbot, earl of Tyrconnell {{!}} Irish Jacobite |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Talbot-earl-of-Tyrconnell |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1716]] &ndash; [[Madre María Rosa]], Capuchin nun from Spain, to Peru (b. 1660)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Sisters and workers in the middle ages|last=Bennett|first=Judith M|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=1989|location=Chicago}}</ref> *[[1727]] &ndash; [[William Croft]], English organist and composer (b. 1678)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Croft {{!}} English musician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Croft |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1774]] &ndash; [[Johann Jakob Reiske]], German physician and scholar (b. 1716)<ref>{{cite web |title=Johann Jakob Reiske {{!}} German scholar |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-Jakob-Reiske |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1784]] &ndash; [[Nathaniel Hone the Elder]], Irish-born English painter and academic (b. 1718)<ref>{{cite web |title=Self-portrait of Nathaniel Hone, R.A. {{!}} Works of Art {{!}} RA Collection {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/self-portrait-of-nathaniel-hone-r-a |website=www.royalacademy.org.uk |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1852]] &ndash; [[Margaret Taylor]], First Lady of the United States (b. 1788)<ref>{{cite web |title=Margaret Taylor {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Taylor |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1854]] &ndash; [[Carl Carl]], Polish-born actor and theatre director (b. 1787)<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Bernbrunn, Carl|chapter-url=http://www.literature.at/viewer.alo?objid=12537&page=341&scale=3.33&viewmode=fullscreen|title=[[Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich]]|language=de|page=327|access-date=July 17, 2019}}</ref> *[[1860]] &ndash; [[André Marie Constant Duméril]], French zoologist and entomologist (b. 1774)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Damkaer |first1=David M. |title=The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History |year=2002 |publisher=American Philosophical Society |isbn=978-0-87169-240-5 |page=140 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TgUNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA140 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1870]] &ndash; [[David Farragut]], American admiral (b. 1801)<ref>{{cite web |title=David Farragut {{!}} United States admiral |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/David-Farragut |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1890]] &ndash; [[Michael J. McGivney]], American priest, founded the [[Knights of Columbus]] (b. 1852)<ref>{{cite web |title=McGivney, Michael J. (1852-1890), Catholic priest and founder of the Knights of Columbus |url=https://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0800959 |website=American National Biography |year=2000 |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0800959|last1=Kauffman |first1=Christopher J. |isbn=978-0-19-860669-7 }}</ref> *[[1891]] &ndash; [[Sarah Childress Polk]], First Lady of the United States (b. 1803)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sarah Polk {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sarah-Polk |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] &ndash; [[Simeon Solomon]], English soldier and painter (b. 1840)<ref>{{cite web |title=Simeon Solomon {{!}} Artist {{!}} Royal Academy of Arts |url=https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/name/simeon-solomon |website=www.royalacademy.org.uk |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1909]] &ndash; [[William Stanley (inventor)|William Stanley]], British engineer and author (b. 1829)<ref>{{cite web |title=Authors : Stanley, William : SFE : Science Fiction Encyclopedia |url=http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/stanley_william |website=www.sf-encyclopedia.com |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1922]] &ndash; [[Rebecca Cole]], American physician and social reformer (b. 1846)<ref>{{cite book|first=Darryl|last=Lyman|title=Great African-American Women|location=New York|publisher=J David|year=2005|isbn=978-0-82460-459-2|page=279}}</ref> *[[1928]] &ndash; [[Klabund]], German author and poet (b. 1890)<ref>{{cite web |title=Klabund {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Klabund |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1938]] &ndash; [[Hugh Trumble]], Australian cricketer and accountant (b. 1876)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pierce |first1=Peter |title=Hugh Trumble |chapter=Trumble, Hugh (1867–1938) |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/trumble-hugh-8860 |website=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1941]] &ndash; [[Maximilian Kolbe]], Polish martyr and saint (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Maksymilian Maria Kolbe {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Maksymilian-Maria-Kolbe |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1941 &ndash; [[Paul Sabatier (chemist)|Paul Sabatier]], French chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1854)<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Sabatier {{!}} French chemist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Sabatier-French-chemist |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1943]] &ndash; [[Joe Kelley]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1871)<ref>{{cite web |title=Joe Kelley |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/joe-kelley/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1951]] &ndash; [[William Randolph Hearst]], American publisher and politician, founded the [[Hearst Corporation]] (b. 1863)<ref>{{cite web |title=William Randolph Hearst {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Randolph-Hearst |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1954]] &ndash; [[Hugo Eckener]], German pilot and designer (b. 1868)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hugo Eckener {{!}} German aeronautical engineer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hugo-Eckener |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1955]] &ndash; [[Herbert Putnam]], American lawyer and publisher, [[Librarian of Congress]] (b. 1861)<ref>{{cite web |title=Herbert Putnam {{!}} American librarian |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Herbert-Putnam |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1956]] &ndash; [[Bertolt Brecht]], German poet, playwright, and director (b. 1898)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bertolt Brecht {{!}} Biography, Plays, Epic Theater, Poems, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bertolt-Brecht |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1956 &ndash; [[Konstantin von Neurath]], German lawyer and politician, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Germany)|Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1873)<ref>{{cite web |title=Konstantin, baron von Neurath {{!}} German official |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantin-Freiherr-von-Neurath |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1958]] &ndash; [[Frédéric Joliot-Curie]], French physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1900)<ref>{{cite web |title=Frédéric and Irène Joliot-Curie {{!}} French chemists |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Frederic-and-Irene-Joliot-Curie |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1963]] &ndash; [[Clifford Odets]], American director, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clifford Odets {{!}} American dramatist |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clifford-Odets |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1964]] &ndash; [[Johnny Burnette]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Morrison |first1=Craig |title=Go Cat Go!: Rockabilly Music and Its Makers |year=1996 |publisher=University of Illinois Press |isbn=978-0-252-06538-5 |page=103 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAHvUO5GknMC&pg=PA103 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1965]] &ndash; [[Vello Kaaristo]], Estonian skier (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web |title=Olympedia – Vello Kaaristo |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/88602 |website=www.olympedia.org |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1967]] &ndash; [[Bob Anderson (racing driver)|Bob Anderson]], English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1931)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Anderson |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/brabham/motorsport/driver/851.html |website=ESPN UK |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1972]] &ndash; [[Oscar Levant]], American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1906)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rayno |first1=Don |title=Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930-1967 |date=19 December 2012 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-8322-2 |page=407 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n-hYmPstZmIC&pg=PA407 |language=en}}</ref> * 1972 &ndash; [[Jules Romains]], French author and poet (b. 1885)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jules Romains {{!}} French author |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jules-Romains |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1973]] &ndash; [[Fred Gipson]], American journalist and author (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Scott |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. |date=19 August 2016 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-2599-7 |page=281 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA281 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1978]] &ndash; [[Nicolas Bentley]], English author and illustrator (b. 1907)<ref>{{cite book |last1=NA |first1=NA |title=Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers |date=25 December 2015 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-81366-7 |page=106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_U6vCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1980]] &ndash; [[Dorothy Stratten]], Canadian-American model and actress (b. 1960)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Flowers |first1=R. Barri |last2=Flowers |first2=H. Loraine |title=Murders in the United States: Crimes, Killers and Victims of the Twentieth Century |date=January 2004 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-2075-9 |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gh6q_-Vzc0YC&pg=PA47 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1981]] &ndash; [[Karl Böhm]], Austrian conductor and director (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite web |title=Karl Böhm {{!}} Austrian musician |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Bohm |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 1981 &ndash; [[Dudley Nourse]], South African cricketer (b. 1910)<ref>{{cite web |title=All-round records {{!}} Test matches {{!}} Cricinfo Statsguru {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/46589.html?class=1;type=allround |website=Cricinfo |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> *[[1982]] &ndash; [[Mahasi Sayadaw]], Burmese monk and philosopher (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Melton |first1=J. Gordon |last2=Baumann |first2=Martin |title=Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, 2nd Edition [6 volumes] |date=21 September 2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-59884-204-3 |page=418 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v2yiyLLOj88C&pg=PA418 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1984]] &ndash; [[Spud Davis]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite web |title=Spud Davis |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/spud-davis/ |website=Society for American Baseball Research |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> * 1984 &ndash; [[J. B. Priestley]], English novelist and playwright (b. 1894)<ref>{{cite web |title=J. B. Priestley {{!}} British writer |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/J-B-Priestley |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1985]] &ndash; [[Gale Sondergaard]], American actress (b. 1899)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gale Sondergaard Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/facts/Gale-Sondergaard |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1988]] &ndash; [[Roy Buchanan]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Prown |first1=Pete |last2=Newquist |first2=Harvey P. |title=Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists |year=1997 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation |isbn=978-0-7935-4042-6 |page=92 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60Jde3l7WNwC&pg=PA92 |language=en}}</ref> * 1988 &ndash; [[Robert Calvert]], South African-English singer-songwriter and playwright (b. 1945){{r|larkin|p=1712}} * 1988 &ndash; [[Enzo Ferrari]], Italian race car driver and businessman, founded [[Ferrari]] (b. 1898)<ref>{{cite web |title=Enzo Ferrari {{!}} Biography & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Enzo-Ferrari |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Alberto Crespo]], Argentinian race car driver (b. 1920)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alberto Crespo |url=http://en.espn.co.uk/f1/motorsport/driver/617.html |website=ESPN UK |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1992]] &ndash; [[John Sirica]], American lawyer and judge (b. 1904)<ref>{{cite web |title=John Sirica {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Watergate Trial |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Sirica |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1994]] &ndash; [[Elias Canetti]], Bulgarian-Swiss author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1905)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Elias Canetti |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-elias-canetti-1377364.html |website=The Independent |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=18 September 2011}}</ref> * 1994 &ndash; [[Alice Childress]], American actress, playwright, and author (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alice Childress {{!}} American writer and actress |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alice-Childress |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1996]] &ndash; [[Sergiu Celibidache]], Romanian conductor and composer (b. 1912)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Sergiu Celibidache |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sergiu-celibidache-1309910.html |website=The Independent |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=23 October 2011}}</ref> *[[1999]] &ndash; [[Pee Wee Reese]], American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pee Wee Reese {{!}} American baseball player and broadcaster |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pee-Wee-Reese |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2002]] &ndash; [[Larry Rivers]], American painter and sculptor (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Larry Rivers {{!}} American painter |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Larry-Rivers |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2003]] &ndash; [[Helmut Rahn]], German footballer (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=Obituary: Helmut Rahn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/aug/15/guardianobituaries.football |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=15 August 2003}}</ref> *[[2004]] &ndash; [[Czesław Miłosz]], Polish-born American novelist, essayist, and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1911)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Czerniawski |first1=Adam |title=Obituary: Czeslaw Milosz |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/aug/16/guardianobituaries.booksobituaries |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=15 August 2004}}</ref> * 2004 &ndash; [[Trevor Skeet]], New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (b. 1918)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Critchley |first1=Julian |title=Obituary: Sir Trevor Skeet |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/aug/19/guardianobituaries.conservatives |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=18 August 2004}}</ref> *[[2006]] &ndash; [[Bruno Kirby]], American actor (b. 1949)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Obituary: Bruno Kirby |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/aug/30/guardianobituaries.usa |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=29 August 2006}}</ref> *[[2007]] &ndash; [[Tikhon Khrennikov]], Russian pianist and composer (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kozinn |first1=Allan |title=Tikhon Khrennikov, Prolific Soviet Composer, Dies at 94 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/15/arts/music/15khrennikov.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=15 August 2007}}</ref> *[[2010]] &ndash; [[Herman Leonard]], American photographer (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Herman Leonard obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/aug/17/herman-leonard-obituary |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=17 August 2010}}</ref> *[[2012]] &ndash; [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]], Indian lawyer and politician, [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra]] (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news |title=Union minister Vilasrao Deshmukh passes away |url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/union-minister-vilasrao-deshmukh-passes-away/articleshow/15491218.cms |website=The Economic Times |access-date=19 March 2021}}</ref> * 2012 &ndash; [[Svetozar Gligorić]], Serbian chess player (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Svetozar Gligoric obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/aug/22/svetozar-gligoric |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en |date=22 August 2012}}</ref> * 2012 &ndash; [[Phyllis Thaxter]], American actress (b. 1919)<ref>{{cite web |title=Phyllis Thaxter obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/aug/17/phyllis-thaxter |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 March 2021 |language=en |date=17 August 2012}}</ref> *[[2013]] &ndash; [[Jack Germond]], American journalist and author (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Douglas |title=Jack Germond, Political Reporter of the Old School, Dies at 85 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/us/jack-germond-political-reporter-of-the-old-school-dies-at-85.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/15/us/jack-germond-political-reporter-of-the-old-school-dies-at-85.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=15 August 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2014]] &ndash; [[Leonard Fein]], American journalist and academic, co-founded ''[[Moment (magazine)|Moment Magazine]]'' (b. 1934)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weber |first1=Bruce |title=Leonard Fein, Provocative Writer on Jewish Affairs, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/us/leonard-fein-80-provocative-writer-on-jewish-affairs-dies.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/17/us/leonard-fein-80-provocative-writer-on-jewish-affairs-dies.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=16 August 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> * 2014 &ndash; [[George V. Hansen]], American politician (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vitello |first1=Paul |title=George Hansen, Idaho Congressman and Convicted Swindler, Dies at 83 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/us/george-v-hansen-seven-term-idaho-congressman-dies-at-83.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/us/george-v-hansen-seven-term-idaho-congressman-dies-at-83.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=20 August 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2015]] &ndash; [[Bob Johnston]], American songwriter and producer (b. 1932)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bob Johnston |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/13625837.bob-johnston/ |website=HeraldScotland |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[2016]] &ndash; [[Fyvush Finkel]], American actor (b. 1922)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Berger |first1=Joseph |title=Fyvush Finkel, Pillar of Yiddish Theater Who Crossed Into TV, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/theater/fyvush-finkel-pillar-of-yiddish-theater-dies-at-93.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/15/theater/fyvush-finkel-pillar-of-yiddish-theater-dies-at-93.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |website=The New York Times |access-date=19 March 2021 |date=15 August 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[2018]] &ndash; [[Jill Janus]], American singer (b. 1975)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/music/jill-janus-frontwoman-huntress-dead-43/|title=Jill Janus, Frontwoman of Heavy Metal Rock Band Huntress, Dies By Suicide at 43|website=People|date=16 August 2018|last=Fernandez|first=Alexia|access-date=17 August 2018}}</ref> *[[2019]] &ndash; [[Polly Farmer]], Australian footballer and coach (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://australianfootball.com/players/player/graham+%27polly%27+farmer/9390|title=Australian Football - Graham 'Polly' Farmer - Player Bio|website=australianfootball.com}}</ref> *[[2020]] &ndash; [[Julian Bream]], English classical guitarist and lutenist (b. 1933)<ref>{{cite web |title=Julian Bream {{!}} Biography, Music, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Julian-Bream |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 2020 &ndash; [[Angela Buxton]], British tennis player (b. 1934)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/sports/tennis/angela-buxton-dead.html|title=Angela Buxton, Half of an Outcast Duo in Tennis History, Dies at 85|first=Katharine Q.|last=Seelye|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 28, 2020}}</ref> * 2020 &ndash; [[James R. Thompson]], American politician, Governor of Illinois (1977–91) (b. 1936)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/2020?p=3|title=Famous People Who Died in 2020|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-22}}</ref> <!--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]]: **[[Arnold of Soissons]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Foley |first1=Michael P. |title=Drinking with the Saints: The Sinner's Guide to a Holy Happy Hour |date=4 May 2015 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-62157-383-8 |page=272 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e4ipBgAAQBAJ&pg=PT272 |language=en}}</ref> **[[Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Butler |first1=Alban |last2=Burns |first2=Paul |title=Butler's Lives of the Saints: September |date=January 1995 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-86012-258-6 |page=259 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-KKc-SzyoEUC&pg=PA259 |language=en}}</ref> **[[Eusebius of Rome]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Butler |first1=Alban |title=Butler's Lives of the Saints |date=January 1995 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-8146-2388-6 |page=312 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u32OUS4-yd0C&pg=PA312 |language=en}}</ref> **[[Jonathan Myrick Daniels]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Portaro |first1=Sam |title=Brightest and Best: A Companion to the Lesser Feasts and Fasts |date=25 January 1998 |publisher=Cowley Publications |isbn=978-1-4616-6051-4 |page=141 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yp3wPBN8QyQC&pg=PA141 |language=en}}</ref> **[[Maximilian Kolbe]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Maksymilian Maria Kolbe {{!}} Biography, Facts, & Death |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Maksymilian-Maria-Kolbe |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=19 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[Falklands Day]] is the celebration of the first sighting of the [[Falkland Islands]] by [[John Davis (English explorer)|John Davis]] in 1592.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://en.mercopress.com/2013/08/19/falklands-day-celebrated-on-14-august-remembers-first-recorded-sighting-by-john-davis-in-1592|title=Falklands' Day celebrated on 14 August remembers first recorded sighting by John Davis in 1592|website=MercoPress|access-date=2017-05-31}}</ref> *[[Independence Day (Pakistan)|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of Pakistan from the United Kingdom in 1947.<ref name="BBC"/> *[[Partition Horrors Remembrance Day]] commemorates the victims and sufferings of people during the Partition of India in 1947.<ref>{{cite web |title=Learning, not avenging history – Why India needs rethink on Partition Horrors Remembrance Day |date=14 August 2021 |publisher=The Print |url=https://theprint.in/campus-voice/learning-not-avenging-history-why-india-needs-rethink-on-partition-horrors-remembrance-day/721611/ |language=en}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name="larkin">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2011 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-595-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=RA21-PA2005-IA3 |language=en}}</ref> }} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/14 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=14}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/14 |title=Historical Events on August 14 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} * {{cite web |url=http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/August_14 |title=Today in Canadian History |publisher=Canada Channel}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:August 14}} [[Category:Days of the year]] [[Category:August]]'
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