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*[[2012]] – At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the [[Xiaojiawan coal mine disaster|Xiaojiawan coal mine]], located at [[Panzhihua|Panzhihua, Sichuan Province]].
*[[2012]] – At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the [[Xiaojiawan coal mine disaster|Xiaojiawan coal mine]], located at [[Panzhihua|Panzhihua, Sichuan Province]].
* 2012 &ndash; The [[2012 Summer Paralympics|XIV Paralympic Games]] open in [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=London 2012 |url=https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=International Paralympic Committee}}</ref>
* 2012 &ndash; The [[2012 Summer Paralympics|XIV Paralympic Games]] open in [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=London 2012 |url=https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=International Paralympic Committee}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Corbin Carroll]] makes his [[MLB]] debut against the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]. Once trailing 0-7, Carroll would fuel a comeback to 13-7, the largest comeback in [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] franchise history.


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'{{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[708]] &ndash; [[Wadōkaichin|Copper coins]] are minted in [[Japan]] for the first time (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: August 10, 708). * [[870]] &ndash; The city of [[Melite (ancient city)|Melite]] surrenders to an [[Aghlabids|Aghlabid]] army [[Siege of Melite (870)|following a siege]], putting an end to [[Byzantine Malta]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Luttrell | first = Anthony | title = Medieval Malta : studies on Malta before the Knights | publisher = The British School at Rome | location = London | year = 1975 | isbn = 9780904152029 | page=83}}</ref> *[[1009]] &ndash; [[Mainz Cathedral]] suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its [[inauguration]]. *[[1261]] &ndash; [[Pope Urban IV]] succeeds [[Pope Alexander IV]], becoming the 182nd pope. *[[1315]] &ndash; [[Battle of Montecatini]]: The army of the [[Republic of Pisa]], commanded by [[Uguccione della Faggiuola]], wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the [[Kingdom of Naples]] and the [[Republic of Florence]] despite being outnumbered.<ref>{{cite book | last = Bowsky | first = William | title = A medieval Italian commune : Siena under the Nine, 1287-1355 | publisher = University of California Press | location = Berkeley | year = 1981 | isbn = 9780520042568 | page=167}}</ref> *[[1350]] &ndash; [[Battle of Winchelsea]] (or [[Les Espagnols sur Mer]]): The [[Kingdom of England|English]] [[naval fleet]] under King [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] defeats a [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]] fleet of 40 ships.<ref>{{cite book|author=Robin Neillands|title=The Hundred Years War|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781134507405|year=2002|page=114}}</ref> *[[1475]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Picquigny]] ends a brief war between the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of France|France]] and England. *[[1484]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent VIII]] succeeds [[Pope Sixtus IV]]. *[[1498]] &ndash; [[Vasco da Gama]] decides to depart [[Kozhikode|Calicut]] and return to [[Kingdom of Portugal]]. *[[1521]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Turks]] capture [[Nándorfehérvár]] (Belgrade). *[[1526]] &ndash; [[Battle of Mohács]]: The [[Ottoman Turks]] led by [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] defeat and kill the last [[Jagiellonian]] king of [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] and [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]]. *[[1541]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Turks]] capture [[Buda]], the capital of the [[Hungarian Kingdom]]. *[[1588]] &ndash; [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] issues a nationwide [[sword hunt|sword hunting ordinance]], disarming the peasantry so as to firmly separate the ''[[samurai]]'' and commoner classes, prevent peasant uprisings, and further centralise his own power.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 November 2005 |title=荻野研究室収集文書 |url=https://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/collect/b12/b12-87.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724202815/https://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/collect/b12/b12-87.html |archive-date=24 July 2022 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=Waseda University Library}} For date conversion, see {{Cite book |last=Zhang |first=Peiyu |title=三千五百年历日天象 |publisher=Elephant Press |year=1997 |language=zh}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1728]] &ndash; The city of [[Nuuk]] in [[Greenland]] is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the [[list of governors of Greenland|royal governor]] [[Claus Paarss]]. *[[1741]] &ndash; The [[1741 eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami|eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami]]: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a [[tsunami]] caused by the eruption of [[Oshima (Hokkaido)|Oshima]].<ref name="A Study on the Impacts of the 1741 Tsunami Recorded in the Annals of Joseon Dynasty">{{cite journal |author1=Sang-Shin Byun |author2=Kyeong Ok Kim |title=A study on the effects of the 1741 tsunami recorded in the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty |journal=Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers |date=25 February 2021 |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=30–37 |doi=10.9765/KSCOE.2021.33.1.30 |s2cid=233955868 |url=http://jkscoe.or.kr/journal/view.php?number=361 |access-date=30 March 2021|doi-access=free }}</ref> *[[1756]] &ndash; [[Frederick the Great]] attacks [[Electorate of Saxony|Saxony]], beginning the [[Seven Years' War]] in Europe. *[[1758]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Easton]] establishes the first American [[Indian reservation]], at [[Indian Mills, New Jersey]], for the [[Lenape]]. *[[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: British and American forces battle indecisively at the [[Battle of Rhode Island]]. *[[1779]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: American forces battle and defeat the British and [[Iroquois]] forces at the [[Battle of Newtown]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://usgwarchives.net/pa/1pa/1picts/sullivan/sullbio2.html|title = Sullbio2}}</ref> *[[1786]] &ndash; [[Shays' Rebellion]], an armed uprising of [[Massachusetts]] farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens. *[[1807]] &ndash; British troops under Sir [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]] defeat a Danish militia outside [[Copenhagen]] in the [[Battle of Køge]]. *[[1825]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portuguese]] and [[Empire of Brazil|Brazilian]] diplomats sign the [[Treaty of Rio de Janeiro (1825)|Treaty of Rio de Janeiro]], which has Portugal recognise Brazilian independence, formally ending the [[War of Independence of Brazil|Brazilian war of independence]]. The treaty will be ratified by the [[King of Portugal]] three months later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tratado de Paz, Amizade e Aliança |url=http://dai-mre.serpro.gov.br/atos-internacionais/bilaterais/1825/b_2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623195152/http://dai-mre.serpro.gov.br/atos-internacionais/bilaterais/1825/b_2 |archive-date=23 June 2017 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=Sistema Atos Internacionais}}</ref> *[[1831]] &ndash; [[Michael Faraday]] discovers [[electromagnetic induction]]. *[[1842]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Nanking]] signing ends the [[First Opium War]]. *[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries]] gives Federal forces control of [[Pamlico Sound]]. *[[1869]] &ndash; The [[Mount Washington Cog Railway]] opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing [[rack railway]]. *[[1871]] &ndash; [[Emperor Meiji]] orders the [[abolition of the han system]] and the establishment of [[Prefectures of Japan|prefectures]] as local centers of administration. (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: July 14, 1871). *[[1885]] &ndash; [[Gottlieb Daimler]] patents the world's first [[internal combustion]] [[motorcycle]], the ''[[Daimler Reitwagen|Reitwagen]]''. *[[1898]] &ndash; The [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] tire company is founded. ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] &ndash; The {{ship|Russian battleship|Slava||2}}, the last of the five {{sclass|Borodino|battleship}}s, is launched. *[[1907]] &ndash; The [[Quebec Bridge]] collapses during construction, killing 75 workers. *[[1910]] &ndash; The [[Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910]], also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the [[Korea under Japanese rule|period of Japanese rule]] in Korea. *[[1911]] &ndash; [[Ishi]], considered the last [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern [[California]]. * 1911 &ndash; The Canadian Naval Service becomes the [[Royal Canadian Navy]].<ref>Gilbert Norman Tucker ''The Naval Service of Canada: Its Official History'' Ottawa, 1952</ref> *[[1912]] &ndash; A [[1912 China typhoon|typhoon strikes China]], killing at least 50,000 people.<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|title=The Worst Natural Disasters by Death Toll|year=2009|access-date=January 2, 2012|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/noaa_documents/NOAA_related_docs/death_toll_natural_disasters.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/noaa_documents/NOAA_related_docs/death_toll_natural_disasters.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: Start of the [[Battle of St. Quentin (1914)|Battle of St. Quentin]] in which the French [[Fifth Army (France)|Fifth Army]] counter-attacked the invading Germans at [[Saint-Quentin, Aisne]]. *[[1915]] &ndash; US Navy salvage divers raise {{USS|F-4|SS-23|2}}, the first U.S. [[submarine]] sunk in an accident. *[[1916]] &ndash; The United States passes the [[Jones Law (Philippines)|Philippine Autonomy Act]]. *[[1918]] &ndash; World War I: [[Bapaume]] taken by the [[New Zealand Division]] in the [[Hundred Days Offensive]]. *[[1930]] &ndash; The last 36 remaining inhabitants of [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]] are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland. *[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Tallinn]], the capital of [[Estonia]], is occupied by [[Nazi Germany]] following an occupation by the [[Soviet Union]]. *[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: [[Occupation of Denmark|German-occupied Denmark]] scuttles most of its [[Royal Danish Navy|navy]]; Germany dissolves the Danish government. *[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: [[Slovak National Uprising]] takes place as 60,000 [[Slovaks|Slovak]] troops turn against the [[Nazism|Nazi]]s. *[[1948]] &ndash; [[Northwest Airlines Flight 421]] crashes in [[Fountain City, Wisconsin]], killing all 37 aboard.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Martin 2-0-2 NC93044 Winona, WI |url=https://www.aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19480829-0 |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=www.aviation-safety.net}}</ref> *[[1949]] &ndash; [[Soviet atomic bomb project]]: The [[Soviet Union]] tests its first [[atomic bomb]], known as ''[[RDS-1|First Lightning]]'' or ''Joe 1'', at [[Semipalatinsk Test Site|Semipalatinsk]], [[Kazakhstan]]. *[[1950]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: [[British people|British]] troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there. *[[1952]] &ndash; [[American people|American]] [[experimental music|experimental composer]] [[John Cage]]’s ''[[4’33”]]'' premieres at [[Maverick Concert Hall]], played by [[American people|American]] pianist [[David Tudor]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ross |first=Alex |date=4 October 2010 |title=Searching for Silence: John Cage's art of noise |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/10/04/searching-for-silence |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |location=New York, NY |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |access-date=}}</ref> *[[1958]] &ndash; [[United States Air Force Academy]] opens in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]. *[[1965]] &ndash; The [[Gemini 5|Gemini V]] spacecraft returns to [[Earth]], landing in the Atlantic Ocean. *[[1966]] &ndash; [[The Beatles]] perform their last concert before paying fans at [[Candlestick Park]] in [[San Francisco]]. * 1966 &ndash; Leading Egyptian thinker [[Sayyid Qutb]] is executed for plotting the assassination of President [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]. *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Chicano Moratorium]] against the [[Vietnam War]], [[East Los Angeles, California]]. Police riot kills three people, including journalist [[Rubén Salazar]]. *[[1975]] &ndash; [[Tacnazo|El Tacnazo]]: [[Peru]]vian [[President of the Council of Ministers of Peru|Prime Minister]] [[Francisco Morales Bermúdez]] carries out a [[Tacnazo|coup d’état]] in the city of [[Tacna]], forcing the sitting [[President of Peru]], [[Juan Velasco Alvarado]], to resign and assuming his place as the new [[President of Peru|President]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Osorio Soto |first=Gary M. |date=August 2021 |title=El Tacnazo: Crónica De Una Llamada Que Cambió La Historia |url=https://www.academia.edu/52576698 |journal=Revista de la Asociación de Estudios Históricos de Tacna |volume=1 |issue=3 |page=9 |via=Academia}}</ref> *[[1982]] &ndash; The synthetic [[chemical element]] [[Meitnerium]], [[atomic number]] 109, is first synthesized at the [[Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung]] in [[Darmstadt]], Germany. *[[1987]] &ndash; [[Evangelical Baptist Church of Korea#Odaeyang mass suicide|Odaeyang mass suicide]]: 33 individuals linked to a [[Evangelical Baptist Church of Korea|religious cult]] are found dead in the attic of a cafeteria in [[Yongin]], [[South Korea]]. Investigators attribute their deaths to a [[murder-suicide]] pact.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Renfrew |first=Barry |date=29 August 1987 |title=33 Bodies Found In Attic After Apparent Murder-Suicide Pact |work=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/ad93eedacb89524018ecbec4a1cf9f5c |url-status=live |access-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516181223/https://apnews.com/article/ad93eedacb89524018ecbec4a1cf9f5c |archive-date=16 May 2022}}</ref> *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union]] suspends all activities of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Soviet Communist Party]]. * 1991 &ndash; [[Libero Grassi]], an Italian businessman from [[Palermo]], is killed by the [[Sicilian Mafia]] after taking a solitary stand against their [[extortion]] demands. *[[1996]] &ndash; [[Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801]], a [[Tupolev Tu-154]], crashes into a mountain on the [[Arctic]] island of [[Spitsbergen]], killing all 141 aboard. *[[1997]] &ndash; [[Netflix]] is launched as an internet [[DVD]] rental service. * 1997 &ndash; At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria [[Armed Islamic Group|GIA]] in the [[Rais massacre]], [[Algeria]]. *[[1998]] &ndash; Eighty people are killed when [[Cubana de Aviación Flight 389]] crashes during a [[rejected takeoff]] from the [[Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport]] in [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154M CU-T1264 Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980829-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-27|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307092250/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19980829-0 |archive-date=2005-03-07 }}</ref> *[[2001]] &ndash; Four people are killed when [[Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261]] crashes into the [[N-340 road (Spain)|N-340 highway]] near [[Málaga Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident CASA CN-235-200 EC-FBC Málaga Airport (AGP) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010829-0 |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref> *[[2003]] &ndash; [[Sayed]] [[Ayatollah]] [[Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim]], the [[Shia Muslim]] leader in [[Iraq]], is [[assassination|assassin]]ated in a [[Imam Ali mosque bombing|terrorist bombing]], along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a [[mosque]] in [[Najaf]]. *[[2005]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Katrina]] [[Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans|devastates]] much of the [[U.S. Gulf Coast]] from [[Louisiana]] to the [[Florida Panhandle]], killing up to 1,836 people and causing $125&nbsp;billion in damage. *[[2012]] &ndash; At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the [[Xiaojiawan coal mine disaster|Xiaojiawan coal mine]], located at [[Panzhihua|Panzhihua, Sichuan Province]]. * 2012 &ndash; The [[2012 Summer Paralympics|XIV Paralympic Games]] open in [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=London 2012 |url=https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=International Paralympic Committee}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[979]] &ndash; [[Otto, Count of Vermandois|Otto]] (or '''Eudes'''), French nobleman (d. 1045) *[[1321]] &ndash; [[John of Artois, Count of Eu|John of Artois]], French nobleman (d. 1387) *[[1347]] &ndash; [[John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]], English nobleman and soldier (d. 1375) *[[1434]] &ndash; [[Janus Pannonius]], Hungarian bishop and poet (d. 1472) *[[1514]] &ndash; [[García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca]], Spanish noble and admiral (d. 1577) *[[1534]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Pieck]], Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr (d. 1572) *[[1597]] &ndash; [[Henry Gage (soldier)|Henry Gage]], Royalist officer in the English Civil War (d. 1645) ===1601–1900=== *[[1619]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]], French economist and politician, [[Controller-General of Finances]] (d. 1683) *[[1628]] &ndash; [[John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (d. 1701) *[[1632]] &ndash; [[John Locke]], English physician and philosopher (d. 1704) *[[1724]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Casti]], Italian poet and author (d. 1803) *[[1725]] &ndash; [[Charles Townshend]], English politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (d. 1767) *[[1728]] &ndash; [[Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony]], electress of Bavaria (d. 1797) *[[1756]] &ndash; [[Jan Śniadecki]], Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1830) *[[1756]] &ndash; [[Count Heinrich von Bellegarde]], Austrian general and politician (d. 1845) *[[1772]] &ndash; [[James Finlayson (industrialist)|James Finlayson]], Scottish [[Quaker]] (d. 1852)<ref>Brian D. J. Denoon: ''Finlayson, James (1772–1852)'', [[ODNB|Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]], Oxford University Press, 2004.</ref> *[[1773]] &ndash; [[Aimé Bonpland]], French botanist and explorer (d. 1858) *[[1777]] &ndash; [[Hyacinth (Bichurin)|Hyacinth]], Russian religious leader, founded [[Sinology]] (d. 1853) *[[1780]] &ndash; [[Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres]], French painter and illustrator (d. 1867) *[[1792]] &ndash; [[Charles Grandison Finney]], American minister and author (d. 1875) *[[1805]] &ndash; [[Frederick Denison Maurice]], English priest, theologian, and author (d. 1872) *[[1809]] &ndash; [[Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.]], American physician and author (d. 1894) *[[1810]] &ndash; [[Juan Bautista Alberdi]], Argentinian theorist and diplomat (d. 1884) *[[1813]] &ndash; [[Henry Bergh]], American activist, founded the [[American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|ASPCA]] (d. 1888)<ref>''National Cyclopedia of American Biography: Volume 3.'' New York: James White and Co., 1893; pg. 106.</ref> *[[1842]] &ndash; [[Alfred Shaw]], English cricketer, rugby player, and umpire (d. 1907) *[[1843]] &ndash; [[David B. Hill]], American lawyer and politician, 29th [[Governor of New York]] (d. 1910) *[[1844]] &ndash; [[Edward Carpenter]], English anthologist and poet (d. 1929) *[[1857]] &ndash; [[Sandford Schultz]], English cricketer (d. 1937) *[[1861]] &ndash; [[Byron G. Harlan]], American singer (d. 1936) *[[1862]] &ndash; [[Andrew Fisher]], Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 1928) * 1862 &ndash; [[Maurice Maeterlinck]], Belgian poet and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1949) *[[1871]] &ndash; [[Albert François Lebrun]], French engineer and politician, 15th [[President of France]] (d. 1950) *[[1875]] &ndash; [[Leonardo De Lorenzo]], Italian flute player and educator (d. 1962) *[[1876]] &ndash; [[Charles F. Kettering]], American engineer and businessman, founded [[Delco Electronics]] (d. 1958) * 1876 &ndash; [[Kim Koo]], South Korean politician, 6th [[Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea|President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea]] (d. 1949) *[[1879]] &ndash; [[Han Yong-un]], Korean independence activist, reformer, and poet (d. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Han Yong-un |url=http://www.hongseong.go.kr/eng/sub01_0503.do |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701042240/http://www.hongseong.go.kr/eng/sub01_0503.do |archive-date=1 July 2022 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=Hongseong}}</ref> *[[1887]] &ndash; [[Jivraj Narayan Mehta]], Indian physicians and politician, 1st [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]] (d. 1978) *[[1888]] &ndash; [[Salme Dutt]], Estonian-English politician (d. 1964) *[[1890]] &ndash; [[Peder Furubotn]], Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (d.1975) *[[1891]] &ndash; [[Marquis James]], American journalist and author (d. 1955) *[[1898]] &ndash; [[Preston Sturges]], American director and producer (d. 1959) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] &ndash; [[Aurèle Joliat]], Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 1986) *[[1904]] &ndash; [[Werner Forssmann]], German physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1979) *[[1905]] &ndash; [[Dhyan Chand]], Indian field hockey player (d. 1979) * 1905 &ndash; [[Arndt Pekurinen]], Finnish activist (d. 1941) *[[1910]] &ndash; [[Vivien Thomas]], American surgeon and academic (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Soylu |first1=Erdinc |last2=Athanasiou |first2=Thanos |last3=Jarral |first3=Omar A |title=Vivien Theodore Thomas (1910–1985): An African-American laboratory technician who went on to become an innovator in cardiac surgery |journal=Journal of Medical Biography |date=May 2017 |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=106–113 |doi=10.1177/0967772015601566 |pmid=26307408 |s2cid=31036235 }}</ref> *[[1911]] &ndash; [[John Charnley]], British orthopedic surgeon (d. 1982) *[[1912]] &ndash; [[Sohn Kee-chung]], South Korean runner (d. 2002) * 1912 &ndash; [[Barry Sullivan (actor)|Barry Sullivan]], American actor (d. 1994) * 1912 &ndash; [[Wolfgang Suschitzky]], Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016) *[[1913]] &ndash; [[Len Butterfield]], New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999) *[[1913]] &ndash; [[Jackie Mitchell]], American baseball pitcher (d. 1987)<ref name="obit">{{cite news |last1=Minsberg |first1=Talya |title=Overlooked No More: Jackie Mitchell, Who Fanned Two of Baseball's Greats |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/obituaries/jackie-mitchell-overlooked.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/obituaries/jackie-mitchell-overlooked.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |access-date=29 July 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=7 November 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1915]] &ndash; [[Ingrid Bergman]], Swedish actress (d. 1982) * 1915 &ndash; [[Nathan Pritikin]], American nutritionist and author (d. 1985) *[[1916]] &ndash; [[Luther Davis]], American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2008) *[[1917]] &ndash; [[Isabel Sanford]], American actress (d. 2004) *[[1920]] &ndash; [[Charlie Parker]], American saxophonist and composer (d. 1955) * 1920 &ndash; [[Herb Simpson]], American baseball player (d. 2015) * 1920 &ndash; [[Otis Boykin]], American inventor and engineer (d. 1982)<ref>{{cite web |title=Otis Boykin |url=https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/otis-boykin |website=lemelson.mit.edu |publisher=Lemelson-MIT Program |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Otis Frank Boykin |url=https://www.nsbp.org/nsbp-news/bhm-physics-profiles/2019-honorees/128-otis-frank-boykin |website=www.nsbp.org |publisher=[[National Society of Black Physicists]] |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref> *[[1922]] &ndash; [[Richard Blackwell]], American actor, fashion designer, and critic (d. 2008) * 1922 &ndash; [[John Edward Williams]], American author and educator (d. 1994) * 1922 &ndash; [[Arthur Anderson (actor)|Arthur Anderson]], American actor (d. 2016) *[[1923]] &ndash; [[Richard Attenborough]], English actor, director, and producer (d. 2014) *[[1924]] &ndash; [[Dinah Washington]], American singer and pianist (d. 1963) *[[1926]] &ndash; [[Helene Ahrweiler]], Greek historian and academic * 1926 &ndash; [[Donn Fendler]], American author and speaker (d. 2016) * 1926 &ndash; [[Betty Lynn]], American actress (d. 2021) *[[1927]] &ndash; [[Jimmy C. Newman]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014) *[[1928]] &ndash; [[Herbert Meier]], Swiss author and translator (d. 2018) *[[1929]] &ndash; [[Thom Gunn]], English-American poet and academic (d. 2004) *[[1930]] &ndash; [[Jacques Bouchard]], Canadian businessman (d. 2006) * 1930 &ndash; [[Carlos Loyzaga]], Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 2016) *[[1931]] &ndash; [[Stelios Kazantzidis]], Greek singer and guitarist (d. 2001) * 1931 &ndash; [[Lise Payette]], Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2018) *[[1933]] &ndash; [[Sorel Etrog]], Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (d. 2014) * 1933 &ndash; [[Arnold Koller]], Swiss politician *[[1934]] &ndash; [[Dimitris Papamichael]], Greek actor and director (d. 2004) *[[1935]] &ndash; [[Hugo Brandt Corstius]], Dutch linguist and author (d. 2014) * 1935 &ndash; [[William Friedkin]], American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1935 &ndash; [[László Garai]], Hungarian psychologist and scholar (d. 2019) *[[1936]] &ndash; [[John McCain]], American captain and politician (d. 2018) *[[1937]] &ndash; [[James Florio]], American commander, lawyer, and politician, 49th [[Governor of New Jersey]] *[[1938]] &ndash; [[Elliott Gould]], American actor and producer * 1938 &ndash; [[Angela Huth]], English journalist and author * 1938 &ndash; [[Christian Müller (footballer, born 1938)|Christian Müller]], German footballer and manager * 1938 &ndash; [[Robert Rubin]], American lawyer and politician, 70th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] *[[1939]] &ndash; [[Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek]], Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter * 1939 &ndash; [[Joel Schumacher]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020) *[[1940]] &ndash; [[James Brady]], American politician and activist, 15th [[White House Press Secretary]] (d. 2014) * 1940 &ndash; [[Gary Gabelich]], American race car driver (d. 1984) *[[1941]] &ndash; [[Robin Leach]], English journalist and television host (d. 2018) *[[1942]] &ndash; [[James Glennon]], American cinematographer (d. 2006) * 1942 &ndash; [[Gottfried John]], German actor (d. 2014) * 1942 &ndash; [[Sterling Morrison]], American singer and guitarist (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sterling-morrison-mn0000749365 |title=Sterling Morrison |first=Richie |last=Unterberger |author-link=Richie Unterberger |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207085628/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sterling-morrison-mn0000749365 |archive-date=February 7, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1943]] &ndash; [[Mohamed Amin]], Kenyan photographer and journalist (d. 1996) * 1943 &ndash; [[Dick Halligan]], American pianist and composer * 1943 &ndash; [[Arthur B. McDonald]], Canadian astrophysicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Chris Copping]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1945 &ndash; [[Wyomia Tyus]], American sprinter *[[1946]] &ndash; [[Bob Beamon]], American long jumper * 1946 &ndash; [[Francine D. Blau]], American economist and academic * 1946 &ndash; [[Demetris Christofias]], Cypriot businessman and politician, 6th [[President of Cyprus]] (d. 2019) * 1946 &ndash; [[Giorgio Orsoni]], Italian lawyer and politician, 17th [[Mayor of Venice]] *[[1947]] &ndash; [[Temple Grandin]], American ethologist, academic, and author * 1947 &ndash; [[James Hunt]], English race car driver and sportscaster (d. 1993) *[[1948]] &ndash; [[Robert S. Langer]], American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic *[[1949]] &ndash; [[Stan Hansen]], American wrestler and actor *[[1950]] &ndash; [[Doug DeCinces]], American baseball player * 1950 &ndash; [[Frank Henenlotter]], American director and screenwriter * 1950 &ndash; [[Dave Reichert]], American soldier and politician *[[1951]] &ndash; [[Geoff Whitehorn]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1952]] &ndash; [[Karen Hesse]], American author and poet * 1952 &ndash; [[Dave Malone]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1952 &ndash; [[Don Schlitz]], American [[Country Music Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] country music songwriter *[[1953]] &ndash; [[David Boaz]], American businessman and author * 1953 &ndash; [[Richard Harding (rugby player)|Richard Harding]], English rugby player * 1953 &ndash; [[James Quesada]], Nicaraguan-American anthropologist and academic *[[1954]] &ndash; [[Michael P. Kube-McDowell]], American journalist, author, and academic *[[1955]] &ndash; [[Diamanda Galás]], American singer-songwriter and pianist * 1955 &ndash; [[Jack Lew]], American lawyer and politician, 25th [[White House Chief of Staff]] *[[1956]] &ndash; [[Mark Morris (choreographer)|Mark Morris]], American dancer and choreographer * 1956 &ndash; [[Eddie Murray (American football)|Eddie Murray]], American football player * 1956 &ndash; [[Charalambos Xanthopoulos]], Greek footballer * 1956 &ndash; [[Steve Yarbrough (writer)|Steve Yarbrough]], American novelist and short story writer *[[1957]] &ndash; [[Jerry D. Bailey]], American jockey and sportscaster * 1957 &ndash; [[Grzegorz Ciechowski]], Polish singer-songwriter, film music composer (d. 2001) *[[1958]] &ndash; [[Lenny Henry]], English comedian, actor, and screenwriter * 1958 &ndash; [[Michael Jackson]], American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (d. 2009) *[[1959]] &ndash; [[Rebecca De Mornay]], American actress * 1959 &ndash; [[Ramón Díaz]], Argentinian footballer and manager * 1959 &ndash; [[Ray Elgaard]], Canadian football player * 1959 &ndash; [[Chris Hadfield]], Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut * 1959 &ndash; [[Eddi Reader]], Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1959 &ndash; [[Timothy Shriver]], American businessman and activist * 1959 &ndash; [[Stephen Wolfram]], English-American physicist and mathematician * 1959 &ndash; [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], Indian film actor, Producer and Businessman *[[1960]] &ndash; [[Todd English]], American chef and author * 1960 &ndash; [[Tony MacAlpine]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer *[[1961]] &ndash; [[Carsten Fischer]], German field hockey player * 1961 &ndash; [[Rodney McCray (basketball)|Rodney McCray]], American basketball player *[[1962]] &ndash; [[Carl Banks]], American football player and sportscaster * 1962 &ndash; [[Hiroki Kikuta]], Japanese game designer and composer * 1962 &ndash; [[Ian James Corlett]], Canadian voice actor, writer, producer and author * 1962 &ndash; [[Simon Thurley]], English historian and academic *[[1963]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Fraser]], Scottish singer-songwriter *[[1964]] &ndash; [[Perri "Pebbles" Reid]], American dance-pop and urban contemporary singer-songwriter * 1964 &ndash; [[Zisis Tsekos]], Greek footballer *[[1965]] &ndash; [[Will Perdue]], American basketball player and sportscaster *[[1966]] &ndash; [[Jörn Großkopf]], German footballer and manager *[[1967]] &ndash; [[Neil Gorsuch]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] * 1967 &ndash; [[Anton Newcombe]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1968]] &ndash; [[Meshell Ndegeocello]], German-American singer-songwriter *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Joe Swail]], Northern Irish snooker player * 1969 &ndash; [[Jennifer Crittenden]], American screenwriter and producer * 1969 &ndash; [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]], Mexican singer, songwriter, actress, and television host<ref>{{citation|website=All Music.com |title=Lucero|access-date=August 24, 2019|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lucero-mn0000306033/biography|author=Heather Phares}}</ref> *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Henry Blanco]], Venezuelan baseball player and coach * 1971 &ndash; [[Alex Griffin]], English bass player * 1971 &ndash; [[Carla Gugino]], American actress *[[1972]] &ndash; [[Amanda Marshall]], Canadian singer-songwriter * 1972 &ndash; [[Bae Yong-joon]], South Korean actor *[[1973]] &ndash; [[Vincent Cavanagh]], English singer and guitarist * 1973 &ndash; [[Olivier Jacque]], French motorcycle racer *[[1974]] &ndash; [[Kumi Tanioka]], Japanese keyboard player and composer *[[1975]] &ndash; [[Kyle Cook]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1976]] &ndash; [[Stephen Carr]], Irish footballer * 1976 &ndash; [[Phil Harvey (manager)|Phil Harvey]], English businessman * 1976 &ndash; [[Kevin Kaesviharn]], American football player * 1976 &ndash; [[Georgios Kalaitzis]], Greek basketball player * 1976 &ndash; [[Pablo Mastroeni]], Argentine-American soccer player and manager * 1976 &ndash; [[Jon Dahl Tomasson]], Danish footballer and manager *[[1977]] &ndash; [[Cayetano (Giorgos Bratanis)|Cayetano]], Greek DJ and producer * 1977 &ndash; [[Devean George]], American basketball player * 1977 &ndash; [[John O'Brien (soccer)|John Patrick O'Brien]], American soccer player * 1977 &ndash; [[Roy Oswalt]], American baseball player * 1977 &ndash; [[Charlie Pickering]], Australian comedian and radio host * 1977 &ndash; [[Aaron Rowand]], American baseball player and sportscaster *[[1978]] &ndash; [[Volkan Arslan]], German-Turkish footballer * 1978 &ndash; [[Celestine Babayaro]], Nigerian footballer *[[1979]] &ndash; [[Stijn Devolder]], Belgian cyclist * 1979 &ndash; [[Kristjan Rahnu]], Estonian decathlete * 1979 &ndash; [[Ryan Shealy]], American baseball player *[[1980]] &ndash; [[Chris Simms]], American football player * 1980 &ndash; [[David West (basketball)|David West]], American basketball player *[[1981]] &ndash; [[Geneviève Jeanson]], Canadian cyclist * 1981 &ndash; [[Jay Ryan (actor)|Jay Ryan]], New Zealand-Australian actor and producer *[[1982]] &ndash; [[Ruhila Adatia-Sood]], Kenyan journalist and radio host (d. 2013) * 1982 &ndash; [[Carlos Delfino]], Argentinian-Italian basketball player * 1982 &ndash; [[Vincent Enyeama]], Nigerian footballer *[[1983]] &ndash; [[Antti Niemi (ice hockey)|Antti Niemi]], Finnish ice hockey player *[[1986]] &ndash; [[Hajime Isayama]], Japanese illustrator * 1986 &ndash; [[Lea Michele]], American actress and singer *[[1987]] &ndash; [[Tony Kane]], Irish footballer *[[1990]] &ndash; [[Jakub Kosecki]], Polish footballer * 1990 &ndash; [[Patrick van Aanholt]], Dutch footballer *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Néstor Araujo]], Mexican footballer * 1991 &ndash; [[Deshaun Thomas]], American basketball player *[[1992]] &ndash; [[Mallu Magalhães]], Brazilian singer-songwriter * 1992 &ndash; [[Noah Syndergaard]], American baseball player *[[1993]] &ndash; [[Liam Payne]], English singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=One Direction {{!}} Members, Songs, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/One-Direction |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1994]] &ndash; [[Ysaline Bonaventure]], Belgian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ysaline Bonaventure {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317317/ysaline-bonaventure |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[886]] &ndash; [[Basil I]], Byzantine emperor (b. 811) * [[939]] &ndash; [[Wang Jipeng]], Chinese emperor of Min * 939 &ndash; [[Empress Li Chunyan|Li Chunyan]], Chinese empress * [[956]] &ndash; [[Empress Fu the Elder|Fu the Elder]], Chinese empress * [[979]] &ndash; [[Abu Taghlib]], Hamdanid emir *[[1021]] &ndash; [[Minamoto no Yorimitsu]], Japanese nobleman (b. 948) *[[1046]] &ndash; [[Gerard of Csanád]] Venetian monk and Hungarian bishop (b.980)<ref name="ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA">{{cite book |url = https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Gerard |title = St. Gerard |publisher = [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |year = 2019 }}</ref> *[[1093]] &ndash; [[Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy|Hugh I]], duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) *[[1123]] &ndash; [[Eystein I of Norway|Eystein I]], king of Norway (b. 1088) *[[1135]] &ndash; [[Al-Mustarshid]], Abbasid caliph (b. 1092) *[[1159]] &ndash; [[Bertha of Sulzbach]], Byzantine empress *[[1298]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar]], English princess (b. 1269) *[[1315]] &ndash; [[Peter Tempesta]], Italian nobleman (b. 1291) * 1315 &ndash; [[Charles of Taranto]], Italian nobleman (b. 1296) *[[1395]] &ndash; [[Albert III, Duke of Austria|Albert III]], duke of Austria (b. 1349) *[[1442]] &ndash; [[John V, Duke of Brittany|John V]], duke of Brittany (b. 1389) *[[1499]] &ndash; [[Alesso Baldovinetti]], Florentine painter (b. 1427) *[[1523]] &ndash; [[Ulrich von Hutten]], Lutheran reformer (b. 1488) *[[1526]] &ndash; [[Louis II of Hungary|Louis II]], king of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1506) * 1526 &ndash; [[Pál Tomori]] Hungarian archbishop and soldier (b. 1475) *[[1533]] &ndash; [[Atahualpa]], Inca emperor (b. 1497) *[[1542]] &ndash; [[Cristóvão da Gama]], Portuguese commander (b. 1516) ===1601–1900=== *[[1604]] &ndash; [[Hamida Banu Begum]], Mughal empress (b. 1527)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lal |first1=Muni |title=Shah Jahan |date=1986 |publisher=Vikas Publishing House |page=xv |isbn=9780706929294 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__BtAAAAMAAJ&q=hamida+banu+Begum+August+29 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1657]] &ndash; [[John Lilburne]], English activist (b. 1614) *[[1712]] &ndash; [[Gregory King]], English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648) *[[1749]] &ndash; [[Matthias Bel]], Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684) *[[1769]] &ndash; [[Edmond Hoyle]], English author and educator (b. 1672) *[[1780]] &ndash; [[Jacques-Germain Soufflot]], French architect, co-designed [[Panthéon, Paris|The Panthéon]] (b. 1713) *[[1799]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius VI|Pius VI]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pius VI {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pius-VI |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1844]] &ndash; [[Edmund Ignatius Rice]], Irish missionary and educator, founded the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]] and [[Presentation Brothers]] (b. 1762) *[[1856]] &ndash; [[Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck]], English author and activist (b. 1778) *[[1866]] &ndash; [[Tokugawa Iemochi]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1846) *[[1877]] &ndash; [[Brigham Young]], American religious leader, 2nd [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. 1801) *[[1889]] &ndash; [[Stefan Dunjov]], Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815) *[[1891]] &ndash; [[Pierre Lallement]], French businessman, invented the [[bicycle]] (b. 1843) *[[1892]] &ndash; [[William Forbes Skene]], Scottish historian and author (b. 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] &ndash; [[Murad V]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1840) *[[1911]] &ndash; [[Mir Mahboob Ali Khan]], 6th [[Nizam]] of Hyderabad (b.1866)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/180816/picturing-the-beloved.html|title = Picturing the 'Beloved'|date = 18 August 2016}}</ref> *[[1917]] &ndash; [[George Huntington Hartford]], American businessman (b. 1833) *[[1930]] &ndash; [[William Archibald Spooner]], English priest and author (b. 1844) *[[1931]] &ndash; [[David T. Abercrombie]], American businessman, co-founded [[Abercrombie & Fitch]] (b. 1867) *[[1944]] &ndash; [[Attik]], Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885) *[[1946]] &ndash; [[Adolphus Busch III]], American businessman (b. 1891) * 1946 &ndash; [[John Steuart Curry]], American painter and academic (b. 1897) *[[1951]] &ndash; [[Sydney Chapman (economist)|Sydney Chapman]], English economist and civil servant (b. 1871) *[[1952]] &ndash; [[Anton Piëch]], Austrian lawyer (b. 1894) *[[1958]] &ndash; [[Marjorie Flack]], American author and illustrator (b. 1897)<ref>{{cite book|last=Whitehead|first=Winifred|chapter=Flack, Marjorie|editor-first=D.L.|editor-last=Kirkpatrick|title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=978-0-33323-414-3|page=461}}</ref> *[[1966]] &ndash; [[Sayyid Qutb]], Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906) *[[1968]] &ndash; [[Ulysses S. Grant III]], American general (b. 1881) *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Leopold and Loeb|Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr.]], American murderer (b. 1904) *[[1972]] &ndash; [[Lale Andersen]], German singer-songwriter (b. 1905) *[[1975]] &ndash; [[Éamon de Valera]], Irish soldier and politician, 3rd [[President of Ireland]] (b. 1882) *[[1977]] &ndash; [[Jean Hagen]], American actress (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean Hagen |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/jean-hagen/ |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=27 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1977 &ndash; [[Brian McGuire (racing driver)|Brian McGuire]], Australian race car driver (b. 1945) *[[1979]] &ndash; [[Gertrude Chandler Warner]], American author and educator (b. 1890) *[[1981]] &ndash; [[Lowell Thomas]], American journalist and author (b. 1892) *[[1982]] &ndash; [[Ingrid Bergman]], Swedish actress (b. 1915) * 1982 &ndash; [[Lehman Engel]], American composer and conductor (b. 1910) *[[1985]] &ndash; [[Evelyn Ankers]], British-American actress (b. 1918) *[[1987]] &ndash; [[Archie Campbell (comedian)|Archie Campbell]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1914) * 1987 &ndash; [[Lee Marvin]], American actor (b. 1924) *[[1989]] &ndash; [[Peter Scott]], English explorer and painter (b. 1909) *[[1990]] &ndash; [[Manly Palmer Hall]], Canadian-American mystic and author (b. 1901) *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Libero Grassi]], Italian businessman (b. 1924) *[[1992]] &ndash; [[Félix Guattari]], French philosopher and theorist (b. 1930) *[[1995]] &ndash; [[Frank Perry]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930) *[[2000]] &ndash; [[Shelagh Fraser]], English actress (b. 1922) * 2000 &ndash; [[Willie Maddren]], English footballer and manager (b. 1951) * 2000 &ndash; [[Conrad Marca-Relli]], American-Italian painter and academic (b. 1913) *[[2001]] &ndash; [[Graeme Strachan]], Australian singer-songwriter & television personality (b. 1952) * 2001 &ndash; [[Francisco Rabal]], Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926) *[[2002]] &ndash; [[Lance Macklin]], English race car driver (b. 1919) *[[2003]] &ndash; [[Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim]], Iraqi politician (b. 1939) * 2003 &ndash; [[Patrick Procktor]], English painter and academic (b. 1936) *[[2004]] &ndash; [[Hans Vonk (conductor)|Hans Vonk]], Dutch conductor (b. 1942) *[[2007]] &ndash; [[James Muir Cameron Fletcher]], New Zealand businessman (b. 1914) * 2007 &ndash; [[Richard Jewell]], American police officer (b. 1962) * 2007 &ndash; [[Pierre Messmer]], French civil servant and politician, 154th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1916) * 2007 &ndash; [[Alfred Peet]], Dutch-American businessman, founded [[Peet's Coffee & Tea]] (b. 1920) *[[2008]] &ndash; [[Geoffrey Perkins]], English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1953) * 2008 &ndash; [[Michael Schoenberg]], American geophysicist and theorist (b. 1939) *[[2011]] &ndash; [[David "Honeyboy" Edwards|Honeyboy Edwards]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1915) * 2011 &ndash; [[Junpei Takiguchi]], Japanese voice actor (b. 1931) *[[2012]] &ndash; [[Ruth Goldbloom]], Canadian academic and philanthropist, co-founded [[Pier 21]] (b. 1923) * 2012 &ndash; [[Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke]], English historian and author (b. 1953) * 2012 &ndash; [[Shoshichi Kobayashi]], Japanese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1932) * 2012 &ndash; [[Anne McKnight]], American soprano (b. 1924) * 2012 &ndash; [[Les Moss]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925) * 2012 &ndash; [[Sergei Ovchinnikov (volleyball)|Sergei Ovchinnikov]], Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1969) *[[2013]] &ndash; [[Joan L. Krajewski]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1934) * 2013 &ndash; [[Medardo Joseph Mazombwe]], Zambian cardinal (b. 1931) * 2013 &ndash; [[Bruce C. Murray]], American geologist and academic, co-founded [[The Planetary Society]] (b. 1931) *[[2014]] &ndash; [[Octavio Brunetti]], Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1975) * 2014 &ndash; [[Björn Waldegård]], Swedish race car driver (b. 1943) *[[2016]] &ndash; [[Gene Wilder]], American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author (b. 1933) *[[2018]] &ndash; [[James Mirrlees]], Scottish economist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1936) * 2018 &ndash; [[Paul Taylor (choreographer)|Paul Taylor]], American choreographer (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/notable-deaths-in-2018 |title=Notable Deaths in 2018|website=CBS News|access-date=2018-09-04}}</ref> *[[2021]] &ndash; [[Ed Asner]], American actor (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/ed-asner-dead-lou-grant-1235051373/|title=Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning 'Lou Grant' Star, Dies at 91|last1=Dagan|first1=Carmel|last2=Natale|first2=Richard|date=August 29, 2021|access-date=August 29, 2021|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> * 2021 &ndash; [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]], Jamaican reggae producer (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=2021-08-29|title=Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Reggae Giant and Dub Pioneer, Dead at 85|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lee-scratch-perry-dead-obit-1045198/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830031023/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lee-scratch-perry-dead-obit-1045198/|archive-date=2021-08-30|access-date=2021-08-31|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2021 &ndash; [[Jacques Rogge]], Olympic sailor and Orthopedic Surgeon who served as the 8th [[President of the International Olympic Committee]] (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=2021-08-30|title=Jacques Rogge, Who Led Olympic Committee, Dies at 79|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/sports/olympics/jacques-rogge-dead.html|access-date=2021-09-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Adelphus|Adelphus of Metz]] **[[Beheading of St. John the Baptist]] **[[Eadwold of Cerne]] **[[Euphrasia Eluvathingal]] ([[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]) **[[John Bunyan]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]]) **[[Saint Sabina|Sabina]] **[[Vitalis, Sator and Repositus]] **[[August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[International Day against Nuclear Tests]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> *[[Public holidays in Ukraine|Miners' Day]] ([[Ukraine]]) *[[Public holidays in Ukraine#Other national holidays|Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine]] (Ukraine) *[[Public holidays in Poland|Municipal Police Day]] ([[Poland]]) *[[National Sports Day]] ([[India]]) *[[Public holidays in Slovakia|Slovak National Uprising Anniversary]] ([[Slovakia]]) *[[Gidugu Venkata Ramamoorty|Telugu Language Day]] ([[India]]) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/29 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=29}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/29 |title=Historical Events on August 29 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} * {{cite web |url=http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/August_29 |title=Today in Canadian History |publisher=Canada Channel}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:August 29}} [[Category:Days of the year]] [[Category:August]]'
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'{{pp-pc1}} {{pp-move-indef}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[708]] &ndash; [[Wadōkaichin|Copper coins]] are minted in [[Japan]] for the first time (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: August 10, 708). * [[870]] &ndash; The city of [[Melite (ancient city)|Melite]] surrenders to an [[Aghlabids|Aghlabid]] army [[Siege of Melite (870)|following a siege]], putting an end to [[Byzantine Malta]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Luttrell | first = Anthony | title = Medieval Malta : studies on Malta before the Knights | publisher = The British School at Rome | location = London | year = 1975 | isbn = 9780904152029 | page=83}}</ref> *[[1009]] &ndash; [[Mainz Cathedral]] suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its [[inauguration]]. *[[1261]] &ndash; [[Pope Urban IV]] succeeds [[Pope Alexander IV]], becoming the 182nd pope. *[[1315]] &ndash; [[Battle of Montecatini]]: The army of the [[Republic of Pisa]], commanded by [[Uguccione della Faggiuola]], wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the [[Kingdom of Naples]] and the [[Republic of Florence]] despite being outnumbered.<ref>{{cite book | last = Bowsky | first = William | title = A medieval Italian commune : Siena under the Nine, 1287-1355 | publisher = University of California Press | location = Berkeley | year = 1981 | isbn = 9780520042568 | page=167}}</ref> *[[1350]] &ndash; [[Battle of Winchelsea]] (or [[Les Espagnols sur Mer]]): The [[Kingdom of England|English]] [[naval fleet]] under King [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] defeats a [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]] fleet of 40 ships.<ref>{{cite book|author=Robin Neillands|title=The Hundred Years War|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781134507405|year=2002|page=114}}</ref> *[[1475]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Picquigny]] ends a brief war between the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of France|France]] and England. *[[1484]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent VIII]] succeeds [[Pope Sixtus IV]]. *[[1498]] &ndash; [[Vasco da Gama]] decides to depart [[Kozhikode|Calicut]] and return to [[Kingdom of Portugal]]. *[[1521]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Turks]] capture [[Nándorfehérvár]] (Belgrade). *[[1526]] &ndash; [[Battle of Mohács]]: The [[Ottoman Turks]] led by [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] defeat and kill the last [[Jagiellonian]] king of [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] and [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]]. *[[1541]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Turks]] capture [[Buda]], the capital of the [[Hungarian Kingdom]]. *[[1588]] &ndash; [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] issues a nationwide [[sword hunt|sword hunting ordinance]], disarming the peasantry so as to firmly separate the ''[[samurai]]'' and commoner classes, prevent peasant uprisings, and further centralise his own power.<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 November 2005 |title=荻野研究室収集文書 |url=https://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/collect/b12/b12-87.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724202815/https://www.wul.waseda.ac.jp/collect/b12/b12-87.html |archive-date=24 July 2022 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=Waseda University Library}} For date conversion, see {{Cite book |last=Zhang |first=Peiyu |title=三千五百年历日天象 |publisher=Elephant Press |year=1997 |language=zh}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1728]] &ndash; The city of [[Nuuk]] in [[Greenland]] is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the [[list of governors of Greenland|royal governor]] [[Claus Paarss]]. *[[1741]] &ndash; The [[1741 eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami|eruption of Oshima–Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami]]: At least 2,000 people along the Japanese coast drown in a [[tsunami]] caused by the eruption of [[Oshima (Hokkaido)|Oshima]].<ref name="A Study on the Impacts of the 1741 Tsunami Recorded in the Annals of Joseon Dynasty">{{cite journal |author1=Sang-Shin Byun |author2=Kyeong Ok Kim |title=A study on the effects of the 1741 tsunami recorded in the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty |journal=Journal of Korean Society of Coastal and Ocean Engineers |date=25 February 2021 |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=30–37 |doi=10.9765/KSCOE.2021.33.1.30 |s2cid=233955868 |url=http://jkscoe.or.kr/journal/view.php?number=361 |access-date=30 March 2021|doi-access=free }}</ref> *[[1756]] &ndash; [[Frederick the Great]] attacks [[Electorate of Saxony|Saxony]], beginning the [[Seven Years' War]] in Europe. *[[1758]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Easton]] establishes the first American [[Indian reservation]], at [[Indian Mills, New Jersey]], for the [[Lenape]]. *[[1778]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: British and American forces battle indecisively at the [[Battle of Rhode Island]]. *[[1779]] &ndash; American Revolutionary War: American forces battle and defeat the British and [[Iroquois]] forces at the [[Battle of Newtown]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://usgwarchives.net/pa/1pa/1picts/sullivan/sullbio2.html|title = Sullbio2}}</ref> *[[1786]] &ndash; [[Shays' Rebellion]], an armed uprising of [[Massachusetts]] farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens. *[[1807]] &ndash; British troops under Sir [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]] defeat a Danish militia outside [[Copenhagen]] in the [[Battle of Køge]]. *[[1825]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portuguese]] and [[Empire of Brazil|Brazilian]] diplomats sign the [[Treaty of Rio de Janeiro (1825)|Treaty of Rio de Janeiro]], which has Portugal recognise Brazilian independence, formally ending the [[War of Independence of Brazil|Brazilian war of independence]]. The treaty will be ratified by the [[King of Portugal]] three months later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tratado de Paz, Amizade e Aliança |url=http://dai-mre.serpro.gov.br/atos-internacionais/bilaterais/1825/b_2 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170623195152/http://dai-mre.serpro.gov.br/atos-internacionais/bilaterais/1825/b_2 |archive-date=23 June 2017 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=Sistema Atos Internacionais}}</ref> *[[1831]] &ndash; [[Michael Faraday]] discovers [[electromagnetic induction]]. *[[1842]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Nanking]] signing ends the [[First Opium War]]. *[[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries]] gives Federal forces control of [[Pamlico Sound]]. *[[1869]] &ndash; The [[Mount Washington Cog Railway]] opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing [[rack railway]]. *[[1871]] &ndash; [[Emperor Meiji]] orders the [[abolition of the han system]] and the establishment of [[Prefectures of Japan|prefectures]] as local centers of administration. (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: July 14, 1871). *[[1885]] &ndash; [[Gottlieb Daimler]] patents the world's first [[internal combustion]] [[motorcycle]], the ''[[Daimler Reitwagen|Reitwagen]]''. *[[1898]] &ndash; The [[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] tire company is founded. ===1901–present=== *[[1903]] &ndash; The {{ship|Russian battleship|Slava||2}}, the last of the five {{sclass|Borodino|battleship}}s, is launched. *[[1907]] &ndash; The [[Quebec Bridge]] collapses during construction, killing 75 workers. *[[1910]] &ndash; The [[Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910]], also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the [[Korea under Japanese rule|period of Japanese rule]] in Korea. *[[1911]] &ndash; [[Ishi]], considered the last [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern [[California]]. * 1911 &ndash; The Canadian Naval Service becomes the [[Royal Canadian Navy]].<ref>Gilbert Norman Tucker ''The Naval Service of Canada: Its Official History'' Ottawa, 1952</ref> *[[1912]] &ndash; A [[1912 China typhoon|typhoon strikes China]], killing at least 50,000 people.<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|title=The Worst Natural Disasters by Death Toll|year=2009|access-date=January 2, 2012|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/noaa_documents/NOAA_related_docs/death_toll_natural_disasters.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/noaa_documents/NOAA_related_docs/death_toll_natural_disasters.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: Start of the [[Battle of St. Quentin (1914)|Battle of St. Quentin]] in which the French [[Fifth Army (France)|Fifth Army]] counter-attacked the invading Germans at [[Saint-Quentin, Aisne]]. *[[1915]] &ndash; US Navy salvage divers raise {{USS|F-4|SS-23|2}}, the first U.S. [[submarine]] sunk in an accident. *[[1916]] &ndash; The United States passes the [[Jones Law (Philippines)|Philippine Autonomy Act]]. *[[1918]] &ndash; World War I: [[Bapaume]] taken by the [[New Zealand Division]] in the [[Hundred Days Offensive]]. *[[1930]] &ndash; The last 36 remaining inhabitants of [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]] are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland. *[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Tallinn]], the capital of [[Estonia]], is occupied by [[Nazi Germany]] following an occupation by the [[Soviet Union]]. *[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: [[Occupation of Denmark|German-occupied Denmark]] scuttles most of its [[Royal Danish Navy|navy]]; Germany dissolves the Danish government. *[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: [[Slovak National Uprising]] takes place as 60,000 [[Slovaks|Slovak]] troops turn against the [[Nazism|Nazi]]s. *[[1948]] &ndash; [[Northwest Airlines Flight 421]] crashes in [[Fountain City, Wisconsin]], killing all 37 aboard.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Martin 2-0-2 NC93044 Winona, WI |url=https://www.aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19480829-0 |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=www.aviation-safety.net}}</ref> *[[1949]] &ndash; [[Soviet atomic bomb project]]: The [[Soviet Union]] tests its first [[atomic bomb]], known as ''[[RDS-1|First Lightning]]'' or ''Joe 1'', at [[Semipalatinsk Test Site|Semipalatinsk]], [[Kazakhstan]]. *[[1950]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: [[British people|British]] troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there. *[[1952]] &ndash; [[American people|American]] [[experimental music|experimental composer]] [[John Cage]]’s ''[[4’33”]]'' premieres at [[Maverick Concert Hall]], played by [[American people|American]] pianist [[David Tudor]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ross |first=Alex |date=4 October 2010 |title=Searching for Silence: John Cage's art of noise |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/10/04/searching-for-silence |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |location=New York, NY |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] |access-date=}}</ref> *[[1958]] &ndash; [[United States Air Force Academy]] opens in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]]. *[[1965]] &ndash; The [[Gemini 5|Gemini V]] spacecraft returns to [[Earth]], landing in the Atlantic Ocean. *[[1966]] &ndash; [[The Beatles]] perform their last concert before paying fans at [[Candlestick Park]] in [[San Francisco]]. * 1966 &ndash; Leading Egyptian thinker [[Sayyid Qutb]] is executed for plotting the assassination of President [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]]. *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Chicano Moratorium]] against the [[Vietnam War]], [[East Los Angeles, California]]. Police riot kills three people, including journalist [[Rubén Salazar]]. *[[1975]] &ndash; [[Tacnazo|El Tacnazo]]: [[Peru]]vian [[President of the Council of Ministers of Peru|Prime Minister]] [[Francisco Morales Bermúdez]] carries out a [[Tacnazo|coup d’état]] in the city of [[Tacna]], forcing the sitting [[President of Peru]], [[Juan Velasco Alvarado]], to resign and assuming his place as the new [[President of Peru|President]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Osorio Soto |first=Gary M. |date=August 2021 |title=El Tacnazo: Crónica De Una Llamada Que Cambió La Historia |url=https://www.academia.edu/52576698 |journal=Revista de la Asociación de Estudios Históricos de Tacna |volume=1 |issue=3 |page=9 |via=Academia}}</ref> *[[1982]] &ndash; The synthetic [[chemical element]] [[Meitnerium]], [[atomic number]] 109, is first synthesized at the [[Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung]] in [[Darmstadt]], Germany. *[[1987]] &ndash; [[Evangelical Baptist Church of Korea#Odaeyang mass suicide|Odaeyang mass suicide]]: 33 individuals linked to a [[Evangelical Baptist Church of Korea|religious cult]] are found dead in the attic of a cafeteria in [[Yongin]], [[South Korea]]. Investigators attribute their deaths to a [[murder-suicide]] pact.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Renfrew |first=Barry |date=29 August 1987 |title=33 Bodies Found In Attic After Apparent Murder-Suicide Pact |work=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/ad93eedacb89524018ecbec4a1cf9f5c |url-status=live |access-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516181223/https://apnews.com/article/ad93eedacb89524018ecbec4a1cf9f5c |archive-date=16 May 2022}}</ref> *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union]] suspends all activities of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Soviet Communist Party]]. * 1991 &ndash; [[Libero Grassi]], an Italian businessman from [[Palermo]], is killed by the [[Sicilian Mafia]] after taking a solitary stand against their [[extortion]] demands. *[[1996]] &ndash; [[Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801]], a [[Tupolev Tu-154]], crashes into a mountain on the [[Arctic]] island of [[Spitsbergen]], killing all 141 aboard. *[[1997]] &ndash; [[Netflix]] is launched as an internet [[DVD]] rental service. * 1997 &ndash; At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria [[Armed Islamic Group|GIA]] in the [[Rais massacre]], [[Algeria]]. *[[1998]] &ndash; Eighty people are killed when [[Cubana de Aviación Flight 389]] crashes during a [[rejected takeoff]] from the [[Old Mariscal Sucre International Airport]] in [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154M CU-T1264 Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport (UIO)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19980829-0|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-27|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050307092250/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=19980829-0 |archive-date=2005-03-07 }}</ref> *[[2001]] &ndash; Four people are killed when [[Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261]] crashes into the [[N-340 road (Spain)|N-340 highway]] near [[Málaga Airport]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident CASA CN-235-200 EC-FBC Málaga Airport (AGP) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010829-0 |access-date=2022-08-28 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref> *[[2003]] &ndash; [[Sayed]] [[Ayatollah]] [[Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim]], the [[Shia Muslim]] leader in [[Iraq]], is [[assassination|assassin]]ated in a [[Imam Ali mosque bombing|terrorist bombing]], along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a [[mosque]] in [[Najaf]]. *[[2005]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Katrina]] [[Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans|devastates]] much of the [[U.S. Gulf Coast]] from [[Louisiana]] to the [[Florida Panhandle]], killing up to 1,836 people and causing $125&nbsp;billion in damage. *[[2012]] &ndash; At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the [[Xiaojiawan coal mine disaster|Xiaojiawan coal mine]], located at [[Panzhihua|Panzhihua, Sichuan Province]]. * 2012 &ndash; The [[2012 Summer Paralympics|XIV Paralympic Games]] open in [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=London 2012 |url=https://www.paralympic.org/london-2012 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=International Paralympic Committee}}</ref> *[[2022]] &ndash; [[Corbin Carroll]] makes his [[MLB]] debut against the [[Philadelphia Phillies]]. Once trailing 0-7, Carroll would fuel a comeback to 13-7, the largest comeback in [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] franchise history. ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[979]] &ndash; [[Otto, Count of Vermandois|Otto]] (or '''Eudes'''), French nobleman (d. 1045) *[[1321]] &ndash; [[John of Artois, Count of Eu|John of Artois]], French nobleman (d. 1387) *[[1347]] &ndash; [[John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]], English nobleman and soldier (d. 1375) *[[1434]] &ndash; [[Janus Pannonius]], Hungarian bishop and poet (d. 1472) *[[1514]] &ndash; [[García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca]], Spanish noble and admiral (d. 1577) *[[1534]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Pieck]], Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr (d. 1572) *[[1597]] &ndash; [[Henry Gage (soldier)|Henry Gage]], Royalist officer in the English Civil War (d. 1645) ===1601–1900=== *[[1619]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]], French economist and politician, [[Controller-General of Finances]] (d. 1683) *[[1628]] &ndash; [[John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]] (d. 1701) *[[1632]] &ndash; [[John Locke]], English physician and philosopher (d. 1704) *[[1724]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Battista Casti]], Italian poet and author (d. 1803) *[[1725]] &ndash; [[Charles Townshend]], English politician, [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (d. 1767) *[[1728]] &ndash; [[Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony]], electress of Bavaria (d. 1797) *[[1756]] &ndash; [[Jan Śniadecki]], Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1830) *[[1756]] &ndash; [[Count Heinrich von Bellegarde]], Austrian general and politician (d. 1845) *[[1772]] &ndash; [[James Finlayson (industrialist)|James Finlayson]], Scottish [[Quaker]] (d. 1852)<ref>Brian D. J. Denoon: ''Finlayson, James (1772–1852)'', [[ODNB|Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]], Oxford University Press, 2004.</ref> *[[1773]] &ndash; [[Aimé Bonpland]], French botanist and explorer (d. 1858) *[[1777]] &ndash; [[Hyacinth (Bichurin)|Hyacinth]], Russian religious leader, founded [[Sinology]] (d. 1853) *[[1780]] &ndash; [[Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres]], French painter and illustrator (d. 1867) *[[1792]] &ndash; [[Charles Grandison Finney]], American minister and author (d. 1875) *[[1805]] &ndash; [[Frederick Denison Maurice]], English priest, theologian, and author (d. 1872) *[[1809]] &ndash; [[Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.]], American physician and author (d. 1894) *[[1810]] &ndash; [[Juan Bautista Alberdi]], Argentinian theorist and diplomat (d. 1884) *[[1813]] &ndash; [[Henry Bergh]], American activist, founded the [[American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals|ASPCA]] (d. 1888)<ref>''National Cyclopedia of American Biography: Volume 3.'' New York: James White and Co., 1893; pg. 106.</ref> *[[1842]] &ndash; [[Alfred Shaw]], English cricketer, rugby player, and umpire (d. 1907) *[[1843]] &ndash; [[David B. Hill]], American lawyer and politician, 29th [[Governor of New York]] (d. 1910) *[[1844]] &ndash; [[Edward Carpenter]], English anthologist and poet (d. 1929) *[[1857]] &ndash; [[Sandford Schultz]], English cricketer (d. 1937) *[[1861]] &ndash; [[Byron G. Harlan]], American singer (d. 1936) *[[1862]] &ndash; [[Andrew Fisher]], Scottish-Australian politician and diplomat, 5th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (d. 1928) * 1862 &ndash; [[Maurice Maeterlinck]], Belgian poet and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1949) *[[1871]] &ndash; [[Albert François Lebrun]], French engineer and politician, 15th [[President of France]] (d. 1950) *[[1875]] &ndash; [[Leonardo De Lorenzo]], Italian flute player and educator (d. 1962) *[[1876]] &ndash; [[Charles F. Kettering]], American engineer and businessman, founded [[Delco Electronics]] (d. 1958) * 1876 &ndash; [[Kim Koo]], South Korean politician, 6th [[Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea|President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea]] (d. 1949) *[[1879]] &ndash; [[Han Yong-un]], Korean independence activist, reformer, and poet (d. 1944)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Han Yong-un |url=http://www.hongseong.go.kr/eng/sub01_0503.do |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701042240/http://www.hongseong.go.kr/eng/sub01_0503.do |archive-date=1 July 2022 |access-date=29 August 2022 |website=Hongseong}}</ref> *[[1887]] &ndash; [[Jivraj Narayan Mehta]], Indian physicians and politician, 1st [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]] (d. 1978) *[[1888]] &ndash; [[Salme Dutt]], Estonian-English politician (d. 1964) *[[1890]] &ndash; [[Peder Furubotn]], Norwegian Communist and anti-Nazi Resistance leader (d.1975) *[[1891]] &ndash; [[Marquis James]], American journalist and author (d. 1955) *[[1898]] &ndash; [[Preston Sturges]], American director and producer (d. 1959) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] &ndash; [[Aurèle Joliat]], Canadian ice hockey player and referee (d. 1986) *[[1904]] &ndash; [[Werner Forssmann]], German physician and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1979) *[[1905]] &ndash; [[Dhyan Chand]], Indian field hockey player (d. 1979) * 1905 &ndash; [[Arndt Pekurinen]], Finnish activist (d. 1941) *[[1910]] &ndash; [[Vivien Thomas]], American surgeon and academic (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Soylu |first1=Erdinc |last2=Athanasiou |first2=Thanos |last3=Jarral |first3=Omar A |title=Vivien Theodore Thomas (1910–1985): An African-American laboratory technician who went on to become an innovator in cardiac surgery |journal=Journal of Medical Biography |date=May 2017 |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=106–113 |doi=10.1177/0967772015601566 |pmid=26307408 |s2cid=31036235 }}</ref> *[[1911]] &ndash; [[John Charnley]], British orthopedic surgeon (d. 1982) *[[1912]] &ndash; [[Sohn Kee-chung]], South Korean runner (d. 2002) * 1912 &ndash; [[Barry Sullivan (actor)|Barry Sullivan]], American actor (d. 1994) * 1912 &ndash; [[Wolfgang Suschitzky]], Austrian-English cinematographer and photographer (d. 2016) *[[1913]] &ndash; [[Len Butterfield]], New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999) *[[1913]] &ndash; [[Jackie Mitchell]], American baseball pitcher (d. 1987)<ref name="obit">{{cite news |last1=Minsberg |first1=Talya |title=Overlooked No More: Jackie Mitchell, Who Fanned Two of Baseball's Greats |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/obituaries/jackie-mitchell-overlooked.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/obituaries/jackie-mitchell-overlooked.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited |access-date=29 July 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=7 November 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1915]] &ndash; [[Ingrid Bergman]], Swedish actress (d. 1982) * 1915 &ndash; [[Nathan Pritikin]], American nutritionist and author (d. 1985) *[[1916]] &ndash; [[Luther Davis]], American playwright and screenwriter (d. 2008) *[[1917]] &ndash; [[Isabel Sanford]], American actress (d. 2004) *[[1920]] &ndash; [[Charlie Parker]], American saxophonist and composer (d. 1955) * 1920 &ndash; [[Herb Simpson]], American baseball player (d. 2015) * 1920 &ndash; [[Otis Boykin]], American inventor and engineer (d. 1982)<ref>{{cite web |title=Otis Boykin |url=https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/otis-boykin |website=lemelson.mit.edu |publisher=Lemelson-MIT Program |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Otis Frank Boykin |url=https://www.nsbp.org/nsbp-news/bhm-physics-profiles/2019-honorees/128-otis-frank-boykin |website=www.nsbp.org |publisher=[[National Society of Black Physicists]] |access-date=27 August 2020}}</ref> *[[1922]] &ndash; [[Richard Blackwell]], American actor, fashion designer, and critic (d. 2008) * 1922 &ndash; [[John Edward Williams]], American author and educator (d. 1994) * 1922 &ndash; [[Arthur Anderson (actor)|Arthur Anderson]], American actor (d. 2016) *[[1923]] &ndash; [[Richard Attenborough]], English actor, director, and producer (d. 2014) *[[1924]] &ndash; [[Dinah Washington]], American singer and pianist (d. 1963) *[[1926]] &ndash; [[Helene Ahrweiler]], Greek historian and academic * 1926 &ndash; [[Donn Fendler]], American author and speaker (d. 2016) * 1926 &ndash; [[Betty Lynn]], American actress (d. 2021) *[[1927]] &ndash; [[Jimmy C. Newman]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2014) *[[1928]] &ndash; [[Herbert Meier]], Swiss author and translator (d. 2018) *[[1929]] &ndash; [[Thom Gunn]], English-American poet and academic (d. 2004) *[[1930]] &ndash; [[Jacques Bouchard]], Canadian businessman (d. 2006) * 1930 &ndash; [[Carlos Loyzaga]], Filipino basketball player and coach (d. 2016) *[[1931]] &ndash; [[Stelios Kazantzidis]], Greek singer and guitarist (d. 2001) * 1931 &ndash; [[Lise Payette]], Canadian journalist and politician (d. 2018) *[[1933]] &ndash; [[Sorel Etrog]], Romanian-Canadian sculptor, painter, and illustrator (d. 2014) * 1933 &ndash; [[Arnold Koller]], Swiss politician *[[1934]] &ndash; [[Dimitris Papamichael]], Greek actor and director (d. 2004) *[[1935]] &ndash; [[Hugo Brandt Corstius]], Dutch linguist and author (d. 2014) * 1935 &ndash; [[William Friedkin]], American director, producer, and screenwriter * 1935 &ndash; [[László Garai]], Hungarian psychologist and scholar (d. 2019) *[[1936]] &ndash; [[John McCain]], American captain and politician (d. 2018) *[[1937]] &ndash; [[James Florio]], American commander, lawyer, and politician, 49th [[Governor of New Jersey]] *[[1938]] &ndash; [[Elliott Gould]], American actor and producer * 1938 &ndash; [[Angela Huth]], English journalist and author * 1938 &ndash; [[Christian Müller (footballer, born 1938)|Christian Müller]], German footballer and manager * 1938 &ndash; [[Robert Rubin]], American lawyer and politician, 70th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] *[[1939]] &ndash; [[Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek]], Hungarian discus thrower and shot putter * 1939 &ndash; [[Joel Schumacher]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2020) *[[1940]] &ndash; [[James Brady]], American politician and activist, 15th [[White House Press Secretary]] (d. 2014) * 1940 &ndash; [[Gary Gabelich]], American race car driver (d. 1984) *[[1941]] &ndash; [[Robin Leach]], English journalist and television host (d. 2018) *[[1942]] &ndash; [[James Glennon]], American cinematographer (d. 2006) * 1942 &ndash; [[Gottfried John]], German actor (d. 2014) * 1942 &ndash; [[Sterling Morrison]], American singer and guitarist (d. 1995)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sterling-morrison-mn0000749365 |title=Sterling Morrison |first=Richie |last=Unterberger |author-link=Richie Unterberger |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140207085628/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/sterling-morrison-mn0000749365 |archive-date=February 7, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1943]] &ndash; [[Mohamed Amin]], Kenyan photographer and journalist (d. 1996) * 1943 &ndash; [[Dick Halligan]], American pianist and composer * 1943 &ndash; [[Arthur B. McDonald]], Canadian astrophysicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Chris Copping]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1945 &ndash; [[Wyomia Tyus]], American sprinter *[[1946]] &ndash; [[Bob Beamon]], American long jumper * 1946 &ndash; [[Francine D. Blau]], American economist and academic * 1946 &ndash; [[Demetris Christofias]], Cypriot businessman and politician, 6th [[President of Cyprus]] (d. 2019) * 1946 &ndash; [[Giorgio Orsoni]], Italian lawyer and politician, 17th [[Mayor of Venice]] *[[1947]] &ndash; [[Temple Grandin]], American ethologist, academic, and author * 1947 &ndash; [[James Hunt]], English race car driver and sportscaster (d. 1993) *[[1948]] &ndash; [[Robert S. Langer]], American chemical engineer, entrepreneur, and academic *[[1949]] &ndash; [[Stan Hansen]], American wrestler and actor *[[1950]] &ndash; [[Doug DeCinces]], American baseball player * 1950 &ndash; [[Frank Henenlotter]], American director and screenwriter * 1950 &ndash; [[Dave Reichert]], American soldier and politician *[[1951]] &ndash; [[Geoff Whitehorn]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1952]] &ndash; [[Karen Hesse]], American author and poet * 1952 &ndash; [[Dave Malone]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1952 &ndash; [[Don Schlitz]], American [[Country Music Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] country music songwriter *[[1953]] &ndash; [[David Boaz]], American businessman and author * 1953 &ndash; [[Richard Harding (rugby player)|Richard Harding]], English rugby player * 1953 &ndash; [[James Quesada]], Nicaraguan-American anthropologist and academic *[[1954]] &ndash; [[Michael P. Kube-McDowell]], American journalist, author, and academic *[[1955]] &ndash; [[Diamanda Galás]], American singer-songwriter and pianist * 1955 &ndash; [[Jack Lew]], American lawyer and politician, 25th [[White House Chief of Staff]] *[[1956]] &ndash; [[Mark Morris (choreographer)|Mark Morris]], American dancer and choreographer * 1956 &ndash; [[Eddie Murray (American football)|Eddie Murray]], American football player * 1956 &ndash; [[Charalambos Xanthopoulos]], Greek footballer * 1956 &ndash; [[Steve Yarbrough (writer)|Steve Yarbrough]], American novelist and short story writer *[[1957]] &ndash; [[Jerry D. Bailey]], American jockey and sportscaster * 1957 &ndash; [[Grzegorz Ciechowski]], Polish singer-songwriter, film music composer (d. 2001) *[[1958]] &ndash; [[Lenny Henry]], English comedian, actor, and screenwriter * 1958 &ndash; [[Michael Jackson]], American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (d. 2009) *[[1959]] &ndash; [[Rebecca De Mornay]], American actress * 1959 &ndash; [[Ramón Díaz]], Argentinian footballer and manager * 1959 &ndash; [[Ray Elgaard]], Canadian football player * 1959 &ndash; [[Chris Hadfield]], Canadian colonel, pilot, and astronaut * 1959 &ndash; [[Eddi Reader]], Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1959 &ndash; [[Timothy Shriver]], American businessman and activist * 1959 &ndash; [[Stephen Wolfram]], English-American physicist and mathematician * 1959 &ndash; [[Nagarjuna (actor)|Nagarjuna]], Indian film actor, Producer and Businessman *[[1960]] &ndash; [[Todd English]], American chef and author * 1960 &ndash; [[Tony MacAlpine]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer *[[1961]] &ndash; [[Carsten Fischer]], German field hockey player * 1961 &ndash; [[Rodney McCray (basketball)|Rodney McCray]], American basketball player *[[1962]] &ndash; [[Carl Banks]], American football player and sportscaster * 1962 &ndash; [[Hiroki Kikuta]], Japanese game designer and composer * 1962 &ndash; [[Ian James Corlett]], Canadian voice actor, writer, producer and author * 1962 &ndash; [[Simon Thurley]], English historian and academic *[[1963]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Fraser]], Scottish singer-songwriter *[[1964]] &ndash; [[Perri "Pebbles" Reid]], American dance-pop and urban contemporary singer-songwriter * 1964 &ndash; [[Zisis Tsekos]], Greek footballer *[[1965]] &ndash; [[Will Perdue]], American basketball player and sportscaster *[[1966]] &ndash; [[Jörn Großkopf]], German footballer and manager *[[1967]] &ndash; [[Neil Gorsuch]], American lawyer and jurist, [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] * 1967 &ndash; [[Anton Newcombe]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1968]] &ndash; [[Meshell Ndegeocello]], German-American singer-songwriter *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Joe Swail]], Northern Irish snooker player * 1969 &ndash; [[Jennifer Crittenden]], American screenwriter and producer * 1969 &ndash; [[Lucero (entertainer)|Lucero]], Mexican singer, songwriter, actress, and television host<ref>{{citation|website=All Music.com |title=Lucero|access-date=August 24, 2019|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/lucero-mn0000306033/biography|author=Heather Phares}}</ref> *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Henry Blanco]], Venezuelan baseball player and coach * 1971 &ndash; [[Alex Griffin]], English bass player * 1971 &ndash; [[Carla Gugino]], American actress *[[1972]] &ndash; [[Amanda Marshall]], Canadian singer-songwriter * 1972 &ndash; [[Bae Yong-joon]], South Korean actor *[[1973]] &ndash; [[Vincent Cavanagh]], English singer and guitarist * 1973 &ndash; [[Olivier Jacque]], French motorcycle racer *[[1974]] &ndash; [[Kumi Tanioka]], Japanese keyboard player and composer *[[1975]] &ndash; [[Kyle Cook]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1976]] &ndash; [[Stephen Carr]], Irish footballer * 1976 &ndash; [[Phil Harvey (manager)|Phil Harvey]], English businessman * 1976 &ndash; [[Kevin Kaesviharn]], American football player * 1976 &ndash; [[Georgios Kalaitzis]], Greek basketball player * 1976 &ndash; [[Pablo Mastroeni]], Argentine-American soccer player and manager * 1976 &ndash; [[Jon Dahl Tomasson]], Danish footballer and manager *[[1977]] &ndash; [[Cayetano (Giorgos Bratanis)|Cayetano]], Greek DJ and producer * 1977 &ndash; [[Devean George]], American basketball player * 1977 &ndash; [[John O'Brien (soccer)|John Patrick O'Brien]], American soccer player * 1977 &ndash; [[Roy Oswalt]], American baseball player * 1977 &ndash; [[Charlie Pickering]], Australian comedian and radio host * 1977 &ndash; [[Aaron Rowand]], American baseball player and sportscaster *[[1978]] &ndash; [[Volkan Arslan]], German-Turkish footballer * 1978 &ndash; [[Celestine Babayaro]], Nigerian footballer *[[1979]] &ndash; [[Stijn Devolder]], Belgian cyclist * 1979 &ndash; [[Kristjan Rahnu]], Estonian decathlete * 1979 &ndash; [[Ryan Shealy]], American baseball player *[[1980]] &ndash; [[Chris Simms]], American football player * 1980 &ndash; [[David West (basketball)|David West]], American basketball player *[[1981]] &ndash; [[Geneviève Jeanson]], Canadian cyclist * 1981 &ndash; [[Jay Ryan (actor)|Jay Ryan]], New Zealand-Australian actor and producer *[[1982]] &ndash; [[Ruhila Adatia-Sood]], Kenyan journalist and radio host (d. 2013) * 1982 &ndash; [[Carlos Delfino]], Argentinian-Italian basketball player * 1982 &ndash; [[Vincent Enyeama]], Nigerian footballer *[[1983]] &ndash; [[Antti Niemi (ice hockey)|Antti Niemi]], Finnish ice hockey player *[[1986]] &ndash; [[Hajime Isayama]], Japanese illustrator * 1986 &ndash; [[Lea Michele]], American actress and singer *[[1987]] &ndash; [[Tony Kane]], Irish footballer *[[1990]] &ndash; [[Jakub Kosecki]], Polish footballer * 1990 &ndash; [[Patrick van Aanholt]], Dutch footballer *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Néstor Araujo]], Mexican footballer * 1991 &ndash; [[Deshaun Thomas]], American basketball player *[[1992]] &ndash; [[Mallu Magalhães]], Brazilian singer-songwriter * 1992 &ndash; [[Noah Syndergaard]], American baseball player *[[1993]] &ndash; [[Liam Payne]], English singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |title=One Direction {{!}} Members, Songs, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/One-Direction |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1994]] &ndash; [[Ysaline Bonaventure]], Belgian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ysaline Bonaventure {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317317/ysaline-bonaventure |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[886]] &ndash; [[Basil I]], Byzantine emperor (b. 811) * [[939]] &ndash; [[Wang Jipeng]], Chinese emperor of Min * 939 &ndash; [[Empress Li Chunyan|Li Chunyan]], Chinese empress * [[956]] &ndash; [[Empress Fu the Elder|Fu the Elder]], Chinese empress * [[979]] &ndash; [[Abu Taghlib]], Hamdanid emir *[[1021]] &ndash; [[Minamoto no Yorimitsu]], Japanese nobleman (b. 948) *[[1046]] &ndash; [[Gerard of Csanád]] Venetian monk and Hungarian bishop (b.980)<ref name="ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA">{{cite book |url = https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Gerard |title = St. Gerard |publisher = [[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |year = 2019 }}</ref> *[[1093]] &ndash; [[Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy|Hugh I]], duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) *[[1123]] &ndash; [[Eystein I of Norway|Eystein I]], king of Norway (b. 1088) *[[1135]] &ndash; [[Al-Mustarshid]], Abbasid caliph (b. 1092) *[[1159]] &ndash; [[Bertha of Sulzbach]], Byzantine empress *[[1298]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar]], English princess (b. 1269) *[[1315]] &ndash; [[Peter Tempesta]], Italian nobleman (b. 1291) * 1315 &ndash; [[Charles of Taranto]], Italian nobleman (b. 1296) *[[1395]] &ndash; [[Albert III, Duke of Austria|Albert III]], duke of Austria (b. 1349) *[[1442]] &ndash; [[John V, Duke of Brittany|John V]], duke of Brittany (b. 1389) *[[1499]] &ndash; [[Alesso Baldovinetti]], Florentine painter (b. 1427) *[[1523]] &ndash; [[Ulrich von Hutten]], Lutheran reformer (b. 1488) *[[1526]] &ndash; [[Louis II of Hungary|Louis II]], king of Hungary and Croatia (b. 1506) * 1526 &ndash; [[Pál Tomori]] Hungarian archbishop and soldier (b. 1475) *[[1533]] &ndash; [[Atahualpa]], Inca emperor (b. 1497) *[[1542]] &ndash; [[Cristóvão da Gama]], Portuguese commander (b. 1516) ===1601–1900=== *[[1604]] &ndash; [[Hamida Banu Begum]], Mughal empress (b. 1527)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lal |first1=Muni |title=Shah Jahan |date=1986 |publisher=Vikas Publishing House |page=xv |isbn=9780706929294 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__BtAAAAMAAJ&q=hamida+banu+Begum+August+29 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1657]] &ndash; [[John Lilburne]], English activist (b. 1614) *[[1712]] &ndash; [[Gregory King]], English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648) *[[1749]] &ndash; [[Matthias Bel]], Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684) *[[1769]] &ndash; [[Edmond Hoyle]], English author and educator (b. 1672) *[[1780]] &ndash; [[Jacques-Germain Soufflot]], French architect, co-designed [[Panthéon, Paris|The Panthéon]] (b. 1713) *[[1799]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius VI|Pius VI]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1717)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pius VI {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pius-VI |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=10 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *[[1844]] &ndash; [[Edmund Ignatius Rice]], Irish missionary and educator, founded the [[Congregation of Christian Brothers|Christian Brothers]] and [[Presentation Brothers]] (b. 1762) *[[1856]] &ndash; [[Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck]], English author and activist (b. 1778) *[[1866]] &ndash; [[Tokugawa Iemochi]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1846) *[[1877]] &ndash; [[Brigham Young]], American religious leader, 2nd [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. 1801) *[[1889]] &ndash; [[Stefan Dunjov]], Bulgarian colonel (b. 1815) *[[1891]] &ndash; [[Pierre Lallement]], French businessman, invented the [[bicycle]] (b. 1843) *[[1892]] &ndash; [[William Forbes Skene]], Scottish historian and author (b. 1809) ===1901–present=== *[[1904]] &ndash; [[Murad V]], Ottoman sultan (b. 1840) *[[1911]] &ndash; [[Mir Mahboob Ali Khan]], 6th [[Nizam]] of Hyderabad (b.1866)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/viral-and-trending/180816/picturing-the-beloved.html|title = Picturing the 'Beloved'|date = 18 August 2016}}</ref> *[[1917]] &ndash; [[George Huntington Hartford]], American businessman (b. 1833) *[[1930]] &ndash; [[William Archibald Spooner]], English priest and author (b. 1844) *[[1931]] &ndash; [[David T. Abercrombie]], American businessman, co-founded [[Abercrombie & Fitch]] (b. 1867) *[[1944]] &ndash; [[Attik]], Greek pianist and composer (b. 1885) *[[1946]] &ndash; [[Adolphus Busch III]], American businessman (b. 1891) * 1946 &ndash; [[John Steuart Curry]], American painter and academic (b. 1897) *[[1951]] &ndash; [[Sydney Chapman (economist)|Sydney Chapman]], English economist and civil servant (b. 1871) *[[1952]] &ndash; [[Anton Piëch]], Austrian lawyer (b. 1894) *[[1958]] &ndash; [[Marjorie Flack]], American author and illustrator (b. 1897)<ref>{{cite book|last=Whitehead|first=Winifred|chapter=Flack, Marjorie|editor-first=D.L.|editor-last=Kirkpatrick|title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=978-0-33323-414-3|page=461}}</ref> *[[1966]] &ndash; [[Sayyid Qutb]], Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906) *[[1968]] &ndash; [[Ulysses S. Grant III]], American general (b. 1881) *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Leopold and Loeb|Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr.]], American murderer (b. 1904) *[[1972]] &ndash; [[Lale Andersen]], German singer-songwriter (b. 1905) *[[1975]] &ndash; [[Éamon de Valera]], Irish soldier and politician, 3rd [[President of Ireland]] (b. 1882) *[[1977]] &ndash; [[Jean Hagen]], American actress (b. 1923)<ref>{{cite web |title=Jean Hagen |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/jean-hagen/ |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=27 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1977 &ndash; [[Brian McGuire (racing driver)|Brian McGuire]], Australian race car driver (b. 1945) *[[1979]] &ndash; [[Gertrude Chandler Warner]], American author and educator (b. 1890) *[[1981]] &ndash; [[Lowell Thomas]], American journalist and author (b. 1892) *[[1982]] &ndash; [[Ingrid Bergman]], Swedish actress (b. 1915) * 1982 &ndash; [[Lehman Engel]], American composer and conductor (b. 1910) *[[1985]] &ndash; [[Evelyn Ankers]], British-American actress (b. 1918) *[[1987]] &ndash; [[Archie Campbell (comedian)|Archie Campbell]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1914) * 1987 &ndash; [[Lee Marvin]], American actor (b. 1924) *[[1989]] &ndash; [[Peter Scott]], English explorer and painter (b. 1909) *[[1990]] &ndash; [[Manly Palmer Hall]], Canadian-American mystic and author (b. 1901) *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Libero Grassi]], Italian businessman (b. 1924) *[[1992]] &ndash; [[Félix Guattari]], French philosopher and theorist (b. 1930) *[[1995]] &ndash; [[Frank Perry]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930) *[[2000]] &ndash; [[Shelagh Fraser]], English actress (b. 1922) * 2000 &ndash; [[Willie Maddren]], English footballer and manager (b. 1951) * 2000 &ndash; [[Conrad Marca-Relli]], American-Italian painter and academic (b. 1913) *[[2001]] &ndash; [[Graeme Strachan]], Australian singer-songwriter & television personality (b. 1952) * 2001 &ndash; [[Francisco Rabal]], Spanish actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1926) *[[2002]] &ndash; [[Lance Macklin]], English race car driver (b. 1919) *[[2003]] &ndash; [[Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim]], Iraqi politician (b. 1939) * 2003 &ndash; [[Patrick Procktor]], English painter and academic (b. 1936) *[[2004]] &ndash; [[Hans Vonk (conductor)|Hans Vonk]], Dutch conductor (b. 1942) *[[2007]] &ndash; [[James Muir Cameron Fletcher]], New Zealand businessman (b. 1914) * 2007 &ndash; [[Richard Jewell]], American police officer (b. 1962) * 2007 &ndash; [[Pierre Messmer]], French civil servant and politician, 154th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1916) * 2007 &ndash; [[Alfred Peet]], Dutch-American businessman, founded [[Peet's Coffee & Tea]] (b. 1920) *[[2008]] &ndash; [[Geoffrey Perkins]], English actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1953) * 2008 &ndash; [[Michael Schoenberg]], American geophysicist and theorist (b. 1939) *[[2011]] &ndash; [[David "Honeyboy" Edwards|Honeyboy Edwards]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1915) * 2011 &ndash; [[Junpei Takiguchi]], Japanese voice actor (b. 1931) *[[2012]] &ndash; [[Ruth Goldbloom]], Canadian academic and philanthropist, co-founded [[Pier 21]] (b. 1923) * 2012 &ndash; [[Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke]], English historian and author (b. 1953) * 2012 &ndash; [[Shoshichi Kobayashi]], Japanese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1932) * 2012 &ndash; [[Anne McKnight]], American soprano (b. 1924) * 2012 &ndash; [[Les Moss]], American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1925) * 2012 &ndash; [[Sergei Ovchinnikov (volleyball)|Sergei Ovchinnikov]], Russian volleyball player and coach (b. 1969) *[[2013]] &ndash; [[Joan L. Krajewski]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1934) * 2013 &ndash; [[Medardo Joseph Mazombwe]], Zambian cardinal (b. 1931) * 2013 &ndash; [[Bruce C. Murray]], American geologist and academic, co-founded [[The Planetary Society]] (b. 1931) *[[2014]] &ndash; [[Octavio Brunetti]], Argentinian pianist and composer (b. 1975) * 2014 &ndash; [[Björn Waldegård]], Swedish race car driver (b. 1943) *[[2016]] &ndash; [[Gene Wilder]], American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author (b. 1933) *[[2018]] &ndash; [[James Mirrlees]], Scottish economist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1936) * 2018 &ndash; [[Paul Taylor (choreographer)|Paul Taylor]], American choreographer (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/notable-deaths-in-2018 |title=Notable Deaths in 2018|website=CBS News|access-date=2018-09-04}}</ref> *[[2021]] &ndash; [[Ed Asner]], American actor (b. 1929)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/ed-asner-dead-lou-grant-1235051373/|title=Ed Asner, Emmy-Winning 'Lou Grant' Star, Dies at 91|last1=Dagan|first1=Carmel|last2=Natale|first2=Richard|date=August 29, 2021|access-date=August 29, 2021|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> * 2021 &ndash; [[Lee "Scratch" Perry]], Jamaican reggae producer (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=2021-08-29|title=Lee 'Scratch' Perry, Reggae Giant and Dub Pioneer, Dead at 85|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lee-scratch-perry-dead-obit-1045198/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830031023/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lee-scratch-perry-dead-obit-1045198/|archive-date=2021-08-30|access-date=2021-08-31|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|language=en-US}}</ref> * 2021 &ndash; [[Jacques Rogge]], Olympic sailor and Orthopedic Surgeon who served as the 8th [[President of the International Olympic Committee]] (b. 1942)<ref>{{Cite news|last=Genzlinger|first=Neil|date=2021-08-30|title=Jacques Rogge, Who Led Olympic Committee, Dies at 79|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/sports/olympics/jacques-rogge-dead.html|access-date=2021-09-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Adelphus|Adelphus of Metz]] **[[Beheading of St. John the Baptist]] **[[Eadwold of Cerne]] **[[Euphrasia Eluvathingal]] ([[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church]]) **[[John Bunyan]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]]) **[[Saint Sabina|Sabina]] **[[Vitalis, Sator and Repositus]] **[[August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[International Day against Nuclear Tests]]<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> *[[Public holidays in Ukraine|Miners' Day]] ([[Ukraine]]) *[[Public holidays in Ukraine#Other national holidays|Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine]] (Ukraine) *[[Public holidays in Poland|Municipal Police Day]] ([[Poland]]) *[[National Sports Day]] ([[India]]) *[[Public holidays in Slovakia|Slovak National Uprising Anniversary]] ([[Slovakia]]) *[[Gidugu Venkata Ramamoorty|Telugu Language Day]] ([[India]]) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/29 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=29}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/29 |title=Historical Events on August 29 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} * {{cite web |url=http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/August_29 |title=Today in Canadian History |publisher=Canada Channel}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:August 29}} [[Category:Days of the year]] [[Category:August]]'
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