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==Events==
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* [[310]] – [[Pope Eusebius]] is banished by the Emperor [[Maxentius]] to [[Sicilia (Roman province)|Sicily]], where he dies, perhaps from a [[hunger strike]].
* [[682]] – [[Pope Leo II]] succeeds [[Pope Agatho]] as the 80th [[pope]].
* [[986]] – [[Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars]]: [[Battle of the Gates of Trajan]] – The [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarians]] under the [[Cometopuli dynasty|Comitopuli]] [[Samuel of Bulgaria|Samuel]] and [[Aron (noble)|Aron]] defeat the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] forces at the [[Gates of Trajan]], with [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine Emperor]] [[Basil II]] barely escaping.
*[[1186]] – [[Georgenberg Pact]]: Duke [[Ottokar IV of Styria|Ottokar IV]] of [[Duchy of Styria|Styria]] and Duke [[Leopold V, Duke of Austria|Leopold V]] of [[Archduchy of Austria|Austria]] sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar gives his duchy to Leopold and to his son [[Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg)|Frederick]] under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided.
*[[1386]] – [[Karl Topia]], the ruler of [[Princedom of Albania]] forges an alliance with the [[Republic of Venice]], committing to participate in all wars of the Republic and receiving coastal protection against the [[Ottomans]] in return.
*[[1424]] – [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Battle of Verneuil]] – An [[Kingdom of England|English]] force under [[John, Duke of Bedford]] defeats a larger [[Kingdom of France|French]] army under the [[Duke of Alençon]], [[John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan|John Stewart]], and [[Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas|Earl Archibald of Douglas]].
*[[1498]] – [[Cesare Borgia]], son of [[Pope Alexander VI]], becomes the first person in history to resign the [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinalate]]. On the same day, the French [[King Louis XII]] names him [[Duke of Valentinois]].
*[[1549]] – [[Battle of Sampford Courtenay]] – The [[Prayer Book Rebellion]] is quashed in [[Kingdom of England|England]].
*[[1560]] – The [[Roman Catholic Church]] is overthrown and [[Protestantism]] is [[Scottish Reformation Parliament|established]] as the national religion in [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]].
*[[1585]] – [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Siege of Antwerp (1584-1585)|Siege of Antwerp]] – [[Antwerp]] is captured by [[Spanish Empire |Spanish]] forces under [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma]], who orders [[Protestants]] to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the [[Dutch Republic|northern provinces]].
* 1585 – A first group of colonists sent by [[Sir Walter Ralegh]] under the charge of [[Ralph Lane]] lands in the [[New World]] to create [[Roanoke Colony]] on [[Roanoke Island]], off the coast of present-day [[North Carolina]].
*[[1597]] – [[Islands Voyage]]: [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]], and Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] set sail on an expedition to the [[Azores]].
*[[1611]] – [[Gaspar de Borja y Velasco]] is made a cardinal by [[Pope Paul V]].
*[[1668]] – An [[Historical earthquakes|earthquake]] of eight degrees on the [[Richter magnitude scale]] causes 8,000 deaths in [[Anatolia]], [[Ottoman Empire]].
*[[1717]] – [[Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18]]: The month-long [[Siege of Belgrade (1717)|Siege of Belgrade]] ends with [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]]'s [[Habsburg Monarchy|Austrian]] troops capturing the city from the [[Ottoman Empire]].
*[[1723]] – [[Ioan Giurgiu Patachi]] becomes [[List of Major Archbishops of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia|Bishop of Făgăraş]] and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in [[Făgăraş]], after being formally confirmed earlier by [[Pope Clement XI]].
*[[1740]] – [[Pope Benedict XIV]] succeeds [[Pope Clement XII]] as the 247th [[pope]].
*[[1771]] – [[Edinburgh]] [[botanist]] [[James Robertson (botanist)|James Robertson]] makes the first recorded ascent of [[Ben Nevis]] in [[Scotland]].
*[[1784]] – Classical composer [[Luigi Boccherini]] receives a pay rise of 12000 [[Spanish real|reals]] from his employer, the [[Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón]].
*[[1807]] – [[Robert Fulton]]'s ''[[North River Steamboat]]'' leaves [[New York City|New York, New York]], for [[Albany, New York]], on the [[Hudson River]], inaugurating the first commercial [[steamboat]] service in the world.
*[[1862]] – [[American Indian Wars]]: The [[Dakota War of 1862]] begins in [[Minnesota]] as [[Lakota people|Lakota]] warriors attack white settlements along the [[Minnesota River]].
* 1862 – [[American Civil War]]: Major General [[J.E.B. Stuart]] is assigned command of all the cavalry of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Army of Northern Virginia]].
*[[1863]] – American Civil War: In [[Charleston, South Carolina]], [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held [[Fort Sumter]].
*[[1864]] – American Civil War: [[Battle of Gainesville]] – Confederate forces defeat Union troops near [[Gainesville, Florida]].
*[[1866]] – The [[Grand Duchy of Baden]] announces her withdrawal from the [[German Confederation]] and signs a [[History of Baden-Württemberg|treaty of peace and alliance]] with [[Prussia]].
*[[1883]] – The first public performance of the [[Dominican Republic]]'s [[national anthem]], ''[[National Anthem of the Dominican Republic|Himno Nacional]]''.
*[[1896]] – [[Bridget Driscoll]] is run over by a [[Benz & Cie.|Benz]] car in the grounds of [[The Crystal Palace]], [[London]], the world's first motoring fatality.
*[[1907]] – [[Pike Place Market]], a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]], opened.
*[[1908]] – ''[[Fantasmagorie (1908 film)|Fantasmagorie]]'', the first animated cartoon, created by [[Émile Cohl]], is shown in [[Paris]], [[France]].
*[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: [[Battle of Stallupönen]] – The [[Germany|German]] army of [[General officer|General]] [[Hermann von François]] defeats the [[Russia]]n force commanded by [[Paul von Rennenkampf]] near modern-day [[Nesterov]], Russia.
*[[1915]] – [[American Jews|Jewish American]] [[Leo Frank]] is [[lynching|lynched]] for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl in [[Marietta, Georgia]], [[United States]].
* 1915 – A [[1915 Galveston hurricane|Category 4 hurricane]] hits [[Galveston, Texas]] with winds at {{convert|135|mph|km/h}}.
*[[1918]] – [[Bolshevik]] revolutionary leader [[Moisei Uritsky]] is [[assassination|assassinated]].
*[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] [[Makin Island raid|raid]] the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]]-held Pacific island of Makin ([[Butaritari]]).
*[[1943]] – World War II: The U.S. [[Eighth Air Force]] suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the [[Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission]].
* 1943 – World War II: The [[United States Army Europe|U.S. Seventh Army]] under General [[George S. Patton]] arrives in [[Messina]], [[Italy]], followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal [[Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Bernard Montgomery]], thus completing the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[Allied invasion of Sicily|conquest of Sicily]].
* 1943 – World War II: [[Quebec Conference, 1943|First Québec Conference]] of [[Winston Churchill]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], and [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] begins.
* 1943 – World War II: The [[Royal Air Force]] begins [[Operation Hydra (1943)|Operation Hydra]], the first air raid of the [[Operation Crossbow]] [[Strategic bombing during World War II|strategic bombing campaign]] against Germany's [[V-weapons|V-weapon program]].
*[[1945]] – [[Sukarno]] and [[Mohammad Hatta]] [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|proclaim the independence]] of [[Indonesia]], igniting the [[Indonesian National Revolution]] against the [[Dutch Empire]].
*[[1947]] – The [[Radcliffe Line]], the border between [[Dominion of India]] and [[Dominion of Pakistan]] is revealed.
*[[1950]] – [[Hill 303 massacre]]: American POWs were massacred by the [[Korean People's Army|North Korean Army]].
*[[1953]] – [[Substance dependence|Addiction]]: First meeting of [[Narcotics Anonymous]] in [[Southern California]].
*[[1958]] – ''[[Pioneer 0]]'', America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond [[Earth]] orbit by any country.
*[[1959]] – [[Quake Lake]] is formed by the magnitude 7.5 [[1959 Yellowstone earthquake]] near [[Hebgen Lake]] in [[Montana]].
* 1959 – ''[[Kind of Blue]]'' by [[Miles Davis]], the much acclaimed and highly influential best selling [[jazz]] recording of all time, is released.
*[[1960]] – [[Decolonization]]: [[Gabon]] gains independence from France.
*[[1962]] – [[East Germany|East German]] border guards [[Killing of Peter Fechter|kill Peter Fechter]], 18, as he attempts to cross the [[Berlin Wall]] into [[West Berlin]] becoming one of the first victims of the wall.
*[[1969]] – [[Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale|Category 5]] [[Hurricane Camille]] hits the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|U.S. Gulf Coast]], killing 256 and causing [[United States dollar|$]]1.42 billion in damage.
*[[1970]] – [[Venera]] program: ''[[Venera 7]]'' launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another [[planet]] ([[Venus]]).
*[[1977]] – The Soviet icebreaker ''[[Arktika (icebreaker)|Arktika]]'' became the first surface ship to reach the [[North Pole]].
*[[1978]] – ''[[Double Eagle II]]'' becomes first [[balloon (aircraft)|balloon]] to cross the [[Atlantic Ocean]] when it lands in [[Miserey]], France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving [[Presque Isle, Maine]].
*[[1980]] – [[Death of Azaria Chamberlain|Azaria Chamberlain disappears]], at Ayers Rock, Northern Territory, probably taken by a [[dingo]], leading to what was then the most [[trial by media|publicized trial]] in [[History of Australia|Australian history]].
*[[1982]] – The first [[Compact Disc]]s (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.
*[[1988]] – [[President of Pakistan]] [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] and [[Ambassadors of the United States|U.S. Ambassador]] [[Arnold Lewis Raphel|Arnold Raphel]] are killed in a plane crash.
*[[1998]] – [[Lewinsky scandal]]: [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Bill Clinton]] admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with [[White House]] intern [[Monica Lewinsky]]. On the same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.
*[[1999]] – A 7.4-magnitude [[1999 İzmit earthquake|earthquake]] strikes [[İzmit]], [[Turkey]], killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000.
*[[2004]] – The [[National Assembly of Serbia]] unanimously adopts new state symbols for [[Serbia]]: [[Bože pravde]] becomes the new anthem and the [[Coat of arms of Serbia|coat of arms]] is adopted for the whole country.
*[[2005]] – The first forced [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|evacuation]] of [[settler]]s, as part of [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]], starts.
* 2005 – Over 500 bombs are [[2005 Bangladesh bombings|set off by terrorists]] at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of [[Bangladesh]]
*[[2008]] – American swimmer [[Michael Phelps]] becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.
*[[2009]] – [[2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro accident|An accident]] at the [[Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam]] in [[Khakassia]], Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.


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On the same day, the French [[King Louis XII]] names him [[Duke of Valentinois]]. *[[1549]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sampford Courtenay]] – The [[Prayer Book Rebellion]] is quashed in [[Kingdom of England|England]]. *[[1560]] &ndash; The [[Roman Catholic Church]] is overthrown and [[Protestantism]] is [[Scottish Reformation Parliament|established]] as the national religion in [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]]. *[[1585]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Siege of Antwerp (1584-1585)|Siege of Antwerp]] – [[Antwerp]] is captured by [[Spanish Empire |Spanish]] forces under [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma]], who orders [[Protestants]] to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the [[Dutch Republic|northern provinces]]. * 1585 &ndash; A first group of colonists sent by [[Sir Walter Ralegh]] under the charge of [[Ralph Lane]] lands in the [[New World]] to create [[Roanoke Colony]] on [[Roanoke Island]], off the coast of present-day [[North Carolina]]. *[[1597]] &ndash; [[Islands Voyage]]: [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]], and Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] set sail on an expedition to the [[Azores]]. *[[1611]] &ndash; [[Gaspar de Borja y Velasco]] is made a cardinal by [[Pope Paul V]]. *[[1668]] &ndash; An [[Historical earthquakes|earthquake]] of eight degrees on the [[Richter magnitude scale]] causes 8,000 deaths in [[Anatolia]], [[Ottoman Empire]]. *[[1717]] &ndash; [[Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18]]: The month-long [[Siege of Belgrade (1717)|Siege of Belgrade]] ends with [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]]'s [[Habsburg Monarchy|Austrian]] troops capturing the city from the [[Ottoman Empire]]. *[[1723]] &ndash; [[Ioan Giurgiu Patachi]] becomes [[List of Major Archbishops of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia|Bishop of Făgăraş]] and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in [[Făgăraş]], after being formally confirmed earlier by [[Pope Clement XI]]. *[[1740]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict XIV]] succeeds [[Pope Clement XII]] as the 247th [[pope]]. *[[1771]] &ndash; [[Edinburgh]] [[botanist]] [[James Robertson (botanist)|James Robertson]] makes the first recorded ascent of [[Ben Nevis]] in [[Scotland]]. *[[1784]] &ndash; Classical composer [[Luigi Boccherini]] receives a pay rise of 12000 [[Spanish real|reals]] from his employer, the [[Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón]]. *[[1807]] &ndash; [[Robert Fulton]]'s ''[[North River Steamboat]]'' leaves [[New York City|New York, New York]], for [[Albany, New York]], on the [[Hudson River]], inaugurating the first commercial [[steamboat]] service in the world. *[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: The [[Dakota War of 1862]] begins in [[Minnesota]] as [[Lakota people|Lakota]] warriors attack white settlements along the [[Minnesota River]]. * 1862 &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Major General [[J.E.B. Stuart]] is assigned command of all the cavalry of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Army of Northern Virginia]]. *[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: In [[Charleston, South Carolina]], [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held [[Fort Sumter]]. *[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Battle of Gainesville]] – Confederate forces defeat Union troops near [[Gainesville, Florida]]. *[[1866]] &ndash; The [[Grand Duchy of Baden]] announces her withdrawal from the [[German Confederation]] and signs a [[History of Baden-Württemberg|treaty of peace and alliance]] with [[Prussia]]. *[[1883]] &ndash; The first public performance of the [[Dominican Republic]]'s [[national anthem]], ''[[National Anthem of the Dominican Republic|Himno Nacional]]''. *[[1896]] &ndash; [[Bridget Driscoll]] is run over by a [[Benz & Cie.|Benz]] car in the grounds of [[The Crystal Palace]], [[London]], the world's first motoring fatality. *[[1907]] &ndash; [[Pike Place Market]], a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]], opened. *[[1908]] &ndash; ''[[Fantasmagorie (1908 film)|Fantasmagorie]]'', the first animated cartoon, created by [[Émile Cohl]], is shown in [[Paris]], [[France]]. *[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Battle of Stallupönen]] – The [[Germany|German]] army of [[General officer|General]] [[Hermann von François]] defeats the [[Russia]]n force commanded by [[Paul von Rennenkampf]] near modern-day [[Nesterov]], Russia. *[[1915]] &ndash; [[American Jews|Jewish American]] [[Leo Frank]] is [[lynching|lynched]] for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl in [[Marietta, Georgia]], [[United States]]. * 1915 &ndash; A [[1915 Galveston hurricane|Category 4 hurricane]] hits [[Galveston, Texas]] with winds at {{convert|135|mph|km/h}}. *[[1918]] &ndash; [[Bolshevik]] revolutionary leader [[Moisei Uritsky]] is [[assassination|assassinated]]. *[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] [[Makin Island raid|raid]] the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]]-held Pacific island of Makin ([[Butaritari]]). *[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: The U.S. [[Eighth Air Force]] suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the [[Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission]]. * 1943 &ndash; World War II: The [[United States Army Europe|U.S. Seventh Army]] under General [[George S. Patton]] arrives in [[Messina]], [[Italy]], followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal [[Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Bernard Montgomery]], thus completing the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[Allied invasion of Sicily|conquest of Sicily]]. * 1943 &ndash; World War II: [[Quebec Conference, 1943|First Québec Conference]] of [[Winston Churchill]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], and [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] begins. * 1943 &ndash; World War II: The [[Royal Air Force]] begins [[Operation Hydra (1943)|Operation Hydra]], the first air raid of the [[Operation Crossbow]] [[Strategic bombing during World War II|strategic bombing campaign]] against Germany's [[V-weapons|V-weapon program]]. *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Sukarno]] and [[Mohammad Hatta]] [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|proclaim the independence]] of [[Indonesia]], igniting the [[Indonesian National Revolution]] against the [[Dutch Empire]]. *[[1947]] &ndash; The [[Radcliffe Line]], the border between [[Dominion of India]] and [[Dominion of Pakistan]] is revealed. *[[1950]] &ndash; [[Hill 303 massacre]]: American POWs were massacred by the [[Korean People's Army|North Korean Army]]. *[[1953]] &ndash; [[Substance dependence|Addiction]]: First meeting of [[Narcotics Anonymous]] in [[Southern California]]. *[[1958]] &ndash; ''[[Pioneer 0]]'', America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond [[Earth]] orbit by any country. *[[1959]] &ndash; [[Quake Lake]] is formed by the magnitude 7.5 [[1959 Yellowstone earthquake]] near [[Hebgen Lake]] in [[Montana]]. * 1959 &ndash; ''[[Kind of Blue]]'' by [[Miles Davis]], the much acclaimed and highly influential best selling [[jazz]] recording of all time, is released. *[[1960]] &ndash; [[Decolonization]]: [[Gabon]] gains independence from France. *[[1962]] &ndash; [[East Germany|East German]] border guards [[Killing of Peter Fechter|kill Peter Fechter]], 18, as he attempts to cross the [[Berlin Wall]] into [[West Berlin]] becoming one of the first victims of the wall. *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale|Category 5]] [[Hurricane Camille]] hits the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|U.S. Gulf Coast]], killing 256 and causing [[United States dollar|$]]1.42 billion in damage. *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Venera]] program: ''[[Venera 7]]'' launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another [[planet]] ([[Venus]]). *[[1977]] &ndash; The Soviet icebreaker ''[[Arktika (icebreaker)|Arktika]]'' became the first surface ship to reach the [[North Pole]]. *[[1978]] &ndash; ''[[Double Eagle II]]'' becomes first [[balloon (aircraft)|balloon]] to cross the [[Atlantic Ocean]] when it lands in [[Miserey]], France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving [[Presque Isle, Maine]]. *[[1980]] &ndash; [[Death of Azaria Chamberlain|Azaria Chamberlain disappears]], at Ayers Rock, Northern Territory, probably taken by a [[dingo]], leading to what was then the most [[trial by media|publicized trial]] in [[History of Australia|Australian history]]. *[[1982]] &ndash; The first [[Compact Disc]]s (CDs) are released to the public in Germany. *[[1988]] &ndash; [[President of Pakistan]] [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] and [[Ambassadors of the United States|U.S. Ambassador]] [[Arnold Lewis Raphel|Arnold Raphel]] are killed in a plane crash. *[[1998]] &ndash; [[Lewinsky scandal]]: [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Bill Clinton]] admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with [[White House]] intern [[Monica Lewinsky]]. On the same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship. *[[1999]] &ndash; A 7.4-magnitude [[1999 İzmit earthquake|earthquake]] strikes [[İzmit]], [[Turkey]], killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000. *[[2004]] &ndash; The [[National Assembly of Serbia]] unanimously adopts new state symbols for [[Serbia]]: [[Bože pravde]] becomes the new anthem and the [[Coat of arms of Serbia|coat of arms]] is adopted for the whole country. *[[2005]] &ndash; The first forced [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|evacuation]] of [[settler]]s, as part of [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]], starts. * 2005 &ndash; Over 500 bombs are [[2005 Bangladesh bombings|set off by terrorists]] at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of [[Bangladesh]] *[[2008]] &ndash; American swimmer [[Michael Phelps]] becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games. *[[2009]] &ndash; [[2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro accident|An accident]] at the [[Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam]] in [[Khakassia]], Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area. ==Births== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this day in history" websites for accurate date information. --> *[[1473]] &ndash; [[Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York]] (d. 1483) *[[1556]] &ndash; [[Alexander Briant]], English martyr (d. 1581) *[[1578]] &ndash; [[Francesco Albani]], Italian painter (d. 1660) *[[1601]] &ndash; [[Pierre de Fermat]], French mathematician (d. 1665) *[[1629]] &ndash; [[John III Sobieski]], Polish king (d. 1696) *[[1686]] &ndash; [[Nicola Porpora]], Italian composer (d. 1768) *[[1753]] &ndash; [[Josef Dobrovský]], Czech linguist (d. 1828) *[[1768]] &ndash; [[Louis Desaix]], French general (d. 1800) *[[1786]] &ndash; [[Davy Crockett]], American soldier and politician (d. 1836) * 1786 &ndash; [[Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]] (d. 1861) *[[1794]] &ndash; [[Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst]], German priest (d. 1849) *[[1828]] &ndash; [[Jules Bernard Luys]], French neurologist (d. 1897) *[[1840]] &ndash; [[Wilfrid Scawen Blunt]], British poet and writer (d. 1922) *[[1844]] &ndash; [[Menelik II of Ethiopia]] (d. 1913) *[[1863]] &ndash; [[Gene Stratton-Porter]], American author (d. 1924) *[[1866]] &ndash; [[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI]], Indian 6th [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] (d. 1911) * 1866 &ndash; [[Julia Marlowe]], English actress (d. 1950) *[[1873]] &ndash; [[John A. Sampson]], American gynecologist (d. 1946) *[[1877]] &ndash; [[Ralph McKittrick]], American golfer and tennis player (d. 1923) *[[1878]] &ndash; [[Reggie Duff]], Australian cricketer (d. 1911) *[[1880]] &ndash; [[Percy Sherwell]], South African cricketer (d. 1948) *[[1887]] &ndash; [[Charles I of Austria]] (d. 1922) * 1887 &ndash; [[Marcus Garvey]], Jamaican journalist and activist, founded [[Black Star Line]] (d. 1940) *[[1888]] &ndash; [[Monty Woolley]], American actor (d. 1963) *[[1890]] &ndash; [[Stefan Bastyr]], Polish pilot (d. 1920) * 1890 &ndash; [[Harry Hopkins]], American politician, 8th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] (d. 1946) *[[1893]] &ndash; [[Mae West]], American actress (d. 1980) *[[1895]] &ndash; [[Aris Maliagros]], Greek actor (d. 1984) *[[1896]] &ndash; [[Leslie Groves]], American military engineer (d. 1970) * 1896 &ndash; [[Oliver Waterman Larkin]], American historian and author (d. 1970) *[[1904]] &ndash; [[Mary Cain (editor)|Mary Cain]], American newspaper editor and politician (d. 1984) * 1904 &ndash; [[Leopold Nowak]], Austrian composer (d. 1991) *[[1909]] &ndash; [[Larry Clinton]], American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985) *[[1911]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Botvinnik]], Russian chess player (d. 1995) * 1911 &ndash; [[Martin Sandberger]], German military officer (d. 2010) *[[1913]] &ndash; [[Mark Felt]], American agent of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (d. 2008) * 1913 &ndash; [[Oscar Alfredo Gálvez]], Argentine race car driver (d. 1989) * 1913 &ndash; [[Rudy York]], American baseball player (d. 1970) *[[1914]] &ndash; [[Bill Downs]], American broadcast journalist and original "[[Murrow's Boys|Murrow Boy]]" (d. 1978) *[[1914]] &ndash; [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.]], American politician (d. 1988) *[[1916]] &ndash; [[Moses Majekodunmi]], Nigerian politician (d. 2012) *[[1918]] &ndash; [[Evelyn Ankers]], Chilean-American actress (d. 1985) *[[1919]] &ndash; [[Georgia Gibbs]], American singer (d. 2006) *[[1920]] &ndash; [[Maureen O'Hara]], Irish actress and singer *[[1921]] &ndash; [[Geoffrey Elton]], German-English historian (d. 1994) *[[1922]] &ndash; [[Roy Tattersall]], England cricketer (d. 2011) *[[1926]] &ndash; [[Valerie Eliot]], British businesswoman, wife and editor of TS Eliot (d. 2012) * 1926 &ndash; [[George Melly]], English singer (d. 2007) * 1926 &ndash; [[Jean Poiret]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1992) * 1926 &ndash; [[Jiang Zemin]], Chinese politician *[[1928]] &ndash; [[T. J. Anderson]], American composer, conductor, and educator * 1928 &ndash; [[Willem Duys]], Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer (d. 2011) *[[1929]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Donley]], American singer-songwriter (d. 1963) * 1929 &ndash; [[Francis Gary Powers]], American pilot (d. 1977) *[[1930]] &ndash; [[Harve Bennett]], American television and film producer and screenwriter * 1930 &ndash; [[Ted Hughes]], British poet laureate (d. 1998) *[[1932]] &ndash; [[V. S. Naipaul]], Trinidadian-British writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1933]] &ndash; [[Glenn Corbett]], American actor (d. 1993) * 1933 &ndash; [[Mark Dinning]], American singer (d. 1986) * 1933 &ndash; [[Gene Kranz]], American [[NASA]] flight director and manager *[[1934]] &ndash; [[João Donato]], Brazilian pianist and composer *[[1935]] &ndash; [[Oleg Tabakov]], Russian actor *[[1936]] &ndash; [[Floyd Red Crow Westerman]], American actor, singer, and activist (d. 2007) *[[1937]] &ndash; [[Ronnie Butler]], Bahamian singer * 1937 &ndash; [[Spiros Focás]], Greek actor *[[1938]] &ndash; [[Abu Bakar Bashir]], Indonesian cleric * 1938 &ndash; [[Theodoros Pangalos]], Greek politician *[[1939]] &ndash; [[Luther Allison]], American guitarist (d. 1997) *[[1940]] &ndash; [[Eduardo Mignogna]], Argentinian director (d. 2006) *[[1941]] &ndash; [[Jean Pierre Lefebvre]], Canadian director *[[1942]] &ndash; [[Muslim Magomayev (musician)|Muslim Magomayev]], Soviet and Azerbaijani singer *[[1943]] &ndash; [[Robert De Niro]], American actor * 1943 &ndash; [[John Humphrys]] British broadcaster and journalist * 1943 &ndash; [[Dave "Snaker" Ray]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Koerner, Ray & Glover]]) (d. 2002) *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Rachel Pollack]], American science fiction author *[[1944]] &ndash; [[Larry Ellison]], American businessman, co-founded the [[Oracle Corporation]] *[[1946]] &ndash; [[Martha Coolidge]], American film director * 1946 &ndash; [[Patrick Manning]], Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th and 6th [[List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago|Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago]] *[[1947]] &ndash; [[Sylvia Nasar]], German-American economist and author * 1947 &ndash; [[Jennifer Rhodes]], American actress *[[1948]] &ndash; [[Rod MacDonald]], American singer-songwriter *[[1949]] &ndash; [[Norm Coleman]], American politician * 1949 &ndash; [[Julian Fellowes]], British member of the House of Lords, actor, director, and writer *[[1951]] &ndash; [[Robert Joy]], Canadian actor * 1951 &ndash; [[Alan Minter]], English boxer * 1951 &ndash; [[Elba Ramalho]], Brazilian singer *[[1952]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Maksimenkov]], Russian footballer and coach (d. 2012) * 1952 &ndash; [[Nelson Piquet]], Brazilian race car driver * 1952 &ndash; [[Mario Theissen]], German motorsport director * 1952 &ndash; [[Guillermo Vilas]], Argentinian tennis player *[[1953]] &ndash; [[Mick Malthouse]], Australian footballer and coach * 1953 &ndash; [[Kevin Rowland]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Dexys Midnight Runners]]) * 1953 &ndash; [[Herta Müller]], Romanian-German poet and novelist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1954]] &ndash; [[Andrés Pastrana Arango]], Colombian politician, 38th [[President of Colombia]] * 1954 &ndash; [[Eric Johnson]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer *[[1955]] &ndash; [[Richard Hilton]], American businessman *[[1956]] &ndash; [[Gail Berman]], American film executive, co-founded [[BermanBraun]] * 1956 &ndash; [[Álvaro Pino]], Spanish cyclist *[[1957]] &ndash; [[Robin Cousins]], British figure skater * 1957 &ndash; [[Ken Kwapis]], American director and screenwriter * 1957 &ndash; [[Laurence Overmire]], American poet and actor *[[1958]] &ndash; [[Belinda Carlisle]], American singer-songwriter, and author ([[The Go-Go's]]) * 1958 &ndash; [[Fred Goodwin]], British banker * 1958 &ndash; [[Kirk Stevens]], Canadian snooker player *[[1959]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Franzen]], American author * 1959 &ndash; [[David Koresh]], American cult leader (d. 1993) * 1959 &ndash; [[Chika Sakamoto]], Japanese voice actress and singer * 1959 &ndash; [[Eric Schlosser]], American journalist and author *[[1960]] &ndash; [[Stephan Eicher]], Swiss singer-songwriter ([[Grauzone]]) * 1960 &ndash; [[Sean Penn]], American actor and director *[[1961]] &ndash; [[Russell T. McCutcheon]], Canadian scholar * 1961 &ndash; [[Larry B. Scott]], American actor *[[1962]] &ndash; [[Gilby Clarke]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ([[Guns N' Roses]], [[Rock Star Supernova]], and [[Candy (band)|Candy]]) * 1962 &ndash; [[John Marshall Jones]], American actor * 1962 &ndash; [[Buddy Landel]], American wrestler * 1962 &ndash; [[Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss]], German actor and director *[[1963]] &ndash; [[Shankar (director)|Shankar]], Indian director and producer * 1963 &ndash; [[Jon Gruden]], American football coach *[[1964]] &ndash; [[Colin James]], Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1964 &ndash; [[Maria McKee]], American singer-songwriter *[[1966]] &ndash; [[Maysa Leak]], American singer and producer ([[Incognito (band)|Incognito]]) * 1966 &ndash; [[Rodney Mullen]], American skateboarder * 1966 &ndash; [[Don Sweeney]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1967]] &ndash; [[David Conrad]], American actor *[[1968]] &ndash; [[Andrew Koenig]], American actor, director, and writer (d. 2010) * 1968 &ndash; [[Ed McCaffrey]], American football player * 1968 &ndash; [[Helen McCrory]], British actress *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Christian Laettner]], American basketball player * 1969 &ndash; [[Donnie Wahlberg]], American singer, actor, and producer ([[New Kids on the Block]]) *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Jim Courier]], American tennis player * 1970 &ndash; [[Rupert Degas]], English actor * 1970 &ndash; [[Øyvind Leonhardsen]], Norwegian footballer *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Uhm Jung-hwa]], South Korean singer and actress * 1971 &ndash; [[Ed Motta]], Brazilian singer and musician * 1971 &ndash; [[Jorge Posada]], Puerto Rican baseball player * 1971 &ndash; [[Shaun Rehn]], Australian footballer *[[1972]] &ndash; [[Habibul Bashar]], Bangladeshi cricketer *[[1974]] &ndash; [[Tony Hajjar]], Lebanese-American drummer ([[At the Drive-In]] and [[Sparta (band)|Sparta]]) * 1974 &ndash; [[Nicola Kraus]], American novelist *[[1975]] &ndash; [[Giuliana Rancic]], Italian-American journalist and actress *[[1976]] &ndash; [[Scott Halberstadt]], American actor * 1976 &ndash; [[Geertjan Lassche]], Dutch journalist *[[1977]] &ndash; [[Nathan Deakes]], Australian race walker * 1977 &ndash; [[William Gallas]], French footballer * 1977 &ndash; [[Thierry Henry]], French footballer * 1977 &ndash; [[Mike Lewis (musician)|Mike Lewis]], Welsh guitarist ([[Lostprophets]] and [[Public Disturbance (band)|Public Disturbance]]) * 1977 &ndash; [[Tarja Turunen]], Finnish singer-songwriter and composer ([[Nightwish]]) *[[1978]] &ndash; [[Nelson Medina]], peruvian artist. *[[1978]] &ndash; [[Karena Lam]], Hong Kong actress * 1978 &ndash; [[Ebon Moss-Bachrach]], American actor * 1978 &ndash; [[Vibeke Stene]], Norwegian singer ([[Tristania (band)|Tristania]]) *[[1979]] &ndash; [[Marcus Patric]], English actor * 1979 &ndash; [[Antwaan Randle El]], American football player *[[1980]] &ndash; [[Keith Dabengwa]], Zimbabwean cricketer * 1980 &ndash; [[Jan Kromkamp]], Dutch footballer * 1980 &ndash; [[Daniel Güiza]], Spanish footballer * 1980 &ndash; [[Lene Marlin]], Norwegian singer-songwriter *[[1981]] &ndash; [[Kristin Adams]], American television host *[[1982]] &ndash; [[Cheerleader Melissa]], American wrestler * 1982 &ndash; [[Phil Jagielka]], English footballer * 1982 &ndash; [[Mark Salling]], American actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist *[[1983]] &ndash; [[Dustin Pedroia]], American baseball player *[[1984]] &ndash; [[Dee Brown (basketball, born 1984)|Dee Brown]], American basketball player * 1984 &ndash; [[Garrett Wolfe]], American football player *[[1985]] &ndash; [[Yū Aoi]], Japanese actress * 1985 &ndash; [[Brock Kelly]], American actor *[[1986]] &ndash; [[Rudy Gay]], American basketball player * 1986 &ndash; [[Bryton James]], American actor and singer * 1986 &ndash; [[Tyrus Thomas]], American basketball player *[[1987]] &ndash; [[Kemp Muhl]], American model, actress, and singer * 1987 &ndash; [[Matthew Shultz]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Cage the Elephant]]) *[[1988]] &ndash; [[Aidan Coleman]], Irish jockey * 1988 &ndash; [[Bianca Collins]], American actress * 1988 &ndash; [[Brady Corbet]], American actor * 1988 &ndash; [[Erika Toda]], Japanese actress *[[1989]] &ndash; [[Elena Hight]], American snowboarder * 1989 &ndash; [[Frederick Lau]], German actor * 1989 &ndash; [[Lil B]], American rapper ([[The Pack (group)|The Pack]]) *[[1990]] &ndash; [[Colin Bates]], American actor * 1990 &ndash; [[Lauren Diewold]], Canadian actress * 1990 &ndash; [[Rachel Hurd-Wood]], English actress *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Austin Butler]], American actor and singer * 1991 &ndash; [[Qory Sandioriva]], Indonesian model, [[Puteri Indonesia 2009]] *[[1992]] &ndash; [[Alex Elisala]], New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013) * 1992 &ndash; [[Britani Knight]], American wrestler *[[1993]] &ndash; [[Cinta Laura]], German-Indonesian actress and singer * 1993 &ndash; [[Madison McReynolds]], American actress * 1993 &ndash; [[Sarah Sjöström]], Swedish swimmer *[[1994]] &ndash; [[Taissa Farmiga]], American actress * [[1996]] &ndash; [[Ella Cruz]], Filipino actress <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this day in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== *[[1153]] &ndash; [[Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne]] (b. 1130) *[[1304]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Fukakusa]] of Japan (b. 1243) *[[1324]] &ndash; [[Irene of Brunswick]], Empress of Constantinople (b. c. 1293) *[[1338]] &ndash; [[Nitta Yoshisada]], Japanese samurai (b. 1301; died in battle) *[[1405]] &ndash; [[Thomas West, 1st Baron West]] (b. 1335) *[[1433]] &ndash; [[Jan of Tarnów (1367–1433)|Jan of Tarnów]], Polish nobleman (b. 1367) *[[1510]] &ndash; [[Edmund Dudley]], English statesman (b. 1462) *[[1657]] &ndash; [[Robert Blake (admiral)|Robert Blake]], English admiral (b. 1599) *[[1673]] &ndash; [[Regnier de Graaf]], Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641) *[[1676]] &ndash; [[Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen]], German novelist (b. 1621) *[[1720]] &ndash; [[Anne Dacier]], French scholar (b. 1654) *[[1723]] &ndash; [[Joseph Bingham]], English scholar (b. 1668) *[[1768]] &ndash; [[Vasily Trediakovsky]], Russian poet (b. 1703) *[[1785]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Trumbull]], American politician (b. 1710) *[[1786]] &ndash; [[Frederick the Great]], Prussian king (b. 1712) *[[1834]] &ndash; [[Husein Gradaščević]], Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802) *[[1838]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo Da Ponte]], Italian librettist and poet (b. 1749) *[[1850]] &ndash; [[José de San Martín]], Argentine general (b. 1778) *[[1861]] &ndash; [[Alcée Louis la Branche]], American politician (b. 1806) *[[1870]] &ndash; [[Perucho Figueredo]], Cuban poet, musician, and activist (b. 1818) *[[1875]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Bleek]], German linguist (b. 1827) *[[1880]] &ndash; [[Ole Bull]], Norwegian violinist and composer (b. 1810) *[[1896]] &ndash; [[Bridget Driscoll]], first British car accident fatality (b. 1852) *[[1897]] &ndash; [[William Jervois]], British military engineer, diplomat and colonial administrator, 10th [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (b. 1821) *[[1901]] &ndash; [[Edmond Audran]], French composer (b. 1842) *[[1903]] &ndash; [[Hans Gude]], Norwegian painter (b. 1825) *[[1909]] &ndash; [[Madan Lal Dhingra]], Indian freedom fighter (b. 1883) *[[1918]] &ndash; [[Moisei Uritsky]], Russian activist and statesman (b. 1873) *[[1920]] &ndash; [[Ray Chapman]], American baseball player (b. 1891) *[[1924]] &ndash; [[Tom Kendall]], Australian cricketer (b. 1851) *[[1925]] &ndash; [[Ioan Slavici]], Transylvanian-Romanian journalist and writer (b. 1848) *[[1935]] &ndash; [[Charlotte Perkins Gilman]], American activist and writer (b. 1860) * 1935 &ndash; [[Adam Gunn]], American decathlete (b. 1872) *[[1940]] &ndash; [[Billy Fiske]], American pilot (b. 1911) *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Reidar Haaland]], Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919) *[[1949]] &ndash; [[Gregorio Perfecto]], Filipino jurist and politician (b. 1891) *[[1954]] &ndash; [[Billy Murray (singer)|Billy Murray]], American singer (b. 1877) *[[1958]] &ndash; [[Arthur Fox]], American fencer (b. 1878) *[[1962]] &ndash; [[Peter Fechter]], German Berlin Wall escapee (b. 1944) *[[1964]] &ndash; [[Happy Felsch]], American baseball player (b. 1891) *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Otto Stern]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1888) *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Rattana Pestonji]], Thai director and producer (b. 1908) *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Maedayama Eigorō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1914) * 1971 &ndash; [[Wilhelm List]], German field marshal (b. 1880) *[[1973]] &ndash; [[Conrad Aiken]], American author (b. 1889) * 1973 &ndash; [[Jean Barraqué]], French composer (b. 1928) * 1973 &ndash; [[Paul Williams (The Temptations)|Paul Williams]], American singer and choreographer ([[The Temptations]]) (b. 1939) *[[1976]] &ndash; [[William Redfield (actor)|William Redfield]], American actor (b. 1927) *[[1979]] &ndash; [[John C. Allen]], American roller coaster designer (b. 1907) * 1979 &ndash; [[Vivian Vance]], American actress (b. 1909) *[[1983]] &ndash; [[Ira Gershwin]], American songwriter (b. 1896) *[[1987]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Hess]], German [[nazi]] politician (b. 1894) * 1987 &ndash; [[Shaike Ophir]], Israeli actor (b. 1929) * 1987 &ndash; [[Gary Chester]], Italian drummer (b. 1924) *[[1988]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]], Pakistani politician, 6th [[President of Pakistan]] (b. 1924) * 1988 &ndash; [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.]], American politician (b. 1914) * 1988 &ndash; [[Victoria Shaw (actress)|Victoria Shaw]], Australian-American actress (b. 1935) *[[1990]] &ndash; [[Pearl Bailey]], American actress and singer (b. 1918) *[[1992]] &ndash; [[Al Parker]], American porn actor, director, and producer (b. 1952) *[[1993]] &ndash; [[Feng Kang]], Chinese mathematician (b. 1920) *[[1994]] &ndash; [[Luigi Chinetti]], Italian-American race car driver (b. 1901) * 1994 &ndash; [[Jack Sharkey]], American boxer (b. 1902) *[[1995]] &ndash; [[Howard E. Koch]], American screenwriter (b. 1902) * 1995 &ndash; [[Ted Whitten]], Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933) *[[1998]] &ndash; [[Władysław Komar]], Polish athlete (b. 1940) * 1998 &ndash; [[Raquel Rastenni]], Danish singer (b. 1915) * 1998 &ndash; [[Tadeusz Ślusarski]], Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950) *[[2003]] &ndash; [[Mazen Dana]], Palestinian journalist (b. 1962) *[[2004]] &ndash; [[Thea Astley]], Australian writer (b. 1925) * 2004 &ndash; [[Gérard Souzay]], French singer (b. 1918) *[[2005]] &ndash; [[John N. Bahcall|John Bahcall]], American astrophysicist (b. 1934) *[[2006]] &ndash; [[Shamsur Rahman]], Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929) *[[2007]] &ndash; [[Jos Brink]], Dutch actor, producer, and author (b. 1942) * 2007 &ndash; [[Bill Deedes]], British journalist and politician (b. 1913) * 2007 &ndash; [[Eddie Griffin (basketball)|Eddie Griffin]], American basketball player (b. 1982) *[[2008]] &ndash; [[Franco Sensi]], Italian businessman (b. 1926) *[[2010]] &ndash; [[Francesco Cossiga]], Italian politician, 8th [[President of Italy]] (b. 1928) *[[2012]] &ndash; [[Aase Bjerkholt]], Norwegian politician (b. 1915) * 2012 &ndash; [[Pál Bogár]], Hungarian basketball player (b. 1927) * 2012 &ndash; [[Lou Martin]], Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1949) * 2012 &ndash; [[Shirley W. Palmer-Ball]], American politician (b. 1930) * 2012 &ndash; [[Victor Poor]], American engineer, developed the [[Datapoint 2200]] (b. 1933) * 2012 &ndash; [[Patrick Ricard]], French businessman (b. 1945) * 2012 &ndash; [[Willem G. van Maanen]], Dutch journalist (b. 1920) * 2012 &ndash; [[John Lynch-Staunton]], Canadian politician (b. 1930) <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. --> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[Calendar of saints|Feast Day]]: **[[Clare of Montefalco|Clare of the Cross]] **[[Hyacinth of Poland]] **[[Mammes of Caesarea]] ([[Catholic Church]]) **[[August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]], celebrates the [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|proclamation of Indonesia's independence]] from Japan in 1945. *[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Gabon]] from [[France]] in 1960. *[[Portunes|Portunalia]] ([[Roman Empire]]) *[[Public holidays in Slovenia|Prekmurje Union Day]] ([[Slovenia]]) *[[Public holidays in Argentina|San Martin Day]] ([[Argentina]]) ==External links== {{commons}} *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/17 BBC: On This Day] *{{NYT On this day|month=08|day=17}} *[http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Aug&day=17 On This Day in Canada] ---- {{months}} [[Category:Days of the year]] [[Category:August]]'
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'{{pp-move-indef}}{{August calendar|float=right}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== *today is Saturday , august 17 , 2013 ==Births== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this day in history" websites for accurate date information. --> *[[1473]] &ndash; [[Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York]] (d. 1483) *[[1556]] &ndash; [[Alexander Briant]], English martyr (d. 1581) *[[1578]] &ndash; [[Francesco Albani]], Italian painter (d. 1660) *[[1601]] &ndash; [[Pierre de Fermat]], French mathematician (d. 1665) *[[1629]] &ndash; [[John III Sobieski]], Polish king (d. 1696) *[[1686]] &ndash; [[Nicola Porpora]], Italian composer (d. 1768) *[[1753]] &ndash; [[Josef Dobrovský]], Czech linguist (d. 1828) *[[1768]] &ndash; [[Louis Desaix]], French general (d. 1800) *[[1786]] &ndash; [[Davy Crockett]], American soldier and politician (d. 1836) * 1786 &ndash; [[Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]] (d. 1861) *[[1794]] &ndash; [[Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst]], German priest (d. 1849) *[[1828]] &ndash; [[Jules Bernard Luys]], French neurologist (d. 1897) *[[1840]] &ndash; [[Wilfrid Scawen Blunt]], British poet and writer (d. 1922) *[[1844]] &ndash; [[Menelik II of Ethiopia]] (d. 1913) *[[1863]] &ndash; [[Gene Stratton-Porter]], American author (d. 1924) *[[1866]] &ndash; [[Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI]], Indian 6th [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] (d. 1911) * 1866 &ndash; [[Julia Marlowe]], English actress (d. 1950) *[[1873]] &ndash; [[John A. Sampson]], American gynecologist (d. 1946) *[[1877]] &ndash; [[Ralph McKittrick]], American golfer and tennis player (d. 1923) *[[1878]] &ndash; [[Reggie Duff]], Australian cricketer (d. 1911) *[[1880]] &ndash; [[Percy Sherwell]], South African cricketer (d. 1948) *[[1887]] &ndash; [[Charles I of Austria]] (d. 1922) * 1887 &ndash; [[Marcus Garvey]], Jamaican journalist and activist, founded [[Black Star Line]] (d. 1940) *[[1888]] &ndash; [[Monty Woolley]], American actor (d. 1963) *[[1890]] &ndash; [[Stefan Bastyr]], Polish pilot (d. 1920) * 1890 &ndash; [[Harry Hopkins]], American politician, 8th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] (d. 1946) *[[1893]] &ndash; [[Mae West]], American actress (d. 1980) *[[1895]] &ndash; [[Aris Maliagros]], Greek actor (d. 1984) *[[1896]] &ndash; [[Leslie Groves]], American military engineer (d. 1970) * 1896 &ndash; [[Oliver Waterman Larkin]], American historian and author (d. 1970) *[[1904]] &ndash; [[Mary Cain (editor)|Mary Cain]], American newspaper editor and politician (d. 1984) * 1904 &ndash; [[Leopold Nowak]], Austrian composer (d. 1991) *[[1909]] &ndash; [[Larry Clinton]], American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985) *[[1911]] &ndash; [[Mikhail Botvinnik]], Russian chess player (d. 1995) * 1911 &ndash; [[Martin Sandberger]], German military officer (d. 2010) *[[1913]] &ndash; [[Mark Felt]], American agent of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (d. 2008) * 1913 &ndash; [[Oscar Alfredo Gálvez]], Argentine race car driver (d. 1989) * 1913 &ndash; [[Rudy York]], American baseball player (d. 1970) *[[1914]] &ndash; [[Bill Downs]], American broadcast journalist and original "[[Murrow's Boys|Murrow Boy]]" (d. 1978) *[[1914]] &ndash; [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.]], American politician (d. 1988) *[[1916]] &ndash; [[Moses Majekodunmi]], Nigerian politician (d. 2012) *[[1918]] &ndash; [[Evelyn Ankers]], Chilean-American actress (d. 1985) *[[1919]] &ndash; [[Georgia Gibbs]], American singer (d. 2006) *[[1920]] &ndash; [[Maureen O'Hara]], Irish actress and singer *[[1921]] &ndash; [[Geoffrey Elton]], German-English historian (d. 1994) *[[1922]] &ndash; [[Roy Tattersall]], England cricketer (d. 2011) *[[1926]] &ndash; [[Valerie Eliot]], British businesswoman, wife and editor of TS Eliot (d. 2012) * 1926 &ndash; [[George Melly]], English singer (d. 2007) * 1926 &ndash; [[Jean Poiret]], French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1992) * 1926 &ndash; [[Jiang Zemin]], Chinese politician *[[1928]] &ndash; [[T. J. Anderson]], American composer, conductor, and educator * 1928 &ndash; [[Willem Duys]], Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer (d. 2011) *[[1929]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Donley]], American singer-songwriter (d. 1963) * 1929 &ndash; [[Francis Gary Powers]], American pilot (d. 1977) *[[1930]] &ndash; [[Harve Bennett]], American television and film producer and screenwriter * 1930 &ndash; [[Ted Hughes]], British poet laureate (d. 1998) *[[1932]] &ndash; [[V. S. Naipaul]], Trinidadian-British writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1933]] &ndash; [[Glenn Corbett]], American actor (d. 1993) * 1933 &ndash; [[Mark Dinning]], American singer (d. 1986) * 1933 &ndash; [[Gene Kranz]], American [[NASA]] flight director and manager *[[1934]] &ndash; [[João Donato]], Brazilian pianist and composer *[[1935]] &ndash; [[Oleg Tabakov]], Russian actor *[[1936]] &ndash; [[Floyd Red Crow Westerman]], American actor, singer, and activist (d. 2007) *[[1937]] &ndash; [[Ronnie Butler]], Bahamian singer * 1937 &ndash; [[Spiros Focás]], Greek actor *[[1938]] &ndash; [[Abu Bakar Bashir]], Indonesian cleric * 1938 &ndash; [[Theodoros Pangalos]], Greek politician *[[1939]] &ndash; [[Luther Allison]], American guitarist (d. 1997) *[[1940]] &ndash; [[Eduardo Mignogna]], Argentinian director (d. 2006) *[[1941]] &ndash; [[Jean Pierre Lefebvre]], Canadian director *[[1942]] &ndash; [[Muslim Magomayev (musician)|Muslim Magomayev]], Soviet and Azerbaijani singer *[[1943]] &ndash; [[Robert De Niro]], American actor * 1943 &ndash; [[John Humphrys]] British broadcaster and journalist * 1943 &ndash; [[Dave "Snaker" Ray]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Koerner, Ray & Glover]]) (d. 2002) *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Rachel Pollack]], American science fiction author *[[1944]] &ndash; [[Larry Ellison]], American businessman, co-founded the [[Oracle Corporation]] *[[1946]] &ndash; [[Martha Coolidge]], American film director * 1946 &ndash; [[Patrick Manning]], Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th and 6th [[List of Prime Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago|Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago]] *[[1947]] &ndash; [[Sylvia Nasar]], German-American economist and author * 1947 &ndash; [[Jennifer Rhodes]], American actress *[[1948]] &ndash; [[Rod MacDonald]], American singer-songwriter *[[1949]] &ndash; [[Norm Coleman]], American politician * 1949 &ndash; [[Julian Fellowes]], British member of the House of Lords, actor, director, and writer *[[1951]] &ndash; [[Robert Joy]], Canadian actor * 1951 &ndash; [[Alan Minter]], English boxer * 1951 &ndash; [[Elba Ramalho]], Brazilian singer *[[1952]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Maksimenkov]], Russian footballer and coach (d. 2012) * 1952 &ndash; [[Nelson Piquet]], Brazilian race car driver * 1952 &ndash; [[Mario Theissen]], German motorsport director * 1952 &ndash; [[Guillermo Vilas]], Argentinian tennis player *[[1953]] &ndash; [[Mick Malthouse]], Australian footballer and coach * 1953 &ndash; [[Kevin Rowland]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Dexys Midnight Runners]]) * 1953 &ndash; [[Herta Müller]], Romanian-German poet and novelist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate *[[1954]] &ndash; [[Andrés Pastrana Arango]], Colombian politician, 38th [[President of Colombia]] * 1954 &ndash; [[Eric Johnson]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer *[[1955]] &ndash; [[Richard Hilton]], American businessman *[[1956]] &ndash; [[Gail Berman]], American film executive, co-founded [[BermanBraun]] * 1956 &ndash; [[Álvaro Pino]], Spanish cyclist *[[1957]] &ndash; [[Robin Cousins]], British figure skater * 1957 &ndash; [[Ken Kwapis]], American director and screenwriter * 1957 &ndash; [[Laurence Overmire]], American poet and actor *[[1958]] &ndash; [[Belinda Carlisle]], American singer-songwriter, and author ([[The Go-Go's]]) * 1958 &ndash; [[Fred Goodwin]], British banker * 1958 &ndash; [[Kirk Stevens]], Canadian snooker player *[[1959]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Franzen]], American author * 1959 &ndash; [[David Koresh]], American cult leader (d. 1993) * 1959 &ndash; [[Chika Sakamoto]], Japanese voice actress and singer * 1959 &ndash; [[Eric Schlosser]], American journalist and author *[[1960]] &ndash; [[Stephan Eicher]], Swiss singer-songwriter ([[Grauzone]]) * 1960 &ndash; [[Sean Penn]], American actor and director *[[1961]] &ndash; [[Russell T. McCutcheon]], Canadian scholar * 1961 &ndash; [[Larry B. Scott]], American actor *[[1962]] &ndash; [[Gilby Clarke]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ([[Guns N' Roses]], [[Rock Star Supernova]], and [[Candy (band)|Candy]]) * 1962 &ndash; [[John Marshall Jones]], American actor * 1962 &ndash; [[Buddy Landel]], American wrestler * 1962 &ndash; [[Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss]], German actor and director *[[1963]] &ndash; [[Shankar (director)|Shankar]], Indian director and producer * 1963 &ndash; [[Jon Gruden]], American football coach *[[1964]] &ndash; [[Colin James]], Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1964 &ndash; [[Maria McKee]], American singer-songwriter *[[1966]] &ndash; [[Maysa Leak]], American singer and producer ([[Incognito (band)|Incognito]]) * 1966 &ndash; [[Rodney Mullen]], American skateboarder * 1966 &ndash; [[Don Sweeney]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1967]] &ndash; [[David Conrad]], American actor *[[1968]] &ndash; [[Andrew Koenig]], American actor, director, and writer (d. 2010) * 1968 &ndash; [[Ed McCaffrey]], American football player * 1968 &ndash; [[Helen McCrory]], British actress *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Christian Laettner]], American basketball player * 1969 &ndash; [[Donnie Wahlberg]], American singer, actor, and producer ([[New Kids on the Block]]) *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Jim Courier]], American tennis player * 1970 &ndash; [[Rupert Degas]], English actor * 1970 &ndash; [[Øyvind Leonhardsen]], Norwegian footballer *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Uhm Jung-hwa]], South Korean singer and actress * 1971 &ndash; [[Ed Motta]], Brazilian singer and musician * 1971 &ndash; [[Jorge Posada]], Puerto Rican baseball player * 1971 &ndash; [[Shaun Rehn]], Australian footballer *[[1972]] &ndash; [[Habibul Bashar]], Bangladeshi cricketer *[[1974]] &ndash; [[Tony Hajjar]], Lebanese-American drummer ([[At the Drive-In]] and [[Sparta (band)|Sparta]]) * 1974 &ndash; [[Nicola Kraus]], American novelist *[[1975]] &ndash; [[Giuliana Rancic]], Italian-American journalist and actress *[[1976]] &ndash; [[Scott Halberstadt]], American actor * 1976 &ndash; [[Geertjan Lassche]], Dutch journalist *[[1977]] &ndash; [[Nathan Deakes]], Australian race walker * 1977 &ndash; [[William Gallas]], French footballer * 1977 &ndash; [[Thierry Henry]], French footballer * 1977 &ndash; [[Mike Lewis (musician)|Mike Lewis]], Welsh guitarist ([[Lostprophets]] and [[Public Disturbance (band)|Public Disturbance]]) * 1977 &ndash; [[Tarja Turunen]], Finnish singer-songwriter and composer ([[Nightwish]]) *[[1978]] &ndash; [[Nelson Medina]], peruvian artist. *[[1978]] &ndash; [[Karena Lam]], Hong Kong actress * 1978 &ndash; [[Ebon Moss-Bachrach]], American actor * 1978 &ndash; [[Vibeke Stene]], Norwegian singer ([[Tristania (band)|Tristania]]) *[[1979]] &ndash; [[Marcus Patric]], English actor * 1979 &ndash; [[Antwaan Randle El]], American football player *[[1980]] &ndash; [[Keith Dabengwa]], Zimbabwean cricketer * 1980 &ndash; [[Jan Kromkamp]], Dutch footballer * 1980 &ndash; [[Daniel Güiza]], Spanish footballer * 1980 &ndash; [[Lene Marlin]], Norwegian singer-songwriter *[[1981]] &ndash; [[Kristin Adams]], American television host *[[1982]] &ndash; [[Cheerleader Melissa]], American wrestler * 1982 &ndash; [[Phil Jagielka]], English footballer * 1982 &ndash; [[Mark Salling]], American actor, singer-songwriter, and guitarist *[[1983]] &ndash; [[Dustin Pedroia]], American baseball player *[[1984]] &ndash; [[Dee Brown (basketball, born 1984)|Dee Brown]], American basketball player * 1984 &ndash; [[Garrett Wolfe]], American football player *[[1985]] &ndash; [[Yū Aoi]], Japanese actress * 1985 &ndash; [[Brock Kelly]], American actor *[[1986]] &ndash; [[Rudy Gay]], American basketball player * 1986 &ndash; [[Bryton James]], American actor and singer * 1986 &ndash; [[Tyrus Thomas]], American basketball player *[[1987]] &ndash; [[Kemp Muhl]], American model, actress, and singer * 1987 &ndash; [[Matthew Shultz]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Cage the Elephant]]) *[[1988]] &ndash; [[Aidan Coleman]], Irish jockey * 1988 &ndash; [[Bianca Collins]], American actress * 1988 &ndash; [[Brady Corbet]], American actor * 1988 &ndash; [[Erika Toda]], Japanese actress *[[1989]] &ndash; [[Elena Hight]], American snowboarder * 1989 &ndash; [[Frederick Lau]], German actor * 1989 &ndash; [[Lil B]], American rapper ([[The Pack (group)|The Pack]]) *[[1990]] &ndash; [[Colin Bates]], American actor * 1990 &ndash; [[Lauren Diewold]], Canadian actress * 1990 &ndash; [[Rachel Hurd-Wood]], English actress *[[1991]] &ndash; [[Austin Butler]], American actor and singer * 1991 &ndash; [[Qory Sandioriva]], Indonesian model, [[Puteri Indonesia 2009]] *[[1992]] &ndash; [[Alex Elisala]], New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013) * 1992 &ndash; [[Britani Knight]], American wrestler *[[1993]] &ndash; [[Cinta Laura]], German-Indonesian actress and singer * 1993 &ndash; [[Madison McReynolds]], American actress * 1993 &ndash; [[Sarah Sjöström]], Swedish swimmer *[[1994]] &ndash; [[Taissa Farmiga]], American actress * [[1996]] &ndash; [[Ella Cruz]], Filipino actress <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. Do not trust "this day in history" websites for accurate date information. --> ==Deaths== *[[1153]] &ndash; [[Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne]] (b. 1130) *[[1304]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Fukakusa]] of Japan (b. 1243) *[[1324]] &ndash; [[Irene of Brunswick]], Empress of Constantinople (b. c. 1293) *[[1338]] &ndash; [[Nitta Yoshisada]], Japanese samurai (b. 1301; died in battle) *[[1405]] &ndash; [[Thomas West, 1st Baron West]] (b. 1335) *[[1433]] &ndash; [[Jan of Tarnów (1367–1433)|Jan of Tarnów]], Polish nobleman (b. 1367) *[[1510]] &ndash; [[Edmund Dudley]], English statesman (b. 1462) *[[1657]] &ndash; [[Robert Blake (admiral)|Robert Blake]], English admiral (b. 1599) *[[1673]] &ndash; [[Regnier de Graaf]], Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641) *[[1676]] &ndash; [[Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen]], German novelist (b. 1621) *[[1720]] &ndash; [[Anne Dacier]], French scholar (b. 1654) *[[1723]] &ndash; [[Joseph Bingham]], English scholar (b. 1668) *[[1768]] &ndash; [[Vasily Trediakovsky]], Russian poet (b. 1703) *[[1785]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Trumbull]], American politician (b. 1710) *[[1786]] &ndash; [[Frederick the Great]], Prussian king (b. 1712) *[[1834]] &ndash; [[Husein Gradaščević]], Bosnian rebel leader (b. 1802) *[[1838]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo Da Ponte]], Italian librettist and poet (b. 1749) *[[1850]] &ndash; [[José de San Martín]], Argentine general (b. 1778) *[[1861]] &ndash; [[Alcée Louis la Branche]], American politician (b. 1806) *[[1870]] &ndash; [[Perucho Figueredo]], Cuban poet, musician, and activist (b. 1818) *[[1875]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Bleek]], German linguist (b. 1827) *[[1880]] &ndash; [[Ole Bull]], Norwegian violinist and composer (b. 1810) *[[1896]] &ndash; [[Bridget Driscoll]], first British car accident fatality (b. 1852) *[[1897]] &ndash; [[William Jervois]], British military engineer, diplomat and colonial administrator, 10th [[Governor-General of New Zealand]] (b. 1821) *[[1901]] &ndash; [[Edmond Audran]], French composer (b. 1842) *[[1903]] &ndash; [[Hans Gude]], Norwegian painter (b. 1825) *[[1909]] &ndash; [[Madan Lal Dhingra]], Indian freedom fighter (b. 1883) *[[1918]] &ndash; [[Moisei Uritsky]], Russian activist and statesman (b. 1873) *[[1920]] &ndash; [[Ray Chapman]], American baseball player (b. 1891) *[[1924]] &ndash; [[Tom Kendall]], Australian cricketer (b. 1851) *[[1925]] &ndash; [[Ioan Slavici]], Transylvanian-Romanian journalist and writer (b. 1848) *[[1935]] &ndash; [[Charlotte Perkins Gilman]], American activist and writer (b. 1860) * 1935 &ndash; [[Adam Gunn]], American decathlete (b. 1872) *[[1940]] &ndash; [[Billy Fiske]], American pilot (b. 1911) *[[1945]] &ndash; [[Reidar Haaland]], Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919) *[[1949]] &ndash; [[Gregorio Perfecto]], Filipino jurist and politician (b. 1891) *[[1954]] &ndash; [[Billy Murray (singer)|Billy Murray]], American singer (b. 1877) *[[1958]] &ndash; [[Arthur Fox]], American fencer (b. 1878) *[[1962]] &ndash; [[Peter Fechter]], German Berlin Wall escapee (b. 1944) *[[1964]] &ndash; [[Happy Felsch]], American baseball player (b. 1891) *[[1969]] &ndash; [[Otto Stern]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1888) *[[1970]] &ndash; [[Rattana Pestonji]], Thai director and producer (b. 1908) *[[1971]] &ndash; [[Maedayama Eigorō]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1914) * 1971 &ndash; [[Wilhelm List]], German field marshal (b. 1880) *[[1973]] &ndash; [[Conrad Aiken]], American author (b. 1889) * 1973 &ndash; [[Jean Barraqué]], French composer (b. 1928) * 1973 &ndash; [[Paul Williams (The Temptations)|Paul Williams]], American singer and choreographer ([[The Temptations]]) (b. 1939) *[[1976]] &ndash; [[William Redfield (actor)|William Redfield]], American actor (b. 1927) *[[1979]] &ndash; [[John C. Allen]], American roller coaster designer (b. 1907) * 1979 &ndash; [[Vivian Vance]], American actress (b. 1909) *[[1983]] &ndash; [[Ira Gershwin]], American songwriter (b. 1896) *[[1987]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Hess]], German [[nazi]] politician (b. 1894) * 1987 &ndash; [[Shaike Ophir]], Israeli actor (b. 1929) * 1987 &ndash; [[Gary Chester]], Italian drummer (b. 1924) *[[1988]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]], Pakistani politician, 6th [[President of Pakistan]] (b. 1924) * 1988 &ndash; [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.]], American politician (b. 1914) * 1988 &ndash; [[Victoria Shaw (actress)|Victoria Shaw]], Australian-American actress (b. 1935) *[[1990]] &ndash; [[Pearl Bailey]], American actress and singer (b. 1918) *[[1992]] &ndash; [[Al Parker]], American porn actor, director, and producer (b. 1952) *[[1993]] &ndash; [[Feng Kang]], Chinese mathematician (b. 1920) *[[1994]] &ndash; [[Luigi Chinetti]], Italian-American race car driver (b. 1901) * 1994 &ndash; [[Jack Sharkey]], American boxer (b. 1902) *[[1995]] &ndash; [[Howard E. Koch]], American screenwriter (b. 1902) * 1995 &ndash; [[Ted Whitten]], Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933) *[[1998]] &ndash; [[Władysław Komar]], Polish athlete (b. 1940) * 1998 &ndash; [[Raquel Rastenni]], Danish singer (b. 1915) * 1998 &ndash; [[Tadeusz Ślusarski]], Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950) *[[2003]] &ndash; [[Mazen Dana]], Palestinian journalist (b. 1962) *[[2004]] &ndash; [[Thea Astley]], Australian writer (b. 1925) * 2004 &ndash; [[Gérard Souzay]], French singer (b. 1918) *[[2005]] &ndash; [[John N. Bahcall|John Bahcall]], American astrophysicist (b. 1934) *[[2006]] &ndash; [[Shamsur Rahman]], Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929) *[[2007]] &ndash; [[Jos Brink]], Dutch actor, producer, and author (b. 1942) * 2007 &ndash; [[Bill Deedes]], British journalist and politician (b. 1913) * 2007 &ndash; [[Eddie Griffin (basketball)|Eddie Griffin]], American basketball player (b. 1982) *[[2008]] &ndash; [[Franco Sensi]], Italian businessman (b. 1926) *[[2010]] &ndash; [[Francesco Cossiga]], Italian politician, 8th [[President of Italy]] (b. 1928) *[[2012]] &ndash; [[Aase Bjerkholt]], Norwegian politician (b. 1915) * 2012 &ndash; [[Pál Bogár]], Hungarian basketball player (b. 1927) * 2012 &ndash; [[Lou Martin]], Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1949) * 2012 &ndash; [[Shirley W. Palmer-Ball]], American politician (b. 1930) * 2012 &ndash; [[Victor Poor]], American engineer, developed the [[Datapoint 2200]] (b. 1933) * 2012 &ndash; [[Patrick Ricard]], French businessman (b. 1945) * 2012 &ndash; [[Willem G. van Maanen]], Dutch journalist (b. 1920) * 2012 &ndash; [[John Lynch-Staunton]], Canadian politician (b. 1930) <!-- Do not add people without Wikipedia articles to this list Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. --> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[Calendar of saints|Feast Day]]: **[[Clare of Montefalco|Clare of the Cross]] **[[Hyacinth of Poland]] **[[Mammes of Caesarea]] ([[Catholic Church]]) **[[August 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]], celebrates the [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|proclamation of Indonesia's independence]] from Japan in 1945. *[[List of national independence days|Independence Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Gabon]] from [[France]] in 1960. *[[Portunes|Portunalia]] ([[Roman Empire]]) *[[Public holidays in Slovenia|Prekmurje Union Day]] ([[Slovenia]]) *[[Public holidays in Argentina|San Martin Day]] ([[Argentina]]) ==External links== {{commons}} *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/17 BBC: On This Day] *{{NYT On this day|month=08|day=17}} *[http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Aug&day=17 On This Day in Canada] ---- {{months}} [[Category:Days of the year]] [[Category:August]]'
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'@@ -3,67 +3,7 @@ {{Day}} ==Events== -* [[310]] &ndash; [[Pope Eusebius]] is banished by the Emperor [[Maxentius]] to [[Sicilia (Roman province)|Sicily]], where he dies, perhaps from a [[hunger strike]]. -* [[682]] &ndash; [[Pope Leo II]] succeeds [[Pope Agatho]] as the 80th [[pope]]. -* [[986]] &ndash; [[Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars]]: [[Battle of the Gates of Trajan]] – The [[First Bulgarian Empire|Bulgarians]] under the [[Cometopuli dynasty|Comitopuli]] [[Samuel of Bulgaria|Samuel]] and [[Aron (noble)|Aron]] defeat the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] forces at the [[Gates of Trajan]], with [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine Emperor]] [[Basil&nbsp;II]] barely escaping. -*[[1186]] &ndash; [[Georgenberg Pact]]: Duke [[Ottokar IV of Styria|Ottokar IV]] of [[Duchy of Styria|Styria]] and Duke [[Leopold V, Duke of Austria|Leopold V]] of [[Archduchy of Austria|Austria]] sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar gives his duchy to Leopold and to his son [[Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg)|Frederick]] under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided. -*[[1386]] &ndash; [[Karl Topia]], the ruler of [[Princedom of Albania]] forges an alliance with the [[Republic of Venice]], committing to participate in all wars of the Republic and receiving coastal protection against the [[Ottomans]] in return. -*[[1424]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: [[Battle of Verneuil]] – An [[Kingdom of England|English]] force under [[John, Duke of Bedford]] defeats a larger [[Kingdom of France|French]] army under the [[Duke of Alençon]], [[John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan|John Stewart]], and [[Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas|Earl Archibald of Douglas]]. -*[[1498]] &ndash; [[Cesare Borgia]], son of [[Pope Alexander VI]], becomes the first person in history to resign the [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinalate]]. On the same day, the French [[King Louis XII]] names him [[Duke of Valentinois]]. -*[[1549]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sampford Courtenay]] – The [[Prayer Book Rebellion]] is quashed in [[Kingdom of England|England]]. -*[[1560]] &ndash; The [[Roman Catholic Church]] is overthrown and [[Protestantism]] is [[Scottish Reformation Parliament|established]] as the national religion in [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]]. -*[[1585]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Siege of Antwerp (1584-1585)|Siege of Antwerp]] – [[Antwerp]] is captured by [[Spanish Empire |Spanish]] forces under [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma]], who orders [[Protestants]] to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the [[Dutch Republic|northern provinces]]. -* 1585 &ndash; A first group of colonists sent by [[Sir Walter Ralegh]] under the charge of [[Ralph Lane]] lands in the [[New World]] to create [[Roanoke Colony]] on [[Roanoke Island]], off the coast of present-day [[North Carolina]]. -*[[1597]] &ndash; [[Islands Voyage]]: [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]], and Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] set sail on an expedition to the [[Azores]]. -*[[1611]] &ndash; [[Gaspar de Borja y Velasco]] is made a cardinal by [[Pope Paul V]]. -*[[1668]] &ndash; An [[Historical earthquakes|earthquake]] of eight degrees on the [[Richter magnitude scale]] causes 8,000 deaths in [[Anatolia]], [[Ottoman Empire]]. -*[[1717]] &ndash; [[Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18]]: The month-long [[Siege of Belgrade (1717)|Siege of Belgrade]] ends with [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]]'s [[Habsburg Monarchy|Austrian]] troops capturing the city from the [[Ottoman Empire]]. -*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Ioan Giurgiu Patachi]] becomes [[List of Major Archbishops of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia|Bishop of Făgăraş]] and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in [[Făgăraş]], after being formally confirmed earlier by [[Pope Clement XI]]. -*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict XIV]] succeeds [[Pope Clement XII]] as the 247th [[pope]]. -*[[1771]] &ndash; [[Edinburgh]] [[botanist]] [[James Robertson (botanist)|James Robertson]] makes the first recorded ascent of [[Ben Nevis]] in [[Scotland]]. -*[[1784]] &ndash; Classical composer [[Luigi Boccherini]] receives a pay rise of 12000 [[Spanish real|reals]] from his employer, the [[Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón]]. -*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Robert Fulton]]'s ''[[North River Steamboat]]'' leaves [[New York City|New York, New York]], for [[Albany, New York]], on the [[Hudson River]], inaugurating the first commercial [[steamboat]] service in the world. -*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: The [[Dakota War of 1862]] begins in [[Minnesota]] as [[Lakota people|Lakota]] warriors attack white settlements along the [[Minnesota River]]. -* 1862 &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Major General [[J.E.B. Stuart]] is assigned command of all the cavalry of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Army of Northern Virginia]]. -*[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: In [[Charleston, South Carolina]], [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held [[Fort Sumter]]. -*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Battle of Gainesville]] – Confederate forces defeat Union troops near [[Gainesville, Florida]]. -*[[1866]] &ndash; The [[Grand Duchy of Baden]] announces her withdrawal from the [[German Confederation]] and signs a [[History of Baden-Württemberg|treaty of peace and alliance]] with [[Prussia]]. -*[[1883]] &ndash; The first public performance of the [[Dominican Republic]]'s [[national anthem]], ''[[National Anthem of the Dominican Republic|Himno Nacional]]''. -*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Bridget Driscoll]] is run over by a [[Benz & Cie.|Benz]] car in the grounds of [[The Crystal Palace]], [[London]], the world's first motoring fatality. -*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Pike Place Market]], a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]], opened. -*[[1908]] &ndash; ''[[Fantasmagorie (1908 film)|Fantasmagorie]]'', the first animated cartoon, created by [[Émile Cohl]], is shown in [[Paris]], [[France]]. -*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Battle of Stallupönen]] – The [[Germany|German]] army of [[General officer|General]] [[Hermann von François]] defeats the [[Russia]]n force commanded by [[Paul von Rennenkampf]] near modern-day [[Nesterov]], Russia. -*[[1915]] &ndash; [[American Jews|Jewish American]] [[Leo Frank]] is [[lynching|lynched]] for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl in [[Marietta, Georgia]], [[United States]]. -* 1915 &ndash; A [[1915 Galveston hurricane|Category 4 hurricane]] hits [[Galveston, Texas]] with winds at {{convert|135|mph|km/h}}. -*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Bolshevik]] revolutionary leader [[Moisei Uritsky]] is [[assassination|assassinated]]. -*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] [[Makin Island raid|raid]] the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]]-held Pacific island of Makin ([[Butaritari]]). -*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: The U.S. [[Eighth Air Force]] suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the [[Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission]]. -* 1943 &ndash; World War II: The [[United States Army Europe|U.S. Seventh Army]] under General [[George S. Patton]] arrives in [[Messina]], [[Italy]], followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal [[Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Bernard Montgomery]], thus completing the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[Allied invasion of Sicily|conquest of Sicily]]. -* 1943 &ndash; World War II: [[Quebec Conference, 1943|First Québec Conference]] of [[Winston Churchill]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], and [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] begins. -* 1943 &ndash; World War II: The [[Royal Air Force]] begins [[Operation Hydra (1943)|Operation Hydra]], the first air raid of the [[Operation Crossbow]] [[Strategic bombing during World War II|strategic bombing campaign]] against Germany's [[V-weapons|V-weapon program]]. -*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Sukarno]] and [[Mohammad Hatta]] [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|proclaim the independence]] of [[Indonesia]], igniting the [[Indonesian National Revolution]] against the [[Dutch Empire]]. -*[[1947]] &ndash; The [[Radcliffe Line]], the border between [[Dominion of India]] and [[Dominion of Pakistan]] is revealed. -*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Hill 303 massacre]]: American POWs were massacred by the [[Korean People's Army|North Korean Army]]. -*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Substance dependence|Addiction]]: First meeting of [[Narcotics Anonymous]] in [[Southern California]]. -*[[1958]] &ndash; ''[[Pioneer 0]]'', America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond [[Earth]] orbit by any country. -*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Quake Lake]] is formed by the magnitude 7.5 [[1959 Yellowstone earthquake]] near [[Hebgen Lake]] in [[Montana]]. -* 1959 &ndash; ''[[Kind of Blue]]'' by [[Miles Davis]], the much acclaimed and highly influential best selling [[jazz]] recording of all time, is released. -*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Decolonization]]: [[Gabon]] gains independence from France. -*[[1962]] &ndash; [[East Germany|East German]] border guards [[Killing of Peter Fechter|kill Peter Fechter]], 18, as he attempts to cross the [[Berlin Wall]] into [[West Berlin]] becoming one of the first victims of the wall. -*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale|Category 5]] [[Hurricane Camille]] hits the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|U.S. Gulf Coast]], killing 256 and causing [[United States dollar|$]]1.42 billion in damage. -*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Venera]] program: ''[[Venera 7]]'' launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another [[planet]] ([[Venus]]). -*[[1977]] &ndash; The Soviet icebreaker ''[[Arktika (icebreaker)|Arktika]]'' became the first surface ship to reach the [[North Pole]]. -*[[1978]] &ndash; ''[[Double Eagle II]]'' becomes first [[balloon (aircraft)|balloon]] to cross the [[Atlantic Ocean]] when it lands in [[Miserey]], France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving [[Presque Isle, Maine]]. -*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Death of Azaria Chamberlain|Azaria Chamberlain disappears]], at Ayers Rock, Northern Territory, probably taken by a [[dingo]], leading to what was then the most [[trial by media|publicized trial]] in [[History of Australia|Australian history]]. -*[[1982]] &ndash; The first [[Compact Disc]]s (CDs) are released to the public in Germany. -*[[1988]] &ndash; [[President of Pakistan]] [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] and [[Ambassadors of the United States|U.S. Ambassador]] [[Arnold Lewis Raphel|Arnold Raphel]] are killed in a plane crash. -*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Lewinsky scandal]]: [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Bill Clinton]] admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with [[White House]] intern [[Monica Lewinsky]]. On the same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship. -*[[1999]] &ndash; A 7.4-magnitude [[1999 İzmit earthquake|earthquake]] strikes [[İzmit]], [[Turkey]], killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000. -*[[2004]] &ndash; The [[National Assembly of Serbia]] unanimously adopts new state symbols for [[Serbia]]: [[Bože pravde]] becomes the new anthem and the [[Coat of arms of Serbia|coat of arms]] is adopted for the whole country. -*[[2005]] &ndash; The first forced [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|evacuation]] of [[settler]]s, as part of [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]], starts. -* 2005 &ndash; Over 500 bombs are [[2005 Bangladesh bombings|set off by terrorists]] at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of [[Bangladesh]] -*[[2008]] &ndash; American swimmer [[Michael Phelps]] becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games. -*[[2009]] &ndash; [[2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro accident|An accident]] at the [[Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam]] in [[Khakassia]], Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area. +*today is Saturday , august 17 , 2013 ==Births== <!-- '
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On the same day, the French [[King Louis XII]] names him [[Duke of Valentinois]].', 7 => '*[[1549]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sampford Courtenay]] – The [[Prayer Book Rebellion]] is quashed in [[Kingdom of England|England]].', 8 => '*[[1560]] &ndash; The [[Roman Catholic Church]] is overthrown and [[Protestantism]] is [[Scottish Reformation Parliament|established]] as the national religion in [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]].', 9 => '*[[1585]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: [[Siege of Antwerp (1584-1585)|Siege of Antwerp]] – [[Antwerp]] is captured by [[Spanish Empire |Spanish]] forces under [[Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma]], who orders [[Protestants]] to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the [[Dutch Republic|northern provinces]].', 10 => '* 1585 &ndash; A first group of colonists sent by [[Sir Walter Ralegh]] under the charge of [[Ralph Lane]] lands in the [[New World]] to create [[Roanoke Colony]] on [[Roanoke Island]], off the coast of present-day [[North Carolina]].', 11 => '*[[1597]] &ndash; [[Islands Voyage]]: [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex]], and Sir [[Walter Raleigh]] set sail on an expedition to the [[Azores]].', 12 => '*[[1611]] &ndash; [[Gaspar de Borja y Velasco]] is made a cardinal by [[Pope Paul V]].', 13 => '*[[1668]] &ndash; An [[Historical earthquakes|earthquake]] of eight degrees on the [[Richter magnitude scale]] causes 8,000 deaths in [[Anatolia]], [[Ottoman Empire]].', 14 => '*[[1717]] &ndash; [[Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18]]: The month-long [[Siege of Belgrade (1717)|Siege of Belgrade]] ends with [[Prince Eugene of Savoy]]'s [[Habsburg Monarchy|Austrian]] troops capturing the city from the [[Ottoman Empire]].', 15 => '*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Ioan Giurgiu Patachi]] becomes [[List of Major Archbishops of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia|Bishop of Făgăraş]] and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in [[Făgăraş]], after being formally confirmed earlier by [[Pope Clement XI]].', 16 => '*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Pope Benedict XIV]] succeeds [[Pope Clement XII]] as the 247th [[pope]].', 17 => '*[[1771]] &ndash; [[Edinburgh]] [[botanist]] [[James Robertson (botanist)|James Robertson]] makes the first recorded ascent of [[Ben Nevis]] in [[Scotland]].', 18 => '*[[1784]] &ndash; Classical composer [[Luigi Boccherini]] receives a pay rise of 12000 [[Spanish real|reals]] from his employer, the [[Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón]].', 19 => '*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Robert Fulton]]'s ''[[North River Steamboat]]'' leaves [[New York City|New York, New York]], for [[Albany, New York]], on the [[Hudson River]], inaugurating the first commercial [[steamboat]] service in the world.', 20 => '*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: The [[Dakota War of 1862]] begins in [[Minnesota]] as [[Lakota people|Lakota]] warriors attack white settlements along the [[Minnesota River]].', 21 => '* 1862 &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Major General [[J.E.B. Stuart]] is assigned command of all the cavalry of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[Army of Northern Virginia]].', 22 => '*[[1863]] &ndash; American Civil War: In [[Charleston, South Carolina]], [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held [[Fort Sumter]].', 23 => '*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Battle of Gainesville]] – Confederate forces defeat Union troops near [[Gainesville, Florida]].', 24 => '*[[1866]] &ndash; The [[Grand Duchy of Baden]] announces her withdrawal from the [[German Confederation]] and signs a [[History of Baden-Württemberg|treaty of peace and alliance]] with [[Prussia]].', 25 => '*[[1883]] &ndash; The first public performance of the [[Dominican Republic]]'s [[national anthem]], ''[[National Anthem of the Dominican Republic|Himno Nacional]]''.', 26 => '*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Bridget Driscoll]] is run over by a [[Benz & Cie.|Benz]] car in the grounds of [[The Crystal Palace]], [[London]], the world's first motoring fatality.', 27 => '*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Pike Place Market]], a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in [[Seattle|Seattle, Washington]], opened.', 28 => '*[[1908]] &ndash; ''[[Fantasmagorie (1908 film)|Fantasmagorie]]'', the first animated cartoon, created by [[Émile Cohl]], is shown in [[Paris]], [[France]].', 29 => '*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Battle of Stallupönen]] – The [[Germany|German]] army of [[General officer|General]] [[Hermann von François]] defeats the [[Russia]]n force commanded by [[Paul von Rennenkampf]] near modern-day [[Nesterov]], Russia.', 30 => '*[[1915]] &ndash; [[American Jews|Jewish American]] [[Leo Frank]] is [[lynching|lynched]] for the alleged murder of a 13-year-old girl in [[Marietta, Georgia]], [[United States]].', 31 => '* 1915 &ndash; A [[1915 Galveston hurricane|Category 4 hurricane]] hits [[Galveston, Texas]] with winds at {{convert|135|mph|km/h}}.', 32 => '*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Bolshevik]] revolutionary leader [[Moisei Uritsky]] is [[assassination|assassinated]].', 33 => '*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] [[Makin Island raid|raid]] the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]]-held Pacific island of Makin ([[Butaritari]]).', 34 => '*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: The U.S. [[Eighth Air Force]] suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the [[Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission]].', 35 => '* 1943 &ndash; World War II: The [[United States Army Europe|U.S. Seventh Army]] under General [[George S. Patton]] arrives in [[Messina]], [[Italy]], followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal [[Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein|Bernard Montgomery]], thus completing the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] [[Allied invasion of Sicily|conquest of Sicily]].', 36 => '* 1943 &ndash; World War II: [[Quebec Conference, 1943|First Québec Conference]] of [[Winston Churchill]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], and [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] begins.', 37 => '* 1943 &ndash; World War II: The [[Royal Air Force]] begins [[Operation Hydra (1943)|Operation Hydra]], the first air raid of the [[Operation Crossbow]] [[Strategic bombing during World War II|strategic bombing campaign]] against Germany's [[V-weapons|V-weapon program]].', 38 => '*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Sukarno]] and [[Mohammad Hatta]] [[Proclamation of Indonesian Independence|proclaim the independence]] of [[Indonesia]], igniting the [[Indonesian National Revolution]] against the [[Dutch Empire]].', 39 => '*[[1947]] &ndash; The [[Radcliffe Line]], the border between [[Dominion of India]] and [[Dominion of Pakistan]] is revealed.', 40 => '*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Hill 303 massacre]]: American POWs were massacred by the [[Korean People's Army|North Korean Army]].', 41 => '*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Substance dependence|Addiction]]: First meeting of [[Narcotics Anonymous]] in [[Southern California]].', 42 => '*[[1958]] &ndash; ''[[Pioneer 0]]'', America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond [[Earth]] orbit by any country.', 43 => '*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Quake Lake]] is formed by the magnitude 7.5 [[1959 Yellowstone earthquake]] near [[Hebgen Lake]] in [[Montana]].', 44 => '* 1959 &ndash; ''[[Kind of Blue]]'' by [[Miles Davis]], the much acclaimed and highly influential best selling [[jazz]] recording of all time, is released.', 45 => '*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Decolonization]]: [[Gabon]] gains independence from France.', 46 => '*[[1962]] &ndash; [[East Germany|East German]] border guards [[Killing of Peter Fechter|kill Peter Fechter]], 18, as he attempts to cross the [[Berlin Wall]] into [[West Berlin]] becoming one of the first victims of the wall.', 47 => '*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale|Category 5]] [[Hurricane Camille]] hits the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|U.S. Gulf Coast]], killing 256 and causing [[United States dollar|$]]1.42 billion in damage.', 48 => '*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Venera]] program: ''[[Venera 7]]'' launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another [[planet]] ([[Venus]]).', 49 => '*[[1977]] &ndash; The Soviet icebreaker ''[[Arktika (icebreaker)|Arktika]]'' became the first surface ship to reach the [[North Pole]].', 50 => '*[[1978]] &ndash; ''[[Double Eagle II]]'' becomes first [[balloon (aircraft)|balloon]] to cross the [[Atlantic Ocean]] when it lands in [[Miserey]], France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving [[Presque Isle, Maine]].', 51 => '*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Death of Azaria Chamberlain|Azaria Chamberlain disappears]], at Ayers Rock, Northern Territory, probably taken by a [[dingo]], leading to what was then the most [[trial by media|publicized trial]] in [[History of Australia|Australian history]].', 52 => '*[[1982]] &ndash; The first [[Compact Disc]]s (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.', 53 => '*[[1988]] &ndash; [[President of Pakistan]] [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]] and [[Ambassadors of the United States|U.S. Ambassador]] [[Arnold Lewis Raphel|Arnold Raphel]] are killed in a plane crash.', 54 => '*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Lewinsky scandal]]: [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Bill Clinton]] admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with [[White House]] intern [[Monica Lewinsky]]. On the same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.', 55 => '*[[1999]] &ndash; A 7.4-magnitude [[1999 İzmit earthquake|earthquake]] strikes [[İzmit]], [[Turkey]], killing more than 17,000 and injuring 44,000.', 56 => '*[[2004]] &ndash; The [[National Assembly of Serbia]] unanimously adopts new state symbols for [[Serbia]]: [[Bože pravde]] becomes the new anthem and the [[Coat of arms of Serbia|coat of arms]] is adopted for the whole country.', 57 => '*[[2005]] &ndash; The first forced [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|evacuation]] of [[settler]]s, as part of [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan]], starts.', 58 => '* 2005 &ndash; Over 500 bombs are [[2005 Bangladesh bombings|set off by terrorists]] at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of [[Bangladesh]]', 59 => '*[[2008]] &ndash; American swimmer [[Michael Phelps]] becomes the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.', 60 => '*[[2009]] &ndash; [[2009 Sayano-Shushenskaya hydro accident|An accident]] at the [[Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam]] in [[Khakassia]], Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.' ]
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