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==Events== | |||
*] - ] and the ] clan take the young ] and the ] and flee to western ] to escape pursuit by the ] clan. (Traditional ]: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of ]). | |||
*] - ]: ] - ] forces commanded by ] and his ] ] defeat the ] army of ]. | |||
*] - ]: ] - ] forces under ], ] of ], defeat an ] expeditionary force under ]. | |||
*] - ]: ] ends, with the ] forced from ] to ]. | |||
*] - The ] meteorite, a 2.3 ] chondrite-type ] strikes near the town of ] in ], ]. | |||
*] - ] organized by ] of ]. | |||
*] - ], the most famous landmark in ], ], completed. | |||
*] - ] first ] is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint. | |||
*] - ] introduces motor vehicle registration. | |||
*] - The town of Anosimena is captured by ] troops from ] defenders in ]. | |||
*] - A joint European-]ese-] force (]) occupies ], in a campaign to end the bloody ] in ]. | |||
*] - The first claimed ], by ] in his ]. | |||
*] - First ] held in ], ]. | |||
*] - ] leaders ] of ] among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by ]'s death. | |||
*] - ] ] invade ] to support the ]-backed government installed there after ] resigned three years earlier. | |||
*] - ], later ] is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by ]). | |||
*] - The original ] ] Powerhouse is completed and goes on line. | |||
*] - Loggers cause a ] in the ] of ], later known as the first forest fire of the ]. It is extinguished on ], after destroying ]. | |||
*] - ] ] Act passes, creating a government pension system for the retired. | |||
*] - ] is hanged in ], ] in the last public ]. | |||
*] - The beginning of ] of the ] and ] in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese ] bombers were shot down by the ] while raiding Chinese air bases, hence, 14 August has thus become acknoledged and celebrated as Chinese Air Force Day. | |||
*] - ] - ] and ] sign the ] of war stating postwar aims. | |||
*] - ] accepts the Allied ] in ] and the ] records the ] (] in ]). | |||
*] - ] gains ] from the ] ] under the ] of ] and joins the ]. | |||
*] - ] ] declares participation in offshore ] illegal. | |||
*] - ] troops deploy in ]. | |||
*] - An ] ] crashes during takeoff from ], killing 156. | |||
*] - ] comes into effect in ] | |||
*] - The ]ese ] '']'' is legally recognized. PAI-Rénovation thus becomes the third legal party in the country. | |||
*] - ] leads strikes at ], ] shipyards. | |||
*] - ], the ] known as "]", is captured. | |||
*] - ] in the northeast ] and ]. | |||
*] - The ] kills at least 400 people. | |||
==Births== | |||
*] - ], ] (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], daughter of ] (d. ]) | |||
*] - Princess ] (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], English-born poet (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], Rhode Island colonist (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], English classical scholar (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], Archbishop of Paris (d. ]) | |||
*] - ] (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], English statesman (d. ]) | |||
*] - ] (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], French painter (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], daughter of king ] (d.]) | |||
* 1727 - ], daughter of king ] (d. ]) | |||
*] - ] (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], French painter (d. ]) | |||
*] - ] (d. ]) | |||
* 1777 - ], Danish physicist (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], American politician (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], German psychologist (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], member of the ] (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], American gambler and dentist (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], German composer (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], American poet (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], Italian mathematician (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], Belgian mathematician (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], ] (d. ]) | |||
* 1867 - ], American baseball player (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], King of Serbia (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], American actor (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], English art historian (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], Greek actor (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], French composer (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], Indian yogi (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], American baseball player (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], Australian political activist and journalist (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], Co-Owner of the New York Giants (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], French conductor | |||
*] - ], American columnist | |||
*] - ], American actress (d. ]) | |||
* 1926 - ], French comic-strip author (d. ]) | |||
* 1926 - ], Italian film director | |||
*] - ], Nigerian boxer (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], American baseball manager | |||
*] - ], American author (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], Swiss chemist and ] | |||
*] - ], American football player | |||
*] - ], American musician | |||
*] - ], American musician | |||
* 1941 - ], American singer | |||
*] - ], English race car driver | |||
*] - ], American football coach | |||
*] - ], American comedian | |||
* 1945 - ], German-born film director | |||
*] - ], American actor | |||
* 1946 - ], American actress | |||
* 1946 - ], American musician | |||
*] - ], English actor | |||
* 1947 - ], American novelist | |||
* 1947 - ], American television producer | |||
* 1947 - ], English folk singer | |||
*] - ], American musician (]) | |||
*] - ], American wrestler | |||
* 1950 - ], American cartoonist | |||
*] - ], American musician (]) | |||
*] - ], American actor | |||
* 1952 - ], American swimmer | |||
*] - ], American composer | |||
* 1953 - ], American computer game author | |||
*] - ], American baseball player | |||
*] - ], American actress | |||
* 1956 - ], English footballer | |||
* 1956 - ], American race car driver | |||
*] - ], Australian politician | |||
* 1957 - ], American wrestler (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], American actress | |||
* 1959 - ], American basketball player | |||
*] - ], English soprano | |||
* 1960 - ], Italian soprano | |||
*] - ], American actress | |||
* 1961 - ], American wrestler (d. ]) | |||
*] - ], American scriptwriter | |||
*] - ], French actress | |||
*] - ], American actress | |||
*] - ], American actress | |||
* 1968 - ], Northern Irish golfer | |||
* 1968 - ], English actor | |||
* 1968 - ], Greek-Canadian cartoonist | |||
*] - ], American hip-hop DJ (d. ]) | |||
* 1969 - ], Danish footballer | |||
*] - ], Italian actor | |||
*] - ], Canadian make-up artist | |||
*] - ], Mexican footballer | |||
* 1973 - ], Japanese game developer and composer | |||
* 1973 - ], Nigerian footballer | |||
* 1973 - ], Australian swimmer | |||
*] - ], American basketball player | |||
* 1974 - ], Scottish musician (]) | |||
* 1974 - ], American actor | |||
* 1974 - ], American singer (]) | |||
*] - ], American football player | |||
*] - ], American actor | |||
* 1976 - ], Lebanese actress and singer | |||
* 1976 - ], Canadian actor | |||
*] - ], American baseball player | |||
*] - ], Greek footballer | |||
* 1978 - ], Australian actress | |||
*] - ], Australian athlete | |||
* 1979 - ], Japanese film director | |||
*] - ], Spanish flamenco singer | |||
* 1980 - ], American football player | |||
*] - ], English footballer | |||
* 1981 - ], American football player | |||
*] - ], Ukrainian-born tennis player | |||
* 1983 - ], Ukrainian-born actress | |||
* 1983 - ], Dominican baseball player | |||
*] - ], American baseball player | |||
* 1984 - ], Canadian ice hockey player | |||
*] - ], German footballer | |||
*] - ], American gymnast | |||
*] - ], Florida Gator Quarterback | |||
*] - ], Syrian singer | |||
*] - ], Canadian ice hockey player | |||
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==Deaths== | |||
* ] - ], ] | |||
*] - ], Archbishop of Cologne | |||
*] - ], Japanese shogun (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], English soldier (b. ]) | |||
*] - ] (b. ]) | |||
*] - King ] (b. ]) | |||
*] - ] (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], Japanese warlord (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], Irish rebel (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], French Protestant leader (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], English composer (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], German physician (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], Irish-born painter (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], French geologist (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], French zoologist (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], American officer of the ] (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], American politician (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], British artist (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], ps. ], German writer, poet (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], American politician (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], Australian cricketer (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], French chemist, ] (b. ]) | |||
* 1941 - Saint ], Polish martyr (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], American baseball player (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], American newspaper magnate (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], ] (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], German writer (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], French physicist, ] (b. ]) | |||
* 1958 - ], German diplomat (b.]) | |||
*] - ], American ] singer (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], British racing driver (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], French actor (b. ]) | |||
* 1972 - ], American actor (b. ]) | |||
* 1972 - ], French author (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], British writer (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], Canadian actress and model (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], Austrian conductor (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], American baseball player (b. ]) | |||
* 1984 - ], English playwright (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], American actress (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], blues guitarist | |||
* 1988 - ], South African singer (]) (b. ]) | |||
* 1988 - ], Italian car maker (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], Argentine racing driver (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], American judge (b. ]) | |||
* 1992 - ], American singer (]) (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], British-Austrian novelist (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], American sportscaster (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], American baseball player (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], French-born computer graphics researcher (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], American singer (]) (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], German footballer (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], Polish-born writer, ] (b. ]) | |||
* 2004 - ], New Zealand-born British politician (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], American race car driver (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], American actor (b. ]) | |||
*] - ], Russian composer (b. ]) | |||
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==Holidays and observances== | |||
*] - ] of ] or ]. | |||
*] - ] (From the ] and from the ] ] and ] under the foreign control of the ], ]). | |||
*] - ]. | |||
*] - National ]s Day. | |||
*] | |||
:*] of the ] | |||
:* ], martyrs | |||
:* ], Polish ] priest martyred by ] in 1941. | |||
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August 14 is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 139 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
- 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures and flee to western Japan to escape pursuit by the Minamoto clan. (Traditional Japanese date: Twenty-fifth Day of the Seventh Month of the Second Year of Juei).
- 1385 - Portuguese Crisis of 1383–1385: Battle of Aljubarrota - Portuguese forces commanded by King João I and his general Nuno Álvares Pereira defeat the Castilian army of King Juan I.
- 1598 - Nine Years War: Battle of the Yellow Ford - Irish forces under Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeat an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal.
- 1842 - Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
- 1846 - The Cape Girardeau meteorite, a 2.3 kg chondrite-type meteorite strikes near the town of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
- 1848 - Oregon Territory organized by Act of U.S. Congress.
- 1880 - Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, completed.
- 1885 - Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
- 1893 - France introduces motor vehicle registration.
- 1897 - The town of Anosimena is captured by French troops from Menabe defenders in Madagascar.
- 1900 - A joint European-Japanese-United States force (Eight-Nation Alliance) occupies Beijing, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
- 1901 - The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.
- 1908 - First beauty contest held in Folkestone, England.
- 1911 - United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death.
- 1912 - United States Marines invade Nicaragua to support the U.S.-backed government installed there after José Santos Zelaya resigned three years earlier.
- 1921 - Tannu Tuva, later Tuvinian People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Russia).
- 1925 - The original Hetch Hetchy Moccasin Powerhouse is completed and goes on line.
- 1933 - Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn. It is extinguished on September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres (970 km²).
- 1935 - United States Social Security Act passes, creating a government pension system for the retired.
- 1936 - Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States.
- 1937 - The beginning of air-to-air combat of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II in general, when 6 Imperial Japanese Mitsubishi G3M bombers were shot down by the Nationalist Chinese Air Force while raiding Chinese air bases, hence, 14 August has thus become acknoledged and celebrated as Chinese Air Force Day.
- 1941 - World War II - Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.
- 1945 - Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan standard time).
- 1947 - Pakistan gains Independence from the British Indian Empire under the administration of United Kingdom and joins the British Commonwealth.
- 1967 - UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
- 1969 - United Kingdom troops deploy in Northern Ireland.
- 1972 - An East German Ilyushin Il-62 crashes during takeoff from East Berlin, killing 156.
- 1973 - The constitution of 1973 comes into effect in Pakistan
- 1976 - The Senegalese political party PAI-Rénovation is legally recognized. PAI-Rénovation thus becomes the third legal party in the country.
- 1980 - Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.
- 1994 - Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, the terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.
- 2003 - Widescale power blackout in the northeast United States and Canada.
- 2007 - The 2007 Kahtaniya bombings kills at least 400 people.
Births
- 1297 - Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348)
- 1473 - Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence (d. 1541)
- 1479 - Princess Catherine of York (d. 1527)
- 1575 - Robert Hayman, English-born poet (d. 1629)
- 1586 - William Hutchinson, Rhode Island colonist (d. 1642)
- 1599 - Méric Casaubon, English classical scholar (d. 1671)
- 1625 - François de Harlay de Champvallon, Archbishop of Paris (d. 1695)
- 1642 - Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1723)
- 1653 - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman (d. 1688)
- 1688 - Frederick William I of Prussia (d. 1740)
- 1714 - Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (d. 1789)
- 1727 - Henriette-Anne of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d.1752)
- 1727 - Louise-Elisabeth of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1759)
- 1740 - Pope Pius VII (d. 1823)
- 1758 - Antoine Charles Horace Vernet, French painter (d. 1835)
- 1777 - Francis I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1830)
- 1777 - Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist (d. 1851)
- 1817 - Alexander H. Bailey, American politician (d. 1874)
- 1840 - Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German psychologist (d. 1902)
- 1847 - Robert Comtesse, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1922)
- 1851 - Doc Holliday, American gambler and dentist (d. 1887)
- 1857 - Max Wagenknecht, German composer (d. 1922)
- 1863 - Ernest Thayer, American poet (d. 1940)
- 1865 - Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (d. 1952)
- 1866 - Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician (d. 1962)
- 1867 - John Galsworthy, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1933)
- 1867 - Cupid Childs, American baseball player (d. 1912)
- 1876 - Aleksandar Obrenović, King of Serbia (d. 1903)
- 1881 - Francis Ford, American actor (d. 1953)
- 1882 - Gisela Richter, English art historian (d. 1972)
- 1908 - Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (d. 1984)
- 1910 - Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (d. 1955)
- 1911 - Vethathiri, Indian yogi (d. 2006)
- 1913 - Paul Dean, American baseball player (d. 1981)
- 1915 - B.A. Santamaria, Australian political activist and journalist (d. 1998)
- 1916 - Wellington Mara, Co-Owner of the New York Giants (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Georges Prêtre, French conductor
- 1925 - Russell Baker, American columnist
- 1926 - Alice Ghostley, American actress (d. 2007)
- 1926 - René Goscinny, French comic-strip author (d. 1977)
- 1926 - Lina Wertmüller, Italian film director
- 1929 - Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (d. 1971)
- 1930 - Earl Weaver, American baseball manager
- 1932 - Lee Hoffman, American author (d. 2007)
- 1933 - Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate
- 1935 - John Brodie, American football player
- 1940 - Dash Crofts, American musician
- 1941 - David Crosby, American musician
- 1941 - Connie Smith, American singer
- 1942 - Jackie Oliver, English race car driver
- 1943 - Jimmy Johnson, American football coach
- 1945 - Steve Martin, American comedian
- 1945 - Wim Wenders, German-born film director
- 1946 - Antonio Fargas, American actor
- 1946 - Susan Saint James, American actress
- 1946 - Larry Graham, American musician
- 1947 - Peter Christian, English actor
- 1947 - Danielle Steel, American novelist
- 1947 - Bruce Nash, American television producer
- 1947 - Maddy Prior, English folk singer
- 1948 - Terry Adams, American musician (NRBQ)
- 1950 - Bob Backlund, American wrestler
- 1950 - Gary Larson, American cartoonist
- 1951 - Peter Blegvad, American musician (Slapp Happy)
- 1952 - Carl Lumbly, American actor
- 1952 - Debbie Meyer, American swimmer
- 1953 - James Horner, American composer
- 1953 - Cliff Johnson, American computer game author
- 1954 - Mark Fidrych, American baseball player
- 1956 - Jackée Harry, American actress
- 1956 - Andy King, English footballer
- 1956 - Rusty Wallace, American race car driver
- 1957 - Peter Costello, Australian politician
- 1957 - Gino Hernandez, American wrestler (d. 1986)
- 1959 - Marcia Gay Harden, American actress
- 1959 - Magic Johnson, American basketball player
- 1960 - Sarah Brightman, English soprano
- 1960 - Cecilia Gasdia, Italian soprano
- 1961 - Susan Olsen, American actress
- 1961 - "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert, American wrestler (d. 1995)
- 1964 - Brannon Braga, American scriptwriter
- 1965 - Emmanuelle Béart, French actress
- 1966 - Halle Berry, American actress
- 1968 - Catherine Bell, American actress
- 1968 - Darren Clarke, Northern Irish golfer
- 1968 - Adrian Lester, English actor
- 1968 - Billy Mavreas, Greek-Canadian cartoonist
- 1969 - DJ Uncle Al, American hip-hop DJ (d. 2001)
- 1969 - Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer
- 1971 - Raoul Bova, Italian actor
- 1972 - Jay Manuel, Canadian make-up artist
- 1973 - Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
- 1973 - Daisuke Ishiwatari, Japanese game developer and composer
- 1973 - Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian footballer
- 1973 - Kieren Perkins, Australian swimmer
- 1974 - Chucky Atkins, American basketball player
- 1974 - Martin Bulloch, Scottish musician (Mogwai)
- 1974 - Christopher Gorham, American actor
- 1974 - Ana Matronic, American singer (Scissor Sisters)
- 1975 - Mike Vrabel, American football player
- 1976 - Alex Albrecht, American actor
- 1976 - Maya Nasri, Lebanese actress and singer
- 1976 - Steve Braun, Canadian actor
- 1977 - Juan Pierre, American baseball player
- 1978 - Anastasios Kyriakos, Greek footballer
- 1978 - Kate Ritchie, Australian actress
- 1979 - Paul Burgess, Australian athlete
- 1979 - Yoichiro Morikawa, Japanese film director
- 1980 - Estrella Morente, Spanish flamenco singer
- 1980 - Roy Williams, American football player
- 1981 - Matthew Etherington, English footballer
- 1981 - Julius Jones, American football player
- 1983 - Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-born tennis player
- 1983 - Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-born actress
- 1983 - Leo Núñez, Dominican baseball player
- 1984 - Clay Buchholz, American baseball player
- 1984 - Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 - Christian Gentner, German footballer
- 1986 - Terin Humphrey, American gymnast
- 1987 - Tim Tebow, Florida Gator Quarterback
- 1988 - Shahd Barmada, Syrian singer
- 1989 - Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player
Deaths
- 582 - Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine Emperor
- 1167 - Rainald of Dassel, Archbishop of Cologne
- 1204 - Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (b. 1182)
- 1390 - John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (b. 1364)
- 1430 - Philip I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1404)
- 1433 - King John I of Portugal (b. 1357)
- 1464 - Pope Pius II (b. 1405)
- 1573 - Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese warlord (b. 1548)
- 1691 - Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnel, Irish rebel (b. 1630)
- 1704 - Roland Laporte, French Protestant leader (b. 1675)
- 1727 - William Croft, English composer (b. 1678)
- 1774 - Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician (b. 1716)
- 1784 - Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (b. 1718)
- 1856 - Constant Prévost, French geologist (b. 1787)
- 1860 - André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist (b. 1774)
- 1870 - David Farragut, American officer of the U.S. Navy (b. 1801)
- 1874 - Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American politician (b. 1821)
- 1905 - Simeon Solomon, British artist (b. 1840)
- 1928 - Alfred Henschke, ps. Klabund, German writer, poet (b. 1890)
- 1926 - John H. Moffitt, American politician (b. 1843)
- 1938 - Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer (b. 1876)
- 1941 - Paul Sabatier, French chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1854)
- 1941 - Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr (b. 1894)
- 1943 - Joe Kelley, American baseball player (b. 1871)
- 1951 - William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper magnate (b. 1863)
- 1955 - Herbert Putnam, Librarian of Congress (b. 1861)
- 1956 - Bertolt Brecht, German writer (b. 1898)
- 1958 - Frédéric Joliot, French physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)
- 1958 - Konstantin von Neurath, German diplomat (b.1873)
- 1964 - Johnny Burnette, American Rockabilly singer (b. 1934)
- 1967 - Bob Anderson, British racing driver (b. 1931)
- 1972 - Pierre Brasseur, French actor (b. 1905)
- 1972 - Oscar Levant, American actor (b. 1906)
- 1972 - Jules Romains, French author (b. 1885)
- 1978 - Nicolas Bentley, British writer (b. 1907)
- 1980 - Dorothy Stratten, Canadian actress and model (b. 1960)
- 1981 - Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor (b. 1894)
- 1984 - Spud Davis, American baseball player (b. 1904)
- 1984 - J. B. Priestley, English playwright (b. 1894)
- 1985 - Gale Sondergaard, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1988 - Roy Buchanan, blues guitarist
- 1988 - Robert Calvert, South African singer (Hawkwind) (b. 1945)
- 1988 - Enzo Ferrari, Italian car maker (b. 1898)
- 1991 - Alberto Crespo, Argentine racing driver (b. 1920)
- 1992 - John Sirica, American judge (b. 1904)
- 1992 - Tony Williams, American singer (The Platters) (b. 1928)
- 1994 - Elias Canetti, British-Austrian novelist (b. 1905)
- 1996 - Tom Mees, American sportscaster (b. 1949)
- 1999 - Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player (b. 1918)
- 2000 - Alain Fournier, French-born computer graphics researcher (b. 1943)
- 2002 - Dave Williams, American singer (Drowning Pool) (b. 1972)
- 2003 - Helmut Rahn, German footballer (b. 1929)
- 2004 - Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1911)
- 2004 - Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-born British politician (b. 1918)
- 2005 - Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (b. 1932)
- 2006 - Bruno Kirby, American actor (b. 1949)
- 2007 - Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer (b. 1913)
Holidays and observances
- Morocco - Allegiance of Oued Eddahab or Río de Oro.
- Pakistan - Independence Day (From the Indian Empire and from the British colonialist and imperialists under the foreign control of the United Kingdom, 1947).
- Paraguay - Flag Day.
- United States - National Creamsicles Day.
- RC saints
- Vigil of the Assumption of the Virgin
- Saints Felix and Fortunatus, martyrs
- Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Polish Franciscan priest martyred by Nazis in 1941.
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