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August 15 is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 138 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

Pre-1600[]

  • 636Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphate begins.
  • 717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year.
  • 718 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople.
  • 747Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother Pepin the Short becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom.
  • 778 – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of Charlemagne and a Basque army.[1]
  • 805 – Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising
  • 927 – The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.
  • 982Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria.
  • 1018 – Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.
  • 1038 – King Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him.
  • 1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
  • 1070 – The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England.
  • 1096 – Starting date of the First Crusade as set by Pope Urban II.[2]
  • 1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
  • 1237Spanish Reconquista: The Battle of the Puig between the Moorish forces of Taifa of Valencia against the Kingdom of Aragon culminates in an Aragonese victory.
  • 1248 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)
  • 1261Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned as the first Byzantine emperor in fifty-seven years.
  • 1281Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan.
  • 1310The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes.
  • 1430Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
  • 1461 – The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
  • 1483Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
  • 1511Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Malacca Sultanate.
  • 1517 – Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
  • 1519Panama City, Panama is founded.
  • 1534Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
  • 1537Asunción, Paraguay is founded.
  • 1540Arequipa, Peru is founded.
  • 1549Jesuit priest Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: 22 July 1549).
  • 1592Imjin War: At the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-sin, Yi Eok-gi, and Won Gyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by Wakisaka Yasuharu.[3]
  • 1599Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.

1601–1900[]

  • 1695 – French forces end the bombardment of Brussels.
  • 1760Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
  • 1824 – The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.
  • 1843 – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.
  • 1843 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • 1863 – The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
  • 1893Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
  • 1899Fratton Park football ground in Portsmouth, England is officially first opened.[4]

1901–present[]

  • 1907 – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
  • 1914 – A servant of American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, and murders seven people there.
  • 1914 – The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.
  • 1914 – World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
  • 1914 – World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
  • 1915 – A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
  • 1920Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
  • 1935Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
  • 1939 – Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn.
  • 1939 – The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
  • 1940 – An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
  • 1941 – Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
  • 1942World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
  • 1943 – World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
  • 1944 – World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
  • 1945Hirohito surrender broadcast following effective surrender of Japan in the World War II, Korea gains Independence from the Empire of Japan.
  • 1947India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
  • 1947 – Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
  • 1948 – The First Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established in the southern half of the peninsula.
  • 1950 – Measuring Mw 8.6, the largest earthquake on land occurs in the Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border, killing 4,800.[5]
  • 1952A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
  • 1954Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
  • 1960Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
  • 1961 – Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
  • 1962James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016.
  • 1963 – Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
  • 1963 – President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
  • 1965The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.
  • 1969 – The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
  • 1970Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
  • 1971 – President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
  • 1971 – Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 1973Vietnam War: The USAF bombing of Cambodia ends.
  • 1974Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung-hee.
  • 1975Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
  • 1975 – Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
  • 1976SAETA Flight 232 crashes into the Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador, killing all 59 people on board; the wreckage is not discovered until 2002.[6]
  • 1977The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
  • 1984 – The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh.
  • 1985 – Signing of the Assam Accord, an agreement between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement to end the movement.
  • 1995 – In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
  • 1998Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured.
  • 1999Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
  • 2005Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
  • 2005 – The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
  • 2007 – An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
  • 2013 – At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.
  • 2013 – The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years.
  • 2015North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 812 hours ahead of UTC.
  • 2021Kabul falls into the hands of the Taliban as Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan along with local residents and foreign nationals, effectively reestablishing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

Births[]

Pre-1600[]

  • 1013Teishi, empress of Japan (d. 1094)
  • 1171Alfonso IX, king of León and Galicia (d. 1230)
  • 1195Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (d. 1231)
  • 1385Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (d. 1417)
  • 1432Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484)
  • 1455George, duke of Bavaria (d. 1503)
  • 1507George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, German prince (d. 1553)
  • 1575Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (d. 1650)
  • 1589Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (d. 1613)

1601–1900[]

  • 1607Herman IV, landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (d. 1658)
  • 1608Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1652)
  • 1613Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (d. 1692)
  • 1615Marie de Lorraine, duchess of Guise (d. 1688)
  • 1652John Grubb, American politician (d. 1708)
  • 1702Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and Royal Academician (d. 1788)
  • 1717Blind Jack, English engineer (d. 1810)
  • 1736Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1803)
  • 1740Matthias Claudius, German poet and author (d. 1815)
  • 1769Napoleon Bonaparte, French general and emperor (d. 1821)[7]
  • 1771Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (d. 1832)
  • 1785Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (d. 1859)
  • 1787Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist (d. 1860)[8]
  • 1798Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior (d. 1831)
  • 1807Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1891)
  • 1824John Chisum, American businessman (d. 1884)
  • 1839Antonín Petrof, Czech piano maker (d. 1915)
  • 1844Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1908)
  • 1845Walter Crane, English artist and book illustrator (d. 1915)
  • 1856Keir Hardie, Scottish politician and trade unionist (d. 1915)
  • 1857Albert Ballin, German businessman (d. 1918)
  • 1858E. Nesbit, English author and poet (d. 1924)
  • 1859Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1931)
  • 1860Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (d. 1924)
  • 1863Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (d. 1945)
  • 1865Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (d. 1926)
  • 1866Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (d. 1945)
  • 1872Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (d. 1950)
  • 1873Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian (d. 1942)
  • 1875Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 1912)
  • 1876Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1966)
  • 1877Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941)
  • 1879Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959)
  • 1881Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician (d. 1956)
  • 1882Marion Bauer, American composer and critic (d. 1955)
  • 1882 – Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian (d. 1972)
  • 1883Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect (d. 1962)
  • 1885Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1968)[9]
  • 1886Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974)
  • 1890Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator (d. 1962)
  • 1892Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987)
  • 1892 – Abraham Wachner, New Zealand politician, 35th Mayor of Invercargill (d. 1950)
  • 1893Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and academic (d. 1950)
  • 1896Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957)
  • 1896 – Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (d. 1985)
  • 1896 – Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator (d. 1958)
  • 1898Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet (d. 1966)
  • 1900Estelle Brody, American silent film actress (d. 1995)
  • 1900 – Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator (d. 1982)

1901–present[]

  • 1901Arnulfo Arias Madrid, 21st president of the republic of Panamá (d. 1988)
  • 1901 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1975)
  • 1902Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943)
  • 1904George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair (d. 1992)
  • 1909Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973)
  • 1912Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004)
  • 1912 – Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003)
  • 1914Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (d. 1996)
  • 1915Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress (d. 2002)
  • 1916Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author (d. 1989)
  • 1917Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 1999)
  • 1917 – Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980)
  • 1919Huntz Hall, American actor (d. 1999)
  • 1919 – Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (d. 2007)
  • 1920Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter (d. 2008)
  • 1921August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (d. 2012)
  • 1922Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000)
  • 1922 – Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (d. 2005)
  • 1922 – Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1988)
  • 1923Rose Marie, American actress and singer (d. 2017)
  • 1924Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995)
  • 1924 – Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (d. 2016)
  • 1924 – Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion designer (d. 2009)
  • 1924 – Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (d. 2016)
  • 1925Mike Connors, American actor and producer (d. 2017)
  • 1925 – Rose Maddox, American singer-songwriter and fiddle player (d. 1998)
  • 1925 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007)
  • 1925 – Bill Pinkney, American singer (The Drifters) (d. 2007)
  • 1925 – Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (d. 2014)
  • 1926Julius Katchen, American pianist and composer (d. 1969)
  • 1926 – Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright
  • 1926 – John Silber, American philosopher and academic (d. 2012)
  • 1926 – Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 6th President of Greece (d. 2016)
  • 1927Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (d. 2011)
  • 1927 – Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge
  • 1928Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (d. 2013)
  • 1928 – Malcolm Glazer, American businessman (d. 2014)
  • 1928 – Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer (d. 2018)
  • 1931Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (d. 2014)
  • 1931 – Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2015)
  • 1932Abby Dalton, American actress (d. 2020)
  • 1932 – Robert L. Forward, American physicist and engineer (d. 2002)[10]
  • 1932 – Jim Lange, American game show host and DJ (d. 2014)[11]
  • 1932 – Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge (d. 2017)
  • 1933Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
  • 1933 – Stanley Milgram, American social psychologist (d. 1984)
  • 1933 – Mike Seeger, American folk musician and folklorist (d. 2009)
  • 1934Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2007)
  • 1934 – Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach (d. 2019)
  • 1935Jim Dale, English actor, narrator, singer, director, and composer[12]
  • 1935 – Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (d. 2014)
  • 1936Rita Shane, American soprano and educator (d. 2014)
  • 1938Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  • 1938 – Stix Hooper, American jazz drummer
  • 1938 – Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist (d. 2014)
  • 1938 – Maxine Waters, American educator and politician
  • 1938 – Janusz Zajdel, Polish engineer and author (d. 1985)
  • 1940Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (d. 1977)
  • 1941Jim Brothers, American sculptor (d. 2013)
  • 1941 – Don Rich, American country musician (d. 1974)
  • 1942Pete York, English rock drummer
  • 1943Eileen Bell, Northern Irish civil servant and politician, 2nd Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly
  • 1944Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Health (d. 2019)
  • 1945Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, Prime Minister of Bangladesh[13]
  • 1946Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 1947Rakhee Gulzar, Indian film actress[14]
  • 1948Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
  • 1948 – Tom Johnston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1950Tommy Aldridge, American drummer
  • 1950 – Tom Kelly, American baseball player
  • 1950 – Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom
  • 1951Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer
  • 1951 – Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter
  • 1951 – John Childs, English cricketer
  • 1952Chuck Burgi, American drummer
  • 1953Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
  • 1953 – Mark Thatcher, English businessman
  • 1953 – Wolfgang Hohlbein, German author
  • 1954Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2004)
  • 1956Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer
  • 1956 – Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist
  • 1956 – Robert Syms, English businessman and politician
  • 1957Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor
  • 1958Simon Baron-Cohen, English-Canadian psychiatrist and author
  • 1958 – Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1958 – Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009)
  • 1958 – Victor Shenderovich, Russian journalist and radio host
  • 1959Scott Altman, American captain, pilot, and astronaut
  • 1961Ed Gillespie, American political strategist
  • 1961 – Matt Johnson, English singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1961 – Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach
  • 1961 – Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian actress and screenwriter
  • 1962Tom Colicchio, American chef and author
  • 1962 – Rıdvan Dilmen, Turkish footballer and manager
  • 1962 – Inês Pedrosa, Portuguese writer
  • 1962 – Vilja Savisaar-Toomast, Estonian lawyer and politician
  • 1963Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1963 – Simon Hart, Welsh soldier and politician
  • 1963 – Jack Russell, England cricketer and coach
  • 1964Jane Ellison, English lawyer and politician
  • 1964 – Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation[15]
  • 1965Rob Thomas, American author, screenwriter, and producer
  • 1966Scott Brosius, American baseball player and coach
  • 1966 – Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player and coach
  • 1967Tony Hand, Scottish ice hockey player and coach
  • 1968Debra Messing, American actress
  • 1969Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter
  • 1969 – Carlos Roa, Argentine footballer
  • 1970Anthony Anderson, American comedian, actor, and producer
  • 1970 – Ben Silverman, American actor, producer, and screenwriter, founded Electus Studios
  • 1971Adnan Sami, Indian singer, musician, music composer, pianist and actor
  • 1972Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1972 – Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballerina (d. 2007)
  • 1972 – Mikey Graham, Irish singer[16]
  • 1974Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress
  • 1974 – Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer
  • 1975Bertrand Berry, American football player and radio host
  • 1975 – Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer and coach
  • 1975 – Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1975 – Kara Wolters, American basketball player
  • 1976Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 1977Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1977 – Anthony Rocca, Australian footballer and coach
  • 1978Waleed Aly, Australian journalist and television host[17]
  • 1978 – Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast
  • 1978 – Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer
  • 1978 – Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player
  • 1979Carl Edwards, American race car driver
  • 1980Fiann Paul, Icelandic explorer[18]
  • 1981Brendan Hansen, American swimmer
  • 1981 – Óliver Pérez, American baseball player
  • 1982Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
  • 1982 – Germán Caffa, Argentine footballer
  • 1982 – David Harrison, American basketball player
  • 1983Siobhan Chamberlain, English association football goalkeeper
  • 1985Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (d. 2019)
  • 1985 – Emily Kinney, American actress, singer, and songwriter[19]
  • 1987Ryan D'Imperio, American football player
  • 1987 – Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist
  • 1987 – Sean McAllister, English footballer
  • 1988Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer
  • 1989Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter
  • 1989 – Ryan McGowan, Australian footballer
  • 1989 – Carlos PenaVega, American actor and singer[20]
  • 1989 – Jordan Rapana, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1990Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
  • 1991Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder
  • 1992Baskaran Adhiban, Indian chess player
  • 1993Rieah Holder, Barbadian netball player[21]
  • 1993 – Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer
  • 1993 – Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer
  • 1994Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer
  • 1994 – Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer
  • 1995Chief Keef, American rapper[22]
  • 1999Paola Reis, BMX rider[23]

Deaths[]

Pre-1600[]

  • 398Lan Han, official of the Xianbei state Lan Yan
  • 423Honorius, Roman emperor (b. 384)
  • 465Libius Severus, Roman emperor (b. 420)
  • 767Abu Hanifa, Iraqi scholar and educator (b. 699)[24][25]
  • 778Roland, Frankish military leader
  • 873Yi Zong, Chinese emperor (b. 833)
  • 874Altfrid, bishop of Hildesheim
  • 912Han Jian, Chinese warlord (b. 855)
  • 932Ma Xisheng, Chinese governor and king (b. 899)
  • 978Li Yu, ruler ('king') of Southern Tang
  • 986Minnborinus, Irish missionary and abbot[26]
  • 1022Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos, Byzantine rebel
  • 1038Stephen I, Hungarian king (b. 975)
  • 1057Macbeth, King of Scotland
  • 1118Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1048)
  • 1196Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173)
  • 1224Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant (b. 1198)
  • 1257 – Saint Hyacinth of Poland
  • 1274Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne (b. 1201)
  • 1275Lorenzo Tiepolo, Doge of Venice
  • 1328Yesün Temür, emperor of the Yuan Dynasty (b. 1293)
  • 1369Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England (b. 1314)
  • 1388Adalbertus Ranconis de Ericinio, Bohemian theologian and rector of the University of Paris (b. circa 1320)
  • 1399Ide Pedersdatter Falk, Danish noblewoman (b. 1358)
  • 1496Infanta Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile and León (b. 1428)
  • 1506Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (b. c. 1445)
  • 1507John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1439)
  • 1528Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French general (b. 1485)
  • 1552Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (b. 1477)
  • 1594Thomas Kyd, English playwright (b. 1558)

1601–1900[]

  • 1621John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)
  • 1666Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
  • 1714Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
  • 1728Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
  • 1758Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
  • 1799Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
  • 1844José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)[27]
  • 1852Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
  • 1859Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)

1901–present[]

  • 1907Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1831)
  • 1909Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (b. 1866)
  • 1917Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1831)
  • 1925Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (b. 1878)
  • 1928Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854)
  • 1935Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898)
  • 1935 – Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (b. 1879)
  • 1935 – Paul Signac, French painter and author (b. 1863)
  • 1936Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871)
  • 1942Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (b. 1892)
  • 1945Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (b. 1887)
  • 1945 – Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (b. 1923)
  • 1951Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1882)
  • 1953Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
  • 1962Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940)
  • 1967René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
  • 1971Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1887)
  • 1975Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)
  • 1975 – Clay Shaw, American businessman (b. 1913)
  • 1975 – Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (b. 1942)
  • 1981Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (b. 1895)[28]
  • 1981 – Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (b. 1896)
  • 1982Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (b. 1905)
  • 1982 – Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (b. 1954)
  • 1982 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
  • 1989Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (b. 1904)
  • 1989 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general and diplomat (b. 1897)
  • 1990Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician and actor (b. 1962)
  • 1992Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (b. 1947)
  • 1994Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929)
  • 1995John Cameron Swayze, American journalist and actor (b. 1906)
  • 1997Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet and educator (b. 1905)
  • 1999Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (b. 1910)
  • 2000Lancelot Ware, English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa (b. 1915)[29]
  • 2001Yavuz Çetin, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1970)
  • 2001 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972)
  • 2001 – Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (b. 1919)[30]
  • 2004Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916)
  • 2004 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (b. 1941)
  • 2005Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist and academic (b. 1927)
  • 2006Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand queen (b. 1931)
  • 2006 – Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player (b. 1955)
  • 2006 – Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist and academic (b. 1937)
  • 2006 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1923)
  • 2007Richard Bradshaw, English conductor and director (b. 1944)
  • 2007 – John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (b. 1918)
  • 2007 – Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand physician (b. 1908)
  • 2007 – Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (b. 1925)
  • 2008Vic Toweel, South African-Australian boxer (b. 1929)
  • 2008 – Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (b. 1917)
  • 2011Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984)
  • 2012Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956)
  • 2012 – Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (b. 1924)
  • 2012 – Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)
  • 2013Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (b. 1944)
  • 2013 – Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (b. 1930)
  • 2013 – Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1942)
  • 2013 – August Schellenberg, Canadian actor (b. 1936)[31]
  • 2014Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (b. 1909)
  • 2015Julian Bond, American academic, leader of the civil rights movement, and politician (b. 1940)
  • 2015 – Hamid Gul, Pakistani general (b. 1936)
  • 2017Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (b. 1925)
  • 2020Robert Trump, American real-estate developer, business executive (b. 1948)[32][33]
  • 2021Gerd Müller, German footballer (b. 1945)[34]

Holidays and observances[]

  • Armed Forces Day (Poland)
  • Christian feast day:
    • Altfrid
    • Alypius of Thagaste
    • Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation. (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances:
      • Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches)
      • Ferragosto (Italy)
      • Lady's Day (Ireland)
      • Māras (Latvia)
      • Mother's Day (Antwerp and Costa Rica)
      • National Acadian Day (Acadians)
      • Navy Day (Romania)
      • Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain)
    • San La Muerte (Paraguayan Folk Catholicism)
    • Santa Muerte (Mexican Folk Catholicism)
    • Tarcisius
    • August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)
  • Earliest day on which Children's Day can fall, while August 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Sunday in August. (Argentina and Peru)
  • Earliest day on which Day of Hearts can fall, while August 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in August. (area around Haarlem and Amsterdam)
  • Founding of Asunción (Paraguay)
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945:
    • Gwangbokjeol, "Independence Day" (South Korea)
    • Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea)
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947.
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960.
  • National Day (Liechtenstein)
  • National Mourning Day, observed on Srabon 31 (Bangladesh)
  • The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt and Coptic Church)
  • The main day of Bon Festival (Japan), and its related observances:
    • Awa Dance Festival (Tokushima Prefecture)
  • Victory over Japan Day (United Kingdom), and its related observances:

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