August 14

Events

Pre-1600

• 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 29 BC – Octavian holds the second of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1040 – King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1264 – After tricking the Venetian galley fleet into sailing east to the Levant, the Genoese capture an entire Venetian trade convoy at the Battle of Saseno.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1352 – War of the Breton Succession: Anglo-Bretons defeat the French in the Battle of Mauron.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1370 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, grants city privileges to Karlovy Vary.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1385 – Portuguese Crisis of 1383–85: Battle of Aljubarrota: Portuguese forces commanded by John I of Portugal defeat the Castilian army of John I of Castile.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1592 – The first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

• 1720 – The Spanish military Villasur expedition is defeated by Pawnee and Otoe warriors near present-day Columbus, Nebraska.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1784 – Russian colonization of North America: Awa'uq Massacre: The Russian fur trader Grigory Shelikhov storms a Kodiak Island Alutiit refuge rock on Sitkalidak Island, killing 500+ Alutiit.<ref name="Knechthaakansondickson">Richard A. Knecht, Sven Haakanson, and Shawn Dickson (2002). "Awa'uq: discovery and excavation of an 18th century Alutiiq refuge rock in the Kodiak Archipelago". In To the Aleutians and Beyond:, Bruno Frohlich, Albert S. Harper, and Rolf Gilberg, editors, pp. 177–191. Publications of the National Museum Ethnographical Series, Vol. 20. Department of Ethnography, National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. the Anthropology of William S. Laughlin.</ref>
• 1790 – The Treaty of Wereloe ended the 1788–1790 Russo-Swedish War.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1791 – Slaves from plantations in Saint-Domingue hold a Vodou ceremony led by houngan Dutty Boukman at Bois Caïman, marking the start of the Haitian Revolution.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1814 – A cease fire agreement, called the Convention of Moss, ended the Swedish–Norwegian War.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1816 – The United Kingdom formally annexes the Tristan da Cunha archipelago, administering the islands from the Cape Colony in South Africa.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1842 – American Indian Wars: Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1848 – Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>
• 1880 – Construction of Cologne Cathedral, the most famous landmark in Cologne, Germany, is completed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1885 – Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1893 – France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1900 – Battle of Peking: The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1901 – The first claimed powered flight, by Gustave Whitehead in his Number 21.<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 1914 – World War I: Start of the Battle of Lorraine, an unsuccessful French offensive.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1917 – World War I: The Republic of China, which had heretofore been shipping labourers to Europe to assist in the war effort, officially declares war on the Central Powers, although it will continue to send to Europe labourers instead of combatants for the remaining duration of the war.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
• 1920 – The 1920 Summer Olympics, having started four months earlier, officially open in Antwerp, Belgium, with the newly adopted Olympic flag and the Olympic oath being raised and taken at the Opening Ceremony for the first time in Olympic history.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1921 – Tannu Uriankhai, later Tuvan People's Republic is established as a completely independent country (which is supported by Soviet Russia).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1933 – Loggers cause a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; destroying Template:Convert of land.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1935 – Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1936 – Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1947 – Pakistan gains independence from the British Empire as the Dominion of Pakistan, due to the partition of India.<ref name="BBC">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – An Idaho Department of Fish and Game program to relocate beavers known as Beaver drop occurred. This program relocated beavers from Northwestern Idaho to Central Idaho by airplane and then parachuting the beavers into the Chamberlain Basin .<ref name="Ngeo">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1959 – Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1967 – UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967 declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1969 – The Troubles: British troops are deployed in Northern Ireland as political and sectarian violence breaks out, marking the start of the 37-year Operation Banner.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Bahrain declares independence from Britain.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1972 – An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany killing 156 people.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1974 – Turkey launches the second phase of the invasion of Cyprus, which eventually resulted in the Turkish occupation of 37% of Cyprus.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – Lech Wałęsa leads strikes at the Gdańsk, Poland shipyards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, also known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Greek Cypriot refugee Solomos Solomou is shot and killed by a Turkish security officer while trying to climb a flagpole in order to remove a Turkish flag from its mast in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 – A widescale power blackout affects the northeast United States and Canada.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2005 – Helios Airways Flight 522, en route from Larnaca, Cyprus to Prague, Czech Republic via Athens, crashes in the hills near Grammatiko, Greece, killing 121 passengers and crew.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2006 – Lebanon War: A ceasefire takes effect three days after the United Nations Security Council's approval of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, formally ending hostilities between Lebanon and Israel.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2006 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sixty-one schoolgirls killed in Chencholai bombing by Sri Lanka Air Force air strike.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2007 – The Kahtaniya bombings kill at least 500 people.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Egypt declares a state of emergency as security forces kill hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – UPS Airlines Flight 1354 crashes short of the runway at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing both crew members on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2015 – The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba re-opens after 54 years of being closed when Cuba–United States relations were broken off.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2018 – The collapse of the Ponte Morandi bridge in Genoa, Italy, left 16 people injured and 43 people killed.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2021 – A magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes southwestern Haiti, killing at least 2,248 people and causing a humanitarian crisis.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2022 – An explosion destroys a market in Armenia, killing six people and injuring dozens.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2023 – Former U.S. president Donald Trump is charged in Georgia along with 18 others in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election in that state, his fourth indictment of 2023.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

• 1479 – Catherine of York (died 1527)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1499 – John de Vere, 14th Earl of Oxford, English politician (died 1526)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1502 – Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Flemish painter (died 1550)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1530 – Giambattista Benedetti, Italian mathematician and physicist (died 1590)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1552 – Paolo Sarpi, Italian writer (died 1623)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1599 – Méric Casaubon, Swiss-English scholar and author (died 1671)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

• 1642 – Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1723)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1653 – Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English colonel and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (died 1688)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1688 – Frederick William I of Prussia (died 1740)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1714 – Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (died 1789)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1738 – Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer and conductor (died 1793)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1742 – Pope Pius VII (died 1823)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1758 – Carle Vernet, French painter and lithographer (died 1836)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1777 – Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (died 1851)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1802 – Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet and novelist (died 1838)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1814 – Charlotte Fowler Wells, American phrenologist and publisher (died 1901)<ref name="Logan1912">Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1817 – Alexander H. Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 1874)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1840 – Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German-Austrian psychologist and author (died 1902)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1847 – Robert Comtesse, Swiss lawyer and politician (died 1922)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1848 – Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Anglo-Irish astronomer and author (died 1915)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1851 – Doc Holliday, American dentist and gambler (died 1887)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1860 – Ernest Thompson Seton, American author, artist, and naturalist (died 1946)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1863 – Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (died 1940)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1865 – Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician and academic (died 1952)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1866 – Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin, Belgian mathematician and academic (died 1962)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1867 – Cupid Childs, American baseball player (died 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1867 – John Galsworthy, English novelist and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1871 – Guangxu Emperor of China (died 1908)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1875 – Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian painter and illustrator (died 1957)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1876 – Alexander I of Serbia (died 1903)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1881 – Francis Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1953)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1883 – Ernest Everett Just, American biologist and academic (died 1941)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1886 – Arthur Jeffrey Dempster, Canadian-American physicist and academic (died 1950)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1889 – Otto Tief, Estonian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia (died 1976)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1890 – Bruno Tesch, German chemist and businessman (died 1946)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1892 – Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, English pianist, composer, and critic (died 1988)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1894 – Frank Burge, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1958)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1895 – Jack Gregory, Australian cricketer (died 1973)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1895 – Amaza Lee Meredith, American architect (died 1984)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1896 – Albert Ball, English fighter pilot (died 1917)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1896 – Theodor Luts, Estonian director and cinematographer (died 1980)<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 1900 – Margret Boveri, German journalist (died 1975)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

• 1910 – Nüzhet Gökdoğan, Turkish astronomer and mathematician (died 2003)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1910 – Willy Ronis, French photographer (died 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1910 – Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and producer (died 1995)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1912 – Frank Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (died 1985)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1913 – Hector Crawford, Australian director and producer (died 1991)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1913 – Paul Dean, American baseball player (died 1981)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1914 – Herman Branson, American physicist, chemist, and academic (died 1995)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1915 – B. A. Santamaria, Australian political activist and publisher (died 1998)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1916 – Frank and John Craighead, American naturalists (twins, Frank d. 2001, John d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1916 – Wellington Mara, American businessman (died 2005)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1923 – Alice Ghostley, American actress (died 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1924 – Sverre Fehn, Norwegian architect, designed the Hedmark Museum (died 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1924 – Georges Prêtre, French conductor (died 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1925 – Russell Baker, American critic and essayist (died 2019)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1926 – René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (died 1977)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1926 – Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist (died 2017)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1928 – Lina Wertmüller, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1929 – Giacomo Capuzzi, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lodi from 1989 to 2005 (died 2021).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1929 – Dick Tiger, Nigerian boxer (died 1971)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1930 – Arthur Latham, British politician and Member of Parliament (died 2016)<ref name="whoswho">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1930 – Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1931 – Frederic Raphael, American journalist, author, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1932 – Lee Hoffman, American author (died 2007)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1933 – Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1935 – John Brodie, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1938 – Bennie Muller, Dutch footballer (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Connie Smith, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1942 – Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Ronnie Campbell, English miner and politician (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Ben Sidran, American jazz and rock keyboardist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1944 – Ahad Hosseini, Iranian Azerbaijani artist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1945 – Steve Martin, American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1945 – Wim Wenders, German director, producer, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Antonio Fargas, American actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1946 – Larry Graham, American soul/funk bass player and singer-songwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1946 – Susan Saint James, American actress<ref name=Chase2017>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1946 – Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver and businessman (died 2010)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1947 – Maddy Prior, English folk singer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1947 – Danielle Steel, American author<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1947 – Joop van Daele, Dutch footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1949 – Bob Backlund, American wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1949 – Morten Olsen, Danish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1950 – Gary Larson, American cartoonist<ref name=Chase2017 />
• 1951 – Slim Dunlap, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1951 – Carl Lumbly, American actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1952 – Debbie Meyer, American swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1953 – James Horner, American composer and conductor (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1954 – Mark Fidrych, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2009)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1954 – Stanley A. McChrystal, American general<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – Jackée Harry, American actress and television personality<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1956 – Andy King, English footballer and manager (died 2015)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – Rusty Wallace, American race car driver<ref name=Chase2017 />
• 1957 – Peter Costello, Australian lawyer and politician<ref>Template:Cite bookTemplate:Dead link</ref>
• 1959 – Frank Brickowski, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – Marcia Gay Harden, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1959 – Magic Johnson, American basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1960 – Sarah Brightman, English singer and actress<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead link</ref>
• 1960 – Fred Roberts, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1961 – Susan Olsen, American actress and radio host<ref name="AP">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1962 – Mark Gubicza, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – José Cóceres, Argentinian golfer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Neal Anderson, American football player and coach<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1964 – Jason Dunstall, Australian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1965 – Paul Broadhurst, English golfer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Halle Berry, American model, actress, and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1966 – Karl Petter Løken, Swedish-Norwegian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Ben Bass, American actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1968 – Catherine Bell, English-American actress and producer<ref name=Chase2017 />
• 1968 – Darren Clarke, Northern Irish golfer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1968 – Jason Leonard, English rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1969 – Tracy Caldwell Dyson, American chemist and astronaut<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1969 – Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1970 – Kevin Cadogan, American rock guitaristTemplate:R
• 1971 – Raoul Bova, Italian actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Benito Carbone, Italian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Peter Franzén, Finnish actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1971 – Mark Loretta, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1972 – Laurent Lamothe, Haitian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Haiti<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1973 – Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Kieren Perkins, Australian swimmer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – Chucky Atkins, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1974 – Christopher Gorham, American actor<ref name="AP" />
• 1975 – Mike Vrabel, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1976 – Fabrizio Donato, Italian triple jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1977 – Juan Pierre, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Anastasios Kyriakos, Greek footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1978 – Greg Rawlinson, New Zealand rugby player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1979 – Paul Burgess, Australian pole vaulter<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1980 – Peter Malinauskas, Australian politician, 47th Premier of South Australia<ref name="crouch">Template:Cite news</ref>
• 1981 – Earl Barron, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Paul Gallen, Australian rugby league player, boxer, and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Julius Jones, American football player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Kofi Kingston, Ghanaian-American wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Scott Lipsky, American tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (died 2014)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1983 – Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-American actress<ref name=Chase2017 />
• 1983 – Lamorne Morris, American actor and comedian<ref name="AP" />
• 1983 – Spencer Pratt, American television personality<ref name="AP" />
• 1984 – Eva Birnerová, Czech tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Clay Buchholz, American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Giorgio Chiellini, Italian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Josh Gorges, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Nick Grimshaw, English radio and television host<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 1984 – Nicola Slater, Scottish tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – Robin Söderling, Swedish tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Christian Gentner, German footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Shea Weber, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1986 – Braian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Johnny Gargano, American wrestler<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – David Peralta, Venezuelan baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1987 – Tim Tebow, American football and baseball player and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Ander Herrera, Spanish footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1989 – Kyle Turris, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Richard Freitag, German ski jumper<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Giovanny Gallegos, Mexican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Maya Jama, British TV presenter.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1995 – Léolia Jeanjean, French tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1997 – Greet Minnen, Belgian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1998 – Doechii, American rapper<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2000 – Johan Rojas, Dominican baseball player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2004 – Marsai Martin, American actress and producer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 582 – Tiberius II Constantine, Byzantine emperor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1040 – Duncan I of Scotland<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1167 – Rainald of Dassel, Italian archbishop<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1204 – Minamoto no Yoriie, second Shōgun of the Kamakura shogunate<ref>Template:Cite book: 7月18日 ［愚管抄］ 修善寺にて、また頼家入道をば指ころしてけり。とみにえとりつめざりければ、頸に 緒をつけ、ふぐりを取などしてころしてけりと聞えき。人はいみじくたけきも力及ば ぬことなりけり。ひきは其郡に父の党とて、みせやの大夫行時と云う者のむすめを妻 にして、一万御前が母をばもうけたるなり。その行時は又兒玉党にしたるなり。</ref>
• 1433 – John I of Portugal (born 1357)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1464 – Pope Pius II (born 1405)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1573 – Saitō Tatsuoki, Japanese daimyō (born 1548)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

1601–1900

• 1691 – Richard Talbot, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, Irish soldier and politician (born 1630)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1716 – Madre María Rosa, Capuchin nun from Spain, to Peru (born 1660)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1727 – William Croft, English organist and composer (born 1678)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1774 – Johann Jakob Reiske, German physician and scholar (born 1716)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1784 – Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-born English painter and academic (born 1718)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1852 – Margaret Taylor, First Lady of the United States (born 1788)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1854 – Carl Carl, Polish-born actor and theatre director (born 1787)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1860 – André Marie Constant Duméril, French zoologist and entomologist (born 1774)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1870 – David Farragut, American admiral (born 1801)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1890 – Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus (born 1852)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1891 – Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (born 1803)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1901–present

• 1905 – Simeon Solomon, English soldier and painter (born 1840)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1909 – William Stanley, British engineer and author (born 1829)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1922 – Rebecca Cole, American physician and social reformer (born 1846)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1928 – Klabund, German author and poet (born 1890)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1938 – Hugh Trumble, Australian cricketer and accountant (born 1876)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1941 – Maximilian Kolbe, Polish martyr and saint (born 1894)<ref name="britannica.com">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1941 – Paul Sabatier, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1943 – Joe Kelley, American baseball player and manager (born 1871)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1948 – Eliška Misáková, Czech gymnast (born 1926)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1951 – William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (born 1863)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1954 – Hugo Eckener, German pilot and airship designer (born 1868)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1955 – Herbert Putnam, American lawyer and publisher, Librarian of Congress (born 1861)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – Bertolt Brecht, German poet, playwright, and director (born 1898)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1956 – Konstantin von Neurath, German lawyer and politician, Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1873)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1958 – Frédéric Joliot-Curie, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1963 – Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1906)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1964 – Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (born 1934)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1965 – Vello Kaaristo, Estonian skier (born 1911)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1967 – Bob Anderson, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (born 1931)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1972 – Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (born 1906)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1972 – Jules Romains, French author and poet (born 1885)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1973 – Fred Gipson, American journalist and author (born 1908)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1978 – Nicolas Bentley, English author and illustrator (born 1907)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1980 – Dorothy Stratten, Canadian-American model and actress (born 1960)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1981 – Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (born 1894)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1981 – Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (born 1910)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1982 – Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (born 1904)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1984 – Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1904)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1984 – J. B. Priestley, English novelist and playwright (born 1894)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1985 – Gale Sondergaard, American actress (born 1899)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1988 – Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 1988 – Robert Calvert, South African-English singer-songwriter and playwright (born 1945)Template:R
• 1988 – Enzo Ferrari, Italian race car driver and businessman, founded Ferrari (born 1898)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1991 – Alberto Crespo, Argentinian race car driver (born 1920)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1992 – John Sirica, American lawyer and judge (born 1904)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Elias Canetti, Bulgarian-Swiss author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1994 – Alice Childress, American actress, playwright, and author (born 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1996 – Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (born 1912)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 1999 – Pee Wee Reese, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2002 – Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (born 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2003 – Helmut Rahn, German footballer (born 1929)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2004 – Czesław Miłosz, Polish-born American novelist, essayist, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2004 – Trevor Skeet, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician (born 1918)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2006 – Bruno Kirby, American actor (born 1949)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2007 – Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (born 1913)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2010 – Herman Leonard, American photographer (born 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2012 – Vilasrao Deshmukh, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of Maharashtra (born 1945)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2012 – Svetozar Gligorić, Serbian chess player (born 1923)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2012 – Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (born 1919)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2013 – Jack Germond, American journalist and author (born 1928)<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 2014 – Leonard Fein, American journalist and academic, co-founded Moment Magazine (born 1934)<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 2014 – George V. Hansen, American politician (born 1930)<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 2015 – Bob Johnston, American songwriter and producer (born 1932)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2016 – Fyvush Finkel, American actor (born 1922)<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Cbignore</ref>
• 2018 – Jill Janus, American singer (born 1975)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2019 – Polly Farmer, Australian footballer and coach (born 1935)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – Julian Bream, English classical guitarist and lutenist (born 1933)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2020 – Angela Buxton, British tennis player (born 1934)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
• 2020 – James R. Thompson, American politician, Governor of Illinois (born 1936)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2021 – Michael Aung-Thwin, American historian and scholar of Burmese and Southeast Asian history (born 1946)<ref name=":02">Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2023 – Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, Bangladeshi Islamic lecturer, politician (born 1940)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2024 – Gena Rowlands, American actress (born 1930)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• 2025 – Mike Castle, American politician, 69th Governor of Delaware (born 1939)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
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  • Domingo Ibáñez de Erquicia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Eusebius of Rome<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Jonathan Myrick Daniels (Episcopal Church)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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• National Navajo Code Talkers Day is a holiday in the United States honoring Navajo code talkers in the military.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Falklands Day is the celebration of the first sighting of the Falkland Islands by John Davis in 1592.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
• Independence Day celebrates the independence of Pakistan from the United Kingdom in 1947.<ref name="BBC"/>
• Partition Horrors Remembrance Day commemorates the victims and sufferings of people during the Partition of India in 1947.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

References

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