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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[598]] &ndash; [[Goguryeo–Sui War#Course of the war|Goguryeo-Sui War]]: In response to a [[Goguryeo]] (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor [[Emperor Wen of Sui|Wéndi]] of [[Sui dynasty|Sui]] orders his youngest son, [[Yang Liang]] (assisted by the co-prime minister [[Gao Jiong]]), to conquer Goguryeo during the [[Manchuria]]n rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy.<ref name="Samguk Sagi, Vol. 20">''[[Samguk Sagi]]'', Vol. 20.</ref>
*[[1265]] &ndash; [[Second Barons' War]]: [[Battle of Evesham]]: The army of Prince Edward (the future king [[Edward I of England]]) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by [[Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester]], killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
*[[1327]] &ndash; [[First War of Scottish Independence]]: [[James Douglas, Lord of Douglas|James Douglas]] [[Battle of Stanhope Park|leads a raid]] into [[Weardale]] and almost kills [[Edward III of England]].
*[[1578]] &ndash; [[Battle of Alcácer Quibir|Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir]]: The [[Moroccans]] defeat the Portuguese. King [[Sebastian of Portugal]] is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, [[Henry, King of Portugal|Cardinal Henry]], as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.

===1601–1900===
*[[1693]] &ndash; Date traditionally ascribed to [[Dom Pérignon (monk)|Dom Perignon]]'s invention of [[champagne]]; it is not clear whether he actually invented [[champagne]], however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect [[sparkling wine]].
*[[1701]] &ndash; [[Great Peace of Montreal]] between [[New France]] and [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] is signed.
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: [[Gibraltar]] is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by [[Admiral]] Sir [[George Rooke]] and allied with [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor|Archduke Charles]].
*[[1781]] &ndash; [[Fourth Anglo-Dutch War]], a fleet of six [[East India Company]] ships sets sail from [[Fort Marlborough]] to raid the Dutch [[Dutch East India Company|VOC factories]] on the West coast of [[Sumatra]] including the major port of [[Padang]].<ref name="I&AQR">{{cite journal |title=The English Connection with Sumatra |journal=Imperial and Asiatic Quarterly Review and Oriental and Colonial Record |date=1968 |page=427 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h-ZGAQAAMAAJ}}</ref>
*[[1783]] &ndash; [[Mount Asama]] erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people ([[Tenmei eruption]]). The eruption causes a [[famine]], which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[France]]: [[Abolition of feudalism in France|abolition of feudalism]] by the [[National Constituent Assembly (France)|National Constituent Assembly]].
*[[1790]] &ndash; A newly passed [[tariff]] act creates the ''[[United States Revenue Cutter Service|Revenue Cutter Service]]'' (the forerunner of the [[United States Coast Guard]]).
*[[1791]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Sistova]] is signed, ending the [[Ottoman–Habsburg wars]].
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: [[Napoleon]] leads the [[Army of Italy (France)|French Army of Italy]] to victory in the [[Battle of Lonato]].
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[War of 1812]]: The ultimately unsuccessful [[Siege of Fort Erie]] begins as British forces attempt to recapture [[Old Fort Erie|the fort]] and drive American forces out of Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=Siege of Fort Erie|url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/war-1812/battles/siege-fort-erie|website=battlefields.org|publisher=[[American Battlefield Trust]]|access-date=August 5, 2025}}</ref>
*[[1821]] &ndash; ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]'' is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
*[[1854]] &ndash; The [[Flag of Japan|Hinomaru]] is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
*[[1863]] &ndash; [[Matica slovenská]], Slovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the [[Slovaks|Slovak nation]], is established in [[Martin, Slovakia|Martin]].
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[American Indian Wars]]: While protecting a railroad survey party in [[Montana]], the [[7th Cavalry Regiment|United States 7th Cavalry]], under [[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]] [[George Armstrong Custer]] clashes for the first time with the [[Cheyenne]] and [[Lakota people]] near the [[Tongue River (Montana)|Tongue River]]; only one man on each side is killed.
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Granny (sea anemone)|Granny]], a [[sea anemone]], died in [[Edinburgh]] after nearly 60 years in captivity. Her death was reported in [[The Scotsman]] and [[The New York Times]].<ref name=memoriam>{{cite news |title=In Memoriam – Granny |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/In_Memoriam_-_%22Granny%22 |work=The Scotsman |date=11 October 1887 |location=Edinburgh |page=5 |access-date=21 July 2021 |archive-date=21 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210721091848/https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/In_Memoriam_-_%22Granny%22 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=An Aged Sea Anemone |work=New York Times |date=2 November 1887 |page=2 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81777774/death-of-granny/ |access-date=19 July 2021 |archive-date=19 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719195430/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/81777774/death-of-granny/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[The Great Fire (Spokane)|The Great Fire]] of [[Spokane, Washington]] destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
*[[1892]] &ndash; The father and stepmother of [[Lizzie Borden]] are found murdered in their [[Fall River, Massachusetts]] home. She will be tried and acquitted for the crimes a year later.

===1901–present===
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: In response to the [[German invasion of Belgium (1914)|German invasion of Belgium]], Belgium and the [[British Empire]] declare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
*[[1915]] &ndash; World War I: The [[12th Army (German Empire)|German 12th Army]] occupies [[Warsaw]] during the [[Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive]] and the [[Great Retreat (Russian)|Great Retreat of 1915]].
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Bolshevik–Makhnovist conflict]]: [[Mikhail Frunze]] declares victory over the [[Makhnovshchina]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Malet |first1=Michael |title=Nestor Makhno in the Russian Civil War |date=1982 |language=English |isbn=978-0-333-25969-6 |publisher=[[Palgrave Macmillan]] |location=London]|oclc=8514426 |page=79}}</ref>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Mexico–Russia relations|Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union]] are established.
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[List of Prime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister of Greece]] [[Ioannis Metaxas]] suspends [[Hellenic Parliament|parliament]] and the [[Constitution of Greece|Constitution]] and establishes the [[4th of August Regime]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the [[Gestapo]] to a sealed-off area in an [[Amsterdam]] warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist [[Anne Frank]], her family, and four others.
*  1944   &ndash; Under the state of emergency law, the [[Parliament of Finland|Finnish Parliament]] elects Marshal [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|C. G. E. Mannerheim]] as the [[President of Finland]] to replace the resigned [[Risto Ryti]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mannerheim |url=https://suomenpresidentit.fi/mannerheim/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Suomen presidentit |language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.apu.fi/artikkelit/suomen-presidentit-sarja-mannerheim-oli-vaaran-ajan-paamies|title=Suomen presidentit – sarja: Mannerheim oli väärän ajan päämies|work=Artikkelit|date=December 6, 2017|publisher=Apu–lehti|access-date=August 3, 2021|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; An [[1946 Dominican Republic earthquake|earthquake of magnitude 8.0]] hits northern [[Dominican Republic]]. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
*[[1947]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of Japan]] is established.
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Civil rights movement]]: [[Civil and political rights|Civil rights]] workers [[Michael Schwerner]], [[Andrew Goodman (activist)|Andrew Goodman]] and [[James Chaney]] are found dead in [[Mississippi]] after disappearing on [[June 21]].
*  1964   &ndash; [[Gulf of Tonkin incident#Second alleged attack|Second Gulf of Tonkin Incident]]: U.S. [[destroyer]]s {{USS|Maddox|DD-731|6}} and {{USS|Turner Joy|DD-951|6}} mistakenly report coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
*[[1965]] &ndash; The [[Constitution of the Cook Islands]] comes into force, giving the [[Cook Islands]] self-governing status within New Zealand.
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: At the apartment of French intermediary [[Jean Sainteny]] in Paris, American representative [[Henry Kissinger]] and [[North Vietnam]]ese representative [[Xuân Thuỷ]] begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[President of Uganda|Ugandan President]] [[Idi Amin]] announces that [[Uganda]] is no longer responsible for the care of British subjects of [[Indians in Uganda|Asian origin]], beginning the [[Expulsion of Asians from Uganda|expulsions of Ugandan Asians]].<ref>{{citation|last=Jørgensen|first=Jan Jelmert|title=Uganda: a modern history|year=1981|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-85664-643-0|pages=285–290}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; A [[Italicus Express bombing 1974|bomb]] explodes in the ''Italicus Express'' train at [[San Benedetto Val di Sambro]], Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
*[[1975]] &ndash; The [[Japanese Red Army]] takes [[1975 AIA building hostage crisis|more than 50 hostages]] at the AIA Building housing several embassies in [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. [[consul (representative)|consul]] and the Swedish [[Chargé d'affaires]]. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to [[History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi#Libyan Arab Republic (1969–1977)|Libya]].
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]] signs legislation creating the [[United States Department of Energy]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo]], president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a [[1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état|coup d'état]] led by Captain [[Thomas Sankara]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/06/world/13-killed-in-coup-in-upper-volta.html|title=13 Killed in Coup in Upper Volta |work=The New York Times|date=August 6, 2023|access-date=January 6, 2023}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; The [[Republic of Upper Volta]] changes its name to [[Burkina Faso]].
*[[1987]] &ndash; The [[Federal Communications Commission]] rescinds the [[Fairness Doctrine]] which had required radio and television stations to give equal time to opposing views.
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Operation Storm]], the last major battle of the [[Croatian War of Independence]] begins.
*[[2006]] &ndash; A [[2006 Trincomalee massacre of NGO workers|massacre]] is carried out by [[Sri Lanka]]n government forces, killing 17 employees of the French [[International nongovernmental organization|INGO]] [[Action Against Hunger]] (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s ''[[Phoenix (spacecraft)|Phoenix]]'' [[Mars]] lander is launched.
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] (SDF) expel the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL) from the [[Iraq–Syria border]], concluding the second phase of the [[Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019)|Deir ez-Zor campaign]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-fully-expelled-from-syria-iraq-border/|title=ISIS fully expelled from Syria-Iraq border|author=Leith Aboufadel|date=4 August 2018|publisher=Al-Masdar News|access-date=4 August 2018|archive-date=4 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804231713/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-fully-expelled-from-syria-iraq-border/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2018   &ndash;  [[Crisis in Venezuela]]: Seven people are injured when two drones [[2018 Caracas drone attack|detonate explosives]] on [[Avenida Bolívar, Caracas]] while president [[Nicolás Maduro]] is giving a speech to the [[Venezuelan National Guard]].<ref name="theguardian12">{{cite news |author=Daniels |first=Joe Parkin |date=5 August 2018 |title=Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro survives apparent assassination attempt |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/04/nicolas-maduros-speech-cut-short-while-soldiers-scatter |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005123439/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/04/nicolas-maduros-speech-cut-short-while-soldiers-scatter |archive-date=5 October 2023 |access-date=5 August 2018 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; Nine people are killed and 26 injured in a shooting in [[2019 Dayton shooting|Dayton, Ohio]]. This comes only 13 hours after another mass shooting in [[2019 El Paso shooting|El Paso, Texas]], where 23 people were killed.<ref>{{cite web|website=CNN|title=Mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio |url=https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/ohio-shooting/index.html|author=Ivanna Kottasova|date=August 4, 2019|access-date=August 4, 2019}}</ref><ref name="NYT23">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/26/business/ap-mass-shooting-texas.html|title=El Paso Shooting Victim Dies Months Later, Death Toll Now 23|work=The New York Times|date=April 26, 2020|access-date=April 26, 2020}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[2020 Beirut explosion|Beirut Port explosion]]: At least 220 people are killed and over 5,000 are wounded when 2,700 tons of [[ammonium nitrate]] explodes in [[2020 Beirut explosion|Beirut, Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Beirut explosion: Lebanon's government 'to resign' as death toll rises |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53720383 |website=BBC |access-date=August 11, 2020 |date=10 August 2020}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1222]] &ndash; [[Richard de Clare, 6th Earl of Gloucester]], English soldier (died 1262)
*[[1281]] &ndash; [[Külüg Khan, Emperor Wuzong of Yuan]] (died 1311)
*[[1290]] &ndash; [[Leopold I, Duke of Austria]] (died 1326)
*[[1463]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici]], Florentine patron of the arts (died 1503)<ref>{{cite web | title=MEDICI, Lorenzo de' | website=[[Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani]] | url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/lorenzo-de-medici_res-07f8fd0e-dcdf-11df-9ef0-d5ce3506d72e_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ | language=it | access-date=2025-03-10}}</ref>
*[[1469]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (died 1528)
*[[1470]] &ndash; [[Bernardo Dovizi]], Italian cardinal (died 1520)<ref>{{cite web | title=DOVIZI, Bernardo, detto il Bibbiena | website=[[Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani]]| url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/dovizi-bernardo-detto-il-bibbiena_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ | language=it | access-date=2025-03-10}}</ref>
*  1470   &ndash; [[Lucrezia de' Medici (1470–1553)|Lucrezia de' Medici]], Italian noblewoman (died 1553)<ref>{{cite web | title=MEDICI, Lucrezia de' | website=[[Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani]] | url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/lucrezia-de-medici_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ | language=it | access-date=2025-03-10}}</ref>
*[[1521]] &ndash; [[Pope Urban VII]] (died 1590)<ref>{{cite web | title=URBANO VII, papa | website=[[Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani]]| url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/papa-urbano-vii_(Dizionario-Biografico)/ | language=it | access-date=2025-03-10}}</ref>
*[[1522]] &ndash; [[Udai Singh II]], King of Mewar (died 1572)<ref>{{cite book |title=Proceedings - Indian History Congress, Volume 35 |date=1974 |page=142 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vgpDAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Udai+Singh%22+1522 |access-date=2025-03-10|last1=Congress |first1=Indian History }}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] &ndash; [[François Hédelin, abbé d'Aubignac]], French cleric and author (died 1676)
*[[1623]] &ndash; [[Friedrich Casimir, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] (1641–1680) and Hanau-Münzenberg (1642–1680) (died 1685)
*[[1701]] &ndash; [[Thomas Blackwell (scholar)|Thomas Blackwell]], Scottish historian and scholar (died 1757)
*[[1704]] &ndash; [[Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703–1752)|Louis d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans]] (died 1752)
*[[1719]] &ndash; [[Johann Gottlob Lehmann (scientist)|Johann Gottlob Lehmann]], German mineralogist and geologist (died 1767)
*[[1721]] &ndash; [[Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford]], English politician, [[Lord President of the Council]] (died 1803)
*[[1755]] &ndash; [[Nicolas-Jacques Conté]], French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor (died 1805)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]], English poet and playwright (died 1822)
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[William Rowan Hamilton]], Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1865)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[Louis Vuitton (designer)|Louis Vuitton]], French fashion designer, founded [[Louis Vuitton]] (died 1892)
*[[1821]] &ndash; [[James Springer White]], American religious leader, co-founded the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] (died 1881)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[John Venn]], English mathematician and philosopher (died 1923)
*[[1836]] &ndash; [[Vilhelm Dahlerup|Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup]], Danish architect (died 1907)
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Walter Pater]], English author, critic, and academic (died 1894)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Henri Berger]], German composer and bandleader (died 1929)
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[John Henry Twachtman]], American painter, etcher, and academic (died 1902)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Knut Hamsun]], Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1952)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Daniel Edward Howard]], 16th president of Liberia (died 1935)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dunn|first1= Elwood D.|last2=Beyan|first2=Amos J.|last3=Burrowes|first3=Carl Patrick|author-link= |date=2000|title=Historical Dictionary of Liberia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qt0_RrW8ghkC|location=Lanham, MD|publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9781461659310|pages=167–168}}</ref>
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Jake Beckley]], American baseball player and coach (died 1918)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Master C. V. V.]], Indian philosopher, yogi and guru (died 1922)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Harry Lauder]], Scottish actor and singer (died 1950)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[William Holman]], English-Australian politician, 19th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (died 1934)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Giuriati]], Italian lawyer and politician (died 1970)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[John Scaddan]], Australian politician, 10th [[Premier of Western Australia]] (died 1934)
*[[1877]] &ndash; Dame [[Laura Knight]], English artist (died 1970)<ref>{{cite ODNB |id=34349 |title=Knight [née Johnson], Dame Laura}}</ref>
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Béla Balázs]], Hungarian poet and critic (died 1949)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Henri Cornet]], French cyclist (died 1941)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Albert M. Greenfield]], Ukrainian-American businessman and philanthropist (died 1967)
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[Taher Saifuddin]], Indian religious leader, 51st [[Da'i al-Mutlaq]] (died 1965)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Dolf Luque]], Cuban baseball player and manager (died 1957)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Fritz Gause]], German historian and curator (died 1973)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Ernesto Maserati]], Italian race car driver and engineer (died 1975)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Ezra Taft Benson]], American religious leader, 13th [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (died 1994)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother]] of the United Kingdom (died 2002)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Louis Armstrong]], American trumpet player and singer (died 1971)<ref>{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/satchmogeniusofl00gidd/page/21 21]|author=Gary Giddins|title=Satchmo: The Genius of Louis Armstrong|url=https://archive.org/details/satchmogeniusofl00gidd|url-access=registration|publisher=Da Capo|year=2001|isbn=978-0-306-81013-8}}</ref>
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Bill Hallahan]], American baseball player (died 1981)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/bill-hallahan/ |title=Bill Hallahan |first1=Gregory H. |last1=Wolf |website=sabr.org |publisher=[[Society for American Baseball Research]] |access-date=2025-03-10}}</ref>
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Witold Gombrowicz]], Polish author and playwright (died 1969)<ref>{{cite web | title=Witold Gombrowicz | website=[[Culture.pl]] | url=https://culture.pl/en/artist/witold-gombrowicz | access-date=2025-03-10}}</ref>
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Abeid Karume]], 1st [[President of Zanzibar]] (died 1972)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Annie Smyth|author2=Adam Seftel|title=Tanzania: the story of Julius Nyerere through the pages of Drum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IsJyAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Mkuki na Nyota Publishers|isbn=9789970021536}}</ref>
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Eugen Schuhmacher]], German zoologist, director, and producer (died 1973)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Kurt Eichhorn]], German conductor (died 1994)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Glenn Cunningham (athlete)|Glenn Cunningham]], American runner and academic (died 1988)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Anita Page]], American actress (died 2008)<ref>{{cite book|author=Gary D. Keller|title=A Biographical Handbook of Hispanics and United States Film|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1LwUAQAAIAAJ|date=1997|publisher=Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe|isbn=978-0-927534-65-9}}</ref>
*  1910   &ndash; [[William Schuman]], American composer and educator (died 1992)<ref>{{cite web | title=William Schuman | website=[[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts|The Kennedy Center]] | url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/s/sa-sn/william-schuman/ | access-date=2025-03-10}}</ref>
*  1910   &ndash; [[Hedda Sterne]], Romanian-American painter and photographer (died 2011)<ref>{{cite web | last=McNay | first=Michael | title=Hedda Sterne obituary | website=the Guardian | date=2011-04-14 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/apr/14/hedda-sterne-obituary | access-date=2025-03-10}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov]], Russian mathematician, physicist, and mountaineer (died 1999)
*  1912   &ndash; [[David Raksin]], American composer and educator (died 2004)<ref>{{cite book|title=Communist infiltration of Hollywood motion-picture industry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AekvAAAAMAAJ|year=1951}}</ref>
*  1912   &ndash; [[Raoul Wallenberg]], Swedish architect and diplomat, savior of thousands of Jews from [[The Holocaust]] (died ~1947)<ref>{{cite web | title=Raoul Wallenberg and the Rescue of Jews in Budapest | website=[[Holocaust Encyclopedia]] | url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/raoul-wallenberg-and-the-rescue-of-jews-in-budapest | access-date=2025-03-10}}</ref>
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Wesley Addy]], American actor (died 1996)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Robert Hayden]], American poet and educator (died 1980)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Warren Avis]], American businessman, founded [[Avis Rent a Car System]] (died 2007)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[John Fitch (racing driver)|John Fitch]], American race car driver and engineer (died 2012)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Brian Crozier]], Australian-English historian and journalist (died 2012)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Michel Déon]], French novelist, playwright, and critic (died 2016)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Helen Thomas]], American journalist and author (died 2013)<ref>{{cite news |title=Helen Thomas Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/01/29/us/helen-thomas-fast-facts |access-date=31 July 2020 |work=CNN |date=5 May 2017}}</ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Herb Ellis]], American guitarist (died 2010)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Maurice Richard]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2000)<ref>{{cite web | title=Maurice "Rocket" Richard | website=The Canadian Encyclopedia | url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/rocket-richard | access-date=2025-03-10}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Mayme Agnew Clayton]], American librarian (died 2006)<ref>{{cite journal|last=Kerr|first=Leah M.|title=Collectors' Contributions to Archiving Early Black Films|journal=Black Camera|date=Fall 2013|pages=283–284}}</ref>
*  1922   &ndash; [[Luis Aponte Martínez]], Puerto Rican cardinal (died 2012)
*[[1926]] &ndash; [[George Irving Bell]], American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (died 2000)
*  1926   &ndash; [[Perry Moss]], American football player and coach (died 2014)
*  [[1928]] &ndash; [[Gerard Damiano]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)
*1928 &ndash; [[Nadežka Mosusova]], Serbian composer
*1928 &ndash; [[Clarke Reed]], American businessman and politician (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Risen |first=Clay |date=December 12, 2024 |title=Clarke Reed, Who Helped the G.O.P. Conquer the South, Dies at 96 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/us/politics/clarke-reed-dead.html |access-date=January 5, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Kishore Kumar]], Indian singer-songwriter and actor (died 1987)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Vellore G. Ramabhadran]], Mridangam artiste from Tamil Nadu, India (died 2012)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Ali al-Sistani]], Iranian-Iraqi cleric and scholar
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Naren Tamhane]], Indian cricketer (died 2002)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Frances E. Allen]], American computer scientist and academic (died 2020)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Liang Congjie]], Chinese environmentalist, founded [[Friends of Nature (China)|Friends of Nature]] (died 2010)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Dallas Green (baseball)|Dallas Green]], American baseball player and manager (died 2017)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Carol Arthur]], American actress and producer (died 2020)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt]], German footballer and coach (died 1997)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Michael J. Noonan (Fianna Fáil politician)|Michael J. Noonan]], Irish farmer and politician, 25th [[Minister for Defence (Ireland)|Minister of Defence for Ireland]] (died 2013)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Giorgos Zographos]], Greek singer and actor (died 2005)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[David Bedford]], English keyboard player, composer, and conductor (died 2011)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Ellen Schrecker]], American historian and academic
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling]], English politician, [[Minister for the Cabinet Office]]
*  1939   &ndash; [[Frankie Ford]], American R&B/rock and roll singer (died 2015)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Coriún Aharonián]], Uruguayan composer and musicologist (died 2017)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Herrera |first1=Eduardo |title=Aharonián, Coriún (1940–) |journal=Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism |date=2016 |doi=10.4324/9781135000356-REM1071-1|isbn=9781135000356 }}</ref>
*  1940   &ndash; [[Robin Harper]], Scottish academic and politician
*  1940   &ndash; [[Larry Knechtel]], American bass player and pianist (died 2009)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Frances Stewart (economist)|Frances Stewart]], English economist and academic
*  1940   &ndash; [[Timi Yuro]], American singer-songwriter (died 2004)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Martin Jarvis (actor)|Martin Jarvis]], English actor
*  1941   &ndash; [[Andy Smillie]], English footballer
*  1941   &ndash; [[Cliff Nobles]], American musician (died 2008)<ref name="Obit">[http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2008/10/15/obituaries/20164492.prt] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305121851/http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2008/10/15/obituaries/20164492.prt|date=March 5, 2012}}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[Ted Strickland]], American psychologist and politician, 68th [[Governor of Ohio]]
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Don S. Davis]], American actor (died 2008)<ref>{{cite news|last=Burson|first=Jeff|title=Stargate and Twin Peaks Actor Don S. Davis|work=Birmingham Star|date=July 6, 2008|access-date=August 4, 2018|url=http://blog.al.com/finaltaxi/2008/07/stargate_and_twin_peaks_actor.html}}</ref>
*  1942   &ndash; [[Cleon Jones]], American baseball player
*  1942   &ndash; [[David Lange]], New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (died 2005)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Vicente Álvarez Areces]], Spanish politician, 6th [[President of the Principality of Asturias]] (died 2019)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Barbara Saß-Viehweger]], German politician, lawyer and civil law notary
*  1943   &ndash; [[Bjørn Wirkola]], Norwegian ski jumper and footballer
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Richard Belzer]], American actor (died 2023)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Doudou Ndoye]], Senegalese lawyer and politician
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Paul McCarthy]], American painter and sculptor
*  1945   &ndash; [[Alan Mulally]], American engineer and businessman
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Aleksei Turovski]], Estonian zoologist and ethologist
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Klaus Schulze]], German keyboard player and songwriter (died 2022) 
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Johnny Grubb]], American baseball player and coach
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[John Riggins]], American football player, sportscaster, and actor
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Caldwell Jones]], American basketball player and coach (died 2014)
*  1950   &ndash; [[N. Rangaswamy]], Indian lawyer and politician, 9th [[List of Chief Ministers of Puducherry|Chief Minister of Puducherry]]
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Peter Goodfellow (geneticist)|Peter Goodfellow]], English geneticist and academic<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-17486|title=Goodfellow, Prof. Peter Neville |publisher=Who's Who 2018|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U17486 |isbn=978-0-19-954088-4 |access-date=2 November 2018}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[James Arbuthnot]], English lawyer and politician, [[Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills]]
*  1952   &ndash; [[Moya Brennan]], Irish singer-songwriter and harp player 
*  1952   &ndash; [[Gábor Demszky]], Hungarian sociologist, lawyer, and politician
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Hiroyuki Usui]], Japanese footballer and manager
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Anatoliy Kinakh]], Ukrainian engineer and politician, 11th [[Prime Minister of Ukraine]]
*  1954   &ndash; [[Steve Phillips (footballer, born 1954)|Steve Phillips]], English footballer
*  1954   &ndash; [[François Valéry]], Algerian-French singer-songwriter
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Alberto Gonzales]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 80th [[United States Attorney General]]
*  1955   &ndash; [[Billy Bob Thornton]], American actor, director, and screenwriter 
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Rupert Farley]], British actor and voice actor
*  1957   &ndash; [[Brooks D. Simpson]], American historian and author
*  1957   &ndash; [[Valdis Valters]], Latvian basketball player and coach
*  1957   &ndash; [[John Wark]], Scottish footballer and sportscaster
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Allison Hedge Coke]], American-Canadian poet and academic
*  1958   &ndash; [[Mary Decker]], American runner
*  1958   &ndash; [[Silvan Shalom]], Tunisian-Israeli sergeant and politician, 30th [[Deputy leaders of Israel|Deputy Prime Minister of Israel]]
*  1958   &ndash; [[Brian Voss]], American bowler<ref>"The Natural", an interview with Brian Voss in ''Bowling Digest'', February 2002.</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Robbin Crosby]], American guitarist and songwriter (died 2002)
*  1959   &ndash; [[John Gormley]], Irish politician, [[Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government]]
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Chuck C. Lopez]], American jockey
*  1960   &ndash; [[Dean Malenko]], American wrestler<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Jeremy |title=AEW News: Dean Malenko Wished a Happy Birthday, Matt Cardona On AEW Deal, Sonny Kiss AEW Unrestricted Video |url=https://411mania.com/wrestling/aew-dean-malenko-birthday-matt-cardona-sonny-kiss-unrestricted/ |publisher=[[411Mania]] |access-date=5 August 2023 |date=4 August 2020}}</ref>
*  1960   &ndash; [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]], Spanish academic and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Spain]]
*  1960   &ndash; [[Bernard Rose (director)|Bernard Rose]], English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
*  1960   &ndash; [[Tim Winton]], Australian author and playwright
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Barack Obama]], American lawyer and politician, 44th [[President of the United States]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate<ref>{{cite web |title=President Barack Obama |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/barack-obama/ |publisher=The White House |access-date=1 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026043047/http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president-obama |archive-date=26 October 2009 |url-status=live |date=26 October 2009}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Roger Clemens]], American baseball player and actor
*  1962   &ndash; [[Paul Reynolds (musician)|Paul Reynolds]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Keith Ellison|Keith Maurice Ellison]], 30th Attorney General of Minnesota
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Andrew Bartlett]], Australian social worker and politician
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Vishal Bhardwaj]], Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, music composer and playback singer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/vishal-bhardwaj-mn0001985521|title=Vishal Bhardwaj Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/vishal-bhardwaj-birthday-special-his-films-views-and-upcoming-projects|title=Vishal Bhardwaj birthday special: His films, views and upcoming projects|website=Free Press Journal}}</ref>
*  1965   &ndash; [[Adam Afriyie]], English businessman and politician
*  1965   &ndash; [[Dennis Lehane]], American author, screenwriter, and producer
*  1965   &ndash; [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]], Swedish soldier and politician, 42nd [[Prime Minister of Sweden]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Factbox – Swedish PM Fredrik Reinfeldt |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLP724099 |work=Reuters |date=26 June 2009 |access-date=1 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1965   &ndash; [[Michael Skibbe]], German footballer and manager
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Michael Marsh (athlete)|Michael Marsh]], American sprinter
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Daniel Dae Kim]], South Korean-American actor
*  1968   &ndash; [[Lee Mack]], English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Max Cavalera]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[John August]], American director and screenwriter
*  1970   &ndash; [[Bret Baier]], American journalist
*  1970   &ndash; [[Kate Silverton]], English journalist
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Jeff Gordon]], American race car driver and actor
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Stefan Brogren]], Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Eva Amaral]], Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist 
*  1973   &ndash; [[Xavier Marchand]], French swimmer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Marek Penksa]], Slovak footballer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Marcos Roberto Silveira Reis]], Brazilian footballer
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Kily González]], Argentine footballer
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Andy Hallett]], American actor and singer (died 2009)<ref>{{cite news|title=Andy Hallett, actor appeared in 'Angel' dies at 33 |first1=Andrew |last1=Blankstein |first2=Michael |last2=Muskal |date=April 1, 2009 |access-date=May 20, 2025 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-andy-hallett1-2009apr01,0,319761.story |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402131245/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-andy-hallett1-2009apr01%2C0%2C319761.story |archive-date= 2 April 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*  1975   &ndash; [[Nikos Liberopoulos]], Greek footballer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Jutta Urpilainen]], Finnish politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of Finland]]
*  1975   &ndash; [[Daniella van Graas]], Dutch model and actress
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Paul Goldstein (tennis)|Paul Goldstein]], American tennis player<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/paul-goldstein/g333/overview|title=Paul Goldstein {{pipe}} Overview {{pipe}} ATP Tour {{pipe}} Tennis|website=ATP Tour}}</ref>
*  1976   &ndash; [[Andrew McLeod]], Australian footballer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Trevor Woodman]], English rugby player and coach
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Frankie Kazarian]], American wrestler
*  1977   &ndash; [[Luís Boa Morte]], Portuguese footballer and manager
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Jeremy Adduono]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1978   &ndash; [[Luke Allen]], American baseball player (died 2022)
*  1978   &ndash; [[Kurt Busch]], American race car driver
*  1978   &ndash; [[Agnė Eggerth]], Lithuanian sprinter
*  1978   &ndash; [[Ricardo Serrano (cyclist)|Ricardo Serrano]], Spanish cyclist
*  1978   &ndash; [[Per-Åge Skrøder]], Norwegian ice hockey player
*  1978   &ndash; [[Satoshi Hino]], Japanese voice actor
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Robin Peterson]], South African cricketer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Richard Dawson (cricketer)|Richard Dawson]], English cricketer and coach
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Marques Houston]], American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor 
*  1981   &ndash; [[Meghan, Duchess of Sussex]], American member of [[British royal family]], media personality and actress<ref>{{cite web | title=Profile: Duchess of Sussex | website=BBC News | date=2016-11-08 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37908788 | access-date=2025-03-10}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Greta Gerwig]], American actress, producer, and screenwriter
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Terry Campese]], Australian rugby league player
*  1984   &ndash; [[Mardy Collins]], American basketball player
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Crystal Bowersox]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*  1985   &ndash; [[Robbie Findley]], American soccer player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Mark Milligan]], Australian footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Ha Seung-jin]], South Korean basketball player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Antonio Valencia]], Ecuadorean footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Nick Augusto]], American drummer 
*  1986   &ndash; [[Leon Camier]], English motorcycle racer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Cicinho (footballer, born 1986)|Cicinho]], Brazilian footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Iosia Soliola]], New Zealand-Samoan rugby league player
*  1986   &ndash; [[David Williams (rugby league)|David Williams]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Marreese Speights]] American basketball player
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Kelley O'Hara]], American soccer player<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kelley O'Hara USWNT {{!}} U.S. Soccer Official Website|url=https://www.ussoccer.com/players/o/kelley-ohara|access-date=2021-01-14|website=www.ussoccer.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Jessica Mauboy]], Australian singer-songwriter and actress<ref>{{cite web | title=Jessica Mauboy Biography | website=[[AllMusic]] | url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jessica-mauboy-mn0002329586#biography | access-date=2025-03-12}}</ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]], Chinese chess grandmaster<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/apps/4140.jpg |title=GM norm certificate  |website=[[FIDE]] |access-date=2025-03-12}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Daniele Garozzo]], Italian fencer<ref>{{cite web | title=Daniele Garozzo | website=[[Olympedia]] | url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/134617 | access-date=2025-03-12}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Domingo Germán]], Dominican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Domingo Germán |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/domingo-german-593334 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=5 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Cole Sprouse]], American actor<ref name="Sprouse">{{cite book|author=((Editors of Chase's))|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA399|date=2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-64143-264-1|page=399}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Dylan Sprouse]], American actor<ref name="Sprouse"/>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Bobby Shmurda]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |title=Bobby Shmurda |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/bobby-shmurda/902809133 |website=Apple Music |access-date=August 2, 2024}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Bruna Marquezine]], Brazilian actress
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Lil Skies]], American rapper<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lil Skies Finds His Truth On 'Unbothered': 'I Always Feel The Pressure' |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/4gv6rp/lil-skies-unbothered-interview |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=MTV |language=en |archive-date=January 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105185939/https://www.mtv.com/news/4gv6rp/lil-skies-unbothered-interview |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[221]] &ndash; [[Lady Zhen]], Chinese empress (born 183)
* [[966]] &ndash; [[Berengar II of Italy]] (born 900)
*[[1060]] &ndash; [[Henry I of France]] (born 1008)
*[[1113]] &ndash; [[Gertrude of Saxony]], countess and regent of Holland (born c. 1030)<ref>''Vice, Tyranny, Violence, and the Usurpation of Flanders (1071) in Flemish Historiography from 1093 to 1294'', Jeff Rider, ''Violence and the Writing of History in the Medieval Francophone World'', ed. Noah D. Guynn, Zrinka Stahuljak, (Boydell & Brewer, 2013), 65.</ref>
*[[1265]] - Casualties of the [[Battle of Evesham|Battle of Eversham]]
**[[Peter de Montfort]], English politician (born 1215)
**  [[Henry de Montfort]] (born 1238)
**  [[Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester]], French-English soldier and politician, [[Lord High Steward]] (born 1208)
**  [[Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer]], English politician (born 1223)
*[[1266]] &ndash; [[Odo, Count of Nevers|Eudes of Burgundy]], [[Count of Nevers]] (born 1230)
*[[1306]] &ndash; [[Wenceslaus III of Bohemia]] (born 1289)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Shorter Cambridge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7L88AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA742|publisher=CUP Archive|pages=742}}</ref>
*[[1345]] &ndash; [[As-Salih Ismail, Sultan of Egypt]] (born 1326)
*[[1378]] &ndash; [[Galeazzo II Visconti]], Lord of Milan (born c. 1320)
*[[1430]] &ndash; [[Philip I, Duke of Brabant]] (born 1404)
*[[1526]] &ndash; [[Juan Sebastián Elcano]], Spanish explorer and navigator (born 1476)
*[[1578]] &ndash; [[Sebastian of Portugal]] (born 1554)
*[[1598]] &ndash; [[William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley]], English academic and politician, [[Lord High Treasurer]] (born 1520)

===1601–1900===
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Hugh Broughton]], English scholar and theologian (born 1549)
*[[1639]] &ndash; [[Juan Ruiz de Alarcón]], Mexican actor and playwright (born 1581)
*[[1718]] &ndash; [[René Lepage de Sainte-Claire]], French-Canadian founder of [[Rimouski]] (born 1656)
*[[1727]] &ndash; [[Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie]], French general (born 1647)
*[[1741]] &ndash; [[Andrew Hamilton (lawyer)|Andrew Hamilton]], Scottish-American lawyer and politician (born 1676)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nix |first1=Foster C. |title=Andrew Hamilton's Early Years in the American Colonies |journal=The William and Mary Quarterly |date=July 1964 |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=390–407 |doi=10.2307/1918453 |jstor=1918453 |issn=0043-5597}}</ref>
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial]], Canadian-French politician, [[Governor General of New France]] (born 1698)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[John Burgoyne]], English general and politician (born 1723)
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[Timothy Ruggles]], American lawyer, jurist, and politician (born 1711)
*[[1804]] &ndash; [[Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan]], Scottish admiral (born 1731)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Kristjan Jaak Peterson]], Estonian poet and author (born 1801)
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Jacob Aall]], Norwegian economist, historian, and politician (born 1773)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[John Vianney]], French priest and saint (born 1786)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Viktor Hartmann]], Russian architect and painter (born 1834)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Hans Christian Andersen]], Danish novelist, short story writer, and poet (born 1805)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Samuel J. Tilden]], American lawyer and politician, 25th [[Governor of New York]] (born 1814)<ref>{{cite news |title=Tilden Dead. The Great Statesman Passes Away|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=LAH18860805.2.2&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------1 |access-date=2 August 2020 |work=Los Angeles Herald |date=5 August 1886 |location=California Digital Newspaper Collection}}</ref>
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Isaac Levitan]], Russian painter and educator (born 1860)

===1901–present===
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Jules Lemaître]], French playwright and critic (born 1853)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Dave Gregory (cricketer)|Dave Gregory]], Australian cricketer and umpire (born 1845)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Enver Pasha]], Ottoman general and politician (born 1881)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Alfred Henry Maurer]], American painter (born 1868)
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Pearl White]], American actress (born 1889)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Ze'ev Jabotinsky]], Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (born 1880)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Mihály Babits]], Hungarian poet and author (born 1883)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Alberto Franchetti]], Italian composer and educator (born 1860)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński]], Polish soldier and poet (born 1921)
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[John Cain (senior)|John Cain Sr.]], Australian politician, 34th [[Premier of Victoria]] (born 1882)
*  1957   &ndash; [[Washington Luís]], Brazilian lawyer and politician, 13th [[President of Brazil]] (born 1869)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Ethel Anderson]], Australian poet, author, and painter (born 1883)<ref>{{cite book|last=*Adelaide|first=Debra|title=Australian Women Writers: A Bibliographic Guide|location=London|publisher=Pandora|year=1986|page=3|isbn=978-0-86358-148-9}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[József Révai]], Hungarian politician, [[Minister of Education (Hungary)|Hungarian Minister of Education]] (born 1898)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Margarito Bautista]], Nahua-Mexican evangelizer, theologian, and religious founder (born 1878)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Murphy|first=Thomas W.|date=Fall 2000|title=Other Mormon Histories: Lamanite Subjectivity in Mexico|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23288220|journal=Journal of Mormon History|volume=26|issue=2|pages=179–214|jstor=23288220 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Marilyn Monroe]], American model and actress (born 1926)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Nätti-Jussi]], Finnish lumberjack and forest laborer (born 1890)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rovaniemi.fi/fi/Palvelut/Kylat-ja-kaupunginosat/Alakemijoen---ja-Ranuantien-suunta/Muurola/Natti-Jussi|title=Nätti-Jussi|website=Rovaniemi.fi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513141038/https://www.rovaniemi.fi/fi/Palvelut/Kylat-ja-kaupunginosat/Alakemijoen---ja-Ranuantien-suunta/Muurola/Natti-Jussi |access-date=31 August 2022|archive-date=2015-05-13 |language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Peter Smith (cricketer, born 1908)|Peter Smith]], English cricketer (born 1908)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Enrique Angelelli]], Argentinian bishop and martyr (born 1923)
*  1976   &ndash; [[Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet]], Canadian-English publisher (born 1894)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian]], English physiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1889)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Melvyn Douglas]], American actor (born 1901)
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Bruce Goff]], American architect, designed the [[Boston Avenue Methodist Church]] (born 1904)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Don Whillans]], English rock climber and mountaineer (born 1933)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Ettore Maserati]], Italian engineer and businessman (born 1894)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Seichō Matsumoto]], Japanese author (born 1909)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Geoff Hamilton]], English gardener, author, and television host (born 1936)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Jeanne Calment]], French super-centenarian; holds records for the world's substantiated longest-lived person (born 1875)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Yury Artyukhin]], Russian colonel, engineer, and astronaut (born 1930)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Victor Mature]], American actor (born 1913)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Frederick Chapman Robbins]], American pediatrician and virologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1916)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Mary Sherman Morgan]], American chemist and engineer (born 1921)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Hossein Panahi]] (Persian: حسین پناهی), Iranian actor and poet (born 1956)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Anatoly Larkin]], Russian-American physicist and theorist (born 1932)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Iván Szabó]], Hungarian economist and politician, [[Minister of Finance of Hungary]] (born 1934)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Lee Hazlewood]], American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1929)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Raul Hilberg]], Austrian-American political scientist and historian (born 1926)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Craig Jones (motorcycle racer)|Craig Jones]], English motorcycle racer (born 1985)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Blake Snyder]], American screenwriter and producer (born 1957)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Naoki Matsuda]], Japanese footballer (born 1977)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Johnnie Bassett]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1935)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Brian Crozier]], Australian-English journalist and historian (born 1918)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Bud Riley]], American football player and coach (born 1925)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Keith H. Basso]], American anthropologist and academic (born 1940)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Art Donovan]], American football player and radio host (born 1925)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Olavi J. Mattila]], Finnish engineer and politician, [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Finland)|Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1918)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Renato Ruggiero]], Italian lawyer and politician, [[Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] (born 1930)<ref>{{Cite web |title=WTO {{!}} 2013 Press Releases – Renato Ruggiero, Former Director-General, Dies in Milan – Press/693 |url=https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres13_e/pr693_e.htm |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=www.wto.org}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Tony Snell (RAF officer)|Tony Snell]], English lieutenant and pilot (born 1922)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Anthony |date=2013-08-21 |title=Tony Snell obituary |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/21/tony-snell-obituary |access-date=2023-08-09 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*  2013   &ndash; [[Sandy Woodward]], English admiral (born 1932)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-08-05 |title=Falklands War admiral Sandy Woodward dies aged 81 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-23575534 |access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[James Brady]], American activist and politician, 15th [[White House Press Secretary]] (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-08-04 |title=Taking a Bullet, Gaining a Cause: James S. Brady Dies at 73 (Published 2014) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/05/us/politics/james-s-brady-symbol-of-fight-for-gun-control-dies-at-73.html |access-date=2023-08-09 |last1=Barron |first1=James }}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Chester Crandell]], American lawyer and politician (born 1946)<ref>{{Cite web |title=State Sen. Chester Crandell found dead |url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2014/08/04/chester-crandell-arizona-senator-found-dead/13605613/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=The Arizona Republic |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2014   &ndash; [[Jake Hooker (musician)|Jake Hooker]], Israeli-American guitarist and songwriter (born 1953)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kelley |first=Ken |date=2014-08-07 |title=Jake Hooker, Co-Author of 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll,' Dies at 61 |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jake-hooker-dies/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Elsie Hillman]], American philanthropist and politician (born 1925)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-06 |title=Elsie Hillman, Who Bolstered Moderate Republicans, Dies at 89 (Published 2015) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/06/us/politics/elsie-hillman-who-bolstered-moderate-republicans-dies-at-89.html |access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Les Munro]], New Zealand soldier and pilot (born 1919)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-04 |title=Dambusters pilot Les Munro dies in New Zealand aged 96 |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33769486 |access-date=2023-08-09}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[John Rudometkin]], American basketball player (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hiserman |first=Mike |date=2015-08-06 |title=John Rudometkin, USC basketball All-American, succumbs to lung disease at 75 |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/uscnow/la-sp-usc-john-rudometkin-obit-20150805-story.html |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2015   &ndash; [[Billy Sherrill]], American songwriter and producer (born 1936)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-08-11 |title=Billy Sherrill, Producer, Dies at 78; Promoted a 'Countrypolitan' Sound (Published 2015) |work=The New York Times |language=en |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/arts/music/billy-sherrill-producer-who-brought-new-sound-to-country-music-dies-at-78.html |access-date=2023-08-09 |last1=Caramanica |first1=Jon }}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Nuon Chea]], [[Democratic Kampuchea|Cambodian]] politician and theorist for the [[Khmer Rouge]] (born 1926)<ref>{{cite web|website=CNN|title=Khmer Rouge leader Nuon Chea dies at 93|date=August 5, 2019|access-date=August 5, 2019|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/08/04/asia/cambodia-nuon-chea-death-intl-hnk/index.html}}</ref>
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Dalia Fadila]], Israeli educator (born 1971/1972)<ref>{{cite news |title=Visionary educator Dalia Fadila, Presidential Medal of Honor winner, drowns at 51 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/visionary-educator-dalia-fadila-presidential-medal-of-honor-winner-drowns-at-51/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |website=[[The Times of Israel]] |date=5 August 2023 |language=en-US |issn=0040-7909}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Charles Cyphers]], American actor (born 1939)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zee |first=Michaela |date=2024-08-06 |title=Charles Cyphers, 'Halloween' Actor, Dies at 85 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/charles-cyphers-dead-halloween-1236096596/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Tsung-Dao Lee]], Chinese-American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1926)<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 6, 2024 |title=Nobel Prize-winning physicist Tsung-Dao Lee has died at age 97 |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/08/06/nx-s1-5065675/chinese-american-physicist-tsung-dao-lee-dies |access-date=August 6, 2024 |work=[[NPR]]}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Duane Thomas]], American football player (born 1947)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandomir |first=Richard |date=2024-08-08 |title=Duane Thomas, Enigmatic Running Back for the Cowboys, Dies at 77 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/08/sports/football/duane-thomas-dead.html |access-date=2024-08-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
** [[Aristarchus of Thessalonica|Aristarchus]]
** [[Eufronius|Euphronius]]
** Blessed [[Frédéric Janssoone]]
** [[John Vianney]]
** [[Mo Lua of Killaloe|Molua (or Lua)]]
** [[Raynerius of Split]]
** [[Saint Sithney|Sithney]], [[patron saint]] of mad dogs
** [[August 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Coast Guard Day]] ([[United States]])
* [[Constitution Day (Cook Islands)]]; first Monday in August<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HfywxU2EnFwC&pg=PA183|title=The World Factbook 2016–17|last1=Agency|first1=United States Central Intelligence|last2=Office|first2=Government Publications|date=2016|publisher=Government Printing Office|isbn=9780160933271|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Matica slovenská Day]] ([[Slovakia]])
* [[Barack Obama Day]] in [[Illinois]] in the [[United States]]
*[[2020 Beirut explosion]] commemoration day in [[Lebanon]]

== References ==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/4 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=04}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/4 |title=Historical Events on August 4 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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