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MS Herald of Free Enterprise MS ''Herald of Free Enterprise'' was a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ferry which capsized moments after leaving the Belgian port of Zeebrugge on the night of 6 March 1987, killing 193 passengers and crew. The eight-deck car and passenger ferry was o ...
capsizes after leaving the
Port of Zeebrugge The Port of Zeebrugge (also referred to as the Port of Bruges or Bruges Seaport) is a large container, bulk cargo, new vehicles and passenger ferry terminal port on the North Sea. The port is located in the municipality of Bruges, West Flanders ...
in
Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to ...
, killing 193;
Northwest Airlines Flight 255 On August 16, 1987 a McDonnell Douglas MD-80#MD-82, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 255, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, about 8:46 pm Eastern Time Zone, EDT (00:46 UTC Augus ...
crashes after takeoff from
Detroit Metropolitan Airport Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport , usually called Detroit Metro Airport, Metro Airport, or simply DTW, is a major international airport in the United States covering effective December 30, 2021. in Romulus, Michigan. It is the primary ...
, killing everyone except a little girl; The King's Cross fire kills 31 people after a fire under an
escalator An escalator is a moving staircase which carries people between floors of a building or structure. It consists of a motor-driven chain of individually linked steps on a track which cycle on a pair of tracks which keep the step tread horizo ...
flashes-over; The
MV Doña Paz MV ''Doña Paz'' was a Japanese built and Philippine-registered passenger ferry that sank after colliding with the oil tanker ''Vector'' on December 20, 1987. Built by Onomichi Zosen of Hiroshima, Japan, the ship was launched on April 25, 1963 ...
sinks after colliding with an
oil tanker An oil tanker, also known as a petroleum tanker, is a ship designed for the bulk transport of oil or its products. There are two basic types of oil tankers: crude tankers and product tankers. Crude tankers move large quantities of unrefined ...
,
drowning Drowning is a type of suffocation induced by the submersion of the mouth and nose in a liquid. Most instances of fatal drowning occur alone or in situations where others present are either unaware of the victim's situation or unable to offer as ...
almost 4,400 passengers and crew; Typhoon Nina strikes the
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
;
LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Warsaw, Poland, to New York City, United States. In the late-morning hours of 9 May 1987, the Ilyushin Il-62M operating the flight crashed in the Kabaty Woods na ...
crashes outside of
Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...
, taking the lives of all aboard; The USS Stark is
struck Struck is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adolf Struck (1877–1911), German author *Hermann Struck (1876–1944), German artist *Karin Struck (1947–2006), German author *Paul Struck (1776-1820), German composer *Peter Stru ...
by Iraqi
Exocet The Exocet () is a French-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. Etymology The missile's name was given by M. Guillot, then the technical director ...
missiles in the
Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The bo ...
; U.S. President
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
gives a famous
speech Speech is a human vocal communication using language. Each language uses phonetic combinations of vowel and consonant sounds that form the sound of its words (that is, all English words sound different from all French words, even if they are th ...
, demanding that
Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
leader
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Com ...
tears down the
Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall (german: Berliner Mauer, ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and East Germany (GDR). Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the gover ...
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Zeebrugge disaster Zeebrugge (, from: ''Brugge aan zee'' meaning "Bruges at Sea", french: Zeebruges) is a village on the coast of Belgium and a subdivision of Bruges, for which it is the modern port. Zeebrugge serves as both the international port of Bruges-Zee ...
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Northwest Airlines Flight 255 On August 16, 1987 a McDonnell Douglas MD-80#MD-82, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 255, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, about 8:46 pm Eastern Time Zone, EDT (00:46 UTC Augus ...
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Tear down this wall! "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall", also known as the Berlin Wall Speech, was a speech delivered by United States President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin on June 12, 1987. Reagan called for the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the So ...
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MV Doña Paz MV ''Doña Paz'' was a Japanese built and Philippine-registered passenger ferry that sank after colliding with the oil tanker ''Vector'' on December 20, 1987. Built by Onomichi Zosen of Hiroshima, Japan, the ship was launched on April 25, 1963 ...
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LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Warsaw, Poland, to New York City, United States. In the late-morning hours of 9 May 1987, the Ilyushin Il-62M operating the flight crashed in the Kabaty Woods na ...
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Events


January

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January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire ...
Chadian–Libyan conflict
Battle of Fada The Battle of Fada took place in northern Chad in 1987, and was a turning point of the Chadian–Libyan conflict. Prelude At the beginning of 1986 the Libyans controlled all Chad north of the 16th parallel. However, when France intervened ...
: The
Chadian army french: Armée nationale tchadienne , image = , alt = , caption = , image2 = , alt2 = , caption2 = , motto ...
destroys a
Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...
n armoured brigade. *
January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – Engl ...
1987 Maryland train collision The 1987 Maryland train collision occurred at 1:30 pm on January 4, 1987, on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor main line. The site of the crash was in the Chase community in eastern Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, at , about northeast of ...
: An
Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada. ...
train en route from Washington, D.C. to
Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
collides with
Conrail Conrail , formally the Consolidated Rail Corporation, was the primary Class I railroad in the Northeastern United States between 1976 and 1999. The trade name Conrail is a portmanteau based on the company's legal name. It continues to do bus ...
engines at
Chase, Maryland Chase is an unincorporated community in eastern Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. Geography Chase is located at (39.3634413, -76.3710704). Chase is located on the waterfront of the Gunpowder River, Middle River, Dundee Creek, Saltpeter ...
, United States, killing 16 people. *
January 15 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. *1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
Hu Yaobang Hu Yaobang (; 20 November 1915 – 15 April 1989) was a high-ranking official of the People's Republic of China. He held the top office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1981 to 1987, first as Chairman from 1981 to 1982, then as Gen ...
,
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party The general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party () is the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Since 1989, the CCP general secretary has been the paramount lead ...
, is forced into retirement by political conservatives. *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Sp ...
León Febres Cordero,
president of Ecuador The president of Ecuador ( es, Presidente del Ecuador), officially called the Constitutional President of the Republic of Ecuador ( es, Presidente Constitucional de la República del Ecuador), serves as both the head of state and head of govern ...
, is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned general Frank Vargas, who successfully demand the latter's release. *
January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 & ...
Terry Waite Terence Hardy Waite (born 31 May 1939) is an English humanitarian and author. Waite was the Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs for the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, in the 1980s. As an envoy for the Church of England, he ...
, the special envoy of the
Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Just ...
in
Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus lie ...
, is kidnapped in
Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
(released November
1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...
).


February

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February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death ...
– The Soviet oil tanker ''Antonio Gramsci'' suffers a minor shipwreck in
Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...
waters en route to the
Neste Neste Oyj (international name: Neste Corporation; former names Neste Oil Corporation and Fortum Oil and Gas Oy) is an oil refining and marketing company located in Espoo, Finland. It produces, refines and markets oil products, provides engi ...
oil refinery in
Porvoo Porvoo (; sv, Borgå ; la, Borgoa) is a city and a municipality in the Uusimaa region of Finland, situated on the southern coast about east of the city border of Helsinki and about from the city centre. Porvoo was one of the six medieva ...
, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 570–650 tons. *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
**
British Airways British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in London, England, near its main hub at Heathrow Airport. The airline is the second largest UK-based carrier, based on fleet size and passengers ...
is privatised and listed on the
London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange in the City of London, England, United Kingdom. , the total market value of all companies trading on LSE was £3.9 trillion. Its current premises are situated in Paternoster Square close to St Pau ...
. ** The new
Constitution of the Philippines The Constitution of the Philippines ( Filipino: ''Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas'' or ''Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas'', Spanish: ''Constitución de la República de Filipinas'') is the constitution or the supreme law of the Republic of the Philippin ...
goes into effect. This new constitution adds Spanish and Arabic as optional languages of the Philippines. *
February 20 Events Pre-1600 *1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. * 1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotlan ...
– A second Unabomber bomb explodes at a
Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ...
computer store in the United States, injuring the owner. *
February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of ...
SN 1987A SN 1987A was a type II supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a dwarf satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. It occurred approximately from Earth and was the closest observed supernova since Kepler's Supernova. 1987A's light reached Earth on ...
, the first "naked-eye"
supernova A supernova is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star. It has the plural form supernovae or supernovas, and is abbreviated SN or SNe. This transient astronomical event occurs during the last evolutionary stages of a massive star or whe ...
since
1604 Events January–June * January 1 – ''The Masque of Indian and China Knights'' is performed by courtiers of James VI and I at Hampton Court. * January 14 – The Hampton Court Conference is held between James I of England, ...
, is observed. *
February 25 Events Pre-1600 *138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. * ...
– Beginning of the Phosphorite War protest movement in the
Estonian SSR The Estonian SSR,, russian: Эстонская ССР officially the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic,, russian: Эстонская Советская Социалистическая Республика was an National delimitation in ...
. *
February 26 Events Pre-1600 * 747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is ...
Iran–Contra affair The Iran–Contra affair ( fa, ماجرای ایران-کنترا, es, Caso Irán–Contra), often referred to as the Iran–Contra scandal, the McFarlane affair (in Iran), or simply Iran–Contra, was a political scandal in the United States ...
: The
Tower Commission The Tower Commission was a United States presidential commission established on December 1, 1986, by President Ronald Reagan in response to the Iran–Contra affair (in which senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of a ...
rebukes U.S. President
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
for not controlling his
National Security Council A national security council (NSC) is usually an executive branch governmental body responsible for coordinating policy on national security issues and advising chief executives on matters related to national security. An NSC is often headed by a n ...
staff.


March

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Dioclet ...
– The first
Starbucks Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational chain of coffeehouses and roastery reserves headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It is the world's largest coffeehouse chain. As of November 2021, the company had 33,833 stores in 80 cou ...
outside of the US is opened in
Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. ...
, Canada. *
March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome (537–38), Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths, Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Piazza del Popolo, Flaminian Gate; he a ...
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island coun ...
's most destructive earthquake in 19 years hits near the city of
Edgecumbe Edgecumbe is a town in the Bay of Plenty of the North Island of New Zealand, 15 kilometres to the west of Whakatāne and eight kilometres south of the Bay's coast. It is the main service town for the agricultural region surrounding the plains ...
, killing 1 person and leaving 25 injured. *
March 4 Events Pre-1600 * AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a ...
– U.S. President
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
addresses the American people on the
Iran–Contra affair The Iran–Contra affair ( fa, ماجرای ایران-کنترا, es, Caso Irán–Contra), often referred to as the Iran–Contra scandal, the McFarlane affair (in Iran), or simply Iran–Contra, was a political scandal in the United States ...
, acknowledging that his overtures to
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
had "deteriorated" into an arms-for-hostages deal. *
March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. * 845 & ...
Zeebrugge disaster Zeebrugge (, from: ''Brugge aan zee'' meaning "Bruges at Sea", french: Zeebruges) is a village on the coast of Belgium and a subdivision of Bruges, for which it is the modern port. Zeebrugge serves as both the international port of Bruges-Zee ...
:
Roll-on/roll-off Roll-on/roll-off (RORO or ro-ro) ships are cargo ships designed to carry wheeled cargo, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, semi-trailer trucks, buses, trailers, and railroad cars, that are driven on and off the ship on their own wheels or using ...
cross-channel ferry capsizes off
Zeebrugge Zeebrugge (, from: ''Brugge aan zee'' meaning "Bruges at Sea", french: Zeebruges) is a village on the coast of Belgium and a subdivision of Bruges, for which it is the modern port. Zeebrugge serves as both the international port of Bruges-Zee ...
harbor in Belgium; 193 people die. *
March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Co ...
1987 Lieyu massacre: The
Republic of China Army The Republic of China Army (ROCA), previously known as the Chinese Nationalist Army or Nationalist Revolutionary Army and unofficially as the Taiwanese Army, is the largest branch of the Republic of China Armed Forces. An estimated 80% of th ...
execute 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees on Donggang beach, Lieyu, Kinmen off
Mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the China, People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming Island, Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territorie ...
. *
March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ara ...
Woodstock of physics The term "Woodstock of physics" is often used by physicists to refer to the marathon session of the American Physical Society’s meeting on March 18, 1987, which featured 51 presentations of recent discoveries in the science of high-temperature sup ...
: A marathon session of the
American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of k ...
's meeting features 51 presentations concerning the science of high-temperature superconductors. *
March 20 Events Pre-1600 * 673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka. * 1206 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. * 1600 – The Link ...
AZT Zidovudine (ZDV), also known as azidothymidine (AZT), is an antiretroviral medication used to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS. It is generally recommended for use in combination with other antiretrovirals. It may be used to prevent mother-to-child ...
is approved by the United States
Food and Drug Administration The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food ...
for use in the treatment of
HIV/AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual ...
. *
March 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6. *1387 – English victory over a Franco- Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margate o ...
– Michael Eisner, CEO of
The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on Octobe ...
, and French Prime Minister and future President of France,
Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac (, , ; 29 November 193226 September 2019) was a Politics of France, French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. Chirac was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to ...
, sign an agreement to construct the Euro Disney Resort (now called
Disneyland Paris Disneyland Paris is an entertainment resort in Chessy, Seine-et-Marne, Chessy, France, east of Paris. It encompasses two theme parks, resort hotels, Disney Nature Resorts, a shopping, dining and entertainment complex, and a golf course. Disney ...
) and to develop the
Val d'Europe Val d'Europe (; lit. ''Valley of Europe'') is the eastmost part of the new town of Marne-la-Vallée, located around to the east of Paris, France. The Walt Disney Company created the town near Disneyland Paris resort. The final area of the district ...
area of the new town
Marne-la-Vallée Marne-la-Vallée () is a new town located near Paris, France. Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney Studios Park, Val d'Europe, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, ESIEE Paris, and École des Ponts ParisTech are located in Marne-la-Vallée. ...
in Paris, France. *
March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. * 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of ...
** The World Wrestling Federation (later WWE) produces
WrestleMania III WrestleMania III was the third annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The event was held on March 29, 1987, at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. ...
from the
Pontiac Silverdome The Pontiac Silverdome (also known simply as the Silverdome) was a stadium in Pontiac, Michigan. It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres (51 ha) of land. When the stadium opened, it featured a fiberglass fabric roof held up by air pressure, ...
in Pontiac, Michigan. The event is particularly notable for the record attendance of 93,173, the largest recorded attendance for a live indoor sporting event in North America until February 14, 2010, when the
2010 NBA All-Star Game The 2010 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 14, 2010, during the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2009–10 season. It was the 59th edition of the NBA All-Star Game, and was played at Cowboys ...
has an attendance of 108,713 at
AT&T Stadium AT&T Stadium, formerly Cowboys Stadium, is a retractable-roof stadium in Arlington, Texas, United States. It serves as the home of the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL), and was completed on May 27, 2009. It is also the ho ...
. ** A
hybrid solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six month ...
was the second hybrid solar eclipse in less than one year, the first being on October 3, 1986. It was annular visible in southern
Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...
,
Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the nort ...
,
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
,
Cameroon Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west-central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the ...
,
Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...
,
Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
(part of the path of annularity crossed today's
South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of th ...
),
Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
,
Djibouti Djibouti, ar, جيبوتي ', french: link=no, Djibouti, so, Jabuuti officially the Republic of Djibouti, is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Somalia to the south, Ethiopia to the southwest, Eritrea in the north, and the Red ...
and northern
Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constitut ...
and total visible in Atlantic Ocean, lasting just 7.57 seconds. *
March 30 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro- Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague. *1282 &ndash ...
– The
59th Academy Awards The 59th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 30, 1987, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During ...
take place in
Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world ...
, with ''
Platoon A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two or more squads, sections, or patrols. Platoon organization varies depending on the country and the branch, but a platoon can be composed of 50 people, although specific platoons may rang ...
'' winning Best Picture. *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime ...
,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As modern p ...
, conducts a 45-minute interview on Soviet television.


April

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April 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 *1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
– The governments of the
Portuguese Republic Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of the ...
and the People's Republic of China sign an
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in which
Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...
will be returned to China in
1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
. *
April 19 Events Pre-1600 * AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persi ...
– ''
The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, ...
'' cartoon first appears as a series of
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on '' The Tracey Ullman Show''. *
April 21 Events Pre-1600 * 753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
– In
Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
,
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, the Central Bus Station Bombing kills 113 civilians. *
April 27 Events Pre-1600 * 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''. * 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
– The
United States Department of Justice The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United Stat ...
declares incumbent Austrian president
Kurt Waldheim Kurt Josef Waldheim (; 21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian politician and diplomat. Waldheim was the Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981 and president of Austria from 1986 to 1992. While he was running for t ...
an "undesirable alien". *
April 30 Events Pre-1600 *311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends. *1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois. *1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus hi ...
– Canadian Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney ( ; born March 20, 1939) is a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993. Born in the eastern Quebec city of Baie-Comeau, Mulroney studied political s ...
and the Provincial Premiers agree on principle to the
Meech Lake Accord The Meech Lake Accord (french: Accord du lac Meech) was a series of proposed amendments to the Constitution of Canada negotiated in 1987 by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and all 10 Canadian provincial premiers. It was intended to persuade the gov ...
which would bring
Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirte ...
into the constitution.


May

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May 8 Events Pre-1600 *453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs an ...
Loughgall ambush The Loughgall ambush took place on 8 May 1987 in the village of Loughgall, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. An eight-man unit of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) launched an attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base in the vil ...
: A 24-man unit of the
British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurkha ...
Special Air Service The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army. It was founded as a regiment in 1941 by David Stirling and in 1950, it was reconstituted as a corps. The unit specialises in a number of roles including counter-te ...
(SAS) ambushed eight members of the
Provisional Irish Republican Army The Irish Republican Army (IRA; ), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reu ...
(IRA) as they mounted an attack on a
Royal Ulster Constabulary The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. It was founded on 1 June 1922 as a successor to the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC)Richard Doherty, ''The Thin Green Line – The History of the Roya ...
(RUC) barracks. All IRA members were killed as well as one civilian. *
May 9 Events Pre-1600 * 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria. * 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy. *1386 – England and Portugal formally r ...
– A Soviet-made
Ilyushin Il-62 The Ilyushin Il-62 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-62; NATO reporting name: Classic) is a Soviet long-range narrow-body jetliner conceived in 1960 by Ilyushin. As successor to the popular turboprop Il-18 and with capacity for almost 200 pas ...
airliner, operated by
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, crashes into a forest just outside
Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officiall ...
, killing all 183 people on board. *
May 11 Events 1601–1900 * 1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons. * 1813 – William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route acr ...
Klaus Barbie Nikolaus "Klaus" Barbie (25 October 1913 – 25 September 1991) was a German operative of the SS and SD who worked in Vichy France during World War II. He became known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having personally tortured prisoners—primar ...
goes on trial in
Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...
for war crimes committed during World War II. *
May 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks. *1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade. * 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and f ...
– Lieutenant Colonel
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executes a bloodless coup in
Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consis ...
. *
May 17 Events Pre-1600 *1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. *1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. * 1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Flo ...
– is hit by two
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i-owned
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AM39 air-to-surface missiles killing 37 sailors. *
May 22 Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. *11 ...
** The Hashimpura massacre occurs in
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, India. ** The first ever
Rugby World Cup The Rugby World Cup is a men's rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams. The tournament is administered by World Rugby, the sport's international governing body. The winners are awarded the Webb ...
kicks off with
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island coun ...
playing
Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
at
Eden Park Eden Park is New Zealand's largest sports stadium, with a capacity of 50,000. Located in central Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, it is three kilometres southwest of the Auckland CBD, CBD, on the boundary between the suburbs of Mount E ...
,
Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about I ...
. *
May 27 Events Pre-1600 *1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...
– In one of the densest concentrations of humanity in history, a crowd of 800,000+ packed shoulder-to-shoulder onto the
Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the strait connecting San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The structure links the U.S. city of San Francisco, California—the northern tip of the San Francisco Pen ...
and its approaches for its 50th Anniversary celebration. *
May 28 Events Pre-1600 *585 BC – A solar eclipse occurs, as predicted by the Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling Cyaxares in the Battle of the Eclipse, leading to a truce. This is one of the cardinal dates from ...
– Eighteen-year-old West German pilot
Mathias Rust Mathias Rust (born 1 June 1968) is a German aviator known for his flight that ended with a landing near Red Square in Moscow on 28 May 1987. A teenage amateur pilot, he flew from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow, being tracked several times by Sovi ...
evades
Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
air defenses and lands a private plane on
Red Square Red Square ( rus, Красная площадь, Krasnaya ploshchad', ˈkrasnəjə ˈploɕːətʲ) is one of the oldest and largest squares in Moscow, the capital of Russia. Owing to its historical significance and the adjacent historical build ...
in Moscow. He is immediately detained (released on August 3, 1988).


June

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June 3 Events Pre-1600 * 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. * 713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, depo ...
– The Vanuatu Labour Party is founded. *
June 8 Events Pre-1600 * 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. * 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...
– The
New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act In 1987, the Fourth Labour Government passed the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament and Arms Control Act. The Act essentially declared New Zealand as a nuclear free zone. The purpose of the Act was ambitious and wide-ranging: “to e ...
is passed, the first of its kind in the world. *
June 11 Events Pre-1600 * 173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle ...
– The Conservative Party of the United Kingdom, led by
Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was the first female British prime ...
, is re-elected for a third term at the 1987 general election. *
June 12 Events Pre-1600 * 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors. *1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...
– During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
challenges
Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
general secretary Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derived ...
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Com ...
to tear down the
Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall (german: Berliner Mauer, ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and East Germany (GDR). Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the gover ...
. *
June 17 Events Pre-1600 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. *1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...
– With the death of the last known individual, the dusky seaside sparrow, a subspecies native to the US state of
Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ...
, becomes extinct. *
June 19 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea. *1179 – The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle chan ...
** Teddy Seymour is officially designated the first black man to sail around the world, when he completes his solo sailing circumnavigation in Frederiksted, St. Croix, of the United States Virgin Islands. ** '' Edwards v. Aguillard'': The
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rules that a Louisiana law requiring that
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be taught in public schools whenever
evolution Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. These characteristics are the expressions of genes, which are passed on from parent to offspring during reproduction. Variation ...
is taught is unconstitutional. ** Hipercor bombing: the Basque terrorist group
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perpetrate a car-bomb attack at an Hipercor market in
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, killing 21 and hurting 45. *
June 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1358 – The Republic of Ragusa is founded. *1497 – Cornish rebels Michael An Gof and Thomas Flamank are executed at Tyburn, London, England. * 1499 – Americo Vespucci, on Spanish financed trip, sights coa ...
– A commercial
HS 748 The Hawker Siddeley HS 748 is a medium-sized turboprop airliner originally designed and initially produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Avro. It was the last aircraft to be developed by Avro prior to its absorption by Hawker Siddeley ...
(
Philippine Airlines Flight 206 Philippine Airlines Flight 206 (PR206) was the route designator of a domestic flight from the Manila Domestic Airport, Metro Manila, Philippines to Loakan Airport, Baguio. On June 26, 1987, the Hawker Siddeley HS 748 crashed onto a mountain en ro ...
) crashes near
Baguio Baguio ( , ), officially the City of Baguio ( ilo, Siudad ti Baguio; fil, Lungsod ng Baguio), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. It is known as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines", ...
,
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
, killing 50. *
June 28 Events Pre-1600 * 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch. * 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II. * 1461 – ...
** Iraqi warplanes drop mustard-gas bombs on the Iranian town of Sardasht in two separate bombing rounds, on four residential areas. This is the first time a civilian town was targeted by chemical weapons. ** An accidental explosion at the Hohenfels Training Area in West Germany kills 3 U.S. troops. *
June 29 Events Pre-1600 * 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei. *1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. *1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, ...
– South Korean politician, presidential candidate of the ruling party
Roh Tae-woo Roh Tae-woo (; ; 4 December 1932 – 26 October 2021) was a South Korean politician and army general who served as the sixth president of South Korea from 1988 to 1993. Roh was a close ally and friend of Chun Doo-hwan, the predecessor leader ...
makes a speech promising a wide program of nationwide reforms, the result of the
June Democracy Movement The June Democratic Struggle (), also known as the June Democracy Movement and June Democratic Uprising, was a nationwide pro-democracy movement in South Korea that generated mass protests from June 10 to June 29, 1987. The demonstrations force ...
. *
June 30 Events Pre-1600 * 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. * 763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus. * 1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan ...
– Canada introduces a one-dollar coin, nicknamed the "
Loonie The loonie (french: huard), formally the Canadian one-dollar coin, is a gold-coloured Canadian coin that was introduced in 1987 and is produced by the Royal Canadian Mint at its facility in Winnipeg. The most prevalent versions of the coin ...
".


July

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July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and th ...
– The
Single European Act The Single European Act (SEA) was the first major revision of the 1957 Treaty of Rome. The Act set the European Community an objective of establishing a single market by 31 December 1992, and a forerunner of the European Union's Common Fore ...
is passed by the
European Community The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lis ...
. * July 3
Greater Manchester Police Greater Manchester Police (GMP) is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester in North West England. , Greater Manchester Police employed 6,866 police officers, 3,524 memb ...
recover the body of 16-year-old Pauline Reade from
Saddleworth Moor Saddleworth Moor is a moorland in North West England. Reaching more than above sea level, it is in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park. It is crossed by the A635 road and the Pennine Way passes to its eastern side. Geogra ...
, after her killers
Ian Brady The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around Manchester, England. The victims were five children—Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey, and Edward E ...
and
Myra Hindley The Moors murders were carried out by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley between July 1963 and October 1965, in and around Manchester, England. The victims were five children—Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett, Lesley Ann Downey, and Edward E ...
help them in their search, almost exactly 24 years since Pauline was last seen alive. *
July 4 Events Pre-1600 *362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. * 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed ...
– A court in
Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...
sentences former Gestapo boss
Klaus Barbie Nikolaus "Klaus" Barbie (25 October 1913 – 25 September 1991) was a German operative of the SS and SD who worked in Vichy France during World War II. He became known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having personally tortured prisoners—primar ...
to
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for crimes against humanity. *
July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death. * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, ...
** 1987 Australian federal election:
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's
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is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the
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led by
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and the National Party led by
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. **
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is estimated to have reached five billion people, according to the
United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmoni ...
. *
July 15 Events Pre-1600 *484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome * 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. ( 17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar). * 756 – ...
Martial law in Taiwan Martial law in Taiwan () refers to the periods in the history of Taiwan after World War II during control by the Republic of China Armed Forces of the Kuomintang-led Government of the Republic of China regime. The term is specifically used ...
ends after 38 years. * July 17 – The
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closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time, at 2,510.04. * July 22 – Palestinian cartoonist Naji Salim al-Ali is shot in London; he dies August 28. *
July 25 Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge ...
– The
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, a
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in the North West of England, is opened between Bury and
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. *
July 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1054 – Siward, Earl of Northumbria, invades Scotland and defeats Macbeth, King of Scotland, somewhere north of the Firth of Forth. * 1189 – Friedrich Barbarossa arrives at Niš, the capital of Serbian King Ste ...
– The song
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a single was created and released by
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. *
July 31 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. * 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (T ...
** Four hundred pilgrims are killed in clashes between demonstrating Iranian pilgrims and
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n security forces in
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. **
Docklands Light Railway The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is an automated light metro system serving the redeveloped Docklands area of London, England and provides a direct connection between London's two major financial districts, Canary Wharf and the City of Lo ...
in London, the first driverless railway in Great Britain, is formally opened by Queen
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. ** An F4-rated tornado devastates eastern
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,
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; hardest hit are an industrial park and a trailer park. 27 people are killed and hundreds injured, with hundreds more left homeless and jobless.


August

* August 4 ** The World Commission on Environment and Development, also known as the
Brundtland Commission The Brundtland Commission, formerly the World Commission on Environment and Development, was a sub-organization of the United Nations (UN) that aimed to unite countries in pursuit of sustainable development. It was founded in 1983 when Javier Pé ...
, publishes its report, ''
Our Common Future __NOTOC__ ''Our Common Future'', also known as the Brundtland Report, was published on October 1987 by the United Nations through the Oxford University Press. This publication was in recognition of Gro Harlem Brundtland's, former Norwegian Prime M ...
.'' ** The
Federal Communications Commission The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdicti ...
rescinds the
Fairness Doctrine The fairness doctrine of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), introduced in 1949, was a policy that required the holders of broadcast licenses both to present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a mann ...
, which had required radio and television stations to present alternative views on controversial issues. *
August 7 Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 626 – The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Co ...
** The
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the ...
n frigate ''Caldas'' enters
Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
n waters near the
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, sparking the Caldas frigate crisis between both nations. ** American Lynne Cox becomes the first person to swim the Bering Strait, crossing from Little Diomede Island to
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in 2 hours and 5 minutes. *
August 9 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. * 378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens ...
Hoddle Street massacre in Australia: Julian Knight, 19, goes on a shooting rampage in the
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...
suburb of
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, killing 7 people and injuring 19 before surrendering to police. *
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. The articles, enumerating th ...
– All the children held at Kai Lama, a rural property on
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, Australia, run by the Santiniketan Park Association, are released after a police raid. *
August 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamda ...
**
Northwest Airlines Flight 255 On August 16, 1987 a McDonnell Douglas MD-80#MD-82, McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 255, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, about 8:46 pm Eastern Time Zone, EDT (00:46 UTC Augus ...
(a McDonnell Douglas MD-82) crashes on takeoff from
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in
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just west of
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killing all but one (4-year old
Cecelia Cichan This list includes sole survivors of aviation accidents and incidents that involved 10 or more onboard. Within this list, "sole survivor" refers to a person who survived an air accident in which all other aircraft occupants died as a direct conseq ...
) of the 156 people on board. ** The followers of the Harmonic Convergence claim it was observed around the world. *
August 17 Events Pre-1600 *309/310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike. * 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. * 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle ...
Rudolf Hess Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position unt ...
is found dead in his cell in
Spandau Prison Spandau Prison was located in the borough of Spandau in West Berlin. It was originally a military prison, built in 1876, but became a proto-concentration camp under the Nazis. After the war, it held seven top Nazi leaders convicted in the Nurem ...
. Hess, 93, is believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself with an electrical flex. He was the last remaining prisoner at the complex, which is soon demolished. *
August 19 Events Pre-1600 *295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known ...
** Hungerford massacre: Sixteen people die in an apparently motiveless mass shooting in the United Kingdom, carried out by Michael Ryan. **
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' chief Middle East correspondent Charles Glass escapes his Hezbollah kidnappers in Beirut, Lebanon, after 62 days in captivity. ** The
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is opened to women. * August 23 – The Hirvepark meeting is organized as the first unsanctioned political meeting in
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, in commemoration of the
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.


September

*
September 2 Events Pre-1600 *44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. * 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his '' Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of t ...
– In Moscow,
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, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot
Mathias Rust Mathias Rust (born 1 June 1968) is a German aviator known for his flight that ended with a landing near Red Square in Moscow on 28 May 1987. A teenage amateur pilot, he flew from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow, being tracked several times by Sovi ...
, who flew his
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airplane into
Red Square Red Square ( rus, Красная площадь, Krasnaya ploshchad', ˈkrasnəjə ˈploɕːətʲ) is one of the oldest and largest squares in Moscow, the capital of Russia. Owing to its historical significance and the adjacent historical build ...
in May. *
September 3 Events Pre-1600 *36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. * 301 – San Marino, one of t ...
– In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya. * September 721 – The world's first conference on artificial life is held at
Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, ...
in the United States. *
September 13 Events Pre-1600 * 585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia. * 509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hi ...
Goiânia accident The Goiânia accident was a radioactive contamination accident that occurred on September 13, 1987, in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, after a forgotten radiotherapy source was stolen from an abandoned hospital site in the city. It was subsequentl ...
: Metal scrappers open an old radiation source abandoned in a hospital in
Goiânia Goiânia (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian federative units of Brazil, state of Goiás. With a population of 1,536,097, it is the second-largest city in the Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West Region and the 10th-largest ...
, Brazil, causing the worst radiation accident ever in an urban area. * September 15
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
arrives in
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for a two-day papal visit, his first one ever to the city, where he makes an arrival day speech to local leaders of the U.S. entertainment industry. *
September 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia". * 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Emp ...
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
arrives in
San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ...
for his first visit to the city, in which he embraces several
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sufferers, including an infected child, and proclaims
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from illicit sex and drugs are the two main ways to avoid infection.


October

*
October 3 Events Pre-1600 * 2457 BC – Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day. * 52 BC – Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Juliu ...
– The
Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement The Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA), official name as the Free Trade Agreement between Canada and the United States of America (french: links=no, Accord de libre-échange entre le Canada et les États-Unis d'Amérique), wa ...
is reached but still requires ratification. This agreement would be a precursor to
NAFTA The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA ; es, Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, TLCAN; french: Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, ALÉNA) was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that crea ...
. *
October 6 Events Pre-1600 * 105 BC – Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio accelerates the Marian reforms of the Roman army of the mid-Republic. * 69 BC – Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdue Armenia. *A ...
Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consis ...
becomes a republic. *
October 7 Events Pre-1600 * 3761 BC – The epoch reference date (start) of the modern Hebrew calendar. * 1403 – Venetian–Genoese wars: The Genoese fleet under a French admiral is defeated by a Venetian fleet at the Battle of Modon. * 1477 ...
Sikh Sikhs ( or ; pa, ਸਿੱਖ, ' ) are people who adhere to Sikhism, Sikhism (Sikhi), a Monotheism, monotheistic religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Gu ...
nationalists declare the independence of
Khalistan The Khalistan movement is a Sikh separatist movement seeking to create a homeland for Sikhs by establishing a sovereign state, called Khālistān (' Land of the Khalsa'), in the Punjab region. The proposed state would consist of land that cur ...
from India. *
October 15 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. *12 ...
– In
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana t ...
, a 1987 Burkinabé coup d'état, military coup is orchestrated by Blaise Compaoré against incumbent President Thomas Sankara. *
October 15 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. *12 ...
–October 16, 16 – Great Storm of 1987: Hurricane-force winds hit much of southern England, killing 23 people. * October 19 ** Black Monday (1987), Black Monday: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world. ** US warships Operation Nimble Archer, destroy two Iranian oil platforms in the
Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The bo ...
. ** Two commuter trains Bintaro train crash, collide head-on on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia; 102 are killed. * October 22 ** The pilot of a BAE Harrier II, British Aerospace BAE Harrier GR5 registered ZD325 accidentally ejects from his aircraft. The jet continues to fly until it fuel exhaustion, runs out of fuel and crashes into the Irish Sea. * October 23 ** British champion jockey Lester Piggott is jailed for three years after being convicted of tax evasion. ** On a vote of 58–42, the United States Senate rejects President Ronald Reagan's Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination, nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. * October 26 – The
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goes down 156.83 points.


November

* November 1 – The InterCity 125 breaks the world speed record for a diesel-powered train, reaching 238 km/h (147.88 mph). * November 7 ** Zine El Abidine Ben Ali assumes the Presidency of Tunisia. ** Lynne Cox swims between the Diomede Islands from the American Little Diomede Island to the Soviet Big Diomede Island. ** Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in Singapore opens for passenger service. * November 8 – Enniskillen bombing: Twelve people are killed by a
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bomb at a Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen. * November 12 – The first Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in
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opens in Beijing, near Tiananmen Square. * November 15 – In Brașov, Romania, Brașov Rebellion, workers rebel against the communist regime led by Nicolae Ceaușescu. * November 16 – The Parlatino Treaty of Institutionalization is signed. * November 17 – A tsunami hits the Gulf of Alaska. * November 18 ** The King's Cross fire on the London Underground kills 31 people and injures a further 100. **
Iran–Contra affair The Iran–Contra affair ( fa, ماجرای ایران-کنترا, es, Caso Irán–Contra), often referred to as the Iran–Contra scandal, the McFarlane affair (in Iran), or simply Iran–Contra, was a political scandal in the United States ...
: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair. * November 22 – Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion – unknown perpetrators hijack the signal of WGN-TV for about 20 seconds, and WTTW for about 90 seconds, and displays a strange video of a man in a Max Headroom mask. * November 25 – Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale, Category 5 Typhoon Nina smashes the
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with winds and a devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 812 deaths. * November 28 – South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean off Mauritius, due to a fire in the cargo hold; the 159 passengers and crew perish. * November 29 – Korean Air Flight 858 is blown up over the Andaman Sea, killing 115 crew and passengers. North Korean agents are responsible for the bombing.


December

* December – Fluoxetine, marketed as Prozac, is approved for use as an antidepressant in the United States by the
Food and Drug Administration The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the control and supervision of food ...
. * December 1 ** NASA announces the names of 4 companies awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom: Boeing, Boeing Aerospace, General Electric's Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International, Rockwell. ** Queensland: Following a week of turmoil from his National Party of Australia colleagues, Joh Bjelke-Petersen resigns as Premier of Queensland. He is replaced by Michael Ahern (Australian politician), Mike Ahern, the only premier never to contest an election as premier. * December 7 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, United States, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-supervisor on the flight, then shoots both pilots. * December 8 ** Israeli–Palestinian conflict: The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. ** Queen Street massacre: In
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metro ...
, Australia, 22-year-old Frank Vitkovic kills 8 people and injures another 5 in a Post Office building before committing suicide by jumping from the eleventh floor. ** The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President
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and Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Com ...
. It later expires in 2019. ** Alianza Lima air disaster: A Peruvian Navy Fokker F27 crashes near Ventanilla District, Ventanilla, Peru, killing 43. * December 9 – General Rahimuddin Khan retires from the Pakistan Army, along with the cabinet of the country's military dictatorship. * December 15 – Production I.G is founded by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and Takayuki Goto. * December 17 – Gustáv Husák resigns as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * December 20 – In history's worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry MV Doña Paz, MV ''Doña Paz'' sinks after colliding with the oil tanker ''Vector 1'' in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4,000 people (1,749 official). * December 21 – Turgut Özal of Motherland Party (Turkey), ANAP forms the new government of Turkey (46th government). * December 22 – In Zimbabwe, the political parties Zimbabwe African National Union, ZANU and Zimbabwe African People's Union, ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi. * December 30 –
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
issues the encyclical ''Sollicitudo rei socialis'' (''On Social Concern'').


Births


January

* January 1 – Meryl Davis, American figure skater *
January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire ...
– Shelley Hennig, American actress and model * January 5 – Jason Mitchell, American actor *January 6 – Zhang Lin (swimmer), Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer * January 7 ** Davide Astori, Italian footballer (d. 2018) ** Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress ** Sirusho, Armenian singer * January 8 – Freddie Stroma, English actor and model * January 9 ** Lucas Leiva, Brazilian football player ** Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer ** Pablo Santos (actor), Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (d. 2006) * January 10 – César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer * January 11 ** Jamie Vardy, English footballer ** Danuta Kozák, Hungarian sprint canoer * January 12 – Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (d. 2020) * January 13 – Jack Johnson (ice hockey), Jack Johnson, American ice hockey player *
January 15 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. *1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
** Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player ** Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian long-distance runner ** Kelly Kelly, American professional wrestler ** Michael Seater, Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer * January 18 – Zane Holtz, Canadian actor and model * January 19 – Arkadiy Vasilyev, Russian decathlete *
January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 & ...
** Evan Peters, American actor ** Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle road racer (d. 2011) * January 21 – Pablo Caballero González, Uruguayan footballer * January 24 ** Ruth Bradley, Irish television and film actress ** Wayne Hennessey, Welsh football player ** Luis Suárez, Uruguayan football player * January 26 – Sebastian Giovinco, Italian football player * January 27 – Hannah Teter, American snowboarder * January 30 ** Becky Lynch, Irish professional wrestler ** Arda Turan, Turkish footballer * January 31 – Marcus Mumford, English-American singer, songwriter, and musician (Mumford & Sons)


February

* February 1 ** Heather Morris, American actress and dancer ** Ronda Rousey, American martial arts expert and actress * February 2 – Gerard Piqué, Barcelona and Spanish footballer * February 3 – Johan Dahlberg, Swedish architect * February 4 – Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player * February 5 ** Darren Criss, American singer and actor ** Henry Golding, Malaysian-English actor, model, and television host * February 7 – Kerli, Estonian singer * February 8 – Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater * February 9 ** Michael B. Jordan, American actor and producer ** Magdalena Neuner, German biathlete * February 10 ** Choi Siwon, South Korean recording artist ** Poli Genova, Bulgarian singer, songwriter, actress, and television presenter ** Yuja Wang, Chinese pianist *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
– Ellen van Dijk, Dutch road and track cycling world champion * February 13 – Eljero Elia, Dutch footballer * February 14 ** Edinson Cavani, Uruguayan footballer ** José Miguel Cubero, Costa Rican footballer * February 16 ** Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey defenceman (d. 2008) ** Mauricio Henao, Colombian actor **Jon Ossoff, American politician, senior senator from Georgia * February 17 – Raffi Ahmad, Indonesian actor and comedian * February 18 – Carla Hernández, Mexican actress *
February 20 Events Pre-1600 *1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. * 1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotlan ...
** Miles Teller, American actor ** Taylor Boggs, American Football Player * February 21 ** Ashley Greene, American actress ** Tuppence Middleton, English actress * February 22 ** Han Hyo-joo, South Korean actress ** Sergio Romero, Argentine footballer * February 24 – Tina Desai, Indian actress and model *
February 25 Events Pre-1600 *138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. * ...
– Andrew Poje, Canadian figure skater *
February 26 Events Pre-1600 * 747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is ...
– Johan Sjöstrand, Swedish handball player * February 27 – Valeriy Andriytsev, Ukrainian wrestler


March

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Dioclet ...
– Kesha, American singer * March 3 – Elnur Hüseynov, Azerbaijani singer * March 5 – Anna Chakvetadze, Russian professional tennis player *
March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. * 845 & ...
– Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer * March 9 – Bow Wow (rapper), Bow Wow, American rapper and actor * March 10 ** Liu Shishi, Chinese actress ** Emeli Sandé, Scottish recording artist and songwriter * March 11 ** Estefanía Villarreal, Mexican actress ** Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper * March 12 – Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player * March 13 – Marco Andretti, American IRL driver * March 14 – Aravane Rezaï, Iranian-French tennis player * March 16 – Alexandr Smyshlyaev, Russian freestyle skier * March 17 ** Federico Fazio, Argentine footballer ** Rob Kardashian, American television personality, model, and talent manager ** Bryan Dechart, American actor and Twitch streamer *
March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ara ...
** Rebecca Soni, American swimmer ** Gabriel Mercado, Argentine footballer * March 19 – AJ Lee, American professional wrestler *
March 20 Events Pre-1600 * 673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka. * 1206 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. * 1600 – The Link ...
– Jô, João Alves de Assis Silva (Jô), Brazilian soccer player * March 21 – Yuri Ryazanov, Russian artistic gymnast (d. 2009) * March 22 – Alexander Shatilov, Israeli artistic gymnast * March 23 – Alan Toovey, Australian rules footballer *
March 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1199 – King Richard I of England is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting in France, leading to his death on April 6. *1387 – English victory over a Franco- Castilian-Flemish fleet in the Battle of Margate o ...
– Juan Diego Covarrubias, Mexican actor * March 25 – Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater * March 26 – Yui (singer), YUI, Japanese singer-songwriter * March 27 – Polina Gagarina, Russian singer, songwriter, actress, and model ** Buster Posey, American Baseball Player *
March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. * 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of ...
– Dénes Varga, Hungarian water polo player *
March 31 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian. *1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
– Humpy Koneru, Indian chess grandmaster


April

* April 1 ** Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress ** Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player * April 3 – Yuval Spungin, Israeli footballer * April 4 ** Océane Zhu, Chinese actress ** Sami Khedira, German footballer ** Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress * April 8 – Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer * April 9 ** Jesse McCartney, American singer, songwriter, and actor ** Pengiran Anak Sarah, wife of the Crown Prince of Brunei, Al-Muhtadee Billah * April 10 ** Hayley Westenra, New Zealand soprano ** Shay Mitchell, Canadian actress and model * April 11 ** Joss Stone, English singer and actress ** Lights Poxleitner, Canadian musician * April 12 ** Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model and actress ** Brendon Urie, American musician * April 15 – Samira Wiley, American actress and model * April 17 – Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Canadian actress * April 18 − Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, English supermodel *
April 19 Events Pre-1600 * AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persi ...
** Joe Hart, English footballer ** Maria Sharapova, Russian tennis player ** Oksana Akinshina, Russian actress *
April 21 Events Pre-1600 * 753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
** Lenira Santos, Cape Verdean sprinter ** Anastasia Prikhodko, Ukrainian folk rock and traditional pop singer * April 22 ** David Luiz, Brazilian footballer ** Mikel John Obi, Nigerian footballer * April 24 − Varun Dhawan, Indian actor * April 25 - Arjit Singh, Indian playback singer *
April 27 Events Pre-1600 * 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''. * 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
** Anne Suzuki, Japanese actress ** Emma Taylor-Isherwood, Canadian actress * April 28 ** Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Indian film actress and model ** Daequan Cook, American basketball player * April 29 – Sara Errani, Italian tennis player


May

* May 1 – Matt Di Angelo, British Actor * May 2 – Nana Kitade, Japanese singer * May 4 ** Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish football player ** Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish triple MotoGP world champion ** Zbigniew Bartman, Polish volleyball player ** Li Yifeng, Chinese male actor * May 6 – Moon Geun-young, Korean actress * May 7 – Asami Konno, Japanese singer *
May 11 Events 1601–1900 * 1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons. * 1813 – William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discover a route acr ...
** Albulena Haxhiu, Kosovo Albanian politician ** Enikő Mihalik, Hungarian model * May 12 – Felipe Roque, Brazilian actor and model * May 13 ** Hunter Parrish, American actor and singer ** Candice King, American actress and singer ** Marianne Vos, Dutch multiple cyclist * May 15 – Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player *
May 17 Events Pre-1600 *1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. *1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. * 1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Flo ...
– Ott Lepland, Estonian singer * May 18 – Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and singer * May 20 – Julian Wright, American basketball player *
May 22 Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. *11 ...
** Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer ** Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player * May 23 – Bray Wyatt, American professional wrestler * May 25 – Nico Hillenbrand, German footballer * May 26 ** Tooji, Norwegian-Iranian singer, model and television host ** Brandi Cyrus, American actress, singer and DJ *
May 27 Events Pre-1600 *1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...
– Bella Heathcote, Australian actress * May 29 – Noah Reid, Canadian actor and musician


June

* June 2 ** Tobias Arlt, German Olympic luger ** Sonakshi Sinha, Indian actress *
June 3 Events Pre-1600 * 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. * 713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, depo ...
** Lalaine, American actress, singer-songwriter, and bassist ** Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress * June 6 ** Luo Zilin, Miss Universe China, Miss Universe China 2011 4th runner-up and model ** Cássio Ramos, Brazilian footballer * June 10 – He Chong, Chinese diver *
June 11 Events Pre-1600 * 173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle ...
** Didrik Solli-Tangen, Norwegian singer ** Rie Tanaka (gymnast), Rie Tanaka, Japanese gymnast *
June 12 Events Pre-1600 * 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors. *1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...
** Abbey Lee, Australian model ** Antonio Barragán, Spanish footballer * June 16 – Tobias Wendl, German Olympic luger *
June 17 Events Pre-1600 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. *1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...
** Nozomi Tsuji, Japanese singer ** Kendrick Lamar, American rapper * June 18 ** Niels Schneider, French-Canadian actor ** Zsuzsanna Tomori, Hungarian handball player * June 20 ** A-fu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter ** Daiana Menezes, Brazilian actress, model, and television host * June 21 – Kim Ryeo-wook, South Korean singer * June 22 ** Joe Dempsie, English actor ** Lee Min-ho, South Korean actor, singer and model * June 23 ** Guillaume Bonnafond, French road bicycle racer ** Aaron Groom, Fijian rugby league footballer * June 24 ** Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer ** Pierre Vaultier, French snowboarder * June 26 – Samir Nasri, French footballer


July

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July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and th ...
– Ahn Jae-hyun, South Korean model and actor * July 2 – Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (d. 2008) * July 3 ** Murad Subay, Yemeni artist and political activist ** Maximilian Mauff, German actor ** Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver, 4-time champions in Formula One *
July 4 Events Pre-1600 *362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. * 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed ...
** Ater Majok, Sudanese basketball player ** Prajwal Devaraj, Indian film actor * July 5 ** David Halaifonua, Tongan rugby union player ** Ji Chang-wook, South Korean actor ** Mohd Safiq Rahim, Malaysian footballer ** Chen Xiao, Chinese actor and model * July 6 ** Kate Nash, British singer-songwriter ** Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model * July 7 – Veronica Wagner, Swedish artistic gymnast * July 9 ** Rebecca Sugar, American animator and creator of ''Steven Universe'' ** Élodie Fontan, French actress *
July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death. * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, ...
– Maximilian Müller, German field hockey player * July 13 ** Eva Rivas, Russian-Armenian singer ** Neil Denis, Canadian actor * July 14 ** Sara Canning, Canadian actress ** Larry Madowo, Kenyan journalist and news anchor ** Dan Reynolds (singer), Dan Reynolds, American singer and musician * July 16 – AnnaLynne McCord, American actress * July 17 – Benedict Martin, Malaysian footballer * July 19 ** Yan Gomes, Brazilian baseball player ** Ho Ho Lun, Hong Kong wrestler * July 20 – Owen Cheung, Hong Kong actor * July 23 – Marta Pihan-Kulesza, Polish artistic gymnast * July 24 – Mara Wilson, American actress and writer *
July 25 Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge ...
– Eran Zahavi, Israeli footballer * July 28 ** Sumire (model), Sumire, Japanese fashion model (d. 2009) ** Pedro (footballer, born 1987), Pedro, Spanish footballer *
July 31 Events Pre-1600 *30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide. * 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (T ...
** Brittany Byrnes, Australian actress ** Michael Bradley (soccer), Michael Bradley, American soccer player


August

* August 3 – Zaquan Adha, Malaysian footballer * August 4 – Phil Younghusband, British-Filipino footballer *
August 7 Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 626 – The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Co ...
– Sidney Crosby, Canadian ice hockey player * August 8 – Katie Leung, Scottish actress * August 10 – Ari Boyland, New Zealand actor *
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. The articles, enumerating th ...
– Johnny Gargano, American wrestler *
August 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamda ...
** Eri Kitamura, Japanese voice actress and singer ** Okieriete Onaodowan, Nigerian actor ** Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey goaltender *
August 19 Events Pre-1600 *295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known ...
– Nico Hülkenberg, German racing driver * August 20 ** Cătălina Ponor, Romanian gymnast ** Tulus (singer), Tulus, Indonesian singer * August 21 – Anton Shipulin, Russian biathlete * August 24 – Anže Kopitar, Slovene ice hockey player * August 25 ** Liu Yifei, Chinese actress ** Blake Lively, American actress ** Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer and songwriter ** Rona Nishliu, Albanian singer, radio presenter, and humanitarian * August 30 – Roy Krishna, Fijian footballer


September

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September 2 Events Pre-1600 *44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. * 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his '' Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of t ...
** Scott Moir, Canadian figure skater ** Spencer Smith (musician), Spencer Smith, American musician *
September 3 Events Pre-1600 *36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. * 301 – San Marino, one of t ...
– James Neal (ice hockey), James Neal, Canadian ice hockey player * September 4 – Maryna Linchuk, Belarusian model * September 6 – Anna Pavlova (gymnast), Anna Pavlova, Russian artistic gymnast * September 7 ** Evan Rachel Wood, American actress and singer ** Aleksandra Wozniak, Canadian tennis player * September 8 ** Wiz Khalifa, American rapper ** Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian freestyle skier * September 9 ** Afrojack, Dutch DJ and music producer ** Milan Stanković, Serbian pop-folk singer * September 11 ** Ilija Spasojević, Indonesian footballer ** Susianna Kentikian, German-Armenian boxer ** Tyler Hoechlin, American actor ** Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress *
September 13 Events Pre-1600 * 585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia. * 509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hi ...
– G.NA, Canadian singer * September 15 – Aly Cissokho, French footballer * September 19 – Danielle Panabaker, American actress * September 21 – Ryan Guzman, American actor * September 22 – Tom Felton, English actor and musician * September 26 – Jang Keun Suk, South Korean actor, singer and model * September 28 – Hilary Duff, American actress, businesswoman, singer, songwriter, producer, and writer * September 29 – Anaïs Demoustier, French actress * September 30 ** Ramy Ashour, Egyptian squash player ** Aida Garifullina, Russian operatic soprano ** Elanne Kong, Hong Kong actress and singer


October

* October 1 – Matthew Daddario, American actor *
October 3 Events Pre-1600 * 2457 BC – Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day. * 52 BC – Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Juliu ...
– Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican beauty queen (Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006, Miss Universe 2006) * October 4 – Marina Weisband, German politician * October 8 – Aya Hirano, Japanese voice actress and singer * October 11 – Ariella Käslin, Swiss artistic gymnast * October 12 – Besian Idrizaj, Austrian footballer *
October 15 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. *12 ...
** Jesse Levine, American-Canadian tennis player ** Mizuho Sakaguchi, Japanese woman footballer * October 16 ** Seungho (singer), Seungho, South Korean pop singer (MBLAQ) ** Zhao Liying, Chinese actress * October 18 ** Zac Efron, American actor and singer ** Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model * October 23 – Miyuu Sawai, Japanese actress * October 24 – Charlie White (figure skater), Charlie White, American figure skater * October 26 – Tommy Johansson (musician), Tommy Johansson, Swedish musician (Sabaton (band), Sabaton) * October 27 ** Thelma Aoyama, Japanese singer ** Yi Jianlian, Chinese basketball player (year of birth disputed) * October 28 ** Frank Ocean, American singer and rapper ** Na Yeon Choi, South Korean female professional golfer * October 29 – Makoto Ogawa, Japanese singer


November

* November 1 – Ileana D'Cruz, Indian actress * November 3 ** Colin Kaepernick, American football player ** Gemma Ward, Australian model * November 4 – T.O.P (rapper), T.O.P, Korean rapper * November 5 – Kevin Jonas, American actor and singer-songwriter * November 6 ** Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player ** G.O (singer), G.O, South Korean singer (MBLAQ) * November 8 ** Maryjun Takahashi, Japanese model and actress ** Mohd Faiz Subri, Malaysian footballer * November 10 – Jessica Tovey, Australian actress * November 11 ** Yuya Tegoshi, Japanese singer (News (band), NEWS, Tegomass) ** Giles Matthey, Australian actor * November 12 ** Jason Day, Australian golfer ** Kengo Kora, Japanese actor ** Juan José Ballesta, Spanish actor * November 14 – Brian Gleeson (actor), Brian Gleeson, Irish actor * November 15 – Sergio Llull, Spanish basketball player * November 18 – Daniella Mastricchio, Argentine actress * November 22 – Mauro Nespoli, Italian archer * November 23 – Kasia Struss, Polish model * November 24 ** Maysoon al-Eryani, Yemeni poet and translator ** Jeremain Lens, Dutch footballer ** Elena Satine, Georgian-American film actress and singer * November 26 – Kat DeLuna, American singer * November 28 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress


December

* December 1 – Sarah Snook, Australian actress * December 2 – Isaac Promise, Nigerian footballer (d. 2019) * December 3 ** Michael Angarano, American actor ** Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast * December 8 – Susanne Riesch, German alpine skier * December 9 – Hikaru Nakamura, American chess grandmaster * December 10 – Gonzalo Higuaín, Argentine footballer * December 11 – Miranda Tapsell, Australian actress * December 12 – Lao Lishi, Chinese diver * December 13 ** Michael Socha, English actor ** Rachel Anne Daquis, Filipino volleyball player * December 14 - Ana Polvorosa, Spanish actress * December 18 ** Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater ** Ayaka, Japanese singer ** Yuki Furukawa, Japanese actor * December 19 ** Karim Benzema, French footballer ** Ronan Farrow, American activist ** Fábio Audi, Brazilian actor and producer * December 20 – Michihiro Yasuda, Japanese football player * December 25 – LJ Reyes, Filipino actress * December 27 – Lily Cole, British model * December 28 – Thomas Dekker (actor), Thomas Dekker, American actor, musician, singer, director and producer * December 29 – Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor * December 31 ** Seydou Doumbia, Ivorian football player ** Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast


Deaths


January

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January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire ...
– Jean de Gribaldy, French road cyclist and directeur sportif (b. 1922) * January 5 – Herman Smith-Johannsen, Norwegian supercentenarian (b. 1875) * January 9 – Arthur Lake (actor), Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905) * January 10 ** Håkan Malmrot, Swedish Olympic swimmer (b. 1900) ** Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (b. 1919) * January 14 – Douglas Sirk, German-born film director (b. 1897) *
January 15 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. *1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
– Ray Bolger, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1904) * January 22 – R. Budd Dwyer, American politician (b. 1939) * January 25 – Asim Ferhatović, Yugoslav footballer (b. 1933) * January 27 – Norman McLaren, Canadian animator and director (b. 1914) * January 28 – Galo Plaza, Ecuadorian statesman, 29th President of Ecuador (b. 1906) * January 31 – Yves Allégret, French film director (b. 1905)


February

* February 1 ** Gustav Knuth, German film actor (b. 1901) ** Alessandro Blasetti, Italian film director and screenwriter (b. 1900) * February 2 ** Alistair MacLean, British novelist (b. 1922) ** Carlos José Castilho, Brazilian football goalkeeper (b. 1927) * February 3 – Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, younger brother of Japanese Emperor Hirohito (b. 1905) * February 4 – Liberace, American pianist, singer and actor (b. 1919) * February 5 – Otto Wöhler, German general, serving during World War I and World War II (b. 1894) * February 7 – Claudio Villa, Italian singer (b. 1926) * February 10 – Robert O'Brien (racing driver), Robert O'Brien, American racing driver (b. 1908) *
February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
– Mark Ashton, Irish gay rights activist (b. 1960) * February 12 ** Dennis Poore, British entrepreneur, financier and sometime racing driver (b. 1916) ** Raymond Vouel, Luxembourg politician (b. 1923) * February 14 – Dmitry Kabalevsky, Russian composer (b. 1904) * February 22 – Andy Warhol, American artist, director, writer (b. 1928) *
February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of ...
** Esmond Knight, English actor (b. 1906) ** José Afonso, Portuguese singer-songwriter, teacher and activist (b. 1929) *
February 25 Events Pre-1600 *138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor. * 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II. * ...
** James Coco, American actor (b. 1930) ** Elisabeth Coit, American architect (b. 1897) * February 27 ** Joan Greenwood, English actress (b. 1921) ** Franciszek Blachnicki, Polish priest (b. 1921)


March

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March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Dioclet ...
– Freddie Green, American swing jazz guitarist (b. 1911) *
March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome (537–38), Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths, Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Piazza del Popolo, Flaminian Gate; he a ...
– Randolph Scott, American actor (b. 1898) * March 3 – Danny Kaye, American singer, actor, and comedian (b. 1911) *
March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Co ...
– Waldo Salt, American screenwriter (b. 1914) * March 11 – Joe Gladwin, English actor (b. 1906) * March 12 - Woody Hayes, American college football coach, coached for Ohio State University * March 15 – W. Sterling Cole, American politician, first Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (b. 1904) * March 19 – Louis de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892) * March 21 ** Robert Preston (actor), Robert Preston, American actor (b. 1918) ** Dean Paul Martin, American pop singer and film and television actor (b. 1951) * March 26 ** Georg Muche, German painter, printmaker, architect, author, and teacher (b. 1895) ** Eugen Jochum, German conductor (b. 1902) * March 27 – Stane Kavčič, 6th Prime Minister of Slovenia (b. 1919) * March 28 ** Maria von Trapp, Austrian singer (b. 1905) ** Patrick Troughton, English actor (b. 1920) ** Alphonse Alley, Beninese military officer, former President of Dahomey, Head of State of Dahomey (b. 1930)


April

* April 1 – Henri Cochet, French tennis champion (b. 1901) * April 2 ** Wang Renmei, Chinese actress and singer (b. 1914) ** Buddy Rich, American jazz drummer (b. 1917) * April 4 – C. L. Moore, American writer (b. 1911) * April 5 – Leabua Jonathan, 2nd Prime Minister of Lesotho (b. 1914) * April 11 ** Erskine Caldwell, American writer (b. 1903) ** Kent Taylor, American actor (b. 1907) ** Primo Levi, Italian chemist and writer (b. 1919) * April 12 – Mike Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1964) * April 15 – Masatoshi Nakayama, Japanese karate master (b. 1913) * April 17 ** Carlton Barrett, Jamaican reggae drummer (b. 1950) ** Cornelius Van Til, Dutch Christian philosopher, reformed theologian, and presuppositional apologist (b. 1895) ** Dick Shawn, American actor (b. 1923) *
April 19 Events Pre-1600 * AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persi ...
** Milt Kahl, Animator for the Disney Studio (b. 1909) ** Antony Tudor, English dancer and choreographer (b. 1908) ** Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat (b. 1901)


May

* May 3 – Dalida, French rock musician (b. 1933) * May 4 ** Paul Butterfield, American musician (b. 1942) ** Cathryn Damon, American actress (b. 1930) * May 6 – William J. Casey, American Central Intelligence Agency director (b. 1913) * May 7 – Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (b. 1930) *
May 8 Events Pre-1600 *453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs an ...
** James Plimsoll, Sir James Plimsoll, Australian public servant (b. 1917) ** Carl Tchilinghiryan, German businessman (b. 1910) *
May 9 Events Pre-1600 * 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria. * 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy. *1386 – England and Portugal formally r ...
– Thodoros Kefalopoulos, Greek actor (b. 1894) * May 13 ** Ismael Rivera, Puerto Rican composer and salsa singer (b. 1931) ** Signe Amundsen, Norwegian operatic soprano (b. 1899) *
May 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks. *1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade. * 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and f ...
– Rita Hayworth, American actress and dancer (b. 1918) *
May 17 Events Pre-1600 *1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. *1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. * 1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Flo ...
– Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) * May 19 – James Tiptree, Jr., American author (b. 1915) * May 21 – Alejandro Rey, Argentine actor (b. 1930) * May 24 – Hermione Gingold, English actress (b. 1897) *
May 27 Events Pre-1600 *1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...
** Colin McCahon, New Zealand artist (b. 1919) ** John Howard Northrop, American biochemist (b. 1891) * May 29 ** Charan Singh, 5th Prime Minister of India (b. 1902) ** Jozef Langenus, Belgian middle-distance runner (b. 1898) * May 31 – John Abraham (director), John Abraham, Indian film director (b. 1937)


June

* June 1 ** Errol Barrow, Caribbean statesman, 1st Prime Minister of Barbados (b. 1920) ** Rashid Karami, Lebanese statesman, 21st Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1921) ** Domenico Piemontesi, Italian road bicycle racer (b. 1903) * June 2 – Andrés Segovia, Spanish guitarist (b. 1893) *
June 3 Events Pre-1600 * 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. * 713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, depo ...
– Will Sampson, American actor (b. 1933) * June 6 – Richard Münch (actor), Richard Münch, German actor (b. 1916) * June 9 ** Madge Kennedy, American actress (b. 1891) ** Raya Dunayevskaya, Russian-born philosopher, founder of Marxist humanism in the United States (b. 1910) * June 10 – Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (b. 1943) * June 13 ** Vera Caspary, American screenwriter, novelist, playwright (b. 1899) ** Geraldine Page, American actress (b. 1924) * June 20 – Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist and naturalist (b. 1896) * June 22 – Fred Astaire, American actor, singer, and dancer (b. 1899) * June 24 – Jackie Gleason, American actor and comedian (b. 1916) * June 26 ** Arthur F. Burns, American economist (b. 1904) ** Henk Badings, Dutch composer (b. 1907) *
June 30 Events Pre-1600 * 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. * 763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus. * 1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan ...
– Federico Mompou, Spanish composer and pianist (b. 1893)


July

* July 2 – Michael Bennett (theater), Michael Bennett, American theater director and choreographer (b. 1943) * July 3 – Viola Dana, American actress (b. 1897) *
July 4 Events Pre-1600 *362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. * 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed ...
– Abdul Halim (Indonesia), Abdul Halim, Indonesian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Indonesia (b. 1911) * July 8 – Gerardo Diego, Spanish poet (b. 1896) * July 10 – John Hammond (record producer), John Hammond, American record producer (b. 1910) *
July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death. * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, ...
– Tom Waddell, American sportsman and competitor (b. 1937) * July 17 ** Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908) ** Yujiro Ishihara, Japanese actor (b. 1934) * July 20 – Richard Egan (actor), Richard Egan, American actor (b. 1921) * July 28 - James Burnham, American philosopher and political theorist (b. 1905)


August

* August 1 – Pola Negri, Polish born actress (b. 1897) * August 2 – Abu Sayeed Chowdhury, 2nd President of Bangladesh (b. 1921) * August 5 – Anatoli Papanov, Soviet and Russian stage, film and voice actor (b. 1922) * August 6 ** Léon Noël, French diplomat, politician and historian (b. 1888) ** Ira C. Eaker, World War II United States Army Air Forces general (b. 1896) *
August 7 Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 626 – The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Co ...
** Camille Chamoun, 7th President of Lebanon (b. 1900) ** Nobusuke Kishi, Japanese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1896) * August 10 – Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1893) *
August 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs. * 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamda ...
– Andrei Mironov (actor), Andrei Mironov, Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor (b. 1941) *
August 17 Events Pre-1600 *309/310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike. * 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. * 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle ...
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, German Nazi official (b. 1894) ** Clarence Brown, American film director (b. 1890) ** Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet (b. 1902) * August 23 – Didier Pironi, French racing driver (b. 1952) * August 24 – Bayard Rustin, American civil rights activist (b. 1912) * August 26 – Georg Wittig, German chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) * August 28 – John Huston, American film director, screenwriter, and actor (b. 1906) * August 29 – Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924)


September

* September 1 – Gerhard Fieseler, German World War I flying ace, aerobatics champion, and aircraft designer and manufacturer (b. 1896) *
September 2 Events Pre-1600 *44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. * 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his '' Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of t ...
– Alfredo Oscar Saint Jean, President of Argentina (1982) (b. 1926) *
September 3 Events Pre-1600 *36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. * 301 – San Marino, one of t ...
– Morton Feldman, American composer (b. 1926) * September 4 – Richard Marquand, Welsh film director (b. 1937) * September 9 ** Bill Fraser, Scottish actor (b. 1908) ** Gerrit Jan Heijn, Dutch businessman (b. 1931) * September 11 ** Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer and musician (b. 1944) ** Lorne Greene, Canadian actor, radio personality and singer (b. 1915) * September 12 ** John Qualen, Canadian-American actor (b. 1899) ** J. Lawton Collins, American general (b. 1896) *
September 13 Events Pre-1600 * 585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia. * 509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hi ...
– Mervyn LeRoy, American film producer and director (b. 1900) *
September 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia". * 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Emp ...
– Vladimir Basov, Soviet actor, film director and screenwriter (b. 1923) * September 18 – Américo Tomás, 13th President of Portugal (b. 1894) * September 19 – Einar Gerhardsen, former Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1897) * September 21 – Jaco Pastorius, American jazz bassist (b. 1951) * September 22 ** Hákun Djurhuus, 4th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1908) ** Dan Rowan, American comedian (b. 1922) ** Hédi Váradi, Hungarian actress (b. 1929) * September 23 ** Bob Fosse, American theater choreographer and director (b. 1927) ** Erland Van Lidth De Jeude, Dutch-born wrestler, opera singer and actor (b. 1953) * September 25 ** Mary Astor, American actress (b. 1906) ** Emlyn Williams, Welsh writer, dramatist and actor (b. 1905) * September 29 – Henry Ford II, president of Ford Motor Company (b. 1917) * September 30 – Alfred Bester, American author (b. 1913)


October

* October 2 ** Madeleine Carroll, English actress (b. 1906) ** Peter Medawar, Sir Peter Medawar, Brazilian-born British scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1915) *
October 3 Events Pre-1600 * 2457 BC – Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day. * 52 BC – Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Juliu ...
** Jean Anouilh, French dramatist (b. 1910) ** Catherine Bramwell-Booth, English Salvation Army officer (b. 1883) ** Hans Gál, composer, teacher and author (b. 1890) * October 8 ** Spencer Gordon Bennet, American film producer (b. 1893) ** Konstantinos Tsatsos, President of Greece (b. 1899) * October 9 – William P. Murphy, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1892) * October 11 – Jaime Pardo Leal, Colombian lawyer, union leader, and politician (b. 1941) * October 12 ** Alf Landon, American politician (b. 1887) ** Fahri Korutürk, Turkish diplomat, 6th President of Turkey (b. 1903) * October 13 ** Walter Houser Brattain, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) ** Kishore Kumar, Indian actor and playback singer (b. 1929) *
October 15 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Harold II at the Battle of Hastings, Edgar the Ætheling is proclaimed King of England by the Witan; he is never crowned, and concedes power to William the Conqueror two months later. *12 ...
– Thomas Sankara, Burkinabe politician, 5th Prime Minister of Burkina Faso and 2nd President of Burkina Faso (b. 1949) * October 19 ** Jacqueline du Pré, British cellist (b. 1945) ** Hermann Lang, German race car driver (b. 1909) * October 20 – Andrey Kolmogorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1903) * October 22 – Lino Ventura, Italian actor (b. 1919) * October 27 – Vijay Merchant, Indian cricketer (b. 1911) * October 28 – André Masson, French artist (b. 1896) * October 29 – Woody Herman, American jazz musician (b. 1913) * October 30 – Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, author (b. 1904)


November

* November 1 – René Lévesque, Canadian politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (b. 1922) * November 5 – Georges Franju, French filmmaker (b. 1912) * November 6 ** Zohar Argov, Israeli singer (b. 1955) ** Jean Rivier, French composer of classical music (b. 1896) * November 7 – Arne Borg, Swedish Olympic swimmer (b. 1901) * November 10 – Seyni Kountché, Nigerien military officer and statesman, 2nd President of Niger (b. 1931) * November 12 – Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-born Swedish singer-songwriter, poet and actor (b. 1937) * November 18 – Jacques Anquetil, French road racing cyclist (b. 1934) * November 23 – Antonio Sastre, Argentine footballer (b. 1911) * November 26 – Duncan Sandys, British politician (b. 1908)


December

* December 1 – James Baldwin, African-American novelist, essayist, playwright and poet (b. 1924) * December 2 ** Juan Alberto Melgar Castro, Honduran military officer (b. 1930) ** Donn F. Eisele, American astronaut (b. 1930) ** Luis Federico Leloir, French-born chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) ** Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich, Russian physicist (b. 1914) * December 4 – Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director (b. 1897) * December 8 ** Marcos Calderón, Peruvian football coach (b. 1928) ** José González Ganoza, Peruvian footballer (b. 1954) * December 10 – Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-born violinist (b. 1901) * December 17 – Bernardus Johannes Alfrink, Dutch cardinal (b. 1900) * December 21 – Ralph Nelson, American film and television director, producer, writer, and actor (b. 1916) * December 22 – Alice Terry, American actress (b. 1899) * December 24 ** Joop den Uyl, Dutch politician and journalist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1973–1977) (b. 1919) ** M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor and Chief Minister of the Tamil Nadu (1977–1987) (b. 1917) * December 27 – Priscilla Dean, American actress (b. 1896)


Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – J. Georg Bednorz, Karl Alexander Müller * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn, Charles J. Pedersen * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Medicine – Susumu Tonegawa * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Joseph Brodsky * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Óscar Arias Sánchez * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel – Robert Solow


References

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