Events

Pre-1600

* 367 –

Gratian Gratian (; la, Gratianus; 18 April 359 – 25 August 383) was emperor of the Western Roman Empire from 367 to 383. The eldest son of Valentinian I, Gratian accompanied his father on several campaigns along the Rhine and Danube frontiers and w ...

, son of Roman Emperor

Valentinian I Valentinian I ( la, Valentinianus; 32117 November 375), sometimes called Valentinian the Great, was Roman emperor from 364 to 375. Upon becoming emperor, he made his brother Valens his co-emperor, giving him rule of the eastern provinces. Val ...

, is named co-

Augustus Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pr ...

at the age of eight by his father. * 394 – The Graffito of Esmet-Akhom, the latest known inscription in

Egyptian hieroglyphs Egyptian hieroglyphs (, ) were the formal writing system used in Ancient Egypt, used for writing the Egyptian language. Hieroglyphs combined logographic, syllabic and alphabetic elements, with some 1,000 distinct characters.There were about 1, ...

, is written. * 410 – The

Visigoths The Visigoths (; la, Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were an early Germanic people who, along with the Ostrogoths, constituted the two major political entities of the Goths within the Roman Empire in late antiquity, or what is ...

under king Alaric I begin to pillage Rome. *

1185 Year 1185 ( MCLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Byzantine Empire * August – King William II (the Good) lands in Epirus with a Siculo-Nor ...

– Sack of Thessalonica by the Normans. * 1200 – King

John of England John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French lands to King Philip II of France, resulting in the collapse of the Angevin Emp ...

, signer of the first Magna Carta, marries

Isabella of Angoulême Isabella (french: Isabelle, ; c. 1186/ 1188 – 4 June 1246) was Queen of England from 1200 to 1216 as the second wife of King John, Countess of Angoulême in her own right from 1202 until her death in 1246, and Countess of La Marche from 122 ...

in Angoulême Cathedral. *

1215 Year 1215 ( MCCXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place England * March 4 – King John (Lackland), hoping to gain the support of Pope Innocent III ...

–

Pope Innocent III Pope Innocent III ( la, Innocentius III; 1160 or 1161 – 16 July 1216), born Lotario dei Conti di Segni (anglicized as Lothar of Segni), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1198 to his death in 16 ...

issues a bull declaring Magna Carta invalid. *

1349 Year 1349 ( MCCCXLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 22 – An earthquake affects L'Aquila in southern Italy with a maximum Me ...

– Six thousand Jews are killed in

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...

after being blamed for the bubonic plague. *

1482 Year 1482 ( MCDLXXXII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 19 – A Portuguese fleet, commanded by Diogo de Azambuja, arrives at t ...

– The town and castle of Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured from Scotland by an English army. *

1516 __NOTOC__ Year 1516 ( MDXVI) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January – Juan Díaz de Solís discovers the Río de la Plata (in future A ...

– The

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

under

Selim I Selim I ( ota, سليم الأول; tr, I. Selim; 10 October 1470 – 22 September 1520), known as Selim the Grim or Selim the Resolute ( tr, links=no, Yavuz Sultan Selim), was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1512 to 1520. Despite las ...

defeats the

Mamluk Sultanate The Mamluk Sultanate ( ar, سلطنة المماليك, translit=Salṭanat al-Mamālīk), also known as Mamluk Egypt or the Mamluk Empire, was a state that ruled Egypt, the Levant and the Hejaz (western Arabia) from the mid-13th to early 16t ...

and captures present-day Syria at the

Battle of Marj Dabiq The Battle of Marj Dābiq ( ar, مرج دابق, meaning "the meadow of Dābiq"; tr, Mercidabık Muharebesi), a decisive military engagement in Middle Eastern history, was fought on 24 August 1516, near the town of Dabiq, 44 km north of ...

. *

1561 Year 1561 ( MDLXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 31 – The Edict of Orleans suspends the persecution of the Huguenots in ...

– Willem of Orange marries duchess Anna of Saxony.

1601–1900

1608 Events January–June *January – In the Colony of Virginia, Powhatan releases Captain John Smith. *January 2 – The first of the Jamestown supply missions returns to the Colony of Virginia with Christopher Newport commanding ...

– The first official English representative to India lands in Surat. *

1643 Events January–March * January 21 – Abel Tasman sights the island of Tonga. * February 6 – Abel Tasman sights the Fiji Islands. * March 13 – First English Civil War: First Battle of Middlewich – Roundheads ...

– A Dutch fleet establishes a new colony in the ruins of

Valdivia Valdivia (; Mapuche: Ainil) is a city and commune in southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Valdivia. The city is named after its founder Pedro de Valdivia and is located at the confluence of the Calle-Calle, Valdivia, and Cau-Cau R ...

southern Chile Southern Chile is an informal geographic term for any place south of the capital city, Santiago, or south of Biobío River, the mouth of which is Concepción, about {{convert, 200, mi, km, sigfig=1, order=flip south of Santiago. Generally cities ...

. *

1662 Events January–March * January 4 – Dziaddin Mukarram Shah becomes the new Sultan of Kedah, an independent kingdom on the Malay Peninsula, upon the death of his father, Sultan Muhyiddin Mansur. * January 10 – At the ...

– The Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the

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. *

1682 Events January–March * January 7 – The Republic of Genoa forbids the unauthorized printing of newspapers and all handwritten newssheets; the ban is lifted after three months. * January 12 – Scottish minister James Re ...

– William Penn receives the area that is now the state of

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, and adds it to his

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Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

. *

1690 Events January–March * January 2 – The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbian rebels and Austrian troops in battle at Kaçanik Gorge, prompting more than 30,000 Serb refugees to flee northward from Kosovo, Macedonia and Sandžak to the Aus ...

– Job Charnock of the

East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and South ...

establishes a

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, an event formerly considered the founding of the city (in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that the city's foundation date is unknown). *

1743 Events January–March * January 1 – The Verendrye brothers, probably Louis-Joseph and François de La Vérendrye, become the first white people to see the Rocky Mountains from the eastern side (the Spanish conquistadors ...

– The War of the Hats: The Swedish army surrenders to the

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Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

, ending the war and starting ''Lesser Wrath''. * 1781 –

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a major war of the American Revolution. Widely considered as the war that secured the independence of t ...

: A small force of

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is ambushed and overwhelmed by an American Indian group, which forces George Rogers Clark to abandon his attempt to attack

Detroit Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at t ...

. * 1789 – The first naval battle of the Svensksund began in the Gulf of Finland. * 1812 –

Peninsular War The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spain ...

: A coalition of Spanish,

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, and

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forces succeed in lifting the two-and-a-half-year-long Siege of Cádiz. *

1814 Events January * January 1 – War of the Sixth Coalition – The Royal Prussian Army led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher crosses the Rhine. * January 3 ** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Cattaro: French garrison ...

– British troops invade Washington, D.C. and during the

Burning of Washington The Burning of Washington was a British invasion of Washington City (now Washington, D.C.), the capital of the United States, during the Chesapeake Campaign of the War of 1812. It is the only time since the American Revolutionary War that a ...

the

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, the

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and many other buildings are set ablaze. * 1815 – The modern

Constitution of the Netherlands The Constitution for the Kingdom of the Netherlands ( nl, Grondwet voor het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden) is one of two fundamental documents governing the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well as the fundamental law of the European territory of the ...

is signed. *

1816 This year was known as the ''Year Without a Summer'', because of low temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere, possibly the result of the Mount Tambora volcanic eruption in Indonesia in 1815, causing severe global cooling, catastrophic in s ...

– The Treaty of St. Louis is signed in St. Louis, Missouri. *

1820 Events January–March *January 1 – Nominal beginning of the Trienio Liberal in Spain: A constitutionalist military insurrection at Cádiz leads to the summoning of the Spanish Parliament (March 7). *January 8 – General Maritime T ...

–

Constitutionalist Constitutionalism is "a compound of ideas, attitudes, and patterns of behavior elaborating the principle that the authority of government derives from and is limited by a body of fundamental law". Political organizations are constitutional ...

insurrection Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It refers to the open resistance against the orders of an established authority. A rebellion originates from a sentiment of indignation and disapproval of a situation and ...

at Oporto, Portugal. *

1821 Events January–March * January 21 – Peter I Island in the Antarctic is first sighted, by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen. * January 28 – Alexander Island, the largest in Antarctica, is first discovered by Fabian Gottlieb von B ...

– The

Treaty of Córdoba The Treaty of Córdoba established Mexican independence from Spain at the conclusion of the Mexican War of Independence. It was signed on August 24, 1821 in Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico. The signatories were the head of the Army of the Three Guara ...

is signed in Córdoba, now in

Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...

, Mexico, concluding the

Mexican War of Independence The Mexican War of Independence ( es, Guerra de Independencia de México, links=no, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from Spain. It was not a single, co ...

from Spain. * 1857 – The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in United States history. *

1870 Events January–March * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the ...

– The

Wolseley expedition The Wolseley expedition was a military force authorized by Canadian Prime Minister John A. Macdonald to confront Louis Riel and the Métis in 1870, during the Red River Rebellion, at the Red River Colony in what is now the province of Manitob ...

reaches

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to end the

Red River Rebellion The Red River Rebellion (french: Rébellion de la rivière Rouge), also known as the Red River Resistance, Red River uprising, or First Riel Rebellion, was the sequence of events that led up to the 1869 establishment of a provisional government by ...

. *

1898 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...

– Count Muravyov,

Foreign Minister of Russia The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation is a high-ranking Russian government official who heads the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. The foreign minister is one of the five so-called 'presidential' minist ...

presents a ''rescript'' that convoked the

First Hague Peace Conference The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 are a series of international treaties and declarations negotiated at two international peace conferences at The Hague in the Netherlands. Along with the Geneva Conventions, the Hague Conventions were amo ...

1901–present

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Jan ...

– Workers start pouring concrete for the

Panama Canal The Panama Canal ( es, Canal de Panamá, link=no) is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean and divides North and South America. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a condui ...

. * 1911 – Manuel de Arriaga is elected and sworn in as the first

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. *

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...

–

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

: German troops capture Namur. * 1914 – World War I: The

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ends as the first Allied victory in the war. *

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...

– Second day of two-day Hebron massacre during the 1929 Palestine riots:

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attacks on the Jewish community in

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in the

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, result in the death of 65–68 Jews; the remaining Jews are forced to flee the city. *

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

– Resignation of the United Kingdom's

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. Formation of the

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. * 1932 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop (from Los Angeles to

Newark, New Jersey Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest city within the New York metropolitan area.1933 – The Crescent Limited train derails in Washington, D.C., after the

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it is crossing is washed out by the

1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane The 1933 Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane was among the most damaging hurricanes in the Mid-Atlantic states in the eastern United States. The sixth storm and third hurricane of the very active 1933 Atlantic hurricane season, it formed in the eas ...

. *

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

– The

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is created. * 1937 –

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, link ...

: the Basque Army surrenders to the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie following the Santoña Agreement. * 1937 – Spanish Civil War:

Sovereign Council of Asturias and León The Sovereign Council of Asturias and León ( es, Consejo Soberano de Asturias y León, ast, Conseyu Soberanu d'Asturies y Llión), was an unrecognized state in northern Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Proclaimed on 6 September 1936, it was ...

is proclaimed in

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. * 1938 – Kweilin incident: A Japanese warplane shoots down the ''Kweilin'', a Chinese civilian airliner, killing 14. It is the first recorded instance of a civilian airliner being shot down. * 1941 –

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orders the cessation of

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's systematic T4 euthanasia program of the

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and the handicapped due to protests, although killings continue for the remainder of the war. *

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in w ...

–

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: The

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. Japanese aircraft carrier '' Ryūjō'' is sunk, with the loss of seven officers and 113 crewmen. The US carrier is heavily damaged. * 1944 – World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris. * 1949 – The treaty creating the

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goes into effect. *

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 crashes in a snowstorm. All 19 ...

–

Edith Sampson Edith Spurlock Sampson (October 13, 1901 – October 8, 1979) was an American lawyer and judge, and the first Black people in the United States, Black U.S. delegate appointed to the United Nations on 24 August 1950. She conceded that Black people ...

becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the

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. *

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

– United Air Lines Flight 615 crashes near

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, killing 50 people. * 1954 – The Communist Control Act goes into effect, outlawing the

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. * 1954 – Vice president

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takes office as president of

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, following the suicide of

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. *

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

– Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the

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cables the United States Embassy, Saigon to encourage Army of the Republic of Vietnam generals to launch a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm if he did not remove his brother

Ngô Đình Nhu Ngô Đình Nhu (; 7 October 19102 November 1963; baptismal name Jacob) was a Vietnamese archivist and politician. He was the younger brother and chief political advisor of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm. Although he held n ...

. *

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

– Led by Abbie Hoffman, the

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temporarily disrupts trading at the

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by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them. *

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

–

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam a ...

protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the

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, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators. *

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

–

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is sentenced to 20 years to life in prison for murdering

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. *

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– Colombian

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s declare "total war" on the Colombian government. * 1989 –

Tadeusz Mazowiecki Tadeusz Mazowiecki (; 18 April 1927 – 28 October 2013) was a Polish author, journalist, philanthropist and Christian-democratic politician, formerly one of the leaders of the Solidarity movement, and the first non-communist Polish prime min ...

is chosen as the first non- communist

prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

in Central and Eastern Europe. *

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 ...

– Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as head of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. * 1991 –

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

declares itself independent from the

Soviet Union 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, ...

. * 1992 – Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in

Homestead, Florida Homestead is a city within Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida, between Biscayne National Park to the east and Everglades National Park to the west. The population was 80,737 as of the 2020 census. Homestead is primarily a Miami s ...

as a Category 5 hurricane, causing up to $25 billion (1992

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) in damages. *

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

– Microsoft

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was released to the public in North America. *

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

– First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation tested in the United Kingdom. * 2001 – Air Transat Flight 236 loses all engine power over the

Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe ...

, forcing the pilots to conduct an

emergency landing An emergency landing is a premature landing made by an aircraft in response to an emergency involving an imminent or ongoing threat to the safety and operation of the aircraft, or involving a sudden need for a passenger or crew on board to term ...

in the

Azores ) , motto =( en, "Rather die free than subjected in peace") , anthem= ( en, "Anthem of the Azores") , image_map=Locator_map_of_Azores_in_EU.svg , map_alt=Location of the Azores within the European Union , map_caption=Location of the Azores wi ...

. * 2004 – Ninety passengers die after two airliners explode after flying out of Domodedovo International Airport, near Moscow. The explosions are caused by suicide bombers from Chechnya. * 2006 – The

International Astronomical Union The International Astronomical Union (IAU; french: link=yes, Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is a nongovernmental organisation with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreac ...

(IAU) redefines the term "planet" such that

Pluto Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest ...

is now considered a

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. *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

– Sixty-five passengers are killed when Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895 crashes during an

at Manas International Airport in Bishkek,

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

. * 2008 – A Cessna 208 Caravan crashes in Cabañas, Zacapa, Guatemala, killing 11 people. * 2010 – In

San Fernando, Tamaulipas San Fernando is a municipality and city located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is about away from Brownsville, Texas, United States. The municipality has a population of 57,220, while the city itself has a population of 29,665. Massacre ...

, Mexico, 72 illegal immigrants are killed by Los Zetas and eventually found dead by Mexican authorities. * 2010 – Henan Airlines Flight 8387 crashes at

Yichun Lindu Airport Yichun Lindu Airport is an airport serving the city of Yichun, Heilongjiang, Yichun in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. It started operations in August 2009, and is capable of serving 142,000 passengers a year. It is located in a fores ...

in Yichun,

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, China, killing 44 out of the 96 people on board. * 2010 – Agni Air Flight 101 crashes near

Shikharpur, Makwanpur Shikharpur (Nepali: शिखरपुर) is a village development committee in the Bakaiya Rural Municipality of Makwanpur District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread n ...

, Nepal, killing all 14 people on board. *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

– Anders Behring Breivik, perpetrator of the

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, is sentenced to 21 years of preventive detention. *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

– A magnitude 6.0

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strikes the

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; it is the largest in that area since 1989. *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

– An earthquake strikes Central Italy with a magnitude of 6.2, with aftershocks felt as far as

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

and

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany Regions of Italy, region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilan ...

. Around 300 people are killed. *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

– The National Space Agency of

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

successfully launches the observation satellite Formosat-5 into space. *

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

– Erin O’Toole is

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leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Births

Pre-1600

* 1016 – Fujiwara no Genshi, Japanese empress consort (d. 1039) * 1113 – Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) * 1198 –

Alexander II of Scotland Alexander II ( Medieval Gaelic: '; Modern Gaelic: '; 24 August 1198 – 6 July 1249) was King of Scotland from 1214 until his death. He concluded the Treaty of York (1237) which defined the boundary between England and Scotland, virtually un ...

(d. 1249) *

1358 Year 1358 ( MCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 10 – Muhammad II as Said becomes ruler of the Marinid dynasty in modern ...

–

John I of Castile John I ( es, Juan I; 24 August 1358 – 9 October 1390) was King of Castile and León from 1379 until 1390. He was the son of Henry II and of his wife Juana Manuel of Castile. Biography His first marriage, to Eleanor of Aragon on 18 June 137 ...

(d. 1390) * 1393 –

Arthur III, Duke of Brittany Arthur III ( br, Arzhur), more commonly known as Arthur de Richemont (24 August 139326 December 1458), was briefly Duke of Brittany from 1457 until his death. He is noted primarily, however, for his role as a leading military commander during ...

(d. 1458) * 1423 –

Thomas Rotherham Thomas Rotherham (24 August 1423 – 29 May 1500), also known as Thomas (Scot) de Rotherham, was an English cleric and statesman. He served as bishop of several dioceses, most notably as Archbishop of York and, on two occasions as Lord C ...

, English cleric (d. 1500) * 1498 – John, Hereditary Prince of Saxony (d. 1537) * 1510 – Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen (d. 1558) *

1552 __NOTOC__ Year 1552 ( MDLII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 15 – Henry II of France and Maurice, Elector of Saxony, sign the Tr ...

– Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter and educator (d. 1614) *

1556 __NOTOC__ Year 1556 ( MDLVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 16 – Charles V, having already abdicated as Holy Roman Emperor, ...

– Sophia Brahe, Danish horticulturalist and astronomer (d. 1643) *

–

Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, (24 August 156128 May 1626) of Audley End House in the parish of Saffron Walden in Essex, and of Suffolk House near Westminster, a member of the House of Howard, was the second son of Thomas Howard, 4th ...

(d. 1626) * 1578 – John Taylor, English poet and author (d. 1653) *

1591 Events January–June * March 13 – Battle of Tondibi: In Mali, forces sent by the Saadi dynasty ruler of Morocco, Ahmad al-Mansur, and led by Judar Pasha, defeat the fractured Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by ...

– Robert Herrick, English poet and cleric (d. 1674)

1601–1900

1631 Events January–March * January 23 – Thirty Years' War: Sweden and France sign the Treaty of Bärwalde, a military alliance in which France provides funds for the Swedish army invading northern Germany. * February 5 &ndash ...

– Philip Henry, English minister (d. 1696) *

1635 Events January–March * January 23 – 1635 Capture of Tortuga: The Spanish Navy captures the Caribbean island of Tortuga off of the coast of Haiti after a three-day battle against the English and French Navy. * January 25 ...

– Peder Griffenfeld, Danish lawyer and politician (d. 1699) *

1684 Events January–March * January 5 – King Charles II of England gives the title Duke of St Albans to Charles Beauclerk, his illegitimate son by Nell Gwyn. * January 15 (January 5 O.S.) - To demonstrate that the River Thames, froz ...

–

Sir Robert Munro, 6th Baronet Sir Robert Munro of Foulis, 6th Baronet (24 August 1684 – 17 January 1746) was a soldier-politician whose life followed an 18th-century pattern. He fought in support of the Revolution Settlement and the House of Hanover, and their opposition t ...

, British politician (d. 1746) *

1714 Events January–March * January 21 – After being tricked into deserting a battle against India's Mughal Empire by the rebel Sayyid brothers, Prince Azz-ud-din Mirza is blinded on orders of the Emperor Farrukhsiyar as punishment. * Feb ...

– Alaungpaya, Burmese king (d. 1760) * 1758 – Duchess Sophia Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1794) *

1759 In Great Britain, this year was known as the ''Annus Mirabilis'', because of British victories in the Seven Years' War. Events January–March * January 6 – George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis. * January 11 &nda ...

–

William Wilberforce William Wilberforce (24 August 175929 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist and leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becom ...

, English philanthropist and politician (d. 1833) *

1772 Events January–March * January 10 – Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor of India, makes a triumphant return to Delhi 15 years after having been forced to flee. * January 17 – Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline ...

–

William I of the Netherlands William I (Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was a Prince of Orange, the King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He was the son of the last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, who went ...

(d. 1840) *

1787 Events January–March * January 9 – The North Carolina General Assembly authorizes nine commissioners to purchase of land for the seat of Chatham County. The town is named Pittsborough (later shortened to Pittsboro), for ...

– James Weddell, Belgian-English sailor, hunter, and explorer (d. 1834) * 1824 – Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and scholar (d. 1891) *

1837 Events January–March * January 1 – The destructive Galilee earthquake causes 6,000–7,000 casualties in Ottoman Syria. * January 26 – Michigan becomes the 26th state admitted to the United States. * February – Charles Dick ...

–

Théodore Dubois Clément François Théodore Dubois (24 August 1837 – 11 June 1924) was a French Romantic composer, organist, and music teacher. After study at the Paris Conservatoire, Dubois won France's premier musical prize, the Prix de Rome in 1861. He bec ...

, French organist, composer, and educator (d. 1924) * 1843 –

Boyd Dunlop Morehead Boyd Dunlop Morehead (24 August 1843 – 30 October 1905) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was Premier of Queensland from November 1888 to June 1890. Early life Boyd Morehead was born in Sydney, New South Wales, the second son ...

, Australian politician, 10th

Premier of Queensland The premier of Queensland is the head of government in the Australian state of Queensland. By convention the premier is the leader of the party with a parliamentary majority in the unicameral Legislative Assembly of Queensland. The premier is ap ...

(d. 1905) * 1845 – James Calhoun, American lieutenant (d. 1876) * 1851 –

Tom Kendall Thomas Kingston Kendall (24 August 1851 – 17 August 1924) was an Australian cricketer, who played in two Test matches in 1877, including the inaugural Test which was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in March 1877. Kendall was a lower ...

, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 1924) * 1860 – David Bowman, Australian lawyer and politician (d. 1916) * 1862 –

Zonia Baber Mary Arizona "Zonia" Baber (August 24, 1862 – January 10, 1956), was an American geographer and geologist best known for developing methods for teaching geography. Her teachings emphasized experiential learning through field work and experim ...

, American geographer and geologist (d. 1956) *

1863 Events January–March * January 1 – Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation during the third year of the American Civil War, making the abolition of slavery in the Confederate states an official war goal. It proclaim ...

– Dragutin Lerman, Croatian explorer (d. 1918) * 1865 – Ferdinand I of Romania (d. 1927) *

1872 Events January–March * January 12 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first ruler crowned in that city in over 500 years. * February 2 – The government of the United Kingdom buys a number of forts on ...

– Max Beerbohm, English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist (d. 1956) *

1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's '' Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price at ...

–

Earl Derr Biggers Earl Derr Biggers (August 26, 1884 – April 5, 1933) was an American novelist and playwright. His novels featuring the fictional Chinese American detective Charlie Chan were adapted into popular films made in the United States and China. Biogr ...

, American author and playwright (d. 1933) *

1887 Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl ...

–

Harry Hooper Harry Bartholomew Hooper (August 24, 1887 – December 18, 1974) was an American professional baseball right fielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB). Hooper batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Hooper was born in Bell Station, Ca ...

, American baseball player (d. 1974) *

1888 In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...

– Valentine Baker, Welsh co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Company (d. 1942) * 1890 – Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor, and surfer (d. 1968) * 1890 –

Jean Rhys Jean Rhys, ( ; born Ella Gwendolyn Rees Williams; 24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979) was a British novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica. From the age of 16, she mainly resided in England, where she was sent for he ...

, Dominican-English novelist (d. 1979) *

1893 Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – Th ...

– Haim Ernst Wertheimer, German-Israeli biochemist and academic (d. 1978) *

1895 Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...

–

Richard Cushing Richard James Cushing (August 24, 1895 – November 2, 1970) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Boston from 1944 to 1970 and was made a cardinal in 1958. Cushing's main role was as fundraiser and builder ...

, American cardinal (d. 1970) *

1897 Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puni ...

– Fred Rose, American pianist, songwriter, and publisher (d. 1954) *

– Malcolm Cowley, American novelist, poet, literary critic (d. 1989) *

1899 Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a c ...

–

Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known b ...

, Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator (d. 1986) * 1899 –

Albert Claude Albert Claude (; 24 August 1899 – 22 May 1983) was a Belgian-American cell biologist and medical doctor who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1974 with Christian de Duve and George Emil Palade. His elementary education s ...

, Belgian biologist and academic,

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...

laureate (d. 1983)

1901–present

1901 Events January * January 1 – The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia federate as the Commonwealth of Australia; Edmund Barton becomes the first Prime Minist ...

–

Preston Foster Preston Stratton Foster (August 24, 1900 – July 14, 1970), was an American actor of stage, film, radio, and television, whose career spanned nearly four decades. He also had a career as a vocalist. Early life Born in Ocean City, New Jersey ...

, American actor (d. 1970) *

1902 Events January * January 1 ** The Nurses Registration Act 1901 comes into effect in New Zealand, making it the first country in the world to require state registration of nurses. On January 10, Ellen Dougherty becomes the world' ...

–

Fernand Braudel Fernand Braudel (; 24 August 1902 – 27 November 1985) was a French historian and leader of the Annales School. His scholarship focused on three main projects: ''The Mediterranean'' (1923–49, then 1949–66), ''Civilization and Capitalism'' ...

, French historian and academic (d. 1985) * 1902 – Carlo Gambino, Italian-American mob boss (d. 1976) *

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having bee ...

–

Karl Hanke Karl August Hanke (24 August 1903 – 8 June 1945) was an official of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) during its rule over Germany and served as the fifth and last '' Reichsführer'' of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS). He also served as ''Gauleiter'' of ...

, German businessman and politician (d. 1945) *

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library syst ...

– Ida Cook, English campaigner for Jewish refugees, and romantic novelist as Mary Burchell (d. 1986) *

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia ( Shostakovich's 11th Symphony ...

–

Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup Arthur William "Big Boy" Crudup (August 24, 1905 – March 28, 1974) was an American Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known, outside blues circles, for his songs "That's All Right" (1946), " My Baby Left Me" and "So Gl ...

, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1974) * 1905 – Siaka Stevens, Sierra Leonean police officer and politician, 1st

President of Sierra Leone The president of the Republic of Sierra Leone is the head of state and the head of government of Sierra Leone, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces. As the head of the executive branch of the Sierra Leone government, the presi ...

(d. 1988) *

1907 Events January * January 14 – 1907 Kingston earthquake: A 6.5 Mw earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica, kills between 800 and 1,000. February * February 11 – The French warship ''Jean Bart'' sinks off the coast of Morocco ...

– Bruno Giacometti, Swiss architect, designed the

Hallenstadion The Hallenstadion (german: , ''Zürich Indoor Stadium'') is a multi-purpose facility located in the quarter of Oerlikon in northern Zürich. It is home to the ZSC Lions of the National League (NL) and has a capacity of 11,200 spectators. Design ...

(d. 2012) * 1908 –

Shivaram Rajguru Shivaram Hari Rajguru (24 August 1907 – 23 March 1931) was an Indian revolutionary from Maharashtra (then Bombay State), known mainly for his involvement in the assassination of a British police officer named John Saunders. He was an active ...

, Indian activist (d. 1931) *

– Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricketer and soldier (d. 1998) *

1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the ...

– Charles Snead Houston, American physician and mountaineer (d. 2009) *

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". * January ...

– Wynonie Harris, American singer and guitarist (d. 1969) * 1915 – James Tiptree Jr. (Alice Bradley Sheldon), American psychologist and science fiction author (d. 1987) * 1918 – Sikander Bakht, Indian field hockey player and politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (d. 2004) *

1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the ...

– Tosia Altman, member of the Polish resistance in World War II (d. 1943) * 1919 –

J. Gordon Edwards James Gordon Edwards (June 24, 1867 – December 31, 1925) was a Canadian-born film director, producer, and writer who began his career as a stage (theatre), stage actor and stage director. Biography James Gordon Edwards was born in Montreal ...

, American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate (d. 2004) * 1919 –

Enrique Llanes Enrique Juan Yañez González (August 24, 1919 – September 18, 2004), best known under the ring name Enrique Llanes, was one of the premier Hispanic professional wrestlers in the early days of Lucha Libre when most wrestlers were imported ...

, Mexican wrestler (d. 2004) * 1920 – Alex Colville, Canadian painter and academic (d. 2013) * 1921 – Eric Simms, English ornithologist and conservationist (d. 2009) * 1922 – René Lévesque, Canadian journalist and politician, 23rd Premier of Quebec (d. 1987) * 1922 –

Howard Zinn Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist thinker and World War II veteran. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a politica ...

, American historian, author, and activist (d. 2010) *

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

–

Arthur Jensen Arthur Robert Jensen (August 24, 1923 – October 22, 2012) was an American psychologist and writer. He was a professor of educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Jensen was known for his work in psychometrics an ...

, American psychologist and academic (d. 2012) * 1924 –

Alyn Ainsworth Alyn Ainsworth (24 August 1924 – 4 October 1990)
was a British musician, singer and conductor of light e ...

, English singer and conductor (d. 1990) * 1924 – Louis Teicher, American pianist (d. 2008) *

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of Viet ...

–

Nancy Spero Nancy Spero (August 24, 1926 – October 18, 2009) was an American visual artist. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Spero lived for much of her life in New York City. She married and collaborated with artist Leon Golub. As both artist and activist, Nancy ...

, American painter and academic (d. 2009) *

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 ...

– Anjali Devi, Indian actress and producer (d. 2014) * 1927 – David Ireland, Australian author and playwright (d. 2022) * 1927 –

Harry Markowitz Harry Max Markowitz (born August 24, 1927) is an American economist who received the 1989 John von Neumann Theory Prize and the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Markowitz is a professor of finance at the Rady School of Management ...

, American economist and academic,

laureate * 1929 – Betty Dodson, American author and educator (d. 2020) *

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will b ...

–

Jackie Brenston Jackie Brenston (August 24, 1928 or 1930Most published sources and the U.S. Social Security Death Index give 1930 as his year of birth. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and reportedly his gravestone give 1928. – December 15, 1979) ...

, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (d. 1979) * 1930 –

Roger McCluskey Roger McCluskey (August 24, 1930 – August 29, 1993) was an American IndyCar driver. He was from Tucson, Arizona. He won championship titles in three divisions of the United States Auto Club: Sprints, Stocks, and Champ Cars. He won the USAC Spr ...

, American race car driver (d. 1993) * 1932 – Robert D. Hales, American captain and religious leader (d. 2017) * 1932 – Richard Meale, Australian pianist and composer (d. 2009) * 1932 – Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, English cardinal (d. 2017) * 1933 –

Prince Rupert Loewenstein Rupert, Prince zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg, Count of Loewenstein-ScharffeneckMartin, Douglas (22 May 2014). ''The New York Times. ''Retrieved 27 May 2014Archived here (24 August 1933 – 20 May 2014) was a Spanish-born Bavarian aristoc ...

, Spanish-English banker and manager (d. 2014) *

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 Nepal–Bihar earthquake strikes Nepal and Bihar with a maxi ...

– Kenny Baker, English actor (d. 2016) *

– A. S. Byatt, English novelist and poet * 1936 –

Kenny Guinn Kenneth Carroll Guinn (August 24, 1936 – July 22, 2010), was an American academic administrator, businessman and politician who served as the 27th Governor of Nevada from 1999 to 2007 and interim president of the University of Nevada, Las Vega ...

, American banker and politician, 27th

Governor of Nevada A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...

(d. 2010) * 1936 – Arthur B. C. Walker Jr., American physicist and academic (d. 2001) * 1937 –

Moshood Abiola Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola , also known as M. K. O. Abiola (24 August 1937 – 7 July 1998) was a Nigerian businessman, publisher, and politician. He was the Aare Ona Kankafo XIV of Yorubaland and an aristocrat of the Egba clan. M.K. ...

, Nigerian businessman and politician (d. 1998) * 1937 – Susan Sheehan, Austrian-American journalist and author * 1938 – David Freiberg, American singer and bass player * 1938 –

Mason Williams Mason Douglas Williams (born August 24, 1938) is an American classical guitarist, composer, singer, writer, comedian, and poet, best known for his 1968 instrumental "Classical Gas" and for his work as a comedy writer on ''The Smothers Brothers ...

, American guitarist and composer *

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * Januar ...

– Madsen Pirie, British academic, President and co-founder of the

Adam Smith Institute The Adam Smith Institute (ASI) is a neoliberal UK-based think tank and lobbying group, named after Adam Smith, a Scottish moral philosopher and classical economist. The libertarian label was officially changed to neoliberal on 10 October 201 ...

* 1940 –

Francine Lalonde Francine Lalonde (August 24, 1940 – January 17, 2014) was a Canadian politician who served on both the provincial and federal levels. Prior to being elected, she was a lecturer, teacher, and unionist. She was minister responsible for the st ...

, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2014) * 1940 –

Keith Savage Keith Savage (born August 9, 1985 in Gulf Breeze, Florida) is a former American soccer player who is currently the head coach of the Tampa Bay Rowdies USL Academy team. Career College and Amateur Savage attended Gulf Breeze High School in Gul ...

, English rugby player * 1941 – Alan M. Roberts, English academic, Professor of Zoology at the University of Bristol *

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Max Cleland Joseph Maxwell Cleland (August 24, 1942 – November 9, 2021) was an American politician from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a disabled U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star ...

, American captain and politician (d. 2021) * 1942 – Jimmy Soul, American pop-soul singer (d. 1988) *

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 ...

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John Cipollina John Cipollina (August 24, 1943 – May 29, 1989) was a guitarist best known for his role as a founder and the lead guitarist of the prominent San Francisco rock band Quicksilver Messenger Service. After leaving Quicksilver he formed the ban ...

, American rock guitarist (d. 1989) * 1944 – Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1996) * 1944 – Gregory Jarvis, American engineer, and astronaut (d. 1986) * 1944 –

Rocky Johnson Rocky Johnson (born Wayde Douglas Bowles; August 24, 1944 – January 15, 2020) was a Canadian professional wrestler. Among many National Wrestling Alliance titles, he was the first Black Georgia Heavyweight Champion as well as the NWA Televisi ...

, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (d. 2020) *

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which Nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, have been used in combat. Events Below, ...

–

Ronee Blakley Ronee Sue Blakley (born August 24, 1945) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, composer, producer and director. She is perhaps best known for her role as the fictional country superstar Barbara Jean in Robert Altman's 1975 film ''Nashville ...

, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress * 1945 – Molly Duncan, Scottish saxophonist (d. 2019) * 1945 –

Ken Hensley Kenneth William David Hensley (24 August 1945 – 4 November 2020) was an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, best known for his work with Uriah Heep during the 1970s. He wrote or co-wrote the majority of Uriah ...

, English rock singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2020) * 1945 –

Marsha P. Johnson Marsha P. Johnson (August 24, 1945 – July 6, 1992) also known as Malcolm Michaels Jr., was an American gay liberation''I've been involved in gay liberation ever since it first started in 1969'', 15:20 into the interview, Johnson is quoted as ...

, American gay liberation activist and drag queen (d. 1992) * 1945 –

Vince McMahon Vincent Kennedy McMahon (; born August 24, 1945) is an American media proprietor and retired professional wrestling promoter, executive, and performer. From 1982 to 2022, he served as the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of WWE, the ...

, American wrestler, promoter, and entrepreneur; co-founded

WWE World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., d/b/a as WWE, is an American professional wrestling promotion. A global integrated media and entertainment company, WWE has also branched out into other fields, including film, American football, and vari ...

* 1947 – Anne Archer, American actress and producer * 1947 –

Paulo Coelho Paulo Coelho de Souza (, ; born 24 August 1947) is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist and a member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters since 2002. His novel ''The Alchemist'' became an international best-seller and he has published 28 more book ...

, Brazilian author and songwriter * 1947 –

Roger De Vlaeminck Roger De Vlaeminck (; born 24 August 1947) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. He was described by Rik Van Looy as "The most talented and the only real classics rider of his generation". Nicknamed “The Gypsy” because he was bo ...

, Belgian cyclist and coach * 1947 –

Joe Manchin Joseph Manchin III (born August 24, 1947) is an American politician and businessman serving as the senior United States senator from West Virginia, a seat he has held since 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, Manchin was the 34th governor o ...

, American politician, 34th

Governor of West Virginia A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

* 1947 – Vladimir Masorin, Russian admiral * 1948 – Kim Sung-il, South Korean commander and pilot * 1948 –

Jean Michel Jarre Jean-Michel André Jarre (; born 24 August 1948) is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and new-age genres, and is known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring his music, accompanie ...

, French pianist, composer, and producer * 1948 – Sauli Niinistö, Finnish captain and politician, 12th President of Finland * 1948 –

Alexander McCall Smith Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE (born 24 August 1948), is a British writer. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law an ...

, Rhodesian-Scottish author and educator * 1949 –

Stephen Paulus Stephen Paulus (August 24, 1949 – October 19, 2014) was an American Grammy Award winning composer, best known for his operas and choral music. His style is essentially tonal, and melodic and romantic by nature. His best-known piece is his 1 ...

, American composer and educator (d. 2014) *

– Danny Joe Brown, American southern rock singer-songwriter and musician (d. 2005) * 1951 –

Orson Scott Card Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and (as of 2022) only person to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for both ...

, American novelist, critic, public speaker, essayist, and columnist * 1951 –

Oscar Hijuelos Oscar Jerome Hijuelos (August 24, 1951 – October 12, 2013) was an American novelist. Of Cuban descent, during a year-long convalescence from a childhood illness spent in a Connecticut hospital he lost his knowledge of Spanish, his parents' ...

, American author and academic (d. 2013) *

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

– Marion Bloem, Dutch author, director, and painter * 1952 –

Linton Kwesi Johnson Linton Kwesi Johnson (born 24 August 1952), also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, British-based dub poet and activist. In 2002 he became the second living poet, and the only black one, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. His p ...

, Jamaican dub poet * 1953 –

Sam Torrance Samuel Robert Torrance (born 24 August 1953) is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of Eur ...

, Scottish golfer and sportscaster * 1954 – Alain Daigle, Canadian ice hockey player * 1954 – Heini Otto, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager * 1955 – Mike Huckabee, American minister and politician, 44th Governor of Arkansas * 1956 –

Gerry Cooney Gerald Arthur Cooney (born August 24, 1956) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1990, and challenged twice for world heavyweight titles in 1982 and 1987 (for the WBC and lineal title in 1982 and 1987, and for the ...

, American boxer * 1956 –

Dick Lee Richard Lee Peng Boon (born 24 August 1956) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter, playwright and film director. Early life Lee was born to a Peranakan father, Lee Kip Lee, (who wrote for ''The Straits Times'') and his wife , Elizabeth Tan. He was th ...

, Singaporean singer-songwriter and playwright *

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year ...

–

Jeffrey Daniel Jeffrey Glen Daniel (born August 24, 1955 ) is an American dancer, singer-songwriter and choreographer, most notable for being a founding member of the R&B vocal group Shalamar. In Nigeria, he is best known as a former ''Idol'' series judge ...

, American singer-songwriter and dancer * 1957 –

Stephen Fry Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English actor, broadcaster, comedian, director and writer. He first came to prominence in the 1980s as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring ...

, English actor, journalist, producer, and screenwriter * 1958 –

Steve Guttenberg Steven Robert Guttenberg (born August 24, 1958) is an American actor, author, businessman, producer, and director. He is known for his lead roles in Hollywood films of the 1980s and 1990s, including ''Cocoon'', ''Police Academy'', ''Three Men and ...

, American actor and producer *

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

– Meg Munn, English social worker and politician * 1960 – Cal Ripken Jr., American baseball player and coach * 1961 –

Jared Harris Jared Francis Harris (born 24 August 1961) is a British actor. His roles include Lane Pryce in the AMC television drama series ''Mad Men'', for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Seri ...

, English actor *

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wor ...

– Emile Roemer, Dutch educator and politician *

– Hideo Kojima, Japanese director, screenwriter and video game designer * 1963 –

Francis Pangilinan Francis Pancratius "Kiko" Nepomuceno Pangilinan (; born August 24, 1963) is a Filipino lawyer, politician, and farm owner who served as a Senator from 2001 to 2013 and from 2016 to 2022. He was the Senate Majority Leader from 2004 to 2008. A ...

, Filipino lawyer and politician *

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

–

Éric Bernard Éric Bernard (born 24 August 1964) is a retired French Formula One racing driver, who drove in Formula One from 1989 to 1994 for the Ligier, Larrousse and Lotus teams. His best finish in Formula One was third place at the German Grand Prix in ...

, French racing driver * 1964 –

Mark Cerny Mark Evan Cerny (born August 24, 1964) is an American video game designer, programmer, producer and media proprietor. Raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Cerny attended UC Berkeley before dropping out to pursue a career in video games. In hi ...

, American video game designer, programmer, producer and business executive * 1964 –

Salizhan Sharipov Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov (russian: Салижан Шакирович Шарипов, uz, Solijon Shokirovich Sharipov, ) (born 24 August 1964) is a Kyrgyzstani cosmonaut of Uzbek descent. Sharipov is a co-author and investigator for the Adva ...

, Kyrgyzstani-Russian lieutenant, pilot, and astronaut * 1965 –

Marlee Matlin Marlee Beth Matlin (born August 24, 1965) is an American actress, author, and activist. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a ...

, American actress and producer * 1965 –

Reggie Miller Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who List of NBA players who have spent their entire career with one franchise, played his entire 18-year National Basketball Association (NBA) ca ...

, American basketball player and sportscaster * 1965 – Brian Rajadurai, Sri Lankan-Canadian cricketer *

– Michael Thomas, English footballer * 1968 – Benoît Brunet, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster * 1968 –

Shoichi Funaki (born August 24, 1968) is a Japanese professional wrestler and color commentator signed to WWE, where he is a one-time Cruiserweight Champion and a one-time Hardcore Champion. He currently works for WWE as a Japanese-language play-by-play c ...

, Japanese-American wrestler and sportscaster * 1968 –

Andreas Kisser Andreas Rudolf Kisser (; born 24 August 1968) is a Brazilian musician, best known for being the lead guitarist for the metal band Sepultura. He has been featured on every Sepultura release since their second album, ''Schizophrenia''. Additionally, ...

, Brazilian guitarist, songwriter, and producer * 1968 – Tim Salmon, American baseball player and sportscaster * 1969 – Jans Koerts, Dutch cyclist *

– Rich Beem, American golfer * 1970 – Tugay Kerimoğlu, Turkish footballer and manager *

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

– Jean-Luc Brassard, Canadian skier and radio host * 1972 –

Ava DuVernay Ava Marie DuVernay (; born August 24, 1972) is an American filmmaker, television producer and former film publicist. She is a recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award, a NAACP Image Award, a BAFTA Film Award and a BAFTA TV Award, as well as a nominee ...

, American director and screenwriter * 1972 –

Todd Young Todd Christopher Young (born August 24, 1972) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator for Indiana, a seat he has held since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Young previously served as the U.S. re ...

, American politician *

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

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Andrew Brunette Andrew D. Brunette (born August 24, 1973) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently an associate coach for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). As a player, Brunette played over 1,100 car ...

, Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1973 – Dave Chappelle, American comedian, actor, producer and screenwriter * 1973 – Inge de Bruijn, Dutch swimmer * 1974 – Jennifer Lien, American actress * 1975 – Roberto Colombo, Italian footballer * 1975 – Mark de Vries, Surinamese-Dutch footballer * 1976 – Simon Dennis, English rower and academic * 1976 –

Alex O'Loughlin Alex O'Loughlin (born 24 August 1976) is an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer, who played Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett on CBS' remake of the TV series '' Hawaii Five-0'' (2010–2020). He had starring roles in the films ...

, Australian actor, writer, director, and producer *

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrat ...

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Denílson de Oliveira Araújo Denílson is a Portuguese given name. Among people with this name are: Football *Denílson (footballer, born 1943), Denílson Custódio Machado, attacking midfielder *Denilson (footballer, born 1972), Denilson Antonio Paludo, midfielder *Denílson ...

, Brazilian footballer * 1977 – Robert Enke, German footballer (d. 2009) * 1977 – Per Gade, Danish footballer * 1977 –

John Green John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author, YouTube content creator, podcaster, and philanthropist. His books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide, including '' The Fault in Our Stars'' (2012), which is ...

, American author and vlogger * 1977 – Jürgen Macho, Austrian footballer *

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the '' International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the '' Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the so ...

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Vahur Afanasjev Vahur Afanasjev (born Vahur Laanoja; 24 August 1979 – 10 May 2021) was an Estonian novelist, poet, musician and film director best known for his novel ''Serafima and Bogdan'' a story following the lives in a village of Russian Orthodox Old Be ...

, Estonian author and poet * 1979 – Orlando Engelaar, Dutch footballer * 1979 – Michael Redd, American basketball player * 1982 – José Bosingwa, Portuguese footballer * 1982 – Kim Källström, Swedish footballer *1983 – George Perris, Greek-French singer-songwriter and pianist *1984 – Erin Molan, Australian journalist and sportscaster * 1984 – Charlie Villanueva, American basketball player *1986 – Joseph Akpala, Nigerian footballer *1987 – Anže Kopitar, Slovenian ice hockey player *1988 – Rupert Grint, English actor * 1988 – Manu Ma'u, New Zealand rugby league player * 1988 – Maya Yoshida, Japanese footballer *

– Reynaldo dos Santos Silva, Reynaldo, Brazilian footballer * 1989 – Rocío Igarzábal, Argentinian actress and singer *1990 – Juan Pedro Lanzani, Argentinian actor and singer *

– Wang Zhen (racewalker), Wang Zhen, Chinese race walker * 1992 – Jemerson, Brazilian footballer *1993 – Allen Robinson, American football player * 1993 – Maryna Zanevska, Belgian tennis player *

– Lady Amelia Windsor, member of the British royal family *1997 – Alan Walker (music producer), Alan Walker, British-Norwegian DJ and record producer * 2001 – Mildred Maldonado, Mexican rhythmic gymnast

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 691 – Fu Youyi, official of the Tang Dynasty * 842 – Emperor Saga, Saga, Japanese emperor (b. 786) * 895 – Guthred, king of Northumbria * 927 – Doulu Ge, chancellor of Later Tang * 927 – Wei Yue, chancellor of Later TangAcademia Sinica]
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* 942 – Empress Dowager Liu (Later Jin), Liu, empress dowager of Later Jin * 948 – Zhang Ye (Later Shu), Zhang Ye, Chinese general and Chancellor of the Tang dynasty, chancellor *1042 – Michael V Kalaphates, Byzantine emperor (b. 1015) *1103 – Magnus Barefoot, Norwegian king (b. 1073) *1217 – Eustace the Monk, French pirate (b. 1170) *1313 – Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1275) *1372 – Casimir III, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1348) *1497 – Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Pomerania (b. 1435) *1507 – Cecily of York, English princess (b. 1469) *1540 – Parmigianino, Italian painter and etcher (b. 1503) *1542 – Gasparo Contarini, Italian cardinal (b. 1483) *1572 – Gaspard II de Coligny, French admiral (b. 1519) * 1572 – Charles de Téligny, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1535) *1595 – Thomas Digges, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1546)

1601–1900

*1617 – Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (b. 1586) *1647 – Nicholas Stone, English sculptor and architect (b. 1586) *1679 – Jean François Paul de Gondi, French cardinal and author (b. 1614) *1680 – Thomas Blood, Irish colonel (b. 1618) * 1680 – Ferdinand Bol, Dutch painter and etcher (b. 1616) *1683 – John Owen (theologian), John Owen, English theologian and academic (b. 1616) *

– Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (b. 1715) *1770 – Thomas Chatterton, English poet and prodigy (b. 1752) *1779 – Cosmas of Aetolia, Greek monk and saint (b. 1714) *1798 – Thomas Alcock (priest), Thomas Alcock, English priest and author (b. 1709) *1804 – Peggy Shippen, American wife of Benedict Arnold and

Espionage, spy (b. 1760) *1818 – James Carr (Massachusetts politician), James Carr, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777) *

– John William Polidori, English writer and physician (b. 1795) *1832 – Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, French physicist and engineer (b. 1796) *1832 – Richard Weymouth, British Royal Navy commander (b. 1780/81) *1838 – Ferenc Kölcsey, Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (b. 1790) *1841 – Theodore Hook, English civil servant and composer (b. 1788) * 1841 – John Ordronaux (privateer), John Ordronaux, French-American soldier (b. 1778) *

– Rudolf Clausius, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1822) *

– Albert F. Mummery, English mountaineer and author (b. 1855)

1901–present

– Kate Douglas Wiggin, American author and educator (b. 1856) *

– Tom Norman, English businessman and showman (b. 1860) * 1932 – Kate M. Gordon, American activist (b. 1861) *1939 – Frederick Carl Frieseke, American painter and educator (b. 1874) *

– Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Polish-German technician and inventor, invented the Nipkow disk (b. 1860) *

– Antonio Alice, Argentinian painter and educator (b. 1886) * 1943 – Simone Weil, French philosopher and activist (b. 1909) *1946 – James Clark McReynolds, American lawyer and judge, 48th United States Attorney General (b. 1862) * 1954 –

, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 14th President of Brazil (b. 1882) * 1956 – Kenji Mizoguchi, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1898) * 1958 – Paul Henry (painter), Paul Henry, Irish painter and educator (b. 1876) *

– Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (b. 1882) * 1974 – Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American pilot and businessman, co-founded Republic Aviation (b. 1894) *

– Buddy O'Connor, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916) *1978 – Louis Prima, American singer-songwriter, trumpet player, and actor (b. 1910) *

– Hanna Reitsch, German soldier and pilot (b. 1912) *1980 – Yootha Joyce, English actress (b. 1927) * 1982 – Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (b. 1896) *1983 – Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (b. 1913) * 1983 – Scott Nearing, American economist, educator, and activist (b. 1883) *1985 – Paul Creston, American composer and educator (b. 1906) *1987 – Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (b. 1936) *1990 – Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American journalist and author (b. 1941) * 1990 – Gely Abdel Rahman, Sudanese-Egyptian poet and academic (b. 1931) *

– Bernard Castro, Italian-American inventor (b. 1904) * 1992 – André Donner, Dutch academic and judge (b. 1918) *1997 – Luigi Villoresi, Italian racing driver (b. 1907) *

– E. G. Marshall, American actor (b. 1910) *1999 – Mary Jane Croft, American actress (b. 1916) * 1999 – Alexandre Lagoya, Egyptian guitarist and composer (b. 1929) *2000 – Andy Hug, Swiss martial artist and kick-boxer (b. 1964) * 2001 – Jane Greer, American actress (b. 1924) * 2001 – Roman Matsov, Estonian violinist, pianist, and conductor (b. 1917) *2002 – Nikolay Guryanov, Russian priest and mystic (b. 1909) *2003 – Wilfred Thesiger, Ethiopian-English explorer and author (b. 1910) * 2004 – Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1926) * 2006 – Rocco Petrone, American soldier and engineer (b. 1926) * 2006 – Léopold Simoneau, Canadian tenor and educator (b. 1916) *2007 – Andrée Boucher, Canadian educator and politician, 39th Mayor of Quebec City (b. 1937) * 2007 – Aaron Russo, American director and producer (b. 1943) * 2010 – Satoshi Kon, Japanese director and screenwriter (b. 1963) *2011 – Seyhan Erözçelik, Turkish poet and author (b. 1962) * 2011 – Mike Flanagan (baseball), Mike Flanagan, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (b. 1951) *

– Dadullah (Pakistani Taliban), Dadullah, Pakistani Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Taliban leader (b. 1965) * 2012 – Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese surveyor and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (b. 1936) * 2012 – Steve Franken, American actor (b. 1932) * 2012 – Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1937) *2013 – Gerry Baker, American soccer player and manager (b. 1938) * 2013 – Nílton de Sordi, Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1931) * 2013 – Julie Harris (actress), Julie Harris, American actress (b. 1925) * 2013 – Muriel Siebert, American businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1928) *

– Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, producer, and politician (b. 1923) * 2014 – Antônio Ermírio de Moraes, Brazilian businessman (b. 1928) *2015 – Charlie Coffey, American football player and coach (b. 1934) * 2015 – Joseph F. Traub, German-American computer scientist and academic (b. 1932) * 2015 – Justin Wilson (racing driver), Justin Wilson, English racing driver (b. 1978) *

– Walter Scheel, German politician, 4th List of German presidents, President of Germany (b. 1919) *

– Jay Thomas, American actor, comedian, and radio talk show host (b. 1948) *

– Gail Sheehy, American author, journalist, and lecturer (b. 1936) *2021 – Charlie Watts, English musician (b. 1941)

Holidays and observances

*Christian feast day: **Abbán of Ireland **Aurea of Ostia **Bartholomew the Apostle (Roman Catholic, Anglican) **Jeanne-Antide Thouret **Maria Micaela Desmaisieres **Massa Candida, Massa Candida (Martyrs of Utica) **Audoin (bishop), Owen (Audoin) **August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Flag Day (Liberia) *Independence Day of Ukraine, Independence Day or ''Den' Nezalezhnosti'', celebrates the Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, independence of

from the

in 1991. *Patrick Grant (composer), International Strange Music Day *Waffle Day, National Waffle Day (United States) *Nostalgia Night (Uruguay) *Willka Raymi (Cusco, Peru) *Kobe Bryant Day, a proposed federal holiday in the United States, in reference to his 2 jersey numbers, as well as the day after his birthday

References

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