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January 1 January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year. __TOC__ Events ...
Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
reintroduces the Boliviano currency. *
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 Emp ...
Chadian–Libyan conflictBattle of Fada: The Chadian army destroys a
Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
n armoured brigade. *
January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
– Afghan leader
Mohammad Najibullah Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai (6 August 1947 – 27 September 1996) was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as the second president of Afghanistan from 1987 until his resignation in April 1992, shortly after the Afghan mujahideen' ...
says that Afghanistan's 1978 Communist revolution is "not reversible," and that any opposition parties will have to align with Communist goals. *
January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading (871), Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred the Great, Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasi ...
– ** 1987 Maryland train collision: An
Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak (; ), is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates intercity rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...
train en route from Washington, D.C. to
Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...
collides with Conrail 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, Saltp ...
, United States, killing 16 people. ** Televangelist
Oral Roberts Granville Oral Roberts (January 24, 1918 – December 15, 2009) was an American Charismatic Christianity, Charismatic Christianity, Christian televangelist, who was one of the first to propagate Prosperity theology, Prosperity Gospel Theo ...
announces to his viewers that unless they donate $8 million to his ministry by March 31, God will "call imhome." *
January 15 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Roman emperor, Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. *1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to set ...
Hu Yaobang Hu Yaobang (20 November 1915 – 15 April 1989) was a Chinese politician who was a high-ranking official of the People's Republic of China. He held the Leader of the Chinese Communist Party, top office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from ...
,
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party The general secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party ( zh, s=中国共产党中央委员会总书记, p=Zhōngguó Gòngchǎndǎng Zhōngyāng Wěiyuánhuì Zǒngshūjì) is the leader of the Chinese Communist Part ...
, is forced into retirement by political conservatives. *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1458 BC – Hatshepsut dies at the age of 50 and is buried in the Valley of the Kings. * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the R ...
León Febres Cordero León Esteban Febres-Cordero Ribadeneyra (9 March 1931 – 15 December 2008), known in the Ecuadorian media as LFC or more simply Febres-Cordero, was an Ecuadorian politician who was the 35th President of Ecuador, serving a four-year term from ...
,
president of Ecuador The president of Ecuador (), officially called the constitutional president of the Republic of Ecuador (), serves as the head of state and head of government of Ecuador. It is the highest political office in the country as the head of the exec ...
, is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned general Frank Vargas, who successfully demand the latter's release. *
January 17 Events Pre-1600 * 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. * 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 peopl ...
– The
Jumalan teatteri ( Finnish for "the theatre of God") was a Finnish avant-garde, radicalist group of student actors from the Helsinki Theatre Academy. The group was composed of and Jari Halonen, now directors, and Jorma Tommila and , now actors. Jumalan te ...
("The theatre of God") theatre students' group cause a huge scandal at the
Oulu City Theatre Oulu City Theatre () is a municipal theatre in Oulu, Finland. The current theatre building is located in the Vänmanninsaari island close to the market square in the city centre A city centre, also known as an urban core, is the Commerce ...
in Oulu,
Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
by throwing excrement, eggs and yoghurt on the audience during their two-minute performance. *
January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. *1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Köyliönjärvi, Lake Köyli ...
Terry Waite Sir Terence Hardy Waite (born 31 May 1939) is a British human rights activist 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 ...
, 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 Primus inter pares, ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the diocese of Canterbury. The first archbishop ...
in
Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
, is kidnapped in
Beirut Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...
(released November
1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...
). *
January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...
1987 Forsyth County protests: About 20,000 protestors marched in a civil rights demonstration in
Forsyth County, Georgia Forsyth County ( or ) is a County (United States), county in the Northeast Georgia, Northeast region of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. Suburban and exurban in character, Forsyth County lies within the Metro Atlanta, Atlanta ...
, United States. *
January 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 98, 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accessi ...
– The
United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
establishes diplomatic relations with
Mongolia Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...
.


February

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February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Hormizd IV, king of the Sasanian Empire, is overthrown and blinded by his brothers-in-law Vistahm and Vinduyih. * 1579 – The Diocese of Manila is erected by papal bull, with Domingo de Salazar appointe ...
– The Soviet oil tanker ''Antonio Gramsci'' suffers a minor shipwreck in Finnish waters en route to the Neste oil refinery in
Porvoo Porvoo (; ; ) is a city in Finland. It is located on the south coast of the country, on the Gulf of Finland. Porvoo lies in the eastern part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Porvoo is approximately , while the Porvoo sub-region, sub-re ...
, 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 comin ...
**
British Airways British Airways plc (BA) is the flag carrier of the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in London, England, near its main Airline hub, hub at Heathrow Airport. The airline is the second largest UK-based carrier, based on fleet size and pass ...
is privatised and listed on the
London Stock Exchange The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange based in London, England. the total market value of all companies trading on the LSE stood at US$3.42 trillion. Its current premises are situated in Paternoster Square close to St Paul's Cath ...
. ** The new
Constitution of the Philippines The Constitution of the Philippines (Filipino language, Filipino: ''Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas'' or ''Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas'') is the Constitution, supreme law of the Philippines. Its final draft was completed by the Philippine Constitution ...
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 pawn (law), pawned by Norway to S ...
– A second Unabomber bomb explodes at a
Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...
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 o ...
SN 1987A, the first "naked-eye"
supernova A supernova (: supernovae or supernovas) is a powerful and luminous explosion of a star. A supernova occurs during the last stellar evolution, evolutionary stages of a massive star, or when a white dwarf is triggered into runaway nuclear fusion ...
since 1604, 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 U.S.
Supreme Court In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...
rules in ''United States v. Paradise'' that
affirmative action Affirmative action (also sometimes called reservations, alternative access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies) refers to a set of policies and practices within a government or organization seeking ...
is lawful if the organization in question has a history of pervasive racial discrimination in hiring practices; in this case, police departments in the state of
Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...
. Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. rules that the government is "justified by a compelling governmental interest in eradicating the Department's pervasive, systematic, and obstinate discriminatory exclusion of blacks." *
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. * 320 – Chandragupta ...
Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes U.S. President
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...
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. *
February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic), Fourth Council of Co ...
– A Rüppell's vulture chick is hatched at the Milwaukee County Zoo, the first time the animal has been successfully bred in North America.


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 Diocleti ...
– The first
Starbucks Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational List of coffeehouse chains, chain of coffeehouses and Starbucks Reserve, roastery reserves headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1971 by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gor ...
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 List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...
, Canada. *
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. * 581 – Yang Jian declares himself Emperor ...
– U.S. President
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...
addresses the American people on the Iran–Contra affair, acknowledging that his overtures to
Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
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. * 845 – The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam. * 1204 &ndas ...
Zeebrugge disaster: Roll-on/roll-off cross-channel ferry capsizes off Zeebrugge 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 Cobl ...
1987 Lieyu massacre: The Republic of China Army execute 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees on Donggang beach, Lieyu, Kinmen off
Mainland China "Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...
. *
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 Ar ...
Woodstock of physics: 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 ...
's meeting features 51 presentations concerning the science of high-temperature superconductors. *
March 20 Events Pre-1600 *1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. *1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish n ...
AZT Zidovudine (ZDV), also known as azidothymidine (AZT), was the first 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 vertica ...
is approved by the United States
Food and Drug Administration The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a List of United States federal agencies, federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services. The FDA is respo ...
for use in the treatment of
HIV/AIDS The HIV, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system. Without treatment, it can lead to a spectrum of conditions including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is a Preventive healthcare, pr ...
. * March 24 – Michael Eisner, CEO of
The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was founded on October 16 ...
, and French Prime Minister and future President of France,
Jacques Chirac Jacques René Chirac (, ; ; 29 November 193226 September 2019) was a French politician who served as President of France from 1995 to 2007. He was previously Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and 1986 to 1988, as well as Mayor of Pari ...
, sign an agreement to construct the Euro Disney Resort (now called
Disneyland Paris Disneyland Paris is an entertainment resort in Marne-la-Vallée, France, located about east of Paris. It encompasses two theme parks, seven Disney-owned hotels, two convention centers, a golf course, an arena, and a shopping, dining and entert ...
) and to develop the Val d'Europe area of the new town Marne-la-Vallée in Paris, France. *
March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice. * 1461 – Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a ...
** The World Wrestling Federation (later WWE) produces WrestleMania III from the
Pontiac Silverdome The Pontiac Silverdome (also known 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, the fi ...
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 has an attendance of 108,713 at AT&T Stadium. ** A hybrid solar eclipse is the second hybrid solar eclipse in less than one year, the first being on October 3, 1986. It is annular visible in southern
Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
,
Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...
,
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location both near the Equ ...
,
Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...
,
Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to Central African Republic–Chad border, the north, Sudan to Central African Republic–Sudan border, the northeast, South Sudan to Central ...
,
Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...
(part of the path of annularity crossed today's
South Sudan South Sudan (), officially the Republic of South Sudan, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the north by Sudan; on the east by Ethiopia; on the south by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Kenya; and on the ...
),
Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
,
Djibouti Djibouti, 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 Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the east. The country has an area ...
and northern
Somalia Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. The country is located in the Horn of Africa and is bordered by Ethiopia to the west, Djibouti to the northwest, Kenya to the southwest, th ...
and totally visible in Atlantic Ocean, lasting just 7.57 seconds. *
March 30 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Avar–Byzantine wars: 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 army is decimated by the plague. * 1282 ...
– The 59th Academy Awards take place in
Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...
, with ''
Platoon A platoon is a Military organization, military unit typically composed of two to four squads, Section (military unit), sections, or patrols. Platoon organization varies depending on the country and the Military branch, branch, but a platoon can ...
'' winning Best Picture. * March 31
Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013), was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of th ...
,
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 Advice (constitutional law), advises the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, sovereign on the exercise of much of the Royal prerogative ...
, conducts a 45-minute interview on Soviet television.


April

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April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...
Schoharie Creek Bridge Collapse: I-90 bridge collapse near Fort Hunter leaves 10 people dead. Investigators conclude that the bridge's piers had been weakened by structural flaws and significant scour. The accident leads to stricter safety standards in bridge design and inspection. The body of the 10th victim will ultimately be recovered from the
Mohawk River The Mohawk River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 3, 2011 river in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It is the largest tributary of the Hudson R ...
more than two years later. *
April 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Henry V, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. * 1455 – Thirteen Years' War: ...
– The governments of the Portuguese Republic and the People's Republic of China sign an agreement in which
Macau Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...
will be returned to China in
1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
. *
April 19 Events Pre-1600 *AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Pisonian conspiracy, Piso's plot to kill the Roman emperor, Emperor Nero and all of the List of conspiracies (political), conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callini ...
– ''
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'' cartoon first appears as a series of shorts 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 mur ...
– In
Colombo Colombo, ( ; , ; , ), is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. The Colombo metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 within the municipal limits. It is the ...
,
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...
, the Central Bus Station Bombing kills 113 civilians. * April 27 – The
United States Department of Justice The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a United States federal executive departments, federal executive department of the U.S. government that oversees the domestic enforcement of Law of the Unite ...
declares incumbent Austrian president Kurt Waldheim an "undesirable alien". * April 30 – Canadian Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney (March 20, 1939 – February 29, 2024) was 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 studi ...
and the Provincial Premiers agree on principle to the Meech Lake Accord which would bring
Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
into the constitution.


May

* May 4 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in ''Rotary Int'l v. Rotary Club of Duarte'' that local Rotary Clubs do not have a constitutional right to deny membership to women. Other clubs thereafter comply with the ruling: Lions International begins admitting women in June, and Kiwanis Club in July. * May 8Loughgall ambush: A 24-man unit of the
British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...
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-terr ...
(SAS) ambushed eight members of the
Provisional Irish Republican Army The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; ) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland ...
(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 ...
(RUC) barracks. All IRA members were killed as well as one civilian. * May 9 – A Soviet-made Ilyushin Il-62 airliner, operated by LOT Polish Airlines, crashes into a forest just outside
Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
, killing all 183 people on board. *
May 11 Events Pre-1600 * 330 – Constantine the Great dedicates the much-expanded and rebuilt city of Byzantium, changing its name to New Rome and declaring it the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. *868 – A copy of the Diamond Sūtr ...
Klaus Barbie Nikolaus Barbie (25 October 1913 – 25 September 1991) was a German officer of the ''Schutzstaffel'' and ''Sicherheitsdienst'' who worked in Vichy France during World War II. He became known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having personally tortu ...
goes on trial in
Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
for
war crime A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hostage ...
s committed during World War II. *
May 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1027 – Robert II of France Robert II ( 972 – 20 July 1031), called the Pious () or the Wise (), was List of French monarchs, King of the Franks from 996 to 1031, the second from the Capetian dynasty. Crowned Juni ...
– Lieutenant Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka executes a bloodless coup in
Fiji Fiji, 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 consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...
. * May 17 – is hit by two
Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...
i-owned Exocet AM39 air-to-surface missiles killing 37 sailors. * May 22 ** The Hashimpura massacre occurs in
Meerut Meerut (, ISO 15919, ISO: ''Mēraṭh'') is a city in the western region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Located in the Meerut district, it is northeast of the national capital, New Delhi, and is ...
, India. ** The inaugural
Rugby World Cup The Men's Rugby World Cup is a rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams, the winners of which are recognised as the World championship, world champions of the sport. The tournament is administer ...
hosted by both New Zealand and Australia kicks off. In the opening match of the new tournament,
New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
beat
Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
in the pool stage. *
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 &nda ...
** At the Prater Stadium of
Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
,
Porto Porto (), also known in English language, English as Oporto, is the List of cities in Portugal, second largest city in Portugal, after Lisbon. It is the capital of the Porto District and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto c ...
of
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...
defeats Bayern München of
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2–1 and wins its first European Cup. ** 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 in California, United States. The structure links San Francisco—the northern tip of the San Francisco Peni ...
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 evades
Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
air defenses and lands a private plane on Red Square 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 Empire, Byzantine emperor Philippikos Ba ...
– The
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is founded. * June 8 – The New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act is passed, the first of its kind in the world. * June 11 – The Conservative Party of the United Kingdom, led by
Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013), was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of th ...
, is re-elected for a third term at the 1987 general election. * June 12 – During a visit to Berlin, Germany, U.S. President
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challenges
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general secretary Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, Power (social and political), power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the org ...
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...
to tear down the
Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall (, ) was a guarded concrete Separation barrier, barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and the East Germany, German Democratic Republic (GDR; East Germany). Construction of the B ...
. *
June 13 Events Pre-1600 * 313 – The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia. * 1325 – Ibn ...
– At the
Paris Air Show The Paris Air Show (, ''Salon du Bourget'') is a trade fair and air show held in odd years at Paris–Le Bourget Airport in France. Organized by the French aerospace industry's primary representative body, the ''Groupement des industries frança ...
,
Boeing The Boeing Company, or simply Boeing (), is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support s ...
announces the sale of their 1,842nd
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, making the 737 the best-selling airliner of all time. *
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 burn ...
– With the death of the last known individual, the dusky seaside sparrow, a subspecies native to the US state of
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, becomes extinct. * June 19 ** 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 creation science be taught in public schools whenever
evolution Evolution is the change in the heritable Phenotypic trait, characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It occurs when evolutionary processes such as natural selection and genetic drift act on genetic variation, re ...
is taught is unconstitutional. ** Hipercor bombing: the Basque terrorist group ETA perpetrate a car-bomb attack at an Hipercor market in
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
, killing 21 and hurting 45. *
June 20 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. * 1180 – First Battle of Uji, startin ...
New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
wins the inaugural Rugby World Cup after beating
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
in the final. * June 27 – A commercial HS 748 (
Philippine Airlines Flight 206 Philippine Airlines Flight 206 (PR206) was the route designator of a domestic flight from Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Manila Domestic Airport, Metro Manila, Philippines, to Loakan Airport, Baguio. On June 26, 1987, the Hawker Siddeley HS 7 ...
) crashes near
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,
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, killing 50. * June 28 ** 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 has been 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 Wei. * 1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. * 1170 – A major earthquake hits Syria, badly damagi ...
– South Korean politician, presidential candidate of the ruling party Roh Tae-woo makes a speech promising a wide program of nationwide reforms, the result of the June Democracy Movement. * June 30 – Canada introduces a one-dollar coin, nicknamed the " Loonie".


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 ...
– 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. * July 3Greater Manchester Police in England recover the body of 16-year-old Pauline Reade from Saddleworth Moor, after her killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley help them in their search, almost exactly 24 years since Pauline was last seen alive. * July 4 – A court in
Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...
sentences former Gestapo boss
Klaus Barbie Nikolaus Barbie (25 October 1913 – 25 September 1991) was a German officer of the ''Schutzstaffel'' and ''Sicherheitsdienst'' who worked in Vichy France during World War II. He became known as the "Butcher of Lyon" for having personally tortu ...
to
life imprisonment Life imprisonment is any sentence (law), sentence of imprisonment under which the convicted individual is to remain incarcerated for the rest of their natural life (or until pardoned or commuted to a fixed term). Crimes that result in life impr ...
for crimes against humanity. * July 8 – A
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L-1011 strays 60 miles off course and nearly collides with a
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747 over the Atlantic Ocean. The two planes are carrying nearly 600 total passengers and may have come within 100 feet of each other. *
July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius). * 911 – Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair ...
** 1987 Australian federal election: Bob Hawke's Labor
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is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the
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led by John Howard and the National Party led by Ian Sinclair. **
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is estimated to have reached five billion people, according to the
United Nations The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...
. * July 15Martial law in Taiwan 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 23 – The
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reports the biggest population gains in metropolitan U.S. areas of over 1 million people since 1980: Phoenix (population increase of 26%); Dallas-Fort Worth (+25%);
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(+20%);
San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...
(+19%) Tampa-Saint Petersburg (+19%);
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(+18%);
Sacramento Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 p ...
(+17%); and
Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...
(+17%). The largest population losses were in Rust Belt cities:
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,
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, and
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. * July 25 – The East Lancashire Railway, a
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in the North West of England, is opened between Bury and Ramsbottom. * July 27Salvage dives begin on the wreck of the Titanic; survivor Eva Hart likens the salvage teams to "vultures." * July 31 ** Four hundred pilgrims are killed in clashes between demonstrating Iranian pilgrims and
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n security forces in
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. **
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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

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August 4 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Goguryeo–Sui War#Course of the war, Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Emperor Wen of Sui, Wéndi of Sui dynasty, Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assiste ...
** 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 Pér ...
, publishes its report, ''
Our Common Future __NOTOC__ ''Our Common Future'', also known as the Brundtland Report, was published in October 1987 by the United Nations through the Oxford University Press. This publication was in recognition of Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Norwegian Prime Mi ...
.'' ** The
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rescinds the Fairness Doctrine, which had required radio and television stations to present alternative views on controversial issues. * August 7 ** The
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n frigate ''Caldas'' enters
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n waters near the Los Monjes Archipelago, 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 Big Diomede in 2 hours and 5 minutes. * August 9Hoddle Street massacre in Australia: Julian Knight, 19, goes on a shooting rampage in the
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suburb of Clifton Hill, Victoria, killing 7 people and injuring 19 before surrendering to police. * August 11
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introduces
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, a precursor to the
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. *
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. * 29 BC – Octavian ...
– All the children held at Kai Lama, a rural property on Lake Eildon, Australia, run by the Santiniketan Park Association, are released after a police raid. * August 15Great Basin National Park is dedicated; it is the 49th
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in the United States and the first in the state of
Nevada Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
. * August 16 ** Northwest Airlines Flight 255 (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) of the 156 people on board. ** The followers of the Harmonic Convergence claim it is observed around the world. * August 17
Rudolf Hess Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician, Nuremberg trials, convicted war criminal and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer ( ...
is found dead in his cell in Spandau Prison. 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 ** 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 22 – The Parliament of Zimbabwe votes to eliminate the 20 seats reserved for the white minority. *
August 23 Events Pre-1600 * 30 BC – After the successful invasion of Egypt, Octavian executes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, the eldest son of Mark Antony, and Caesarion, the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt and only child of Julius Ca ...
– The Hirvepark meeting is organized as the first unsanctioned political meeting in Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic, in commemoration of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. * August 24Mozert v. Hawkins decision: The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rules that the class readings assigned by public schools in Hawkins County, Tennessee do not violate Christian students' First Amendment rights. * August 26Smith v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County decision: The U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturns the earlier ruling of a lower court which found that certain public school textbooks promoted the "religion" of
secular humanism Secular humanism is a philosophy, belief system, or life stance that embraces human reason, logic, secular ethics, and philosophical naturalism, while specifically rejecting religious dogma, supernaturalism, and superstition as the basi ...
; in this final ruling, the court finds that the plaintiffs have not proven that the state is presenting secular humanism as a religious ideology. *
August 31 Events Pre-1600 * 1056 – After a sudden illness a few days previously, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty. * 1057 – Abdication of Byzantine Emperor Michael VI Bringas after just one ye ...
Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Michael Jackson, one of the most culturally significan ...
releases '' Bad'', his first studio album since '' Thriller'', the best-selling album of all time. The album would produce five number one singles in the US, a record which has not been broken.


September

* September 1
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announces plans to build a second U.S. assembly plant, the
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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 ...
– In Moscow,
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, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his
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airplane into Red Square in May. * September 3 – In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya. *
September 4 Events Pre-1600 * 476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus Fall of the Western Roman Empire, ending the Western Roman Empire. * 626 – Li Shimin, Posthumous name, posthumously known as ...
– In a village in
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, an 18-year-old widow, Roop Kanwar is burned alive on her husband's funeral pyre, in a banned practice known as Sati. Though the woman's father-in-law is arrested by authorities, thousands of Hindu pilgrims travel to the cremation site in support of the act. * September 721 – The world's first conference on artificial life is held at
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in the United States. * September 7
Erich Honecker Erich Ernst Paul Honecker (; 25 August 1912 – 29 May 1994) was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. He held the post ...
makes a visit to
Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...
, the first (and last) visit by an East German head of state to
West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...
. * September 11Chadian–Libyan War: Chad and Libya sign a ceasefire under supervision of the
Organisation of African Unity The Organisation of African Unity (OAU; , OUA) was an African intergovernmental organization established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with 33 signatory governments. Some of the key aims of the OAU were to encourage political and ec ...
, officially ending the 14-year territorial conflict. Sporadic fighting will continue. * September 13Goiânia accident: 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-larges ...
, Brazil, causing the worst radiation accident ever in an urban area. * September 23 – The United States and Poland agree to exchange ambassadors after a four-year break in relations.


October

* October 3 – The Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement is reached but still requires ratification. This agreement would be a precursor to NAFTA. * October 6
Fiji Fiji, 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 consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...
becomes a republic. * October 7 **
Sikh Sikhs (singular Sikh: or ; , ) are an ethnoreligious group who adhere to Sikhism, a religion that originated in the late 15th century in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, based on the revelation of Guru Nanak. The term ''Si ...
nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India. ** The U.S. Department of Education announces new guidelines for teaching about
AIDS The HIV, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system. Without treatment, it can lead to a spectrum of conditions including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is a Preventive healthcare, pr ...
in public schools, emphasizing the importance of
abstinence Abstinence is the practice of self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. Most frequently, the term refers to sexual abstinence, but it can also mean abstinence from alcohol (drug), ...
and "appropriate moral and social conduct." *
October 8 Events Pre-1600 * 316 – Constantine I Battle of Cibalae, defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories. * 451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins. * 876 – Frankish forces led by Louis ...
Gaddafi announces that
Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
and
Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
have "agreed in principle" to a proposed union of the two states, which Gaddafi suggests should be named "Algibya." *
October 8 Events Pre-1600 * 316 – Constantine I Battle of Cibalae, defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories. * 451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins. * 876 – Frankish forces led by Louis ...
November 8 – The
1987 Cricket World Cup The 1987 Cricket World Cup (officially known as the Reliance Cup 1987 for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth Cricket World Cup. It was held from 8 October to 8 November 1987 in India and Pakistan – the first such tournament to be held outsid ...
is held in India and Pakistan with Australia defeating England in the final. * October 15 – In
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...
, a military coup is orchestrated by Blaise Compaoré against incumbent President Thomas Sankara. * October 1516 – The Great storm of 1987 strikes southern Great Britain and northwestern France. It is one of the strongest storms to affect the region in the past 200 years. * October 19 ** Black Monday: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world. ** US warships destroy two Iranian oil platforms in the
Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf, sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, is a Mediterranean seas, mediterranean sea in West Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Arabian Sea and the larger Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.Un ...
. ** Two commuter trains collide head-on on the outskirts of
Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...
,
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
; 102 are killed. * October 22 – The pilot of a British Aerospace BAE Harrier GR5 registered ZD325 accidentally ejects from his aircraft. The jet continues to fly until it runs out of fuel and crashes into the
Irish Sea The Irish Sea is a body of water that separates the islands of Ireland and Great Britain. It is linked to the Celtic Sea in the south by St George's Channel and to the Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland in the north by the North Ch ...
. * October 23 ** British champion
jockey A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase (horse racing), steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used ...
Lester Piggott is jailed for three years after being convicted of
tax evasion Tax evasion or tax fraud is an illegal attempt to defeat the imposition of taxes by individuals, corporations, trusts, and others. Tax evasion often entails the deliberate misrepresentation of the taxpayer's affairs to the tax authorities to red ...
. ** On a vote of 58–42, the
United States Senate The United States Senate is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the upper house, with the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives being the lower house. Together, the Senate and ...
rejects President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.


November

* November 1 – The
InterCity 125 The InterCity 125 (originally Inter-City 125) or High Speed Train (HST) is a diesel-powered High-speed rail, high-speed passenger train built by British Rail Engineering Limited between 1975 and 1982. A total of 95 sets were produced, each com ...
breaks the world speed record for a diesel-powered train, reaching 238 km/h (147.88 mph). *
November 7 Events Pre-1600 * 335 – Athanasius, 20th pope of Alexandria, is banished to Trier on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople. * 680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople. ...
** Zine El Abidine Ben Ali assumes the Presidency of Tunisia. ** The
Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
celebrates the 70th Anniversary of The
October Revolution The October Revolution, also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution (in Historiography in the Soviet Union, Soviet historiography), October coup, Bolshevik coup, or Bolshevik revolution, was the second of Russian Revolution, two r ...
with a Parade on
Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...
's Red Square. ** Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system in
Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...
opens for passenger service. * November 8Enniskillen bombing: Twelve people are killed by a
Provisional Irish Republican Army The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; ) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland ...
bomb at a Remembrance Day service at
Enniskillen Enniskillen ( , from , ' Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of 14,086 at the 2011 censu ...
. * November 12 – The first
Kentucky Fried Chicken KFC Corporation, doing business as KFC (an abbreviation of Kentucky Fried Chicken), is an American fast food restaurant chain specializing in fried chicken and chicken sandwiches. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, it is the world's s ...
restaurant in
Mainland China "Mainland China", also referred to as "the Chinese mainland", is a Geopolitics, geopolitical term defined as the territory under direct administration of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War. In addit ...
opens in Beijing, near
Tiananmen Square Tiananmen Square or Tian'anmen Square () is a city square in the city center of Beijing, China, named after the Tiananmen ("''Gate of Heavenly Peace''") located to its north, which separates it from the Forbidden City. The square contains th ...
. * November 15 – In
Brașov Brașov (, , ; , also ''Brasau''; ; ; Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the county seat (i.e. administrative centre) of Brașov County. According to the 2021 Romanian census, ...
,
Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
, workers rebel against the communist regime led by Nicolae Ceaușescu. * November 16 – The Parlatino Treaty of Institutionalization is signed. * November 17 – A
tsunami A tsunami ( ; from , ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and underwater explosions (including detonations, ...
hits the Gulf of Alaska. * November 18 ** The King's Cross fire on the
London Underground The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or as the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England. The Undergro ...
kills 31 people and injures a further 100. ** Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...
with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair. * November 22Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion – unknown perpetrators hijack the signal of
WGN-TV WGN-TV (channel 9) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the local outlet for The CW. It is owned and operated by the network's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group, and is sister station, sister to the company ...
for about 20 seconds, and WTTW for about 90 seconds, and displays a video of a man in a Max Headroom mask. *
November 25 Events Pre-1600 *571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Ancient Rome, Rome, celebrates the first of his three Roman triumph, triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans. *1034 – Máel Coluim II of Scotland, Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, Ki ...
Category 5 Typhoon Nina smashes the
Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
with winds and a devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 812 deaths. * November 28South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean off
Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...
, due to a fire in the cargo hold; the 159 passengers and crew perish. *
November 29 Events Pre-1600 * 528 – Antioch suffers its second major earthquake in two years, killing thousands and destroying its remaining edifice. * 561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert ...
Korean Air Flight 858 is blown up over the
Andaman Sea The Andaman Sea (historically also known as the Burma Sea) is a marginal sea of the northeastern Indian Ocean bounded by the coastlines of Myanmar and Thailand along the Gulf of Martaban and the west side of the Malay Peninsula, and separated f ...
, killing 115 crew and passengers. North Korean agents are responsible for the bombing.


December

* December 1 **
NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the federal government of the United States, US federal government responsible for the United States ...
announces the names of 4 companies awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom: Boeing Aerospace,
General Electric General Electric Company (GE) was an American Multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in 1892, incorporated in the New York (state), state of New York and headquartered in Boston. Over the year ...
's Astro-Space Division,
McDonnell Douglas McDonnell Douglas Corporation was a major American Aerospace manufacturer, aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor, formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967. Between then and its own ...
, and the
Rocketdyne Rocketdyne is an American rocket engine design and production company headquartered in Canoga Park, California, Canoga Park, in the western San Fernando Valley of suburban Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles, in southern California. Rocketdyne ...
Division of Rockwell. * December 7Pacific 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 Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing military and political conflict about Territory, land and self-determination within the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine. Key aspects of the conflict include the Israeli occupation ...
: The
First Intifada The First Intifada (), also known as the First Palestinian Intifada, was a sustained series of Nonviolent resistance, non-violent protests, acts of civil disobedience, Riot, riots, and Terrorism, terrorist attacks carried out by Palestinians ...
begins in the
Gaza Strip The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is a small territory located on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea; it is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories, the other being the West Bank, that make up the State of Palestine. I ...
and
West Bank The West Bank is located on the western bank of the Jordan River and is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up the State of Palestine. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
. ** The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President
Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He was a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party a ...
and Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to dissolution of the Soviet Union, the country's dissolution in 1991. He served a ...
. It expires in
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
. ** Alianza Lima air disaster: A Peruvian Navy
Fokker F27 The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner developed and manufactured by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. It is the most numerous post-war aircraft manufactured in the Netherlands; the F27 was also one of the most successful Europe ...
crashes near Ventanilla,
Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
, killing 43. * December 9 – General
Rahimuddin Khan Rahimuddin Khan (21 July 1926 – 22 August 2022) was a four-star rank Pakistani general who briefly served as the 16th Governor of Sindh in 1988. Previously, he had served as the fourth Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1984 to 19 ...
retires from the
Pakistan Army The Pakistan Army (, ), commonly known as the Pak Army (), is the Land warfare, land service branch and the largest component of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The president of Pakistan is the Commander-in-chief, supreme commander of the army. The ...
, along with the cabinet of the country's
military dictatorship A military dictatorship, or a military regime, is a type of dictatorship in which Power (social and political), power is held by one or more military officers. Military dictatorships are led by either a single military dictator, known as a Polit ...
. *
December 15 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine Empire, Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum. * 687 – Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes P ...
Production I.G is founded by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa and Takayuki Goto. * December 17Gustáv Husák resigns as
General Secretary Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, Power (social and political), power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the org ...
of the
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ( Czech and Slovak: ''Komunistická strana Československa'', KSČ) was a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992. It was a member of the Com ...
. * December 20 – In history's worst peacetime sea disaster, the passenger ferry 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 21Turgut Özal of ANAP forms the new government of
Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
(46th government). * December 22 – In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the
Matabeleland Matabeleland is a region located in southwestern Zimbabwe that is divided into three provinces: Matabeleland North, Bulawayo, and Matabeleland South. These provinces are in the west and south-west of Zimbabwe, between the Limpopo and Zambezi ...
region known as the Gukurahundi. * December 23Nikki Sixx, Mötley Crüe's bassist overdoses on heroin and is declared clinically dead for two minutes before a paramedic revives him with two syringes full of adrenaline. *
December 30 Events Pre-1600 * 534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire. * 999 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a cr ...
Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ...
issues the
encyclical An encyclical was originally a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Roman Church. At that time, the word could be used for a letter sent out by any bishop. The word comes from the Late Latin (originally fr ...
'' Sollicitudo rei socialis'' (''On Social Concern'').


Births


January

*
January 1 January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in the Gregorian Calendar; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the year. __TOC__ Events ...
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 Emp ...
** Shelley Hennig, American actress and model ** Loïc Rémy, French professional footballer *
January 5 Events Pre-1600 * 1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 * 1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French ...
** Kristin Cavallari, American actress, fashion designer, and author ** Jason Mitchell, American actor *
January 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will ...
Zhang Lin, Chinese swimmer *
January 7 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – The Senate of the Roman Republic, Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army, prompting the tribunes who support him to flee to where Caesar is waiting in Ravenna ...
** Davide Astori, Italian footballer (d.
2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
) ** Lyndsy Fonseca, American actress ** Sirusho, Armenian singer *
January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Sima Chi becomes emperor of the Jin dynasty (266–420), Jin dynasty in succession to his brother, Emperor Hui of Jin, Sima Zhong, despite a challenge from his other brother, Sima Ying. * 871 ...
Freddie Stroma, English actor and model *
January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. * 1038 – An earthquake in Dingxiang, China kills an estimate ...
** Lucas Leiva, Brazilian football player ** Paolo Nutini, Scottish singer ** Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (d. 2006) *
January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and th ...
César Cielo, Brazilian swimmer *
January 11 Events Pre-1600 * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. * 630 – Conquest of Mecca: Muhammad and his ...
Jamie Vardy, English footballer *
January 12 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine Emperor Zeno (emperor), Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. *1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crow ...
Naya Rivera, American actress and singer (d.
2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...
) *
January 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. * 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 * 1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in I ...
** Dennis Aogo, German footballer ** Kosala Jayaweera, Sri Lankan politician (d.
2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...
) *
January 15 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Roman emperor, Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. *1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to set ...
** Greg Inglis, Australian rugby league player ** Tsegaye Kebede, Ethiopian long-distance runner **
Kelly Kelly Barbara Jean Blank Coba (née Blank; January 15, 1987), known professionally as Barbie Blank and by her ring name Kelly Kelly, is an American model and former professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE under a legends contract. Blank has a ...
, American professional wrestler ** Michael Seater, Canadian actor, director, screenwriter, and producer *
January 17 Events Pre-1600 * 38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. * 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 peopl ...
Oleksandr Usyk Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Usyk (, ; born 17 January 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer. He has held the unified champion (boxing), unified heavyweight championship since 2021, and the ''The Ring (magazine), Ring'' magazine title since 2022 ...
, Ukrainian boxer *
January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. * 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the C ...
Johan Djourou, Ivorian born-Swiss footballer *
January 19 Events Pre-1600 * 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to '' Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. * 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surren ...
Arkadiy Vasilyev, Russian decathlete *
January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. *1156 – Finnish peasant Lalli kills English clergyman Henry (bishop of Finland), Henry, the Bishop of Turku, on the ice of Köyliönjärvi, Lake Köyli ...
** Robert Farah, Colombian tennis player ** Evan Peters, American actor ** Marco Simoncelli, Italian motorcycle road racer (d.
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
) ** Serguey Torres, Cuban canoeist *
January 21 Events Pre-1600 * 763 – Following the Battle of Bakhamra between Alids and Abbasids near Kufa, the Alid rebellion ends with the death of Ibrahim, brother of Isa ibn Musa. * 1525 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is founded wh ...
Pablo Caballero González, Uruguayan footballer *
January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...
** Ruth Bradley, Irish television and film actress ** Wayne Hennessey, Welsh football player **
Luis Suárez Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami CF, Inter Miami. Known for his go ...
, Uruguayan football player *
January 26 Events Pre-1600 * 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph. * 1531 – The 6.4–7.1 Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people. * 1564 – The Council of T ...
** Sebastian Giovinco, Italian football player ** Gojko Kačar, Serbian footballer *
January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the ...
Hannah Teter, American snowboarder *
January 29 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. * 946 – Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler ...
José Abreu, Cuban baseball player *
January 30 Events Pre-1600 * 1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. * 1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. 1601–1900 * 1607 – An es ...
** Becky Lynch, Irish professional wrestler ** Arda Turan, Turkish footballer


February

*
February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...
** Heather Morris, American actress and dancer ** Giuseppe Rossi, Italian footballer ** Ronda Rousey, American martial arts expert, actress and professional wrestler *
February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of " Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: ...
** Faydee, Australian singer ** Gerard Piqué, Spanish footballer *
February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
Lucie Šafářová, Czech tennis player *
February 5 Events Pre-1600 * *2 BC – Caesar Augustus is granted the title ''pater patriae'' by the Roman Senate. *AD 62, 62 – AD 62 Pompeii earthquake, Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. *756 – Chinese New Year; An Lushan proclaims himself E ...
** Darren Criss, American singer and actor ** Henry Golding, Malaysian-English actor, model, and television host ** Özge Gürel, Turkish actress *
February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. * 1301 & ...
Joel Freeland, British basketball player *
February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. * 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...
Carolina Kostner, Italian figure skater *
February 9 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Zeno (emperor), Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire, Eastern Roman Empire *1003 – Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I ...
** Michael B. Jordan, American actor and producer **
Rose Leslie Rose Eleanor Arbuthnot-Leslie (born 9 February 1987) is a Scottish actress. She portrayed Gwen Dawson in the ITV (TV network), ITV drama series ''Downton Abbey'' and Ygritte in the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thrones''. She played Maia Rindell ...
, Scottish actress **
Magdalena Neuner Magdalena "Lena" Holzer (, ; born 9 February 1987) is a retired Germans, German professional biathlon, biathlete. She is the Biathlon World Championships#Multiple medallist, most successful woman of all time at Biathlon World Championships and a ...
, 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 comin ...
** José Callejón, Spanish footballer ** 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 ** Ísis Valverde, Brazilian actress * 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 pawn (law), pawned by Norway to S ...
– Miles Teller, American actor * February 21 – Ashley Greene, American 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. * 320 – Chandragupta ...
– 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 Diocleti ...
– Kesha, American singer * March 2 – Solomon Okoronkwo, Nigerian footballer * 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. * 845 – The 42 Martyrs of Amorium are killed after refusing to convert to Islam. * 1204 &ndas ...
– Kevin-Prince Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer * March 9 - Bow Wow (rapper), Bow Wow, American rapper and actor * March 10 ** Liu Shishi, Chinese actress ** Tuukka Rask, Finnish Ice Hockey player ** Emeli Sandé, Scottish recording artist and songwriter * March 11 ** Estefanía Villarreal, Mexican actress ** Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper * March 12 ** Maxwell Holt, American volleyball player ** Teimour Radjabov, Azerbaijani chess player * March 13 – Mauro Zárate, Argentine footballer * March 14 – Aravane Rezaï, Iranian-French tennis player * March 16 – Alexandr Smyshlyaev, Russian freestyle skier * March 17 – Federico Fazio, Argentine footballer *
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 Ar ...
– Gabriel Mercado, Argentine footballer * March 19 – AJ Lee, American professional wrestler * Josie Loren, American Actress *
March 20 Events Pre-1600 *1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. *1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish n ...
– Jô, Brazilian footballer * 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 ** Juan Diego Covarrubias, Mexican actor ** Ramires, Brazilian footballer * March 25 ** Victor Obinna, Nigerian footballer ** Nobunari Oda, Japanese figure skater * March 26 – Larisa Korobeynikova, Russian fencer * March 27 ** Polina Gagarina, Russian singer, songwriter, actress, and model ** Benjamin Savšek, Slovenian canoeist *
March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice. * 1461 – Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a ...
– Dénes Varga, Hungarian water polo player * March 31 – Humpy Koneru, Indian chess grandmaster


April

* April 1 ** Mackenzie Davis, Canadian actress ** Ding Junhui, Chinese snooker player * April 4 ** Sarah Gadon, Canadian actress ** Sami Khedira, German footballer ** Océane Zhu, Chinese actress * April 7 – Martín Cáceres, Uruguayan footballer * April 8 – Royston Drenthe, Dutch footballer * April 9 ** Sarah, Crown Princess of Brunei, wife of the Crown Prince of Brunei, Al-Muhtadee Billah ** Paddy Barnes, Irish boxer ** Blaise Matuidi, French footballer ** Sara Petersen (hurdler), Sara Petersen, Danish hurdler * 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 ** Luiz Adriano, Brazilian footballer ** Brooklyn Decker, American fashion model and actress ** Brendon Urie, American musician * April 15 – Samira Wiley, American actress and model * April 16 – Aaron Lennon, English footballer * April 17 ** Medhi Benatia, French born-Moroccan footballer ** Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Canadian actress * April 18 – Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, English supermodel *
April 19 Events Pre-1600 *AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Pisonian conspiracy, Piso's plot to kill the Roman emperor, Emperor Nero and all of the List of conspiracies (political), conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callini ...
** 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 mur ...
− 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 ** Serdar Tasci, German footballer ** Jan Vertonghen, Belgian footballer * April 25 − Arijit Singh, Indian playback singer * April 26 − Jarmila Wolfe, Slovak born-Australian tennis player * April 27 ** Anne Suzuki, Japanese actress ** Emma Taylor-Isherwood, Canadian actress ** William Moseley (actor), William Moseley, English actor * April 28 ** Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Indian film actress and model ** Daequan Cook, American basketball player ** Zoran Tošić, Serbian footballer * April 29 – Sara Errani, Italian tennis player * April 30 – Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer


May

* May 1 ** Leonardo Bonucci, Italian footballer ** Matt Di Angelo, British Actor ** Shahar Pe'er, Israeli tennis player * May 2 – Nana Kitade, Japanese singer * May 3 – Damla Sönmez, Turkish actress * May 4 ** Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish football player ** Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish triple MotoGP world champion ** Zbigniew Bartman, Polish volleyball player * May 6 ** Dries Mertens, Belgian footballer ** Moon Geun-young, Korean actress *
May 11 Events Pre-1600 * 330 – Constantine the Great dedicates the much-expanded and rebuilt city of Byzantium, changing its name to New Rome and declaring it the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. *868 – A copy of the Diamond Sūtr ...
** Albulena Haxhiu, Kosovo Albanian politician ** Enikő Mihalik, Hungarian model ** Kamaru Usman, Nigerian born-American mixed martial artist * May 12 ** Lee Wai-sze, Hong Kong cyclist ** Liu Hong (racewalker), Liu Hong, Chinese racewalker * May 13 ** Antonio Adán, Spanish footballer ** Hunter Parrish, American actor and singer ** Candice King, American actress and singer ** Marianne Vos, Dutch multiple cyclist * May 15 ** Thaísa Menezes, Brazilian volleyball player ** Andy Murray, Scottish tennis player * May 17 – Ott Lepland, Estonian singer * May 18 – Luisana Lopilato, Argentine actress and singer * May 20 ** Julian Wright, American basketball player ** Syazwan Zulkifly, Malaysian actor, born in South Korea * May 22 ** Arturo Vidal, Chilean footballer ** Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis player * May 24 – Fabio Fognini, Italian tennis player * May 25 – Kamil Stoch, Polish ski jumper * May 26 – Tooji, Norwegian-Iranian singer, model and television host *
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 &nda ...
** Gervinho, Ivorian footballer ** Bella Heathcote, Australian actress ** Martina Sáblíková, Czech speed skater * May 29 ** Noah Reid, Canadian actor and musician ** Daniela Ryf, Swiss triathlete * May 31 – Shaun Fleming, American actor and musician


June

* June 1 – Yarisley Silva, Cuban pole vaulter * June 2 ** Tobias Arlt, German Olympic luger ** Clayton Bartolo, Maltese politician ** 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 Empire, Byzantine emperor Philippikos Ba ...
– Masami Nagasawa, Japanese actress * June 6 – Cássio (footballer, born 1987), Cássio, Brazilian footballer * June 10 – He Chong, Chinese diver * June 11 ** Robertlandy Simón, Cuban volleyball player ** Didrik Solli-Tangen, Norwegian singer * June 12 ** 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 burn ...
– Kendrick Lamar, American rapper * June 18 ** Ezgi Asaroğlu, Turkish actress ** Niels Schneider, French-Canadian actor ** Zsuzsanna Tomori, Hungarian handball player *
June 20 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. * 1180 – First Battle of Uji, startin ...
** A-fu, Taiwanese singer and songwriter ** Asmir Begović, Bosnian footballer ** Daiana Menezes, Brazilian actress, model, and television host * June 21 ** Khatia Buniatishvili, Georgian concert pianist ** Kim Ryeo-wook, South Korean singer ** Sebastian Prödl, Austrian footballer * June 22 ** Joe Dempsie, English actor ** Eda Erdem, Turkish volleyball player ** Nikita Rukavytsya, Ukrainian born-Australian soccer player ** Lee Min-ho, South Korean actor, singer and model * June 23 ** Guillaume Bonnafond, French road bicycle racer ** Nando de Colo, French basketball player ** Aaron Groom, Fijian rugby league footballer * June 24 ** Lionel Messi, Argentine footballer ** Pierre Vaultier, French snowboarder * June 25 – Sandrine Gruda, French basketball player * June 26 ** Samir Nasri, French footballer ** Wallace de Souza, Brazilian volleyball player


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 ...
– Ahn Jae-hyun, South Korean model and actor * July 2 ** Esteban Granero, Spanish footballer ** Ruslana Korshunova, Kazakhstani model (d. 2008) * July 3 – Sebastian Vettel, German racing driver, 4-time champions in Formula One * July 5 ** David Halaifonua, Tongan rugby union player ** Ji Chang-wook, South Korean actor ** Chen Xiao, Chinese actor and model * July 6 ** Kate Nash, British singer-songwriter ** Caroline Trentini, Brazilian model * July 9 ** Rebecca Sugar, American animator and creator of ''Steven Universe'' ** Élodie Fontan, French actress *
July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius). * 911 – Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair ...
** Maximilian Müller, German field hockey player ** Cristina Vee, American voice actress * July 13 **Eva Rivas, Armenian-Russian singer **Ajmal Kasab, Pakistani terrorist (d. 2012) * July 14 ** Sara Canning, Canadian actress ** Dan Reynolds (singer), Dan Reynolds, American singer and musician * July 16 – AnnaLynne McCord, American actress * July 18 – Tontowi Ahmad, Indonesian badminton player * July 19 ** Yan Gomes, Brazilian baseball player ** Ho Ho Lun, Hong Kong wrestler * July 20 – Owen Cheung, Hong Kong actor * July 22 – Andrey Golubev, Russian born-Kazakhstani tennis player * July 23 – Julian Nagelsmann, German football coach * July 24 – Mara Wilson, American actress and writer * July 25 – Eran Zahavi, Israeli footballer * July 27 – Marek Hamšík, Slovak footballer * July 28 ** Anyer Antonio Blanco, Cuban dissident ** Sumire (model), Sumire, Japanese fashion model (d. 2009) ** Pedro (footballer, born 1987), Pedro, Spanish footballer * July 29 – Genesis Rodriguez, American actress and model * July 31 ** Brittany Byrnes, Australian actress ** Michael Bradley (soccer), Michael Bradley, American soccer player


August

* August 1 ** Iago Aspas, Spanish footballer ** Marta Walczykiewicz, Polish sprint canoeist *
August 4 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Goguryeo–Sui War#Course of the war, Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Emperor Wen of Sui, Wéndi of Sui dynasty, Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assiste ...
– Phil Younghusband, British-Filipino footballer * August 6 – Tosaint Ricketts, Canadian soccer player * August 7 – Sidney Crosby, Canadian ice hockey player * August 8 – Katie Leung, Scottish actress * August 11 – Greysia Polii, Indonesian badminton player * August 16 ** Eri Kitamura, Japanese voice actress and singer ** Okieriete Onaodowan, Nigerian actor ** Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey goaltender * August 18 – Joanna Jędrzejczyk, Polish mixed martial artist and kickboxer * August 19 – 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 29 – Marko Podraščanin, Serbian volleyball player * August 30 – Roy Krishna, Fijian footballer


September

* September 1 – Leonel Suárez, Cuban decathlete *
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 ...
– Scott Moir, Canadian figure skater * September 3 ** Flora Duffy, Bermudian triathlete ** James Neal (ice hockey), James Neal, Canadian ice hockey player *
September 4 Events Pre-1600 * 476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus Fall of the Western Roman Empire, ending the Western Roman Empire. * 626 – Li Shimin, Posthumous name, posthumously known as ...
– Maryna Linchuk, Belarusian model * September 6 – Anna Pavlova (gymnast), Anna Pavlova, Russian artistic gymnast * September 7 ** Mohammad Ahsan, Indonesian badminton player ** Denis Istomin, Russian born-Uzbek tennis player ** 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 ** Ahmed Elmohamady, Egyptian footballer ** Andrea Petkovic, Bosnian born-German tennis player ** Alex Song, Cameroonian footballer ** Milan Stanković, Serbian pop-folk singer * September 11 ** Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress ** Tyler Hoechlin, American actor ** Susianna Kentikian, German-Armenian boxer ** Ilija Spasojević, Indonesian footballer * September 12 – Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstani tennis player * 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 ** Zdravko Kuzmanović, Serbian footballer * September 25 – Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player * September 26 – Jang Keun-suk, South Korean actor, singer and model * September 27 – Luke Campbell (boxer), Luke Campbell, British boxer * 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


October

* October 1 ** Ketleyn Quadros, Brazilian judoka ** Michaela Coel, British screenwriter and actress ** Matthew Daddario, American actor * October 2 – Joe Ingles, Australian basketball player * October 3 – Zuleyka Rivera, Puerto Rican beauty queen (Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2006, Miss Universe 2006) * October 5 – Foluke Gunderson, American volleyball player * October 10 – Carla Esparza, American mixed martial artist * October 15 ** Jesse Levine, American-Canadian tennis player ** Mizuho Sakaguchi, Japanese woman footballer * October 16 ** Seungho (singer), Seungho, South Korean pop singer (MBLAQ) ** Michael Venus (tennis), Michael Venus, New Zealand tennis player ** Zhao Liying, Chinese actress * October 18 ** Zac Efron, American actor and singer ** Freja Beha Erichsen, Danish model * October 23 – Carmella (wrestler), Carmella, American professional wrestler * October 24 – Charlie White (figure skater), Charlie White, American figure skater * October 25 – Fabian Hambüchen, German gymnast * October 28 **Na Yeon Choi, South Korean female professional golfer **Frank Ocean, American singer-songwriter * October 29 ** Tove Lo, Swedish singer and songwriter ** 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, 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 9 – Nouchka Fontijn, Dutch boxer * November 10 – Jessica Tovey, Australian actress * November 11 – Yuya Tegoshi, Japanese singer (News (band), NEWS, Tegomass) * November 12 – Jason Day, Australian golfer * November 13 – Dana Vollmer, Australian swimmer * November 15 – Sergio Llull, Spanish basketball player * November 22 – Mauro Nespoli, Italian archer * November 23 ** Nicklas Bäckström, Swedish ice hockey player ** Kasia Struss, Polish model * November 24 ** Maysoon al-Eryani, Yemeni poet and translator ** Jeremain Lens, Dutch footballer * November 26 – Kat DeLuna, American singer * November 28 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress * November 30 – Daniel Noboa, President of Ecuador and businessman


December

* December 1 – Sarah Snook, Australian actress * December 3 – Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast * December 9 ** Hikaru Nakamura, Japanese born-American chess grandmaster ** Keri-anne Payne, South African born-British swimmer * December 10 – Gonzalo Higuaín, Argentine footballer * December 11 ** Amir Aliakbari, Iranian wrestler and mix martial artist ** Shane Gillis, American stand-up comedian * December 12 – Lao Lishi, Chinese diver *
December 15 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine Empire, Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum. * 687 – Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes P ...
– Mikey Garcia, American boxer * December 18 ** Miki Ando, Japanese figure skater ** Ayaka, Japanese singer ** Deiveson Figueiredo, Brazilian martial mixed artist ** Yuki Furukawa, Japanese actor * December 19 ** Shuko Aoyama, Japanese tennis player ** Karim Benzema, French footballer ** Ronan Farrow, American activist * December 20 – Emmanuel Ekpo, Nigerian footballer * December 22 – Eder (footballer, born 1987), Eder, Portuguese footballer * December 23 – Taťána Kuchařová, Czech dancer, model and beauty queen * December 25 – LJ Reyes, Filipino actress * December 26 – Mikhail Kukushkin, Russian born-Kazakh tennis player * December 27 – Lily Cole, British model * December 29 – Iain De Caestecker, Scottish actor *
December 30 Events Pre-1600 * 534 – The second and final edition of the Code of Justinian comes into effect in the Byzantine Empire. * 999 – Battle of Glenmama: The combined forces of Munster and Meath under king Brian Boru inflict a cr ...
– Jeanette Ottesen, Dutch swimmer * December 31 ** Seydou Doumbia, Ivorian football player ** Émilie Le Pennec, French gymnast


Deaths


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


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