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August 6is the 218th day of the year (219th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;147 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 1284– TheRepublic of Pisais defeated in theBattle of Meloriaby theRepublic of Genoa,thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.[1]
- 1538–Bogotá,Colombia,is founded byGonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.[2]
1601–1900
[edit]- 1661– TheTreaty of The Hagueis signed by Portugal and theDutch Republic.[3]
- 1777–American Revolutionary War:The bloodyBattle of Oriskanyprevents American relief of theSiege of Fort Stanwix.[4]
- 1787– Sixty proof sheets of theConstitution of the United Statesare delivered to theConstitutional ConventioninPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1806–Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor,declares the moribund empire to be dissolved, although he retains power in theAustrian Empire.[5]
- 1819–Norwich Universityis founded inVermontas the first private military school in the United States.
- 1824–Peruvian War of Independence:Patriot forces led bySimón Bolívardefeat the Spanish Royalist army in theBattle of Junín.[6]
- 1825– TheBolivian Declaration of Independenceis proclaimed.
- 1861– Britain imposes theLagos Treaty of Cessionto suppress slavery in what is now Nigeria.
- 1862–American Civil War:TheConfederateironcladCSSArkansasis scuttled on theMississippi Riverafter suffering catastrophic engine failure nearBaton Rouge, Louisiana.
- 1870–Franco-Prussian War:TheBattle of Spicherenis fought, resulting in a German victory.
- 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: TheBattle of Wörthresults in a decisive German victory.
- 1890– AtAuburn Prisonin New York, murdererWilliam Kemmlerbecomes the first person to beexecutedbyelectric chair.
1901–present
[edit]- 1901–Kiowaland inOklahomais opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguousreservation.
- 1914–World War I:U-boat campaign:Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten GermanU-boatsleave their base inHeligolandto attackRoyal Navywarships in theNorth Sea.
- 1914 – World War I:Serbiadeclares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
- 1915– World War I:Battle of Sari Bair:TheAlliesmount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements atSuvla Bay.
- 1917– World War I:Battle of Mărășeștibetween theRomanianand German armies begins.
- 1926–Gertrude Ederlebecomes the first woman to swim across theEnglish Channel.
- 1926– First public screening using theVitaphoneprocess[7]
- 1940–Estoniais annexed by theSoviet Union.[8]
- 1942– QueenWilhelmina of the Netherlandsbecomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of theUnited States Congress.
- 1944– TheWarsaw Uprisingoccurs onAugust 1.It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, theKraków Uprising,that was planned but never carried out.
- 1945–World War II:Hiroshima,Japan isdevastatedwhen theatomic bomb"Little Boy"is dropped by the United StatesB-29Enola Gay.Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns andradiation poisoning.
- 1956– After going bankrupt in1955,the American broadcasterDuMont Television Networkmakes its final broadcast, a boxing match fromSt. Nicholas Arenain New York in theBoxing from St. Nicholas Arenaseries.
- 1958–Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy,outlawing theCommunist Party of Chileand banning 26,650 persons from the electoral lists,[9]is repealed in Chile.[10]
- 1960–Cuban Revolution:Cubanationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
- 1962–Jamaicabecomes independent from the United Kingdom.[11]
- 1965– US PresidentLyndon B. Johnsonsigns theVoting Rights Act of 1965into law.
- 1986– A low-pressure system that redeveloped off theNew South Walescoast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day onSydney, New South Wales,Australia.
- 1990–Gulf War:TheUnited Nations Security Councilorders a globaltrade embargoagainstIraqin response to Iraq's invasion ofKuwait.
- 1991–Tim Berners-Leereleases files describing his idea for theWorld Wide Web.WWW makes its first appearance as a publicly available service on theInternet.
- 1991 –Takako Doi,chair of theSocial Democratic Party,becomes Japan's first female speaker of theHouse of Representatives.
- 1996–NASAannounces that theALH 84001meteorite, thought to originate fromMars,contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
- 1997–Korean Air Flight 801crashed atNimitz Hill,Guam,killing 229 of the 254 people on board.[12]
- 2001–Erwadi fire incident:Twenty-eight mentally ill persons tied to a chain are burnt to death at a faith based institution atErwadi,Tamil Nadu.[13]
- 2008– A military junta led byMohamed Ould Abdel Azizstages acoup d'étatinMauritania,overthrowing presidentSidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
- 2010–Flash floodsacross a large part ofJammu and Kashmir,India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
- 2011–War in Afghanistan:A United States military helicopter is shot down,killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, seven Afghan soldiers, and one Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.
- 2012–NASA'sCuriosityroverlandson the surface ofMars.[14]
- 2015– Asuicide bomb attackkills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city ofAbha.[15]
Births
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 1180–Emperor Go-Tobaof Japan (d. 1239)
- 1504–Matthew Parker,English archbishop (d. 1575)
- 1572–Fakhr-al-Din II,Druze emir (d. 1635)
1601–1900
[edit]- 1605–Bulstrode Whitelocke,English lawyer (d. 1675)
- 1609–Richard Bennett,English-American politician,Colonial Governor of Virginia(d. 1675)
- 1619–Barbara Strozzi,Italian composer and singer-songwriter (d. 1677)[16]
- 1622–Tjerk Hiddes de Vries,Dutch admiral (d. 1666)
- 1638–Nicolas Malebranche,French priest and philosopher (d. 1715)
- 1644–Louise de La Vallière,French mistress ofLouis XIV of France(d. 1710)[17]
- 1651–François Fénelon,French archbishop and poet (d. 1715)
- 1656–Claude de Forbin,French general (d. 1733)
- 1666–Maria Sophia of Neuburg(d. 1699)
- 1667–Johann Bernoulli,Swiss mathematician (d. 1748)
- 1697–Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor(d. 1745)
- 1715–Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues,French author (d. 1747)
- 1765–Petros Mavromichalis,Greek general and politician, 2ndPrime Minister of Greece(d. 1848)
- 1766–William Hyde Wollaston,English chemist and physicist (d. 1828)
- 1768–Jean-Baptiste Bessières,French general and politician (d. 1813)
- 1775–Daniel O'Connell,Irish lawyer and politician,Lord Mayor of Dublin(d. 1847)
- 1809–Alfred, Lord Tennyson,English poet (d. 1892)[18]
- 1826–Thomas Alexander Browne,English-Australian author (d. 1915)
- 1835–Hjalmar Kiærskou,Danish botanist (d. 1900)
- 1844–Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha(d. 1900)[19]
- 1844 –James Henry Greathead,South African-English engineer (d. 1896)
- 1848–Susie Taylor,American writer and first black Army nurse (d. 1912)[20]
- 1846–Anna Haining Bates,Canadian-American giant (d. 1888)
- 1868–Paul Claudel,French poet and playwright (d. 1955)[21]
- 1874–Charles Fort,American author (d. 1932)
- 1877–Wallace H. White Jr.,American lawyer and politician (d. 1952)
- 1880–Hans Moser,Austrian actor and singer (d. 1964)
- 1881–Leo Carrillo,American actor (d. 1961)
- 1881 –Alexander Fleming,Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1955)[22]
- 1881 –Louella Parsons,American journalist (d. 1972)
- 1883–Constance Georgina Adams,South African botanist (d. 1968)[23]
- 1883 –Scott Nearing,American economist and educator (d. 1983)
- 1886–Edward Ballantine,American composer and academic (d. 1971)
- 1887–Dudley Benjafield,English racing driver (d. 1957)
- 1889–George Kenney,Canadian-American general (d. 1977)
- 1889 –John Middleton Murry,English poet and author (d. 1957)
- 1891–William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim,English field marshal and politician, 13thGovernor-General of Australia(d. 1970)
- 1895–Frank Nicklin,Australian politician, 28thPremier of Queensland(d. 1978)
- 1900–Cecil Howard Green,English-American geophysicist and businessman, co-foundedTexas Instruments(d. 2003)
1901–present
[edit]- 1901–Dutch Schultz,American gangster (d. 1935)
- 1903–Virginia Foster Durr,American civil rights activist (d. 1999)[24]
- 1904–Jean Dessès,Greek-Egyptian fashion designer (d. 1970)
- 1904 –Henry Iba,American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)
- 1906–Vic Dickenson,American trombonist (d. 1984)
- 1908–Maria Ludwika Bernhard,Polishclassical archaeologistand a member of WWII Polish resistance (d. 1998)[25]
- 1908 –Helen Jacobs,American tennis player and commander (d. 1997)
- 1908 –Lajos Vajda,Hungarian painter and illustrator (d. 1941)
- 1909–Diana Keppel, Countess of Albemarle(d. 2013)
- 1910–Adoniran Barbosa,Brazilian musician, singer, composer, humorist, and actor (d. 1982)
- 1910 –Charles Crichton,English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
- 1911–Lucille Ball,American actress, television producer and businesswoman (d. 1989)[26]
- 1911 –Norman Gordon,South African cricketer (d. 2014)
- 1911 –Constance Heaven,English author and actress (d. 1995)
- 1912–Richard C. Miller,American photographer (d. 2010)
- 1914–Gordon Freeth,Australian lawyer and politician, 24thAustralian Minister for Foreign Affairs(d. 2001)
- 1916–Richard Hofstadter,American historian and academic (d. 1970)
- 1916 –Dom Mintoff,Maltese journalist and politician, 8thPrime Minister of Malta(d. 2012)
- 1917–Barbara Cooney,American author and illustrator (d. 2000)
- 1917 –Robert Mitchum,American actor (d. 1997)
- 1918–Norman Granz,American-Swiss record producer and manager (d. 2001)
- 1919–Pauline Betz,American tennis player (d. 2011)
- 1920–John Graves,American author (d. 2013)
- 1920 –Ella Raines,American actress (d. 1988)
- 1922–Freddie Laker,English businessman, foundedLaker Airways(d. 2006)
- 1922 –Dan Walker,American lawyer and politician, 36thGovernor of Illinois(d. 2015)
- 1923–Jess Collins,American painter (d. 2004)
- 1923 –Paul Hellyer,Canadian engineer and politician, 16thCanadian Minister of Defence(d. 2021)
- 1924–Samuel Bowers,Americanwhite supremacist,co-founded theWhite Knights of the Ku Klux Klan(d. 2006)
- 1924 –Ella Jenkins,American folk singer (d. 2024)[27]
- 1926–Elisabeth Beresford,English journalist and author (d. 2010)[28]
- 1926 –Frank Finlay,English actor (d. 2016)
- 1926 –Clem Labine,American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
- 1926 –János Rózsás,Hungarian author (d. 2012)
- 1926 –Norman Wexler,American screenwriter (d. 1999)
- 1928–Herb Moford,American baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1928 –Andy Warhol,American painter, photographer and film director (d. 1987)
- 1929–Mike Elliott,Jamaican saxophonist
- 1929 –Roch La Salle,Canadian politician, 42ndCanadian Minister of Public Works(d. 2007)
- 1930–Abbey Lincoln,American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2010)
- 1931–Chalmers Johnson,American scholar and author (d. 2010)
- 1932–Michael Deeley,English screenwriter and producer
- 1932 –Howard Hodgkin,English painter (d. 2017)[29]
- 1932 –Charles Wood,English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2020)[30]
- 1933–A. G. Kripal Singh,Indian cricketer (d. 1987)
- 1934–Piers Anthony,English-American soldier and author
- 1934 –Chris Bonington,English mountaineer and author
- 1934 –Billy Boston,Welsh rugby player and soldier
- 1935–Fortunato Baldelli,Italian cardinal (d. 2012)
- 1935 –Octavio Getino,Spanish-Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2012)
- 1937–Baden Powell de Aquino,Brazilian guitarist and composer (d. 2000)
- 1937 –Charlie Haden,American bassist and composer (d. 2014)
- 1937 –Barbara Windsor,English actress (d. 2020)[31]
- 1938–Paul Bartel,American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2000)
- 1938 –Peter Bonerz,American actor and director
- 1938 –Bert Yancey,American golfer (d. 1994)
- 1940–Mukhu Aliyev,Russian philologist and politician, 2ndPresident of Dagestan
- 1940 –Egil Kapstad,Norwegian pianist and composer (d. 2017)
- 1940 –Louise Sorel,American actress
- 1941–Ray Culp,American baseball player
- 1942–Byard Lancaster,American saxophonist and flute player (d. 2012)
- 1943–Jon Postel,American computer scientist and academic (d. 1998)
- 1944–Inday Badiday,Filipino journalist and actress (d. 2003)
- 1944 –Michael Mingos,English chemist and academic
- 1944 –Martin Wharton,English bishop
- 1945–Ron Jones,English director and production manager (d. 1993)
- 1946–Allan Holdsworth,English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2017)
- 1947–Radhia Cousot,French computer scientist and academic (d. 2014)
- 1949–Dino Bravo,Italian-Canadian wrestler (d. 1993)
- 1950–Dorian Harewood,American actor
- 1951–Catherine Hicks,American actress
- 1951 –Daryl Somers,Australian television host and singer
- 1952–Pat MacDonald,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1952 –David McLetchie,Scottish lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
- 1952 –Ton Scherpenzeel,Dutch keyboard player, songwriter, and producer
- 1954–Mark Hughes,English-Australian rugby league player
- 1956–Bill Emmott,English journalist and author
- 1957–Bob Horner,American baseball player
- 1957 –Jim McGreevey,American lawyer and politician, 52ndGovernor of New Jersey
- 1958 –Randy DeBarge,American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1959–Rajendra Singh,Indian environmentalist
- 1959 –Joyce Sims,American singer (d. 2022)[32]
- 1960–Dale Ellis,American basketball player
- 1961–Mary Ann Sieghart,English journalist and radio host[33]
- 1962–Michelle Yeoh,Malaysian-Hong Kong actress and producer[34]
- 1963–Charles Ingram,English soldier, author, and game show contestant
- 1963 –Kevin Mitnick,American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker (d. 2023)[35]
- 1964–Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo,Nigerian journalist, activist, social media expert, and pharmacist
- 1965–Stéphane Peterhansel,French racing driver
- 1965 –Yuki Kajiura,Japanese pianist and composer
- 1965 –David Robinson,American basketball player and lieutenant[36]
- 1968–Jack de Gier,Dutch footballer
- 1969–Simon Doull,New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
- 1969 –Elliott Smith,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
- 1970–M. Night Shyamalan,Indian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1972–Geri Halliwell,English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- 1972 –Jason O'Mara,Irish actor[37]
- 1973–Vera Farmiga,American actress[37]
- 1973 –Stuart O'Grady,Australian cyclist
- 1975–Jason Crump,English-Australian motorcycle racer
- 1975 –Renate Götschl,Austrian skier
- 1975 –Víctor Zambrano,Venezuelan baseball player
- 1976–Soleil Moon Frye,American actress[37]
- 1976 –Melissa George,Australian-American actress[37]
- 1977–Leandro Amaral,Brazilian footballer
- 1977 –Jimmy Nielsen,Danish footballer and manager
- 1977 –Luciano Zavagno,Argentinian footballer
- 1979–Francesco Bellotti,Italian cyclist
- 1979 –Jaime Correa,Mexican footballer
- 1979 –Travis Reed,American basketball player
- 1981–Leslie Odom Jr.,American actor and singer[37]
- 1981 –Diána Póth,Hungarian figure skater
- 1983–Robin van Persie,Dutch footballer
- 1984–Vedad Ibišević,Bosnian footballer
- 1984 –Maja Ognjenović,Serbian volleyball player[38]
- 1984 –Jesse Ryder,New Zealand cricketer[39]
- 1985–Mickaël Delage,French cyclist[40]
- 1985 –Bafétimbi Gomis,French footballer[41]
- 1985 –Garrett Weber-Gale,American swimmer[42]
- 1986–Raphael Pyrasch,German rugby player[43]
- 1987–Leanne Crichton,Scottish footballer[44]
- 1991–Wilmer Flores,Venezuelan baseball player[45]
- 1991 –Jiao Liuyang,Chinese swimmer[46]
- 1995–Rebecca Peterson,Swedish tennis player[47]
- 1999–Hunter Greene,American baseball player[48]
- 1999 –Rebeka Masarova,Spanish-Swiss tennis player[49]
- 2004–Takhmina Ikromova,Uzbekistani rhythmic gymnast[50]
Deaths
[edit]Pre-1600
[edit]- 258–Pope Sixtus II[51]
- 523–Pope Hormisdas(b. 450)[52]
- 750–Marwan II,Umayyad general and caliph (b. 688)
- 1027–Richard III, Duke of Normandy
- 1162–Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona(b. 1113)
- 1195–Henry the Lion,Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. 1129)[53]
- 1221–Saint Dominic,Spanish priest, founded theDominican Order(b. 1170)
- 1272–Stephen V of Hungary(b. 1239)
- 1384–Francesco I of Lesbos
- 1412–Margherita of Durazzo,Queen consort of Charles III of Naples (b. 1347)[54]
- 1414–Ladislaus of Naples(b. 1377)
- 1458–Pope Callixtus III(b. 1378)
- 1530–Jacopo Sannazaro,Italian poet (b. 1458)
- 1553–Girolamo Fracastoro,Italian physician (b. 1478)
- 1588–Josias I, Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg,Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg (1578–1588) (b. 1554)[55][56]
1601–1900
[edit]- 1628–Johannes Junius,German lawyer and politician (b. 1573)
- 1637–Ben Jonson,English poet and playwright (b. 1572)
- 1645–Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex,English merchant and politician (b. 1575)
- 1657–Bohdan Khmelnytsky,Ukrainian soldier and politician, 1stHetman of Zaporizhian Host(b. 1595)
- 1660–Diego Velázquez,Spanish painter and educator (b. 1599)
- 1666–Tjerk Hiddes de Vries,Frisian naval hero and commander (b. 1622)
- 1679–John Snell,Scottish-English soldier and philanthropist, founded theSnell Exhibition(b. 1629)
- 1694–Antoine Arnauld,French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1612)
- 1695–François de Harlay de Champvallon,French archbishop (b. 1625)
- 1753–Georg Wilhelm Richmann,Estonian-Russian physicist and academic (b. 1711)
- 1757–Ádám Mányoki,Hungarian painter (b. 1673)
- 1794–Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst,English lawyer and politician,Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain(b. 1714)
- 1815–James A. Bayard,American lawyer and politician (b. 1767)
- 1828–Konstantin von Benckendorff,Russian general and diplomat (b. 1785)
- 1850–Edward Walsh,Irish poet (b. 1805)[57]
- 1866–John Mason Neale,English priest, scholar, and hymnwriter (b. 1818)
- 1881–James Springer White,American religious leader, co-founded theSeventh-day Adventist Church(b. 1821)[58]
- 1893–Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel,Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1811)
1901–present
[edit]- 1904–Eduard Hanslick,Austrian author and critic (b. 1825)
- 1906–George Waterhouse,English-New Zealand politician, 7thPrime Minister of New Zealand(b. 1824)[59]
- 1915–Jennie de la Montagnie Lozier,American physician (b. 1841)[60]
- 1920–Stefan Bastyr,Polish pilot and author (b. 1890)[61]
- 1925–Surendranath Banerjee,Indian academic and politician (b. 1848)
- 1925 –Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro,Italian mathematician (b. 1853)
- 1931–Bix Beiderbecke,American cornet player, pianist, and composer (b. 1903)[62]
- 1945–Richard Bong,American soldier and pilot,Medal of Honorrecipient (b. 1920)[63]
- 1945 –Hiram Johnson,American lawyer and politician, 23rdGovernor of California(b. 1866)[64]
- 1946–Tony Lazzeri,American baseball player and coach (b. 1903)[65]
- 1952–Betty Allan,Australian statistician andbiometrician(b. 1905)[66]
- 1959–Preston Sturges,American director, screenwriter, and playwright (b. 1898)[67]
- 1964–Cedric Hardwicke,English actor and director (b. 1893)
- 1968–Ye Gongchuo,Chinese politician, poet, and calligrapher (b. 1881)[68]
- 1969–Theodor W. Adorno,German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
- 1970–Nikos Tsiforos,Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
- 1973–Fulgencio Batista,Cuban colonel and politician, 9thPresident of Cuba(b. 1901)
- 1976–Gregor Piatigorsky,Russian-American cellist and educator (b. 1903)
- 1978–Pope Paul VI(b. 1897)[69][70]
- 1978 –Edward Durell Stone,American architect, designedRadio City Music Halland theKennedy Center for the Performing Arts(b. 1902)[71]
- 1979–Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen,German biochemist and academic,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1911)
- 1983–Klaus Nomi,German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)
- 1985–Forbes Burnham,Guyanese politician, 2ndPresident of Guyana(b. 1923)
- 1986–Emilio Fernández,Mexican actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
- 1987–Ira C. Eaker,American general (b. 1896)[72][73]
- 1990–Jacques Soustelle,French anthropologist and politician (b. 1912)
- 1991–Shapour Bakhtiar,Iranian soldier and politician, 74thPrime Minister of Iran(b. 1915)[74]
- 1991 –Roland Michener,Canadian lawyer and politician, 20thGovernor General of Canada(b. 1900)[75]
- 1991 –Harry Reasoner,American journalist, co-created60 Minutes(b. 1923)[76]
- 1992–Leszek Błażyński,Polish boxer (b. 1949)
- 1993–Tex Hughson,American baseball player (b. 1916)[77]
- 1994–Domenico Modugno,Italian singer-songwriter and politician (b. 1928)
- 1997–Shin Ki-ha,South Korean lawyer and politician (b. 1941)
- 1998–André Weil,French-American mathematician and academic (b. 1906)[78]
- 2001–Jorge Amado,Brazilian novelist and poet (b. 1912)[79]
- 2001 –Adhar Kumar Chatterji,Indian Naval officer (b. 1914)[80]
- 2001 –Wilhelm Mohnke,German general (b. 1911)
- 2001 –Shan Ratnam,Sri Lankan physician and academic (b. 1928)[81]
- 2001 –Dorothy Tutin,English actress (b. 1930)[82]
- 2002–Edsger W. Dijkstra,Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (b. 1930)[83]
- 2003–Julius Baker,American flute player and educator (b. 1915)[84]
- 2004–Rick James,American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1948)[85]
- 2004 –Donald Justice,American poet and academic (b. 1925)[86]
- 2005–Robin Cook,Scottish educator and politician,Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs(b. 1946)[87]
- 2005 –Creme Puff,tabbydomestic cat,oldest recorded cat(b. 1967)[88]
- 2007–Zsolt Daczi,Hungarian guitarist (b. 1969)[89]
- 2008–Angelos Kitsos,Greek lawyer and author (b. 1934)
- 2009–Riccardo Cassin,Italian mountaineer and author (b. 1909)[90]
- 2009 –Willy DeVille,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1950)[91]
- 2009 –John Hughes,American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1950)[92]
- 2011–Fe del Mundo,Filipino pediatrician and educator (b. 1911)[93]
- 2012–Richard Cragun,American-Brazilian ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1944)[94]
- 2012 –Marvin Hamlisch,American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1944)[95]
- 2012 –Robert Hughes,Australian-American author and critic (b. 1938)[96]
- 2012 –Bernard Lovell,English physicist and astronomer (b. 1913)[97]
- 2012 –Mark O'Donnell,American playwright (b. 1954)[98]
- 2012 –Ruggiero Ricci,American violinist and educator (b. 1918)[99]
- 2012 –Dan Roundfield,American basketball player (b. 1953)[100]
- 2013–Stan Lynde,American author and illustrator (b. 1931)[101]
- 2013 –Mava Lee Thomas,American baseball player (b. 1929)[102]
- 2013 –Jerry Wolman,American businessman (b. 1927)[103]
- 2014–Ralph Bryans,Northern Irish motorcycle racer (b. 1941)[104]
- 2014 –Ananda W.P. Guruge,Sri Lankan scholar and diplomat (b. 1928)[105]
- 2014 –John Woodland Hastings,American biochemist and academic (b. 1927)[106]
- 2015–Ray Hill,American football player (b. 1975)[107]
- 2015 –Orna Porat,German-Israeli actress (b. 1924)[108]
- 2017–Betty Cuthbert,Australian sprinter (b. 1938)[109]
- 2017 –Darren Daulton,American baseball player (b. 1962)[110]
- 2018–Joël Robuchon,French Chef (b. 1945)[111]
- 2018 –Margaret Heckler,American politician (b. 1931)[112]
- 2018 –Anya Krugovoy Silver,American poet (b. 1968)[113]
- 2024–Billy Bean,American baseball player (b. 1964)[114]
- 2024 –Connie Chiume,South African actress and filmmaker (b. 1952)[115]
Holidays and observances
[edit]- Christian holidays and observances
- Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan'sAccession Day.(United Arab Emirates)
- Independence Day (Bolivia),celebrates the independence ofBoliviafrom Spain in 1825.
- Independence Day (Jamaica),celebrates the independence ofJamaicafrom the United Kingdom in 1962.
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony(Hiroshima,Japan)[117]
- Russian Railway Troops Day(Russia)
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- ^Enzo Carli (1957).Pre-conquest Goldsmiths' Work of Colombia in the Museo Del Oro, Bogotá.London; Milano printed. p. 10.
- ^Jan H. Verzijl (1972).International Law in Historical Perspective.Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 493.ISBN90-286-0022-1.
- ^US Army Military History Research Collection; Joyce L. Eakin (1976).Colonial America and the War for Independence.U.S. Army Military History Research Collection. p. 105.
- ^Craig M. White (2007).The Great German Nation: Origins and Destiny.AuthorHouse. p. 144.ISBN978-1-4343-2549-5.
- ^Basadre, Jorge (2005) [First published 1939].Historia de la República del Perú (1822–1933)[History of the Republic of Peru (1822–1933)] (in Spanish). Vol. 1 (9th ed.). Lima: El Comercio. pp. 90–91.ISBN978-612-306-354-2.
- ^Thompson, Kristin; Bordwell, David; Smith, Jeff (2022).Film History: An Introduction(5th ed.). McGrawHill. p. 170.
- ^Airat R. Aklaev (1993).Ethnic Conflicts in the Former USSR.Peace Research Institute. p. 63.
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