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== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
-*[[1056]] - [[List of Byzantine Emperors|Byzantine Empress]] [[Theodora (11th century)|Theodora]] becomes ill, dying suddenly a few days later, without children to succeed the [[throne]], ending the [[Macedonian dynasty]].+*[[1928]] - [[The Threepenny Opera]] premiers in Berlin
-*[[1142]] - With the aid of [[Hiawatha]] and [[Deganawidah, The Great Peacemaker]], the [[Iroquois]] tribes establish the Confederation of the [[Haudenosaunee]].+
-*[[1422]] - [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]], becomes King of England at the age of 9 months. +
-*[[1803]] - [[Lewis and Clark]] start their expidition from [[Pittsburgh]] at 11 o clock in the morning.+
-*[[1864]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[United States|Union]] forces led by General [[William T. Sherman]] launch an assault on [[Atlanta, Georgia]].+
-*[[1876]] - [[Ottoman sultan]] [[Murat V]] is deposed and succeeded by his brother [[Abd-ul-Hamid II]].+
-*[[1886]] - [[Charleston earthquake|Earthquake]] kills 100 in [[Charleston, South Carolina]].+
-*[[1888]] - [[Mary Ann Nichols]] is murdered. She is the first of [[Jack the Ripper]]'s known victims.+
*[[1897]] - [[Thomas Edison]] patents the [[Kinetoscope]], the first movie projector. *[[1897]] - [[Thomas Edison]] patents the [[Kinetoscope]], the first movie projector.
-*[[1907]] - Count [[Alexander Izvolsky]] and Sir [[Arthur Nicolson]] sign the [[Anglo-Russian Entente|St. Petersburg Convention]], which results in the [[Triple Entente]] [[military alliance|alliance]]. 
-*[[1914]] - [[Ecuador]] becomes a signatory to the [[Buenos Aires Convention|Buenos Aires]] [[copyright]] [[treaty]]. 
-*[[1915]] - [[Brazil]] becomes a signatory to the [[Buenos Aires Convention|Buenos Aires]] [[copyright]] [[treaty]]. 
-*[[1920]] - [[Polish-Bolshevik War]]: A decisive [[Poland|Polish]] victory in the [[Battle of Komarów]]. 
-*1920 - First [[radio]] news program broadcast by station 8MK in [[Detroit, Michigan]]. 
-*[[1939]] - [[Nazi Germany]] mounts a staged [[Gleiwitz incident|attack on Gleiwitz radio station]], giving them an excuse to attack [[Poland]] the following day, starting [[European Theatre of World War II|World War II in Europe]]. 
-*[[1942]] - In [[Ternopil]], western [[Ukraine]], at 4.30 am, [[Germany|German]] [[SS]] organise the first deportation of [[Jews]] from [[Ternopil]] [[ghetto]] to death camp in [[Belzec]], about 5,000 [[Jews]] were deported to face death in [[Belzec]]. When the [[Germans]] captured [[Ternopil]], about 18,000 [[Jews]] lived in the city.  
-*[[1943]] - The [[USS Harmon (DE-678)|USS ''Harmon'']], the first [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] ship to be named for a black person, is commissioned. 
-*[[1945]] - The [[Liberal Party of Australia]] is founded by [[Robert Menzies]]. 
-*[[1948]] - [[Actor]] [[Robert Mitchum]] was arrested in a [[Hollywood]] drug raid. He would later be found guilty of criminal conspiracy to possess [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] and was sentenced to 60 days in prison. 
-*[[1957]] - The [[Federation of Malaya]] gains its independence from the [[United Kingdom]]. 
-*[[1962]] - [[Trinidad and Tobago]] become independent. 
-*[[1963]] - [[Walter Cronkite]] began his stint as anchor of the ''[[CBS Evening News]]''. 
-*[[1965]] - The [[Aero Spacelines Super Guppy]] [[Aircraft]] makes its first flight. 
-*[[1968]] - [[Garfield Sobers]] becomes the first cricketer to hit 6 sixes in one over. 
-*[[1978]] - William and [[Emily Harris]], founders of the [[Symbionese Liberation Army]], plead guilty to the 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress [[Patricia Hearst]]. 
-*[[1980]] - The [[Gdańsk Agreement]] is signed. 
-*[[1986]] - [[Aeroméxico Flight 498]] collides with a [[Piper Cherokee|Piper PA-28]] over [[Cerritos, California|Cerritos]], [[California]], killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground. 
-* 1986 - The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] passenger liner ''[[Admiral Nakhimov (ship)|Admiral Nakhimov]]'' sinks in the [[Black Sea]] after colliding with the bulk carrier ''[[Pyotr Vasev]]'', killing 423. 
-*[[1991]] - [[Kyrgyzstan]] declares its independence from the [[Soviet Union]]. 
-*[[1992]] - [[Pascal Lissouba]] is inaugurated as the President of the [[Republic of the Congo]] . 
-*[[1994]] - The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] declares a [[ceasefire]]. 
-*[[1997]] - [[Diana, Princess of Wales]], dies in a [[Death of Diana, Princess of Wales|car crash]] in [[Paris]]. 
-*[[1998]] - [[North Korea]] reportedly launches ''[[Kwangmyongsong]]'', its first [[artificial satellite|satellite]].  
-*[[1999]] - The first of a series of [[Russian Apartment Bombings]] in [[Moscow]], killing one person and wounding 40 others. 
-*[[1999]] - A [[LAPA]] [[Boeing 737]]-200 [[LAPA flight 3142|crashes during takeoff]] from [[Aeroparque Jorge Newbery|Jorge Newbury Airport]] in [[Buenos Aires]], killing 65, including 2 on the ground. 
-*[[2005]] - A [[Baghdad bridge stampede|stampede]] on [[Al-Aaimmah bridge]] in [[Baghdad]] kills 1,199 people. 
*[[2006]] - Stolen on [[August 22]], [[2004]], [[Edvard Munch]]'s famous painting [[The Scream]] was recovered from a raid by [[Norway|Norwegian]] police. The paintings were said to be in a better-than-expected condition. *[[2006]] - Stolen on [[August 22]], [[2004]], [[Edvard Munch]]'s famous painting [[The Scream]] was recovered from a raid by [[Norway|Norwegian]] police. The paintings were said to be in a better-than-expected condition.
==Births== ==Births==
* [[12]] - Gaius [[Caligula]], [[Roman Emperor]] (d. [[41]]) * [[12]] - Gaius [[Caligula]], [[Roman Emperor]] (d. [[41]])
-* [[161]] - [[Commodus]], [[Roman Emperor]] (d. [[192]]) 
-*[[1569]] - [[Jahangir]], Mughal Emperor of India (d. [[1627]]) 
-*[[1602]] – [[Amalia von Solms]], countess of Solms-Braunfels (d. [[1675]]) 
-*[[1663]] - [[Guillaume Amontons]], French physicist and instrument maker (d. [[1705]]) 
-*[[1721]] - [[George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol]], British statesman (d. [[1775]]) 
-*[[1741]] - [[Jean Paul Egide Martini]], French composer (d. [[1816]]) 
*[[1811]] - [[Theophile Gautier]], French poet and novelist (d. [[1872]]) *[[1811]] - [[Theophile Gautier]], French poet and novelist (d. [[1872]])
-*[[1821]] - [[Hermann von Helmholtz]], German physician (d. [[1894]]) 
-*[[1822]] - [[Galusha A. Grow]], American politician (d. [[1907]]) 
-*[[1834]] - [[Amilcare Ponchielli]], Italian composer (d. [[1886]]) 
-*[[1843]] - [[Georg von Hertling]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] (d. [[1919]]) 
-*[[1870]] - [[Maria Montessori]], Italian educator (d. [[1952]]) 
-*[[1871]] - [[James E. Ferguson]], Texan governor (d. [[1944]]) 
-*[[1878]] - [[Frank Jarvis]], American athlete (d. [[1933]]) 
*[[1879]] - [[Alma Mahler]], wife of [[Gustav Mahler]], [[Walter Gropius]] and [[Franz Werfel]] (d. [[1964]]) *[[1879]] - [[Alma Mahler]], wife of [[Gustav Mahler]], [[Walter Gropius]] and [[Franz Werfel]] (d. [[1964]])
-*[[1880]] - [[Wilhelmina I of the Netherlands]] (d. [[1962]]) 
-*[[1885]] - [[DuBose Heyward]], American playwright (d. [[1940]]) 
-*[[1893]] - [[Lily Laskine]], French harpist (d. [[1988]]) 
-*[[1896]] - [[Félix-Antoine Savard]], French-Canadian priest and novelist (d. [[1982]]) 
*[[1897]] - [[Fredric March]], American actor (d. [[1975]]) *[[1897]] - [[Fredric March]], American actor (d. [[1975]])
-*[[1900]] - [[Gino Lucetti]], Italian anarchist (d. [[1943]])+*[[1910]] - [[Raoul Ubac]], Belgian artist (d. [[1985]])
-*[[1903]] - [[Arthur Godfrey]], American television host (d. [[1983]])+*[[1921]] - [[Raymond Williams]], Welsh academic, novelist and critic. (d. [[1988]])
-* 1903 - [[Vladimir Jankélévitch]], French philosopher (d. [[1985]])+
-*[[1905]] - [[Sanford Meisner]], American actor and teacher (d. [[1997]])+
-*[[1907]] - [[Ramon Magsaysay]], Philipino politician (d. [[1957]])+
-* 1907 - [[William Shawn]], American editor (d. [[1992]])+
-* 1907 - [[Altiero Spinelli]], Italian citizen and advocate of European federalism (d. [[1986]])+
-*[[1908]] - [[William Saroyan]], American novelist (d. [[1981]])+
-*[[1913]] - Sir [[Bernard Lovell]], British radio astronomer+
-*[[1914]] - [[Richard Basehart]], American actor (d. [[1984]])+
-*[[1916]] - [[Daniel Schorr]], American journalist+
-*[[1918]] - [[Alan Jay Lerner]], American lyricist (d. [[1986]])+
-*[[1919]] - [[Amrita Preetam]], Indian poetess and author (d. [[2005]])+
-*[[1924]] - [[Buddy Hackett]], American actor and comedian (d. [[2003]])+
-*[[1927]] - [[Bill Daily]], American actor and comedian+
*[[1928]] - [[James Coburn]], American actor (d. [[2002]]) *[[1928]] - [[James Coburn]], American actor (d. [[2002]])
-*[[1931]] - [[Noble Willingham]], American actor (d. [[2004]])+*[[1935]] - [[Eldridge Cleaver]], American political activist (d. 1998)
-* 1931 - [[Jean Béliveau]], Canadian hockey player+*[[1942]] - [[George Kuchar]],United States film director (d. 2011)
-*[[1934]] - [[Nikos Xanthopoulos]], Greek actor+*[[1942]] - [[Gérard Pirès]], French film director and writer
-*[[1935]] - [[Frank Robinson]], American baseball player and manager+
-* 1935 - [[Eldridge Cleaver]], American political activist (d. [[1998]])+
-*[[1937]] - [[Warren Berlinger]], American actor+
-* 1937 - [[Bobby Parker]], American [[blues music]]ian/[[blues rock|guitarist]]+
-*[[1938]] - [[Martin Bell]], British journalist+
-* 1938 - [[Murray Gleeson]], Australian Jurist, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia (b. [[1938]]+
-*[[1939]] - [[Jerry Allison]], American drummer ([[The Crickets]])+
-*[[1941]] - [[William DeWitt, Jr.]], American businessman+
-*[[1944]] - [[Roger Dean (artist)|Roger Dean]], British artist+
*[[1945]] - [[Van Morrison]], Irish musician *[[1945]] - [[Van Morrison]], Irish musician
-* 1945 - [[Itzhak Perlman]], Israeli violinist 
-*[[1947]] - [[Mona Marshall]], American voice actress 
-* 1947 - [[Yumiko Ōshima]], Japanese manga artist 
-* 1947 - [[Luca di Montezemolo]], Italian businessman 
-*[[1948]] - [[Lowell Ganz]], American screenwriter 
-* 1948 - [[Rudolf Schenker]], German guitarist ([[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]]) 
-* 1948 - [[Harald Ertl]], Austrian racing driver (d. [[1982]]) 
-* 1948 - [[Holger Osieck]], German footballer and coach 
-*[[1949]] - [[Richard Gere]], American actor 
-* 1949 - [[H. David Politzer]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate 
-*[[1952]] - [[Herbert Reul]], German politician 
-*[[1953]] - [[György Károly]], Hungarian author 
-* 1953 - [[Miguel Ángel Guerra]], Argentine racing driver 
-* 1953 - [[Pavel Vinogradov]], Russian cosmonaut 
-*[[1954]] - [[Caroline Cossey]], English model 
-*[[1955]] - [[Edwin Moses]], American athlete 
-*[[1956]] - [[Masashi Tashiro]], Japanese television performer 
-*[[1957]] - [[Gina Schock]], American drummer ([[The Go-Go's]]) 
-* 1957 - [[Glenn Tilbrook]], British musician ([[Squeeze]]) 
-*[[1958]] - [[Serge Blanco]], French International rugby player 
-*[[1959]] - [[Ralph Krueger]], German-Canadian ice hockey coach 
-*[[1960]] - [[Hassan Nasrallah]], leader of [[Hizballah]] 
-* 1960 - [[Chris Whitley]], American musician (d. [[2005]]) 
-* 1960 - [[Vali Ionescu]], Rumanian long jumper 
-*[[1962]] - [[Dee Bradley Baker]], American voice actor 
-* 1962 - [[Julie Brown]], American actress, singer-songwriter and screenwriter 
-*[[1963]] - [[Reb Beach]], American guitarist ([[Winger (band)|Winger]], [[Whitesnake]]) 
-* 1963 - [[Todd Carty]], Irish actor 
-* 1963 - [[Sonny Silooy]], Dutch football player 
-*[[1964]] - [[Raymond P. Hammond]], American poet and editor  
-*[[1965]] - [[Céline Bonnier]], Quebec actress 
-* 1965 - [[Daniel Bernhardt]], Swiss actor 
-*[[1966]] - [[Jan Einar Thorsen]], Norwegian Alpine skier 
-*[[1967]] - [[Anita Moen]], Norwegian Cross-country skier 
-*[[1968]] - [[Hideo Nomo]], baseball pitcher 
-*[[1969]] - [[Jonathan LaPaglia]], Australian actor 
-* 1969 - [[Nathalie Bouvier]], French alpine skier 
-*[[1970]] - [[Deborah Gibson]], American singer 
-* 1970 - [[Queen Rania]], Queen of [[Jordan]] 
-* 1970 - [[Zack Ward]], Canadian actor 
-* 1970 - [[Arie van Lent]], Dutch-German footballer 
-*[[1971]] - [[Padraig Harrington]], Irish professional golfer 
-*[[1972]] - [[Chris Tucker]], American actor 
-*[[1973]] - [[Scott Niedermayer]], hockey player 
-*[[1974]] - [[Andriy Medvedev]], Ukranian teniss player 
-*[[1975]] - [[Daniel Harding]], British conductor 
-* 1975 - [[Gabe Kapler]], American baseball player and manager 
-* 1975 - [[Sara Ramirez]], American actress 
-* 1975 - [[John Grahame]], American-born Canadian hockey player 
-*[[1976]] - [[Radek Martinek]], Czechoslovakian ice hockey player 
-* 1976 - [[Roque Júnior]], Brazilian footballer 
-* 1976 - [[Vincent Delerm]], French singer-songwriter, pianist and composer 
-*[[1977]] - [[Jeff Hardy]], American professional wrestler 
-* 1977 - [[Ian Harte]], Irish footballer 
-* 1977 - [[Craig Nicholls]], Australian musician ([[The Vines]])  
-*[[1978]] - [[Phina Oruche]], British actress 
-* 1978 - [[Philippe Christanval]], French footballer 
-*[[1979]] - [[Clay Hensley]], professional baseball player 
-* 1979 - [[Mickie James]], American professional wrestler 
-* 1979 - [[Mark Johnston (swimmer)| Mark Johnston]], Canadian swimmer 
-*[[1980]] - [[Joe Budden]], American rapper 
-*[[1981]] - [[Joe Swanberg]], American filmmaker 
-* 1981 - [[40 Cal]], American rapper 
-* 1981 - [[Dwayne Peel]], Welsh International rugby player 
-*[[1982]] - [[Ian Crocker]], American swimmer 
-* 1982 - [[Chris Duhon]], American basketball player 
-* 1982 - [[Josh Kroeger]], American baseball player 
-* 1982 - [[Alexei Mikhnov]], Ukrainian-born ice hockey player 
-* 1982 - [[José Manuel Reina Páez|Jose Reina]], Spanish footballer 
-* 1982 - [[Michele Rugolo]], Italian racing driver 
-* 1982 - [[Patrick Nuo]], Swiss singer 
-*[[1983]] - [[Larry Fitzgerald]], American football player 
-*[[1984]] - [[Ted Ligety]], American alpine skier 
-* 1984 - [[Matti Breschel]], Danish road bicycle racer 
-* 1984 - [[Charl Schwartzel]], South African golfer 
-*[[1987]] - [[Petros Kravaritis]], Greek footballer 
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==Deaths== ==Deaths==
-* [[651]] - [[Saint Aidan of Lindisfarne]], Irish bishop and missionary+*[[1528]] - [[Matthias Grünewald]], German artist (b. c. [[1470]])
-*[[1056]] - [[Theodora (11th century)|Theodora]], Byzantine Empress (b. [[981]])+
-*[[1234]] - [[Emperor Go-Horikawa]] of Japan (b. [[1212]])+
-*[[1372]] - [[Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford]], English soldier (b. [[1301]])+
-*[[1422]] - King [[Henry V of England]] (b. [[1387]])+
-*[[1645]] - [[Francesco Bracciolini]], Italian poet (b. [[1566]])+
-*[[1654]] - [[Ole Worm]], Danish physician (b. [[1588]])+
*[[1688]] - [[John Bunyan]], English writer (b. [[1628]]) *[[1688]] - [[John Bunyan]], English writer (b. [[1628]])
-*[[1730]] - [[Gottfried Finger]], Czech composer (b. [[1660]]?) 
-*[[1741]] - [[Johann Gottlieb Heineccius]], German jurist (b. [[1681]]) 
-*[[1772]] - [[William Borlase]], English naturalist (b. [[1695]]) 
-*[[1795]] - [[François-André Danican Philidor]], French chess player (b. [[1726]]) 
-*[[1799]] - [[Nicolas-Henri Jardin]], French architect (b. [[1720]]) 
-*[[1814]] - [[Arthur Phillip]], British admiral, first Governor of New South Wales (b. [[1738]]) 
*[[1867]] - [[Charles Baudelaire]], French poet (b. [[1821]]) *[[1867]] - [[Charles Baudelaire]], French poet (b. [[1821]])
-*[[1869]] - [[Mary Ward (scientist)|Mary Ward]], Irish scientist, first automobile accident victim (b. [[1827]])+*[[1946]] - [[Harley Granville-Barker]], English theater maker (b. [[1877]])
-*[[1888]] - [[Mary Ann Nichols|Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols]], widely believed to be the first victim of [[Jack the Ripper]] (b. [[1845]])+
-*[[1920]] - [[Wilhelm Wundt]], German psychologist (b. [[1832]])+
-*[[1940]] - [[Georges Gauthier]], French Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop of Montreal (b. [[1871]]) +
-*[[1941]] - [[Marina Tsvetaeva]], Russian poet (b. [[1892]])+
-*[[1948]] - [[Billy Laughlin]], American actor (b. [[1932]])+
-*[[1952]] - [[Henri Bourassa]], French Canadian political leader (b. [[1868]])+
*[[1963]] - [[Georges Braque]], French painter (b. [[1882]]) *[[1963]] - [[Georges Braque]], French painter (b. [[1882]])
-*[[1967]] - [[Ilya Ehrenburg]], Russian writer (b. [[1891]]) 
-*[[1969]] - [[Rocky Marciano]], American boxer (b. [[1923]]) 
*[[1973]] - [[John Ford]], American film director (b. [[1894]]) *[[1973]] - [[John Ford]], American film director (b. [[1894]])
-*[[1974]] - [[William Pershing Benedict]], American pilot 
-* 1974 - [[Norman Kirk]], New Zealand prime minister (b. [[1923]]) 
-*[[1978]] - [[John Wrathall]], [[President of Rhodesia]] (b. [[1913]]) 
-*[[1979]] - [[Sally Rand]], American dancer and actress (b. [[1904]]) 
-*[[1985]] - [[Frank Macfarlane Burnet]], Australian biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate ]] (b. [[1899]]) 
*[[1986]] - [[Henry Moore]], English sculptor (b. [[1898]]) *[[1986]] - [[Henry Moore]], English sculptor (b. [[1898]])
-* 1986 - [[Urho Kekkonen]], [[President of Finland]] (b. [[1900]]) 
-*[[1997]] - [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] (b. [[1961]]) 
-*[[2002]] - [[Lionel Hampton]], American vibraphone player (b. [[1908]]) 
-* 2002 - [[George Porter]], English chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate ]] (b. [[1920]]) 
-*[[2004]] - [[Carl Wayne]], English singer (b. [[1943]]) 
-*[[2005]] - [[Joseph Rotblat]], Polish-British physicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1908]]) 
-* 2005 - [[Michael Sheard]], British actor (b. [[1940]]) 
-*[[2006]] - [[Mohamed Abdelwahab]], Egyptian footballer (b. [[1983]]) 
-* 2006 - [[Tom Delaney]], British racing driver (b. [[1911]]) 
-*[[2007]] - [[Gay Brewer]], American golfer (b. [[1932]]) 
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-== Notes == 
-# Charles Baudelaire 
-# Matthias Grünewald 
-# Georges Braque 
-# Raoul Ubac 
-# Alma Mahler 
-# Gérard Pirès 
-# Harley Granville-Barker 
- * Raymond Williams 
- * Henry Moore 
- * George Kuchar 
-# The Threepenny Opera 
-# Eldridge Cleaver 
-# John Bunyan 
-# Van Morrison 
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