August 29 is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years A leap year is a year containing one or more extra days (or, in the case of lunisolar calendars, an extra month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. For example, in the Gregorian calendar, February in a leap year has 29 days instead of the usual 28 so the year lasts 366 days instead of the usual 3) in the Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, on 24 February 1582 by the papal bull Inter gravissimas. There are 124 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters which make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which for the first time (Traditional Japanese date Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays. Before 1873, a lunisolar calendar was in use, which was adapted from the Chinese calendar. Japanese eras are still in use: August 10, 708).
• 1350 Year 1350 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar – Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English England /ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population, while its mainland territory occupies most of the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain. England is bordered by Scotland to the north, Wales to the west and the North Sea, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, naval fleet A fleet, or naval fleet, is a large formation of warships, and the largest formation in any navy. A fleet at sea is the direct equivalent of an army on land under King Edward III Edward III was one of the most successful English monarchs of the Middle Ages. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his father, Edward II, Edward III went on to transform the Kingdom of England into the most efficient military power in Europe. His reign saw vital developments in legislature and government—in particular the defeats a Castilian The Crown of Castile, as a historic entity, is usually considered to have begun in 1230 with the third and definitive union of the two kingdoms of León and Castile, or more concretely, with the union of their parliaments a few decades later. In 1230 Saint Ferdinand III was crowned King of Castile and Leon (which included the Kingdom of Galicia) fleet of 40 ships.
• 1475 – The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France France (pronounced /ˈfræns/ or /ˈfrɑːns/; French: [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, pronounced: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the and England England /ˈɪŋɡlənd/ is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population, while its mainland territory occupies most of the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain. England is bordered by Scotland to the north, Wales to the west and the North Sea, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea,.
• 1498 Year 1498 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar – Vasco da Gama Dom Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira (Sines or Vidigueira, Alentejo, Portugal, ca. either 1460 or 1469 – December 24, 1524 in Kochi, India) was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the European Age of Discovery and the commander of the first ships to sail directly from Europe to India decides to depart Calicut Kozhikode pronunciation in (Malayalam കോഴിക്കോട് ; IPA: [koːɻikːoːɖ]), also known as Calicut, is a city in the southern Indian state of Kerala. It is the third largest city in Kerala and the headquarters of Kozhikode district. Kozhikode was once the capital of an independent kingdom, and later of the erstwhile Malabar and return to Portugal Portugal /ˈpɔrtʃəɡəl/ , officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa), is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. The Atlantic archipelagos.
• 1521 Year 1521 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar – The Ottoman Turks The Ottoman Turks were the subdivision of the Ottoman Muslim Millet that dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. Reliable information about the early history of the Ottomans is scarce. According to some sources , the leader (khan) of the Kayi tribe of the Oguz Turks, Estugrul, left Persia in the mid-thirteenth century to escape the capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade Belgrade (Serbian: Београд, Beograd listen ) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. The city lies on two international waterways, at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where Central Europe's Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. Likewise, the city is placed along the pan-European corridors X and VII. With a population of 1,710,00.
• 1526 Year 1526 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar – Battle of Mohács The Battle of Mohács was fought on August 29, 1526 near Mohács, Hungary. In the battle, forces of the Kingdom of Hungary led by King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia were defeated by forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent: The Ottoman Turks The Ottoman Turks were the subdivision of the Ottoman Muslim Millet that dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. Reliable information about the early history of the Ottomans is scarce. According to some sources , the leader (khan) of the Kayi tribe of the Oguz Turks, Estugrul, left Persia in the mid-thirteenth century to escape the led by Suleiman the Magnificent Suleiman I (6 November 1494 – 5/6/7 September 1566), was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566. He is known in the West as Suleiman the Magnificent and in the East, as the Lawgiver (in Turkish Kanuni; Arabic: القانونى‎, al‐Qānūnī), for his complete reconstruction of the Ottoman defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary Hungary ( /ˈhʌŋɡəri/ ; Hungarian: Magyarország, pronounced [ˈmɒɟɒrorsaːɡ] ( listen)), officially the Republic of Hungary (Magyar Köztársaság listen (help·info) "Hungarian Republic"), is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and and Bohemia Bohemia (Czech: Čechy; German: Böhmen ; Polish: Czechy; French: Bohême; Latin: Bohemia) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands, currently the Czech Republic. In a broader meaning, it often refers to the entire Czech territory, including Moravia and Czech Silesia, especially in.
• 1541 – The Ottoman Turks The Ottoman Turks were the subdivision of the Ottoman Muslim Millet that dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire. Reliable information about the early history of the Ottomans is scarce. According to some sources , the leader (khan) of the Kayi tribe of the Oguz Turks, Estugrul, left Persia in the mid-thirteenth century to escape the capture Buda Buda is the western part of the Hungarian capital Budapest on the west bank of the Danube. The name Buda takes its name from the name of Bleda the Hun ruler, whose name is also Buda in Hungarian. An alternative etimological origin is the Slavic name Budimir, the capital A capital is the area of a country, province, region, or state, regarded as enjoying primary status; although there are exceptions, a capital is almost always a city which physically encompasses the offices and meeting places of the seat of government and fixed by law. Alternate terms include capital city and political capital; the latter phrase of the Hungarian Kingdom.
• 1655 Year 1655 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar) – Warsaw Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa [varˈʂava] ; also known by other names) is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly 370 kilometers (230 mi) from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains. Its population as of 2007 was estimated at 1,706,624, and the Warsaw metropolitan area at approximately 2,785,00 falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge Ujście – Danzig – Sobota – Żarnów – 1st Kraków – Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki – Wojnicz – Jasna Góra – Gołąb – Zamość – Sandomierz – Warka – Kłecko – 1st Warsaw – Kcynia – 2nd Warsaw – Lubcz – 2nd Kraków – Prostki – Filipów – Chojnice – Czarny Ostrów – Tykocin – Toruń – Magierów – Grudzią.
• 1756 Year 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar) – Frederick the Great Frederick II was a King of Prussia (1740–1786) from the Hohenzollern dynasty. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was Frederick IV (Friedrich IV) of Brandenburg. He was in personal union the sovereign prince of the Principality of Neuchâtel. He became known as Frederick the Great (Friedrich der Große) and was nicknamed attacks Saxony The Free State of Saxony is a federal state of Germany, located in the southeastern part of present-day Germany. It is the tenth-largest German state in area (18,413 km²) and the sixth largest in population (4.3 million), of Germany's sixteen states, beginning the Seven Years' War The Seven Years' War lasted between 1756–1763 and involved all of the major European powers of the period. The war pitted Prussia and Britain and a coalition of smaller German states against an alliance consisting of Austria, France, Russia, Sweden, and Saxony. Russia temporarily changed sides in the later stages of the war.
• 1786 Year 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar) – Shays' Rebellion Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising in Central and Western Massachusetts, from 1786 to 1787. The rebellion is named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolution who led the rebels, known as "Shaysites" or "Regulators". Most of Shays' compatriots were poor farmers angered by what they felt to be crushing debt and, an armed uprising of Massachusetts The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( /ˌmæsəˈtʃuːsɨts/ ) is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Most of its population of 6.4 million lives in the farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
• 1825 Year 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – Portugal Portugal /ˈpɔrtʃəɡəl/ , officially the Portuguese Republic (Portuguese: República Portuguesa), is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east. The Atlantic archipelagos recognizes the Independence of Brazil Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: República Federativa do Brasil) listen (help·info), is a country in South America. It is the fifth largest country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the.
• 1831 – Michael Faraday Michael Faraday, FRS was an English chemist and physicist (or natural philosopher, in the terminology of the time) who contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry discovers electromagnetic induction Electromagnetic induction is the production of voltage across a conductor situated in a changing magnetic field or a conductor moving through a stationary magnetic field.
• 1833 Year 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – The United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with legislates the abolition of slavery Slavery is a form of forced labor in which people are considered to be, or treated as, the property of others. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to receive compensation . Evidence of slavery predates written records, and has existed to in its empire.
• 1842 Year 1842 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – Treaty of Nanking The Treaty of Nanking or Treaty of Nanjing, signed 29 August 1842, was the unequal treaty which marked the end of the First Opium War between the British and Qing Empires of 1839-42. The treaties forced China to lower its tariffs signing ends the First Opium War The First Opium War or the First Anglo-Chinese War was fought between the British East India Company and the Qing Dynasty of China from 1839 to 1842 with the aim of forcing China to allow free trade, particularly in opium. The Treaty of Nanjing, first of the unequal treaties, granted an indemnity to Britain, opening of five Treaty Ports, and the.
• 1861 Year 1861 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – American Civil War The American Civil War , also known as the War Between the States and several other names, was a civil war in the United States of America. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the U.S. and formed the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy). Led by Jefferson Davis, they fought against the U.S. federal government (the: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
• 1862 – Second Battle of Bull Run
• 1869 – The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first rack railway.
• 1871 – Emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
• 1882 – The date attributed to the death of English Cricket and the origin of the legend of The Ashes. This is the date according to the mock obituary in The Sporting Times.
• 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle.
• 1895 – The formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England.
• 1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.
• 1907 – The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
• 1910 – Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.
• 1911 – Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
• 1915 – US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in accident.
• 1916 – The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
• 1918 – Bapaume taken by Australian Corps and Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days Offensive
• 1922 – Turkish forces set fire to Smyrna in Asia Minor.
• 1930 – The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
• 1943 – German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy;Germany dissolves the Danish government.
• 1944 – Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
• 1949 – Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
• 1958 – United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• 1966 – The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
• 1970 – Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Ruben Salazar.
• 1982 – The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
• 1991 – Supreme Soviet suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
• 1995 – NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
• 1996 – Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
• 1997 – At least 98 villagers are killed by the GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
• 2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
• 2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $80 billion in damage.
• 2007 – A United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident takes place at Minot Air Force Base and Barksdale Air Force Base.

Births

• 1619 – Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (d. 1683)
• 1628 – John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)
• 1632 – John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704)
• 1694 – Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)
• 1725 – Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767)
• 1728 – Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797)
• 1756 – Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845)
• 1756 – Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830)
• 1777 – Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853)
• 1780 – Jean Ingres, French painter (d. 1867)
• 1805 – Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)
• 1809 – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer (d. 1894)
• 1810 – Juan Bautista Alberdi, founding father of the Argentine Republic (d. 1884)
• 1811 – Henry Bergh, founder of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1888)
• 1842 – Alfred Shaw, English cricketer (d. 1907)
• 1843 – David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910)
• 1844 – Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)
• 1857 – Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)
• 1862 – Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)
• 1862 – Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet Nobel laureate (d. 1949)
• 1871 – Albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)
• 1876 – Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (d. 1958)
• 1876 – Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949)
• 1898 – Preston Sturges, American filmmaker (d. 1959)
• 1901 – Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
• 1904 – Werner Forssmann, German physician Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
• 1905 – Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player (d. 1979)
• 1910 – Vivien Thomas, African American surgeon (d. 1985)
• 1912 – Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian/Polish cinematographer
• 1912 – Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1912 – Sohn Kee-chung, Korean runner (d. 2002)
• 1913 – Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
• 1915 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
• 1915 – Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist (d. 1985)
• 1916 – Luther Davis, American playwright (d. 2008)
• 1916 – George Montgomery, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)
• 1920 – Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955)
• 1922 – Mr. Blackwell, American fashion critic (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Richard Attenborough, English film director
• 1923 – Marmaduke Hussey, BBC Chairman (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Hiralal Gaekwad, Indian cricketer
• 1924 – Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005)
• 1924 – Dinah Washington, American singer (d. 1963)
• 1926 – Betty Lynn, American actress
• 1926 – María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer
• 1928 – Charles Gray, English actor (d. 2000)
• 1929 – Thom Gunn, British poet (d. 2004)
• 1930 – Jacques Bouchard, Canadian advertising executive (d. 2006)
• 1931 – Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (d. 2001)
• 1931 – Lise Payette, Quebec politician, writer and columnist
• 1933 – Arnold Koller, Swiss Federal Councilor
• 1934 – John Guy, New Zealand cricketer
• 1934 – Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (d. 2004)
• 1935 – William Friedkin, American film director
• 1936 – John McCain, American politician
• 1937 – James Florio, American politician
• 1938 – Elliott Gould, American actor
• 1938 – Robert Rubin, United States Secretary of the Treasury
• 1939 – Joel Schumacher, American film director
• 1940 – James Brady, American White House Press Secretary and gun control activist
• 1940 – Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (d. 1984)
• 1941 – Robin Leach, English television host
• 1942 – James Glennon, American cinematographer (d. 2006)
• 1942 – John Heuser, Electron microscopist
• 1943 – Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist (d. 1996)
• 1945 – Wyomia Tyus, American athlete
• 1946 – Bob Beamon, American long jumper
• 1947 – Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert
• 1947 – James Hunt, English race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1950 – Doug DeCinces, American baseball player
• 1950 – Dave Reichert, American politician and sheriff
• 1952 – Karen Hesse, American children's writer
• 1952 – Dave Malone, American rock guitarist
• 1952 – Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress
• 1953 – James Quesada, Nicaraguan/American anthropologist
• 1954 – Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American science fiction novelist
• 1955 – Frank Hoste, Belgian cyclist
• 1955 – Diamanda Galas, American singer
• 1956 – GG Allin, American rock singer (d. 1993)
• 1956 – Mark Morris, American choreographer
• 1957 – Jerry D. Bailey, American racing jockey
• 1958 – Lenny Henry, British writer, comedian and actor
• 1958 – Michael Jackson, American singer, dancer and composer (d. 2009)
• 1959 – Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese composer
• 1959 – Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian Telugu actor
• 1959 – Timothy Perry Shriver, member of the Kennedy Family
• 1959 – Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut
• 1959 – Rebecca De Mornay, American actress
• 1960 – Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist
• 1961 – Rodney McCray, American basketball player
• 1961 – Carsten Fischer, German field-hockey player
• 1962 – Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer
• 1962 – Carl Banks, American football player
• 1963 – Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer
• 1965 – Dina Spybey, American actress
• 1965 – Will Perdue, American basketball player
• 1967 – Anton Newcombe, American musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
• 1969 – Me'Shell NdegéOcello, American singer
• 1969 – Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player
• 1970 – Chris Daugherty, Winner of Survivor: Vanuatu
• 1971 – Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1971 – Carla Gugino, American actress
• 1972 – Bae Yong Joon, South Korean actor
• 1973 – Adam Sessler, American TV show host
• 1973 – Olivier Jacque, motorcyclist
• 1974 – Kumi Tanioka, Japanese composer
• 1975 – Dante Basco, Filipino/American actor
• 1976 – Stephen Carr, Irish footballer
• 1976 – Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player
• 1976 – Pablo Mastroeni, American soccer player
• 1976 – Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer
• 1977 – John Patrick O'Brien, American footballer
• 1977 – Aaron Rowand, American baseball player
• 1977 – Devean George, American basketball player
• 1977 – Roy Oswalt, American baseball player
• 1977 – Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian
• 1977 – Jo Weil, German actor
• 1978 – Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer
• 1979 – Chieu Luu, Canadian journalist
• 1979 – Ryan Shealy, American baseball player
• 1980 – David Desrosiers, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
• 1980 – Chris Simms, American football player
• 1980 – David West, American basketball player
• 1980 – Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong singer and actor
• 1980 – Tom Allason, UK based entrepreneur
• 1980 – Mohammad Sheikh, Kenyan cricketer
• 1981 – Lanny Barbie, Canadian pornographic actress
• 1981 – Geneviève Jeanson, French Canadian cyclist
• 1981 – Jay Ryan (Jay Bunyan), Australian actor
• 1982 – A+, American rapper
• 1982 – Leon Washington, American football player
• 1985 – Jeffrey Licon, American actor
• 1986 – Lauren Collins, Canadian actress
• 1987 – Tony Kane, Irish footballer
• 1990 – Sam Stern, British chef and author
• 1992 – Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter

Deaths

• 886 – Basil I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 811)
• 1093 – Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)
• 1123 – King Eystein I of Norway (b. c. 1088)
• 1395 – Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)
• 1442 – John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)
• 1526 – King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (killed in battle) (b. 1506)
• 1542 – Cristovão da Gama, Portuguese soldier (b. c. 1516)
• 1657 – John Lilburne, English dissenter
• 1712 – Gregory King, English statistician (b. 1648)
• 1769 – Edmund Hoyle, English author and teacher (b. 1672)
• 1780 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (b. 1713)
• 1799 – Pope Pius VI (b. 1717)
• 1844 – Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
• 1856 – Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (b. 1778)
• 1866 – Tokugawa Iemochi, 14th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (b. 1846)
• 1877 – Brigham Young, American religious leader and western settler (b. 1801)
• 1889 – Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (b. 1815)
• 1891 – Pierre Lallement, inventor of the bicycle
• 1904 – Murad V, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1840)
• 1930 – William Archibald Spooner, English writer (b. 1844)
• 1931 – David T. Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder
• 1935 – Queen Astrid of Belgium (b. 1905)
• 1966 – Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theoretician (b. 1906)
• 1968 – Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier and planner (b. 1881)
• 1971 – Nathan Leopold, American convicted murderer (Leopold and Loeb) (b. 1904)
• 1972 – Lale Andersen, German singer (b. 1905)
• 1975 – Eamon de Valera, first Taoiseach and third President of Ireland (b. 1882)
• 1976 – Jimmy Reed, American blues singer (b. 1925)
• 1976 – Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (b. 1899)
• 1977 – Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923)
• 1977 – Brian McGuire, Australian racing driver (b. 1945)
• 1981 – Lowell Thomas, American writer and broadcaster (b. 1892)
• 1982 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915)
• 1983 – Simon Oakland, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1984 – Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian statesman (b. 1901)
• 1985 – Evelyn Ankers, English actress (b. 1918)
• 1987 – Archie Campbell, American country music comedian (b. 1914)
• 1987 – Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1989 – Peter Scott, English explorer, naturalist, and painter (b. 1909)
• 1992 – Felix Guattari, French philosopher and social theorist (b. 1930)
• 1992 – Teddy Turner, comedian (b. 1917)
• 1995 – Frank Perry, American film director (b. 1930)
• 2000 – Willie Maddren, English footballer (b. 1951)
• 2001 – Graeme "Shirley" Strachan, Australian singer (Skyhooks), TV and radio star (b. 1952)
• 2001 – Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (b. 1926)
• 2002 – Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (b. 1920)
• 2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader (b. 1939)
• 2003 – Patrick Procktor, English artist (b. 1936)
• 2003 – Michel Constantin, French film actor (b. 1924)
• 2004 – Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)
• 2007 – Richard Jewell, central figure in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing (b. 1962)
• 2007 – Pierre Messmer, French politician and Prime Minister (b. 1916)
• 2007 – Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea (b. 1920)
• 2007 – James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Geoffrey Perkins, British comedy producer (b. 1953)
• 2008 – Michael Schoenberg, Geophysicist (b. 1939)

Holidays and observances

• Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Eastern Catholicism, and Roman Catholic Church commemorate the beheading of John the Baptist with a feast day.
• Slovakia – Slovak National Uprising Day (1944, against the Nazis).
• The first day of Thoth – which is the first day of the Egyptian calendar. Thoth is the Ibis-headed god of knowledge.

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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