August 1 is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 152 days remaining until the end of the year.
30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria , Egypt , bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic .
69 – Batavian rebellion : The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of Gaius Julius Civilis .
527 – Justinian I becomes the sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire .
607 – Ono no Imoko is dispatched as envoy to the Sui court in China (Traditional Japanese date : July 3, 607).
902 – Taormina , the last Byzantine stronghold in Sicily , is captured by the Aghlabids army, concluding the Muslim conquest of Sicily .
1203 – Isaac II Angelos , restored Eastern Roman Emperor , declares his son Alexios IV Angelos co-emperor after pressure from the forces of the Fourth Crusade .
1291 – The Old Swiss Confederacy is formed with the signature of the Federal Charter .
1469 – Louis XI of France founds the chivalric order called the Order of Saint Michael in Amboise .
1498 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to visit what is now Venezuela .
1620 – The Speedwell leaves Delfshaven to bring pilgrims to America by way of England.
1664 – Ottoman forces are defeated in the battle of Saint Gotthard by an Austrian army led by Raimondo Montecuccoli , resulting in the Peace of Vasvár .
1714 – George, Elector of Hanover , becomes King George I of Great Britain , marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
1715 – The Riot Act comes into force in England.
1759 – Seven Years' War : The Battle of Minden , an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
1774 – British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele .
1798 – French Revolutionary Wars : Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay) : Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.
1800 – The Acts of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland .
1801 – First Barbary War : The American schooner USS Enterprise captures the Tripolitan polacca Tripoli in a single-ship action off the coast of modern-day Libya .
1831 – A new London Bridge opens.
1834 – Slavery is abolished in the British Empire as the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 comes into force.
1838 – Non-laborer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.
1840 – Laborer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated.
1842 – The Lombard Street riot erupts in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States.
1855 – The first ascent of Monte Rosa , the second highest summit in the Alps.
1876 – Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state .
1894 – The First Sino-Japanese War erupts between Japan and China over Korea.
1907 – The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island , the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
1911 – Harriet Quimby takes her pilot's test and becomes the first U.S. woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator's certificate.
1914 – The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire at the opening of World War I. The Swiss Army mobilizes because of World War I.
1927 – The Nanchang Uprising marks the first significant battle in the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party . This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army .
1937 – Josip Broz Tito reads the resolution "Manifesto of constitutional congress of KPH" to the constitutive congress of KPH (Croatian Communist Party ) in woods near Samobor .
1944 – World War II : The Warsaw Uprising against the Nazi occupation breaks out in Warsaw , Poland.
1946 – Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army , a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany , are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
1957 – The United States and Canada form the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
1960 – Dahomey (later renamed Benin ) declares independence from France.
1960 – Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan .
1961 – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara orders the creation of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the nation's first centralized military espionage organization.
1964 – The former Belgian Congo is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
1966 – Charles Whitman kills 16 people at the University of Texas at Austin before being killed by the police.
1966 – Purges of intellectuals and imperialists becomes official China policy at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution .
1968 – The coronation is held of Hassanal Bolkiah , the 29th Sultan of Brunei .
1974 – Cyprus dispute : The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line ", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
1975 – CSCE Final Act creates the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe .
1980 – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir is elected President of Iceland and becomes the world's first democratically elected female head of state.
1980 – A train crash kills 18 people in County Cork , Ireland .
1981 – MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star " by The Buggles .
1984 – Commercial peat -cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man , at Lindow Moss , Cheshire , northwest England
1993 – The Great Mississippi and Missouri Rivers Flood of 1993 comes to a peak.
2001 – Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a Ten Commandments monument installed in the judiciary building, leading to a lawsuit to have it removed and his own removal from office.
2004 – A supermarket fire kills 396 people and injures 500 others in Asunción , Paraguay .
2007 – The I-35W Mississippi River bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota , collapses during the evening rush hour .
2008 – The Beijing–Tianjin Intercity Railway begins operation as the fastest commuter rail system in the world.
2008 – Eleven mountaineers from international expeditions died on K2, the second-highest mountain on Earth in the worst single accident in the history of K2 mountaineering .
2010 – Convention on Cluster Munitions enters into force.
2014 – Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence enters into force.
10 BC – Claudius , Roman emperor (d. 54)
126 – Pertinax , Roman emperor (d. 193)
1068 – Emperor Taizu of Jin (d. 1123)
1313 – Emperor Kōgon of Japan (d. 1364)
1377 – Emperor Go-Komatsu of Japan (d. 1433)
1545 – Andrew Melville , Scottish theologian and scholar (d. 1622)
1555 – Edward Kelley , English occultist (d. 1597)
1579 – Luis Vélez de Guevara , Spanish author and playwright (d. 1644)
1626 – Sabbatai Zevi , Montenegrin rabbi and theorist (d. 1676)
1630 – Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh , English politician, Lord High Treasurer (d. 1673)
1659 – Sebastiano Ricci , Italian painter (d. 1734)
1713 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1780)
1714 – Richard Wilson , Welsh painter and academic (d. 1782)
1738 – Jacques François Dugommier , French general (d. 1794)
1744 – Jean-Baptiste Lamarck , French soldier, biologist, and academic (d. 1829)
1770 – William Clark , American soldier, explorer, and politician, 4th Governor of Missouri Territory (d. 1838)
1779 – Francis Scott Key , American lawyer, author, and poet (d. 1843)
1779 – Lorenz Oken , German-Swiss botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (d. 1851)
1809 – William B. Travis , American colonel and lawyer (d. 1836)
1815 – Richard Henry Dana, Jr. , American lawyer and politician (d. 1882)
1818 – Maria Mitchell , American astronomer and academic (d. 1889)
1819 – Herman Melville , American novelist, short story writer, and poet (d. 1891)
1831 – Antonio Cotogni , Italian opera singer and educator (d. 1918)
1843 – Robert Todd Lincoln , American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (d. 1926)
1856 – George Coulthard , Australian footballer and cricketer (d. 1883)
1858 – Gaston Doumergue , French lawyer and politician, 13th President of France (d. 1937)
1858 – Hans Rott , Austrian organist and composer (d. 1884)
1861 – Sammy Jones , Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
1871 – John Lester , American cricketer and soccer player (d. 1969)
1877 – George Hackenschmidt , Estonian-English wrestler and strongman (d. 1968)
1881 – Otto Toeplitz , German mathematician and academic (d. 1940)
1885 – George de Hevesy , Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1966)
1889 – Walter Gerlach , German physicist and academic (d. 1979)
1891 – Karl Kobelt , Swiss lawyer and politician, 52nd President of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1968)
1893 – Alexander of Greece (d. 1920)
1894 – Ottavio Bottecchia , Italian cyclist (d. 1927)
1899 – Raymond Mays , English race car driver and businessman (d. 1980)
1900 – Otto Nothling , Australian cricketer and rugby player (d. 1965)
1901 – Francisco Guilledo , Filipino boxer (d. 1925)
1903 – Paul Horgan , American historian, author, and academic (d. 1995)
1905 – Helen Sawyer Hogg , American-Canadian astronomer and academic (d. 1993)
1907 – Eric Shipton , Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977)
1910 – James Henry Govier , English painter and illustrator (d. 1974)
1910 – Mohammad Nissar , Indian cricketer (d. 1963)
1910 – Walter Scharf , American pianist and composer (d. 2003)
1911 – Jackie Ormes , American journalist and cartoonist (d. 1985)
1912 – Gego , German-Venezuelan sculptor and academic (d. 1994)
1912 – Henry Jones , American actor (d. 1999)
1914 – Jack Delano , American photographer and composer (d. 1997)
1914 – Alan Moore , Australian painter and educator (d. 2015)
1914 – J. Lee Thompson , English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2002)
1916 – Fiorenzo Angelini , Italian cardinal (d. 2014)
1916 – Anne Hébert , Canadian author and poet (d. 2000)
1918 – T. J. Jemison , American minister and activist (d. 2013)
1918 – Richard Pearson , Welsh-English actor (d. 2011)
1919 – Stanley Middleton , English author (d. 2009)
1920 – Raul Renter , Estonian economist and chess player (d. 1992)
1920 – Jeffrey Segal , English actor (d.2015)
1921 – Jack Kramer , American tennis player, sailor, and sportscaster (d. 2009)
1921 – Pat McDonald , Australian actress (d. 1990)
1922 – Arthur Hill , Canadian-American actor (d. 2006)
1923 – Val Bettin , American actor
1924 – Marcia Mae Jones , American actress and singer (d. 2007)
1924 – Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (d. 2015)
1924 – Frank Worrell , Barbadian cricketer (d. 1967)
1925 – Ernst Jandl , Austrian poet and author (d. 2000)
1926 – Theo Adam , German opera singer
1926 – George Hauptfuhrer , American basketball player and lawyer (d. 2013)
1927 – Anthony G. Bosco , American bishop (d. 2013)
1928 – Jack Shea , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1929 – Hafizullah Amin , Afghan educator and politician, Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1979)
1929 – Ann Calvello , American roller derby racer (d. 2006)
1930 – Lionel Bart , English composer (d. 1999)
1930 – Pierre Bourdieu , French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (d. 2002)
1930 – Julie Bovasso , American actress (d. 1991)
1930 – Lawrence Eagleburger , American lieutenant and politician, 62nd United States Secretary of State (d. 2011)
1930 – Károly Grósz , Hungarian politician, 51st Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1996)
1930 – Geoffrey Holder , Trinidadian-American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)
1931 – Ramblin' Jack Elliott , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1931 – Trevor Goddard , South African cricketer
1932 – Meir Kahane , American-Israeli rabbi and activist, founded the Jewish Defense League (d. 1990)
1932 – Meena Kumari , Indian actress (d. 1972)
1933 – Dom DeLuise , American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2009)
1933 – Masaichi Kaneda , Japanese baseball player and manager
1933 – Teri Shields , American actress, producer, and agent (d. 2012)
1933 – Dušan Třeštík , Czech historian and author (d. 2007)
1934 – John Beck , New Zealand cricketer (d. 2000)
1934 – Derek Birdsall , English graphic designer
1935 – Geoff Pullar , English cricketer (d. 2014)
1936 – W. D. Hamilton , Egyptian-English biologist, psychologist, and academic (d. 2000)
1936 – Yves Saint Laurent , Algerian-French fashion designer, co-founded Yves Saint Laurent (d. 2008)
1936 – Laurie Taylor , English sociologist, radio host, and academic
1937 – Al D'Amato , American lawyer and politician
1939 – Bob Frankford , English-Canadian physician and politician (d. 2015)
1939 – Terry Kiser , American actor
1939 – Stephen Sykes , English bishop and theologian (d. 2014)
1939 – Robert James Waller , American author and photographer
1940 – Mervyn Kitchen , English cricketer and umpire
1940 – Ram Loevy , Israeli director and screenwriter
1940 – Henry Silverman , American businessman, founded the Cendant Corporation
1941 – Ron Brown , American captain and politician, 30th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1996)
1941 – Étienne Roda-Gil , French songwriter and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1942 – Jerry Garcia , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Grateful Dead , Legion of Mary , Old and in the Way , and New Riders of the Purple Sage ) (d. 1995)
1942 – Giancarlo Giannini , Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1944 – Dmitry Nikolayevich Filippov , Russian banker and politician (d. 1998)
1944 – Andrew G. Vajna , Hungarian-American film producer
1945 – Douglas Osheroff , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1946 – Boz Burrell , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (King Crimson and Bad Company ) (d. 2006)
1946 – Rick Coonce , American drummer (The Grass Roots ) (d. 2011)
1946 – Richard O. Covey , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
1946 – Sandi Griffiths , American singer
1946 – Fiona Stanley , Australian epidemiologist and academic
1947 – Lorna Goodison , Jamaican poet and author
1948 – Avi Arad , Israeli-American screenwriter and producer, founded Marvel Studios
1948 – Cliff Branch , American football player
1948 – David Gemmell , English journalist and author (d. 2006)
1949 – Kurmanbek Bakiyev , Kyrgyzstani politician, 2nd President of Kyrgyzstan
1949 – Jim Carroll , American poet and author (d. 2009)
1949 – Ray Nettles , American football player (d. 2009)
1950 – Bunkhouse Buck , American wrestler
1950 – Roy Williams , American basketball player and coach
1951 – Tim Bachman , Canadian singer and guitarist (Bachman–Turner Overdrive and Brave Belt )
1951 – Tommy Bolin , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Deep Purple , Zephyr , and James Gang ) (d. 1976)
1951 – Pete Mackanin , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1952 – Zoran Đinđić , Serbian philosopher and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (d. 2003)
1952 – Yajurvindra Singh , Indian cricketer
1953 – Robert Cray , American singer and guitarist
1953 – Howard Kurtz , American journalist and author
1954 – Trevor Berbick , Jamaican-Canadian boxer (d. 2006)
1954 – James Gleick , American journalist and author
1954 – Benno Möhlmann , German footballer and manager
1955 – Arun Lal , Indian cricketer and sportscaster
1956 – Ku Ok-hee , South Korean golfer (d. 2013)
1956 – Lewis Smith , American actor
1957 – C. J. Laing , American porn actress
1957 – Taylor Negron , American actor and screenwriter (d. 2015)
1958 – Rob Buck , American guitarist and songwriter (10,000 Maniacs ) (d. 2000)
1958 – Adrian Dunbar , Irish actor
1958 – Tor Håkon Holte , Norwegian skier
1958 – Michael Penn , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Doll Congress )
1958 – Kiki Vandeweghe , American basketball player and coach
1959 – Joe Elliott , English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Def Leppard , Atomic Mass , and Down 'n' Outz )
1959 – Otomo Yoshihide , Japanese guitarist and songwriter (Ground Zero and Filament )
1960 – Chuck D , American rapper and producer (Public Enemy , The Bomb Squad , and Confrontation Camp )
1960 – Suzi Gardner , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (L7 )
1960 – Professor Griff , American rapper (Public Enemy and Confrontation Camp )
1962 – Jesse Borrego , American actor and singer
1962 – Jacob Matlala , South African boxer (d. 2013)
1962 – Cesar Montano , Filipino actor and director
1963 – Coolio , American rapper, producer, and actor (WC and the Maad Circle )
1963 – Demián Bichir , Mexican-American actor and producer
1963 – John Carroll Lynch , American actor
1963 – Lynette Sadleir , New Zealand swimmer
1963 – Koichi Wakata , Japanese astronaut and engineer
1963 – Dean Wareham , New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (Galaxie 500 , Luna , and Dean & Britta )
1964 – Adam Duritz , American singer-songwriter and producer (Counting Crows and The Himalayans)
1964 – Kaspar Capparoni , Italian actor
1964 – Fiona Hyslop , Scottish businesswoman and politician
1965 – Brandt Jobe , American golfer
1965 – Sam Mendes , English director and producer
1966 – George Ducas , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – James St. James , American club promoter and author
1967 – Gregg Jefferies , American baseball player and coach
1967 – José Padilha , Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter
1968 – Stacey Augmon , American basketball player and coach
1968 – Dan Donegan , American guitarist (Disturbed , Fight or Flight , and Vandal )
1968 – Shigetoshi Hasegawa , Japanese baseball player and sportscaster
1969 – Andrei Borissov , Estonian footballer and manager
1969 – Kevin Jarvis , American baseball player and scout
1969 – Graham Thorpe , English cricketer and journalist
1969 – Stuart Wade , English actor
1969 – David Wain , American actor, director, and screenwriter
1970 – Sibel Can , Turkish singer, actress, and dancer
1970 – Quentin Coryatt , American football player
1970 – David James , English footballer and manager
1970 – Elon Lindenstrauss , Israeli mathematician and academic
1971 – Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez , Mexican drug lord
1971 – Ágúst Gylfason , Icelandic footballer
1971 – Charles Malik Whitfield , American actor and producer
1971 – İdil Üner , German-Turkish actress and singer
1972 – Nicke Andersson , Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Hellacopters The Solution , The Hydromatics , and Imperial State Electric )
1972 – Christer Basma , Norwegian footballer and coach
1972 – Todd Bouman , American football player and coach
1972 – Martin Damm , Czech-American tennis player
1972 – Devon Hughes , American wrestler and trainer
1972 – Thomas Woods , American historian, economist, and academic
1973 – Gregg Berhalter , American soccer player and coach
1973 – Tempestt Bledsoe , American actress
1973 – Veerle Dejaeghere , Belgian runner
1973 – Kris Holden-Ried , Canadian actor
1973 – Eduardo Noriega , Spanish actor
1973 – Edurne Pasaban , Spanish mountaineer
1974 – Cher Calvin , American journalist
1974 – Marek Galiński , Polish cyclist (d. 2014)
1974 – Tyron Henderson , South African cricketer
1974 – Dennis Lawrence , Trinidadian footballer and coach
1974 – Beckie Scott , Canadian skier
1975 – Vhrsti , Czech author and illustrator
1975 – Håkon Mjåset Johansen , Norwegian drummer and composer (Motif and Come Shine )
1975 – Teresa Mak , Hong Kong actress
1975 – Ane Dahl Torp , Norwegian actress
1975 – Ryoko Yonekura , Japanese model and actress
1976 – Don Hertzfeldt , American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
1976 – Søren Jochumsen , Danish footballer
1976 – Nwankwo Kanu , Nigerian footballer
1976 – David Nemirovsky , Canadian ice hockey player
1976 – Hasan Şaş , Turkish footballer and manager
1976 – Cristian Stoica , Romanian-Italian rugby player
1977 – Marc Denis , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1977 – Haspop , French-Moroccan dancer, choreographer, and actor
1977 – Darnerien McCants , American-Canadian football player
1977 – Damien Saez , French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 – Yoshi Tatsu , Japanese wrestler and boxer
1978 – Andy Blignaut , Zimbabwean cricketer
1978 – Björn Ferry , Swedish biathlete
1978 – Dhani Harrison , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Thenewno2 , Traveling Wilburys , and Fistful of Mercy )
1978 – Chris Iwelumo , Scottish footballer
1978 – Edgerrin James , American football player
1978 – Jonathan Wilkes , English singer and actor
1979 – Junior Agogo , Ghanaian footballer
1979 – Nathan Fien , Australian-New Zealand rugby player
1979 – Bernadette Flynn , Irish actress and dancer
1979 – Jason Momoa , American actor, director, and producer
1979 – Honeysuckle Weeks , Welsh actress
1980 – Mancini , Brazilian footballer
1980 – Oluchi , Nigerian model
1980 – Romain Barras , French decathlete
1980 – Bryan Fisher , English-American actor
1980 – Esteban Paredes , Chilean footballer
1980 – Krisztina Fazekas Zur , Hungarian-American canoe racer
1981 – Ashley Parker Angel , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (O-Town )
1981 – Brett Chukerman , American actor
1981 – Dean Cox , Australian footballer
1981 – Vaiko Eplik , Estonian singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer
1981 – Taylor Fry , American actress
1981 – Pia Haraldsen , Norwegian journalist and author
1981 – Christofer Heimeroth , German footballer
1981 – Stephen Hunt , Irish footballer
1981 – Jamie Jones-Buchanan , English rugby player
1981 – Miracle Laurie , American actress
1981 – Sally Pressman , American actress and dancer
1982 – Basem Fathi , Jordanian footballer
1982 – Montserrat Lombard , English actress, director, and screenwriter
1982 – Ai Tominaga , Japanese model and actress
1983 – Bobby Carpenter , American football player
1983 – Craig Clarke , New Zealand rugby player
1983 – Julien Faubert , French footballer
1983 – David Gervasi , Swiss decathlete
1984 – Steve Feak , American game designer
1984 – Francesco Gavazzi , Italian cyclist
1984 – Brandon Kintzler , American baseball player
1984 – Valery Ortiz , Puerto Rican-American actress and singer
1984 – Bastian Schweinsteiger , German footballer
1985 – Stuart Holden , Scottish-American soccer player
1985 – Adam Jones , American baseball player
1985 – Hyun Jyu-ni , South Korean singer and actress
1985 – Cole Kimball , American baseball player
1985 – Gegard Mousasi , Iranian-Dutch mixed martial artist and kick-boxer
1985 – Tendai Mtawarira , South African rugby player
1985 – Kris Stadsgaard , Danish footballer
1985 – Dušan Švento , Slovak footballer
1986 – Damien Allen , English footballer
1986 – Elijah Kelley , American actor, singer, and dancer
1986 – Jonas Plass , German sprinter
1986 – Jörn Schlönvoigt , German actor and singer
1986 – Lucas Simón , Argentinian footballer
1986 – Anton Strålman , Swedish ice hockey player
1986 – Andrew Taylor , English footballer
1986 – Elena Vesnina , Russian tennis player
1986 – Mike Wallace , American football player
1987 – Stan , Greek singer-songwriter
1987 – Karen Carney , English footballer
1987 – Jakov Fak , Croatian-Slovenian biathlete
1987 – Rumi Hiiragi , Japanese actress
1987 – Sébastien Pocognoli , Belgian footballer
1987 – Lee Wallace , Scottish footballer
1988 – Mustafa Abdellaoue , Norwegian footballer
1988 – Max Carver , American actor
1988 – Sasha Jackson , English-American actress
1988 – Patryk Małecki , Polish footballer
1988 – Bodene Thompson , New Zealand rugby player
1988 – Joanna Wang , Taiwanese singer-songwriter
1989 – Tiffany , American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (Girls' Generation and Girls' Generation-TTS )
1989 – Madison Bumgarner , American baseball player
1989 – Tomoka Kurokawa , Japanese actress
1990 – Aledmys Díaz , Cuban baseball player
1990 – Jean Hugues Gregoire , Mauritian swimmer
1990 – Elton Jantjies , South African rugby player
1990 – Jack O'Connell , English actor
1991 – Marco Puntoriere , Italian footballer
1992 – Austin Rivers , American basketball player
1993 – Álex Abrines , Spanish basketball player
1993 – Leon Thomas III , American actor and singer
1994 – Sergeal Petersen , South African rugby player
1994 – Ayaka Wada , Japanese singer (S/mileage , Hello Pro Kenshūsei , and Shugo Chara Egg! )
1995 – Derrick Monasterio , Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
1996 – Katie Boulter , English tennis player
1996 – Cymphonique Miller , American actress and singer
1996 – Ellona Santiago , Filipino-American singer
1998 – Khamani Griffin , American actor
1999 – Deimantė Kizalaitė , Lithuanian figure skater
30 BC – Mark Antony , Roman general and politician (b. 83 BC)
371 – Eusebius of Vercelli , Italian bishop and saint (b. 283)
527 – Justin I , Byzantine emperor (b. 450)
946 – Ali ibn Isa al-Jarrah , Abbasid vizier (b. 859)
1137 – Louis VI of France (b. 1081)
1227 – Shimazu Tadahisa , Japanese warlord (b. 1179)
1252 – Giovanni da Pian del Carpine , Italian archbishop and explorer (b. 1180)
1402 – Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York , English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1341)
1457 – Lorenzo Valla , Italian author and educator (b. 1406)
1464 – Cosimo de' Medici , Italian ruler (b. 1386)
1541 – Simon Grynaeus , German theologian and scholar (b. 1493)
1543 – Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1488)
1557 – Olaus Magnus , Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (b. 1490)
1580 – Albrecht Giese , Polish-German politician and diplomat (b. 1524)
1589 – Jacques Clément , French assassin of Henry III of France (b. 1567)
1714 – Anne, Queen of Great Britain (b. 1665)
1787 – Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori , Italian bishop and saint (b. 1696)
1795 – Clas Bjerkander , Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735)
1796 – Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet , English colonel and politician (b. 1720)
1798 – François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers , French admiral (b. 1753)
1807 – John Boorman , English cricketer (b. c. 1754)
1807 – John Walker , English actor, philologist, and lexicographer (b. 1732)
1812 – Yakov Kulnev , Russian general (b. 1763)
1851 – William Joseph Behr , German publicist and academic (b. 1775)
1866 – John Ross , American tribal chief (b. 1790)
1903 – Calamity Jane , American frontierswoman and scout (b. 1853)
1911 – Edwin Austin Abbey , American painter and illustrator (b. 1852)
1911 – Samuel Arza Davenport , American lawyer and politician (b. 1843)
1918 – John Riley Banister , American cowboy and police officer (b. 1854)
1920 – Bal Gangadhar Tilak , Indian lawyer and journalist (b. 1856)
1922 – Donát Bánki , Hungarian engineer (b. 1856)
1929 – Syd Gregory , Australian cricketer (b. 1870)
1938 – John Aasen , American actor (b. 1890)
1938 – Edmund C. Tarbell , American painter and academic (b. 1862)
1943 – Lydia Litvyak , Russian lieutenant and pilot (b. 1921)
1944 – Manuel L. Quezon , Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 2nd President of the Philippines (b. 1878)
1945 – Gyula Csortos , Hungarian actor (b. 1883)
1959 – Jean Behra , French race car driver (b. 1921)
1963 – Theodore Roethke , American author and poet (b. 1908)
1966 – Charles Whitman , American murderer (b. 1941)
1967 – Richard Kuhn , Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)
1970 – Frances Farmer , American actress and singer (b. 1913)
1970 – Doris Fleeson , American journalist (b. 1901)
1970 – Otto Heinrich Warburg , German physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
1973 – Gian Francesco Malipiero , Italian composer and educator (b. 1882)
1973 – Walter Ulbricht , German soldier and politician (b. 1893)
1974 – Ildebrando Antoniutti , Italian cardinal (b. 1898)
1977 – Francis Gary Powers , American captain and pilot (b. 1929)
1980 – Patrick Depailler , French race car driver (b. 1944)
1980 – Strother Martin , American actor (b. 1919)
1981 – Paddy Chayefsky , American author, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1923)
1982 – T. Thirunavukarasu , Sri Lankan lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
1983 – Lilian Mercedes Letona , Salvadoran activist (b. 1954)
1989 – John Ogdon , English pianist and composer (b. 1937)
1990 – Norbert Elias , German-Dutch sociologist, author, and academic (b. 1897)
1990 – Graham Young , English serial killer (b. 1947)
1996 – Mohamed Farrah Aidid , Somalian general and politician, 5th President of Somalia (b. 1934)
1996 – Frida Boccara , Moroccan-French singer (b. 1940)
1996 – Tadeusz Reichstein , Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
1996 – Lucille Teasdale-Corti , Canadian physician and surgeon (b. 1929)
1997 – Sviatoslav Richter , Ukrainian pianist (b. 1915)
1998 – Eva Bartok , Hungarian-British actress (b. 1927)
1999 – Nirad C. Chaudhuri , Bangladeshi−English historian and author (b. 1897)
2001 – Korey Stringer , American football player (b. 1974)
2003 – Guy Thys , Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1922)
2003 – Marie Trintignant , French actress and screenwriter (b. 1962)
2004 – Philip Abelson , American physicist and author (b. 1913)
2005 – Al Aronowitz , American journalist (b. 1928)
2005 – Wim Boost , Dutch cartoonist and educator (b. 1918)
2005 – Constant Nieuwenhuys , Dutch painter and sculptor (b. 1920)
2005 – Fahd of Saudi Arabia (b. 1923)
2006 – Jason Rhoades , American sculptor (b. 1965)
2006 – Ferenc Szusza , Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2006 – Bob Thaves , American illustrator (b. 1924)
2006 – Iris Marion Young , American political scientist and activist (b. 1949)
2007 – Tommy Makem , Irish singer-songwriter and banjo player (The Clancy Brothers and Makem and Clancy ) (b. 1932)
2008 – Gertan Klauber , Czech-English actor (b. 1932)
2008 – Harkishan Singh Surjeet , Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1916)
2009 – Corazon Aquino , Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (b. 1933)
2010 – Lolita Lebrón , Puerto Rican activist (b. 1919)
2010 – Eric Tindill , New Zealand rugby player and cricketer (b. 1910)
2012 – Aldo Maldera , Italian footballer and agent (b. 1953)
2012 – Douglas Townsend , American composer and musicologist (b. 1921)
2012 – Keiko Tsushima , Japanese actress (b. 1926)
2012 – Barry Trapnell , English cricketer and academic (b. 1924)
2013 – John Amis , English journalist and critic (b. 1922)
2013 – Chua Boon Huat , Malaysian field hockey player (b. 1980)
2013 – Mike Hinton , American guitarist (Rainforest Band ) (b. 1956)
2013 – Gail Kobe , American actress and producer (b. 1932)
2013 – Babe Martin , American baseball player (b. 1920)
2013 – Toby Saks , American cellist and educator (b. 1942)
2013 – Wilford White , American football player (b. 1928)
2014 – Valyantsin Byalkevich , Belarusian footballer and manager (b. 1973)
2014 – Rod de'Ath , Welsh drummer and producer (b. 1950)
2014 – Michael Johns , Australian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1978)
2014 – Jan Roar Leikvoll , Norwegian author (b. 1974)
2014 – Charles T. Payne , American soldier (b. 1925)
2014 – Mike Smith , English radio and television host (b. 1955)
2015 – Stephan Beckenbauer , German footballer and manager (b. 1968)
2015 – Cilla Black , English singer and actress (b. 1943)
2015 – Bernard d'Espagnat , French physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1921)
2015 – Bob Frankford , English-Canadian physician and politician (b. 1939)
2015 – Hong Yuanshuo , Chinese footballer and manager (b. 1948)
Holidays and observances [ edit ]
Earliest day on which August Bank Holiday (Ireland) can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August.
Earliest day on which Civic Holiday can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August. (Canada)
Earliest day on which Commerce Day , or Frídagur verslunarmanna , can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August. (Iceland )
Earliest day on which Farmers' Day can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August. (Zambia )
Earliest day on which International Beer Day can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Friday of August.
Earliest day on which International Friendship Day can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday of August.
Earliest day on which Kadooment Day can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August (Barbados )
Earliest day on which Labor Day (Samoa) can fall, while August 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday of August (Samoa )
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