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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[684]] &ndash; [[Battle of Marj Rahit (684)|Battle of Marj Rahit]]:<ref>{{cite book|author=David James|title=Early Islamic Spain: The History of Ibn Al-Qutiyah|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F6d9AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA79|date=25 February 2009|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-02531-2|pages=79}}</ref> [[Umayyad]] partisans defeat the supporters of [[Ibn al-Zubayr]] and cement Umayyad control of [[al-Sham|Syria]].
*[[AD 707|707]] &ndash; [[Empress Genmei|Princess Abe]] accedes to the imperial Japanese throne as [[Empress Genmei]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jien |title=The Future and the Past: A translation and study of the Gukanshō, an interpretive history of Japan written in 1219 |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |year=1979 |isbn=9780520034600 |location=Berkeley, California |page=271 |language=en |translator-last=Brown |translator-first=Delmer M. |translator-last2=Ichirō |translator-first2=Ishida}}</ref>
*[[1304]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle]] is fought to a draw between the [[Kingdom of France|French]] army and the [[County of Flanders|Flemish]] militias.<ref>{{cite book|author=J. F. Verbruggen|title=The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302): A Contribution to the History of Flanders' War of Liberation, 1297-1305|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gD5rjC_9Q08C&pg=PA55|year=2002|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=978-0-85115-888-4|pages=55}}</ref>
*[[1487]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Málaga (1487)|Siege of Málaga]] ends with the taking of the city by [[Kingdom of Castile|Castilian]] and [[Kingdom of Aragon|Aragonese]] forces.
*[[1492]] &ndash; The first [[grammar]] of the [[Spanish language]] (''[[Gramática de la lengua castellana]]'') is presented to [[Isabella I of Castile|Queen Isabella I]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Hardman-De-Bautista|first=M.J.|title=A Thousand and One Years of the Spanish Language|journal=The Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress|date=Fall 1983|page=350}}</ref>
*[[1572]] &ndash; The [[Huguenot]] [[Henry IV of France|King Henry III of Navarre]] marries the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Margaret of Valois]], ostensibly to reconcile the feuding [[Protestantism|Protestants]] and [[Catholic Church|Catholics]] of [[Kingdom of France|France]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The history of France, from the earliest period|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CKak4Olp-SQC&pg=PA94|year=1852|pages=94}}</ref>
*[[1590]] &ndash; [[John White (colonist and artist)|John White]], the governor of the [[Roanoke Colony]], returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.<ref>{{cite book|last=Coogan|first=Timothy C.|chapter=1590 - Lost Colony of Roanoke|title=Disasters, Accidents, and Crises in American History: A Reference Guide to the Nation's Most Catastrophic Events|editor-last=Campbell|editor-first=Ballard C.|location=New York|publisher=Facts On File|date=2008|isbn=9780816066032|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VitlO1mWxzAC|page=6}}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1612]] &ndash; The trial of the [[Pendle witches]], one of England's most famous witch trials, begins at [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]] [[Assizes]].
*[[1634]] &ndash; [[Urbain Grandier]], accused and convicted of sorcery, is burned alive in [[Loudun]], France.
*[[1721]] &ndash; The city of [[Shamakhi]] in [[Safavid Shirvan]] [[Sack of Shamakhi|is sacked]].{{sfn|Kazemzadeh|1991|p=316}}{{sfn|Mikaberidze|2011|page=761}}
*[[1783]] &ndash; A [[1783 Great Meteor|huge fireball meteor]] is seen across Great Britain as it passes over the east coast.
*[[1809]] &ndash; The [[Senate of Finland]] is established in the [[Grand Duchy of Finland]] after the official adoption of the Statute of the Government Council by Tsar [[Alexander I of Russia]].<ref>Titus Hjelm & George Maude: ''Historical Dictionary of Finland'', p. 296.</ref>
*[[1826]] &ndash; [[Alexander Gordon Laing|Major Gordon Laing]] becomes the first European to enter [[Timbuktu]].<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Laing, Alexander Gordon}}</ref>
*[[1838]] &ndash; The [[United States Exploring Expedition|Wilkes Expedition]], which would explore the [[Puget Sound]] and Antarctica, weighs anchor at [[Hampton Roads]].
*[[1848]] &ndash; [[Camila O'Gorman]] and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator [[Juan Manuel de Rosas]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Globe Tavern]]: [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces try to cut a vital [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] supply-line into [[Petersburg, Virginia]], by attacking the [[Wilmington and Weldon Railroad]].
*[[1868]] &ndash; French [[astronomer]] [[Pierre Janssen]] [[Timeline of chemical element discoveries|discovers]] [[helium]].
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: [[Battle of Gravelotte]] is fought.
*[[1877]] &ndash; American [[astronomer]] [[Asaph Hall]] discovers [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]], one of [[Mars]]’s [[Moons of Mars|moons]].<ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/Obs../0001//0000181.000.html |title=Notes: The Satellites of Mars |journal=The Observatory |volume=1 |issue=6 |date=20 September 1877 |pages=181–185 |access-date=4 February 2009 |bibcode = 1877Obs.....1..181. }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/AN.../0091//0000013.000.html |title=Observations of the Satellites of Mars |last=Hall |first=Asaph |journal=Astronomische Nachrichten |volume=91 |issue=2161 |pages=11/12–13/14 |date=17 October 1877 |type=Signed 21 September 1877 |bibcode = 1877AN.....91...11H |doi=10.1002/asna.18780910103 }}</ref><ref name="Morley1989">{{Cite journal |last=Morley |first=Trevor A. |url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/A+AS./0077//0000220.000.html |title=A Catalogue of Ground-Based Astrometric Observations of the Martian Satellites, 1877–1982 |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series |volume=77 |issue=2 |date=February 1989 |pages=209–226 |bibcode=1989A&AS...77..209M }} (Table II, p. 220: first observation of Phobos on 18 August 1877.38498)</ref>
*[[1891]] &ndash; A [[1891 Martinique hurricane|major hurricane]] strikes [[Martinique]], leaving 700 dead.
===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; German engineer [[Karl Jatho]] allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding [[airplane]] four months before the first flight of the [[Wright brothers]].
*[[1917]] &ndash; A [[Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917|Great Fire]] in [[Thessaloniki]], Greece, destroys 32% of the city leaving 70,000 individuals homeless.
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is ratified, guaranteeing women's [[suffrage]].
*[[1923]] &ndash; The [[1923 WAAA Championships|first British Track and Field championships for women]] are held in London, Great Britain.
*[[1933]] &ndash; The [[Volksempfänger]] is first presented to the German public at a [[IFA Berlin|radio exhibition]]; the presiding Nazi Minister of Propaganda, [[Joseph Goebbels]], delivers an accompanying speech heralding the radio as the ‘eighth great power’.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bytwerk |first=Randall |date=1999 |title=Goebbels on Radio (1933) |url=https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/goeb56.htm |access-date=18 August 2022 |website=German Propaganda Archive}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; A lightning strike starts the [[Blackwater Fire of 1937]] in [[Shoshone National Forest]], killing 15 firefighters within three days and prompting the [[United States Forest Service]] to develop their [[smokejumper]] program.<ref>{{cite web|title=Staff Ride to the Blackwater Fire|publisher=Wildland Fire Leadership Development Program|url=http://www.fireleadership.gov/toolbox/staffride/library_staff_ride5.html|access-date=June 29, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630035137/http://www.fireleadership.gov/toolbox/staffride/library_staff_ride5.html|archive-date=2013-06-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; The [[Thousand Islands Bridge]], connecting New York, United States, with [[Ontario]], Canada, over the [[Saint Lawrence River]], is dedicated by U.S. President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[The Hardest Day]] air battle, part of the [[Battle of Britain]], takes place. At that point, it is the largest aerial engagement in history with heavy losses sustained on both sides.
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Sukarno]] takes office as the [[List of Presidents of Indonesia|first president of Indonesia]], following the country's declaration of independence the previous day.
*  1945   &ndash; [[Soviet-Japanese War]]: [[Battle of Shumshu]]: Soviet forces land at Takeda Beach on [[Shumshu|Shumshu Island]] and launch the [[Battle of Shumshu]]; the [[Soviet Union]]’s [[Invasion of the Kuril Islands]] commences.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hasegawa |first=Tsuyoshi |title=Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan |publisher=Belknap Press |year=2005 |isbn=9780674022416 |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |page=261 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[1949 Kemi strike]]: Two protesters die in the scuffle between the police and the strikers' protest procession in [[Kemi|Kemi, Finland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.palkkatyolainen.fi/pt99/p990907-p2.html |title=Kemin lakosta puoli vuosisataa |publisher=Palkkatyöläinen |date=7 September 1999 |language=fi |accessdate=11 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222436/http://www.palkkatyolainen.fi/pt99/p990907-p2.html |archivedate=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Julien Lahaut]], the chairman of the Communist Party of Belgium, is assassinated. The Party newspaper blames royalists and [[Rexist Party|Rexists]].
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Vladimir Nabokov]]'s controversial novel ''[[Lolita]]'' is published in the United States.
*  1958   &ndash; [[Brojen Das]] from [[Bangladesh]] swims across the [[English Channel]] in a competition as the first [[Bengalis|Bengali]] and the first Asian to do so, placing first among the 39 competitors.
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Civil rights movement]]: [[James Meredith]] becomes the first African American to graduate from the [[University of Mississippi]].
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[Operation Starlite]] begins: [[United States Marine Corps|United States Marines]] destroy a [[Viet Cong]] stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
*[[1966]] &ndash; Vietnam War: The [[Battle of Long Tan]] ensues after a patrol from the [[6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment]] clashes with a [[Viet Cong]] force in [[Phước Tuy Province]].
*[[1971]] &ndash; Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from [[Vietnam]].
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight A-13]] crashes after takeoff from [[Heydar Aliyev International Airport|Baku-Bina International Airport]] in Azerbaijan, killing 56 people and injuring eight.<ref name="Ranter 1973">{{cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |date=1973-08-18 |title=ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 24B CCCP-46435 Baku-Bina International Airport (BAK) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730818-0 |access-date=2018-02-11 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; The [[Korean axe murder incident]] in Panmunjom results in the deaths of two US Army officers.
*  1976   &ndash; The [[Soviet Union]]’s robotic probe ''[[Luna 24]]'' successfully lands on the [[Moon]].<ref name="solarsystem.nasa">{{citation-attribution|1=[http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Print=0&Sort=Nation&MCode=Luna_24&Nation=USSR&Display=ReadMore&FIELDNAMES= Solar System Exploration: USSR: Luna 24] {{web archive|url=http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Print=0&Sort=Nation&MCode=Luna_24&Nation=USSR&Display=ReadMore&FIELDNAMES=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430002507/http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Print=0&Sort=Nation&MCode=Luna_24&Nation=USSR&Display=ReadMore&FIELDNAMES=|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-04-30 |date=30 April 2015}} solarsystem.nasa.gov NASA Retrieved: 16 November 2016}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Steve Biko]] is arrested at a police roadblock under Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in [[King William's Town]], South Africa. He later dies from injuries sustained during this arrest, bringing attention to South Africa's [[apartheid]] policies.
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Alicia]] hits the [[Texas]] coast, killing 21 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
*[[1989]] &ndash; Leading presidential hopeful [[Luis Carlos Galán]] is assassinated near [[Bogotá]] in [[Colombia]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[American International Airways Flight 808]] crashes at [[Leeward Point Field]] at [[Guantanamo Bay Naval Base]] in [[Guantánamo Bay]], [[Cuba]], injuring the three crew members.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 N814CK Guantánamo NAS (NBW) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930818-0 |access-date=2022-08-17 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; One-year-old [[Murder of Zachary Turner|Zachary Turner]] is murdered in [[Newfoundland]] by his mother, who was awarded custody despite facing trial for the murder of Zachary's father. The case was documented in the film ''[[Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father|Dear Zachary]]'' and led to reform of Canada's bail laws.<ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/after-canadian-mother-killed-herself-and-their-only-grandchild-u-s-couple-started-10-year-fight-to-change-canadas-bail-laws After Canadian mother killed herself and their only grandchild, U.S. couple started 10-year fight to change Canada's bail laws | National Post<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*[[2005]] &ndash; A [[2005 Java–Bali blackout|massive power blackout]] hits the [[Indonesia]]n island of [[Java]]; affecting almost 100 million people, it is [[List of major power outages#Largest|one of the largest and most widespread]] power outages in history.
*[[2008]] &ndash; The President of Pakistan, [[Pervez Musharraf]], resigns under [[Movement to impeach Pervez Musharraf|threat of impeachment]].
*  2008   &ndash; War of Afghanistan: The [[Uzbin Valley ambush]] occurs.
*[[2011]] &ndash; A [[2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks|terrorist attack]] on Israel's [[Highway 12 (Israel)|Highway 12]] near the Egyptian border kills 16 and injures 40.<ref name="haaretz1">{{cite news |last=Issacharoff |first=Avi |title=Report: Three Egyptians took part in terrorist attacks on southern Israel |newspaper=Haaretz |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/report-three-egyptians-took-part-in-terrorist-attacks-on-southern-israel-1.380321}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; The [[2017 Turku attack|first terrorist attack]] ever sentenced as a crime in Finland kills two and injures eight.
*[[2019]] &ndash; One hundred activists, officials, and other concerned citizens in [[Iceland]] hold a funeral for [[Okjökull|Okjökull glacier]], which has completely melted after having once covered six square miles (15.5&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>).<ref>{{citation|website=Huffington Post.com|date=August 19, 2019|access-date=August 19, 2019|title=Iceland Holds Funeral Honoring Glacier That Melted Away|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/okjokull-glacier-funeral_n_5d5abf64e4b0eb875f271eb3?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&section=politics|author=David Moye}}</ref>

==Births==
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===Pre-1600===
*[[1305]] &ndash; [[Ashikaga Takauji]], Japanese [[List of shōguns|Shōgun]] (d. 1358)
*[[1450]] &ndash; [[Marko Marulić]], Croatian poet and author (d. 1524)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Marko Marulić|author2=Josip Bratulić|title=Epistola domini Marci Marvli Spalatensis ad Adrianvm VI. Pontificem maximvm ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fBcsAQAAMAAJ|year=1994|publisher=Nacionalna i sveučilišna biblioteka|isbn=978-953-6000-57-9|page=27}}</ref>
*[[1458]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo Pucci]], Catholic cardinal (d. 1531)
*[[1497]] &ndash; [[Francesco Canova da Milano]], Italian composer (d. 1543)
*[[1542]] &ndash; [[Charles Neville, 6th Earl of Westmorland]] (d. 1601)
*[[1579]] &ndash; [[Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau]] (d. 1640)
*[[1587]] &ndash; [[Virginia Dare]], granddaughter of Governor [[John White (colonist and artist)|John White]] of the [[Roanoke Colony|Colony of Roanoke]], first child born to English parents in the Americas (date of death unknown)<ref>{{cite book|title=History of North Carolina: Embracing the period between the first voyage to the colony in 1584, to the last in 1591|first=Francis L.|last=Hawks|url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=Kzo_AAAAYAAJ&rdid=book-Kzo_AAAAYAAJ&rdot=1|year=1857|publisher=E.J. Hale & Son}}</ref>
*[[1596]] &ndash; [[Jean Bolland]], Flemish priest and hagiographer (d. 1665)
===1601–1900===
*[[1605]] &ndash; [[Henry Hammond]], English churchman and theologian (d. 1660)
*[[1606]] &ndash; [[Maria Anna of Spain]] (d. 1646)
*[[1629]] &ndash; [[Agneta Horn]], Swedish writer (d. 1672)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Katharina M. Wilson|author2=M. Wilson|title=An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Wf1SVbGFg8C&pg=PA569|year=1991|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-8240-8547-6|pages=569}}</ref>
*[[1657]] &ndash; [[Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena]], Italian architect and painter (d. 1743)<ref name="Prokhorov1982">{{cite book|author=Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich Prokhorov|title=Great Soviet encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UU0NAQAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Macmillan|page=61}}</ref>
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Brook Taylor]], English mathematician and theorist (d. 1731)
*[[1692]] &ndash; [[Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon]] (d. 1740)
*[[1700]] &ndash; [[Baji Rao I]], first [[Peshwa]] of [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] (d. 1740)
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers]], English politician (d. 1760)
*[[1750]] &ndash; [[Antonio Salieri]], Italian composer and conductor (d. 1825)
*[[1754]] &ndash; [[François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat]], French general and engineer (d. 1833)
*[[1774]] &ndash; [[Meriwether Lewis]], American soldier, explorer, and politician (d. 1809)
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell]], English politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1878)
*[[1803]] &ndash; [[Nathan Clifford]], American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 19th [[United States Attorney General]] (d. 1881)
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[B. T. Finniss]], Australian politician, 1st [[Premier of South Australia]] (d. 1893)
*[[1819]] &ndash; [[Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819–1876)|Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia]] (d. 1876)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Isaac P. Rodman]], American general and politician (d. 1862)
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] (d. 1916)
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Ernest Noel]], Scottish businessman and politician (d. 1931)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Marshall Field]], American businessman, founded [[Marshall Field's]] (d. 1906)
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[William Halford]], English-American lieutenant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1919)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Alfred Wallis]], English painter and illustrator (d. 1942)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Libert H. Boeynaems]], Belgian-American bishop and missionary (d. 1926)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Mahboob Ali Khan]], 6th [[Nizam]] of Hyderabad (d. 1911)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2016/india/hyderabad-remembers-6th-nizam-mahbub-ali-pasha.html | title=Hyderabad remembers 6th Nizam Mahbub Ali Pasha }}</ref>
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Carl Rungius]], German-American painter and educator (d. 1959)
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Lavr Kornilov]], Russian general and explorer (d. 1918)
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Alexander Rodzyanko]], Russian general (d. 1970)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Nettie Palmer]], Australian poet and critic (d. 1964)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[John Anthony Sydney Ritson]], English rugby player, mines inspector, engineer and professor of mining (d. 1957)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Walther Funk]], German economist and politician, [[Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (Germany)|Reich Minister of Economics]] (d. 1960)
*[[1893]] &ndash; [[Burleigh Grimes]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
*  1893   &ndash; [[Ernest MacMillan]], Canadian conductor and composer (d. 1973)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Jack Pickford]], Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1933)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Clemente Biondetti]], Italian race car driver (d. 1955)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Ruth Bonner]], Soviet Communist activist, sentenced to a labor camp during [[Joseph Stalin]]'s [[Great Purge]] (d. 1987)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Ruth Norman]], American religious leader (d. 1993)
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Adamson-Eric]], Estonian painter (d. 1968)
*  1902   &ndash; [[Margaret Murie]], American environmentalist and author (d. 2003)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Paul R.|last1=Krausman|first2=James W.|last2=Cain|title=Wildlife Management and Conservation: Contemporary Principles and Practices|location=Baltimore|publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]]|year=2013|page=222|isbn=978-1-42140-987-0}}</ref>
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Lucienne Boyer]], French singer (d. 1983)
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Max Factor, Jr.]], American businessman (d. 1996)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Enoch Light]], American bandleader, violinist, and recording engineer (d. 1978)
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Marcel Carné]], French director and screenwriter (d. 1996)
*  1906   &ndash; [[Curtis Jones (pianist)|Curtis Jones]], American blues pianist and singer (d. 1971)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Edgar Faure]], French historian and politician, 139th [[Prime Minister of France]] (d. 1988)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Olav H. Hauge]], Norwegian poet and gardener (d. 1994)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Bill Merritt (cricketer)|Bill Merritt]], New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster (d. 1977)
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Gérard Filion]], Canadian businessman and journalist (d. 2005)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Herman Berlinski]], Polish-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2001)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Robert Winters]], Canadian colonel, engineer, and politician, 26th [[Minister of Public Works (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Public Works]] (d. 1969)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Amelia Boynton Robinson]], American activist (d. 2015)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Klara Dan von Neumann]], Hungarian computer scientist and programmer (d. 1963)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Maria Ulfah Santoso]], Indonesian politician and women's rights activist (d. 1988)<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://kepustakaan-presiden.pnri.go.id/cabinet_personnel/popup_profil_pejabat.php?id=52&presiden_id=1&presiden=sukarno|title= Maria Ulfah Soebadio Sastrosatomo|language= Indonesian|publisher   = Presidential Library of Indonesia|access-date  = 11 March 2012|archive-url= https://archive.today/20130107194844/http://kepustakaan-presiden.pnri.go.id/cabinet_personnel/popup_profil_pejabat.php?id=52&presiden_id=1&presiden=sukarno|archive-date = 7 January 2013|url-status= dead
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*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Otto Ernst Remer]], German general (d. 1997)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Romain Maes]], Belgian cyclist (d. 1983)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Lucy Ozarin]], [[United States Navy]] [[lieutenant commander]] and psychiatrist (d. 2017)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Max Lanier]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Neagu Djuvara]], Romanian historian, journalist, and diplomat (d. 2018)
*  1916   &ndash; [[Moura Lympany]], English pianist (d. 2005)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Caspar Weinberger]], American captain, lawyer, and politician, 15th [[United States Secretary of Defense]] (d. 2006)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Cisco Houston]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1961)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Wally Hickel]], American businessman and politician, 2nd [[List of Governors of Alaska|Governor of Alaska]] (d. 2010)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Godfrey Evans]], English cricketer (d. 1999)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Bob Kennedy]], American baseball player and manager (d. 2005)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Shelley Winters]], American actress (d. 2006)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Lydia Litvyak]], Russian lieutenant and pilot (d. 1943)
*  1921   &ndash; [[Zdzisław Żygulski (junior)|Zdzisław Żygulski]], Polish historian and academic (d. 2015)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]], French director, screenwriter, and novelist (d. 2008)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Katherine Victor]], American actress (d. 2004)<ref>{{cite book|last=Lentz|first=Harris M.|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2004 : Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons, and Pop Culture|location=Jefferson, N.C.|publisher=Mcfarland & Co.|date=2005|isbn=978-0-7864-2103-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IHvGCwAAQBAJ|pages=362–363}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Brian Aldiss]], English author and critic (d. 2017)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Pierre Grondin]], Canadian surgeon and academic (d. 2006)
*  1925   &ndash; [[Anis Mansour]], Egyptian journalist and author (d. 2011)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Rosalynn Carter]], 41st First Lady of the United States (d. 2023)<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 19, 2023 |title=Rosalynn Carter, former first lady, dies at age 96|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rosalynn-carter-dies-age-96-former-first-lady/ |access-date=November 19, 2023 |agency=CBS News}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Marge Schott]], American businesswoman (d. 2004)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Sonny Til]], American R&B singer (d. 1981)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Hugues Aufray]], French singer-songwriter
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Liviu Librescu]], Romanian-American engineer and academic (d. 2007)
*  1930   &ndash; [[Rafael Pineda Ponce]], Honduran academic and politician (d. 2014)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Bramwell Tillsley]], Canadian 14th [[General of The Salvation Army]] (d. 2019)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Hans van Mierlo]], Dutch journalist and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (d. 2010)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Grant Williams (actor)|Grant Williams]], American film, theater and television actor (d. 1985)<ref>{{cite book|last=Stampalia|first=Giancarlo|title=Grant Williams|location=Albany, Ga.|publisher=BearManor Media|date=2017|isbn=9781629332338|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5MBeDwAAQBAJ|page=1}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Luc Montagnier]], French virologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2022)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Just Fontaine]], Moroccan-French footballer and manager (d. 2023)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Roman Polanski]], French-Polish director, producer, screenwriter, and actor<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1933   &ndash; [[Frank Salemme]], American gangster and hitman (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/21/us/frank-salemme-dead.html|title=Frank Salemme, Onetime Head of the New England Mafia, Dies at 89|last=Risen|first=Clay|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 21, 2022|access-date=December 22, 2022}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Vincent Bugliosi]], American lawyer and author (d. 2015)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Roberto Clemente]], Puerto Rican-American baseball player and soldier (d. 1972)<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Gulzar]], Indian poet, lyricist and film director
*  1934   &ndash; [[Rafer Johnson]], American decathlete and actor (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Martin |first1=Jill |last2=Almasy |first2=Steve |title=Rafer Johnson, 1960 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 86 |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/02/us/rafer-johnson-obit-spt-intl/index.html |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=16 August 2023 |date=2 December 2020}}</ref>
*  1934   &ndash; [[Michael May (racing driver)|Michael May]], German-Swiss race car driver and engineer
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Gail Fisher]], American actress (d. 2000)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Hifikepunye Pohamba]], Namibian lawyer and politician, 2nd [[President of Namibia]]
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Robert Redford]], American actor, director, and producer<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Sheila Cassidy]], English physician and author
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Maxine Brown (soul singer)|Maxine Brown]], American soul/R&B singer-songwriter
*  1939   &ndash; [[Robert Horton (businessman)|Robert Horton]], English businessman (d. 2011)
*  1939   &ndash; [[Johnny Preston]], American pop singer (d. 2011)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Adam Makowicz]], Polish-Canadian pianist and composer
*  1940   &ndash; [[Gil Whitney]], American journalist (d. 1982)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Henry G. Sanders]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Martin Mull]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP"></ref> (d. 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-29 |title=Martin Mull, hip comic and actor from 'Fernwood Tonight' and 'Roseanne,' dies at 80 |url=https://apnews.com/article/martin-mull-dead-9e388ada08324634fe763b798abd0bc4 |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref>
*  1943   &ndash; [[Gianni Rivera]], Italian footballer and politician
*  1943   &ndash; [[Carl Wayne]], English singer and actor (d. 2004)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Paula Danziger]], American author (d. 2004)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Robert Hitchcock]], Australian sculptor and illustrator
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Sarah Dash]], American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2021)
*  1945   &ndash; [[Värner Lootsmann]], Estonian lawyer and politician
*  1945   &ndash; [[Lewis Burwell Puller, Jr.]], American soldier, lawyer, and author (d. 1994)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[James Jones (bishop)|James Jones]], English bishop
*  1948   &ndash; [[John Scarlett]], English intelligence officer
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Nigel Griggs]], English bass player, songwriter, and producer
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Dennis Elliott]], English drummer and sculptor
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Elayne Boosler]], American actress, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1952   &ndash; [[Patrick Swayze]], American actor and dancer (d. 2009)
*  1952   &ndash; [[Ricardo Villa]], Argentinian footballer and coach
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Louie Gohmert]], American captain, lawyer, and politician
*  1953   &ndash; [[Marvin Isley]], American R&B bass player and songwriter (d. 2010)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Umberto Guidoni]], Italian astrophysicist, astronaut, and politician
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Bruce Benedict]], American baseball player and coach
*  1955   &ndash; [[Taher Elgamal]], Egyptian-American cryptographer
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[John Debney]], American composer and conductor
*  1956   &ndash; [[Sandeep Patil]], Indian cricketer and coach
*  1956   &ndash; [[Jon Schwartz (drummer)|Jon Schwartz]], American drummer and producer
*  1956   &ndash; [[Kelly Willard]], American singer-songwriter
*  1956   &ndash; [[Rainer Woelki]], German cardinal
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Carole Bouquet]], French actress<ref>{{cite web |title=Carole Bouquet - Opéra national de Paris |url=https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/artists/carole-bouquet |website=operadeparis.fr |publisher=Opéra national de Paris |access-date=5 May 2024}}</ref>
*  1957   &ndash; [[Tan Dun]], Chinese composer
*  1957   &ndash; [[Denis Leary]], American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1957   &ndash; [[Ron Strykert]], Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Didier Auriol]], French race car driver
*  1958   &ndash; [[Madeleine Stowe]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Tom Prichard]], American wrestler and trainer
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Mike LaValliere]], American baseball player
*  1960   &ndash; [[Fat Lever]], American basketball player and sportscaster
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Huw Edwards (journalist)|Huw Edwards]], Welsh journalist and author
*  1961   &ndash; [[Timothy Geithner]], American banker and politician, 75th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]]
*  1961   &ndash; [[Bob Woodruff]], American journalist and author<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Felipe Calderón]], Mexican lawyer and politician, 56th [[President of Mexico]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/9582/Felipe%20Calderon%20Hinojosa|title=Felipe Calderón Hinojosa|publisher=Busca Biografias|language=es|access-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref>
*  1962   &ndash; [[Geoff Courtnall]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*  1962   &ndash; [[Adam Storke]], American actor<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Craig Bierko]], American actor and singer<ref>{{Cite news |date=1964-08-23 |title=Births |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/23/archives/births.html |access-date=2022-12-18 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*  1964   &ndash; [[Andi Deris]], German singer and songwriter
*  1964   &ndash; [[Mark Sargent]], Australian rugby league player
*  1964   &ndash; [[Kenny Walker (basketball)|Kenny Walker]], American basketball player and sportscaster
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Ikue Ōtani]], Japanese voice actress
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Gustavo Charif]], Argentinian director and producer
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Daler Mehndi]], Indian Punjabi singer, songwriter and record producer
*  1967   &ndash; [[Brian Michael Bendis]], American author and illustrator
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Everlast]], American singer, rapper, and musician<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Masta Killa]], American rapper<ref name="AP"></ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Mark Kuhlmann]], German rugby player and coach
*  1969   &ndash; [[Edward Norton]], American actor<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.biography.com/people/edward-norton-9542130 | title = Edward Norton | date = 29 August 2019 | publisher = [[Biography Channel|Biography.com]]}}</ref>
*  1969   &ndash; [[Christian Slater]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-18-2022-includes-celebrities-edward-norton-andy-samberg.html |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 18, 2022 includes celebrities Edward Norton, Andy Samberg |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=16 August 2023 |date=18 August 2022}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Jason Furman]], American economist and politician
*  1970   &ndash; [[Malcolm-Jamal Warner]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Patrik Andersson]], Swedish footballer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Aphex Twin|Richard David James]], English musician and record producer<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2007/jun/12/furthereducation.uk1 |title=Richard David James |newspaper=The Guardian|date=2007-06-12 |last1=Murray |first1=Janet }}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Nicole Krauss]], American novelist and critic
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Kaitlin Olson]], American actress and comedian<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Paraskevas Antzas]], Greek footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Even Kruse Skatrud]], Norwegian musician and educator<ref name=mic>{{cite web |url=http://www.mic.no/symfoni/kontakt.nsf/pub_e/per2006091911412438310826 |title=Even Kruse Skatrud, alias Eveneven Trombonist |publisher=MIC.no}}</ref>
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Andy Samberg]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Stuart Dew]], Australian footballer
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Esteban Cambiasso]], Argentinian footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Rob Nguyen]], Australian race car driver
*  1980   &ndash; [[Ryan O'Hara]], Australian rugby league player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Bart Scott]], American football player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Jeremy Shockey]], American football player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[César Delgado]], Argentinian footballer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Dimitris Salpingidis]], Greek footballer
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Mika (singer)|Mika]], Lebanese-born English recording artist and singer-songwriter <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mika-mn0000476425/biography|title=Mika &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref>
*  1983   &ndash; [[Cameron White]], Australian cricketer
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Sigourney Bandjar]], Dutch footballer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Robert Huth]], German footballer
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Inge Dekker]], Dutch swimmer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Bryan Ruiz]], Costa Rican footballer
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Evan Gattis]], American baseball player
*  1986   &ndash; [[Ross McCormack]], Scottish footballer
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Joanna Jędrzejczyk]], Polish mixed martial artist
*  1987   &ndash; [[Justin Wilson (baseball)|Justin Wilson]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Justin Wilson |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/justin-wilson-458677 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Jack Hobbs (footballer)|Jack Hobbs]], English footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Eggert Jónsson]], Icelandic footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[G-Dragon]], South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Anna Akana]], American actress, comedian, musician, and YouTuber<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*  1989   &ndash; [[Yu Mengyu]], Singaporean table tennis player<ref name=Tokyo2020>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1360557-yu-mengyu.htm |title=Table Tennis: YU Mengyu |url-status=dead |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729062538/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/table-tennis/athlete-profile-n1360557-yu-mengyu.htm |archive-date=2021-07-29 }}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Liz Cambage]], Australian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Liz Cambage |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/202633/liz-cambage |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Richard Harmon]], Canadian actor<ref name="UPI"></ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth Beisel]], American swimmer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Bogdan Bogdanović (basketball)|Bogdan Bogdanović]], Serbian basketball player
*  1992   &ndash; [[Frances Bean Cobain]], American visual artist and model <ref>[[Charles R. Cross|Cross, Charles R.]] ''[[Heavier Than Heaven]]'', Hyperion, 2001. {{ISBN|0-7868-6505-9}} p. 246.</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Jung Eun-ji]], South Korean singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite web |url=http://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%EC%A0%95%EC%9D%80%EC%A7%80&sm=tab_txc&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=215030 |script-title=ko:정은지 |publisher=[[Naver]] |language=ko |date=July 1, 2013 |access-date=December 12, 2013 |archive-date=August 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824190218/http://people.search.naver.com/search.naver?where=nexearch&query=%EC%A0%95%EC%9D%80%EC%A7%80&sm=tab_txc&ie=utf8&key=PeopleService&os=215030 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011052601545747351|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814045113/http://www.asiae.co.kr/news/view.htm?idxno=2011052601545747351|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 14, 2017|title=[Interview] Girl group A PINK - Part 2|website=10Asia|date=May 26, 2011}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Maia Mitchell]], Australian actress and singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apimages.com/Collection/Landing/Maia-Mitchell-Portrait-Session/8cbb7d33f6774f32b91cf6667d539364 |title=Maia Mitchell Portrait Session |publisher=AP Images |date=11 July 2013 |access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Madelaine Petsch]], American actress and YouTuber<ref name="BDay-tweet">{{cite tweet|number=898641276161085440|user=madelainepetsch|title=Thank you for all the bday wishes! Already having the best day. 23 ain't so bad 😉💥|date=August 18, 2017|first=Madelaine|last=Petsch}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Morgan Sanson]], French footballer
*  1994   &ndash; [[Seiya Suzuki]], Japanese baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Seiya Suzuki |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/seiya-suzuki-673548 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Alīna Fjodorova]], Latvian figure skater
*  1995   &ndash; [[Parker McKenna Posey]], American actress<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Josephine Langford]], Australian actress<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Aug. 18: Robert Redford, Josephine Langford |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/08/18/Famous-birthdays-for-Aug-18-Robert-Redford-Josephine-Langford/7951660605529/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=16 August 2023 |date=18 August 2022}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Renato Sanches]], Portuguese footballer
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Brian To'o]], Australian-Samoan rugby league player<ref>[http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/brian-to--o/summary.html Rugby League Project]</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Clairo]], American singer-songwriter<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Khalid Dresses as Elmo, Surprises Clairo For Her 21st Birthday: See the Video |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/khalid-dresses-elmo-surprises-clairo-birthday-8527710/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=10 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Nick Fuentes]], American far-right political commentator<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1162677061812707328 |user=NickJFuentes |title=Lol my birthday is on sunday but thanks!! |first=Nicholas |last=Fuentes |access-date=April 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817104737/https://twitter.com/NickJFuentes/status/1162677061812707328 |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Cassius Stanley]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cassius Stanley Biography |url=https://www.espn.com/nba/player/bio/_/id/4431686/cassius-stanley |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[353]] &ndash; [[Decentius]], Roman usurper
* [[440]] &ndash; [[Pope Sixtus III]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hughes |first1=Philip |title=History of the Church: Volume 2: The Church In The World The Church Created: Augustine To Aquinas |date=1 January 1979 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-7220-7982-9 |page=447 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OiTUAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA447 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[472]] &ndash; [[Ricimer]], Roman general and politician (b. 405)
* [[670]] &ndash; [[Saint Fiacre|Fiacre]], Irish [[Recluse|hermit]]
* [[673]] &ndash; [[Kim Yu-shin]], general of [[Silla]] (b. 595)
* [[849]] &ndash; [[Walafrid Strabo]], German monk and theologian (b. 808)
*[[AD 911|911]] &ndash; [[Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya]], first [[Zaydi]] [[Imam of Yemen]] (b. 859)<ref>{{EI2|volume=12|last=Madelung|first=W.|authorlink=Wilferd Madelung|title=al-Ḥādī Ila ’l-Ḥaḳḳ|pages=334–335|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1573-3912_islam_SIM_8582}}</ref>
*[[1095]] &ndash; King [[Olaf I of Denmark]]
*[[1211]] &ndash; [[Narapatisithu]], king of Burma (b. 1150)
*[[1258]] &ndash; [[Theodore II Laskaris]], emperor of Nicea ([[Byzantine emperor]] in exile)
*[[1276]] &ndash; [[Pope Adrian V]] (b. 1220)
*[[1318]] &ndash; [[Clare of Montefalco]], Italian nun and saint (b. 1268)
*[[1430]] &ndash; [[Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros]], English soldier and politician (b. 1406)
*[[1500]] &ndash; [[Alfonso of Aragon (1481–1500)|Alfonso of Aragon]], Spanish prince (b. 1481)
*[[1502]] &ndash; [[Knut Alvsson]], Norwegian nobleman and politician (b. 1455)
*[[1503]] &ndash; [[Pope Alexander VI]] (b. 1431)
*[[1550]] &ndash; [[Antonio Ferramolino]], Italian architect and military engineer
*[[1559]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul IV]] (b. 1476)<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul IV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-IV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=13 July 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1563]] &ndash; [[Étienne de La Boétie]], French judge and philosopher (b. 1530)
*[[1600]] &ndash; [[Sebastiano Montelupi]], Italian businessman (b. 1516)
===1601–1900===
*[[1613]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Artusi]], Italian composer and theorist (b. 1540)
*[[1620]] &ndash; [[Wanli Emperor]] of China (b. 1563)
*[[1625]] &ndash; [[Edward la Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche]], English diplomat (b. 1556)
*[[1634]] &ndash; [[Urbain Grandier]], French priest (b. 1590)
*[[1642]] &ndash; [[Guido Reni]], Italian painter and educator (b. 1575)
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire]] (b. 1615)
*[[1683]] &ndash; [[Charles Hart (17th-century actor)|Charles Hart]], English actor (b. 1625)
*[[1707]] &ndash; [[William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire]] (b. 1640)
*[[1712]] &ndash; [[Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Essex]] (b. 1660)
*[[1765]] &ndash; [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. 1708)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Chauncey Goodrich]], American lawyer and politician, 8th [[Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut]] (b. 1759)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[André-Jacques Garnerin]], French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute (b. 1769)
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Louis de Freycinet]], French explorer and navigator (b. 1779)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Honoré de Balzac]], French novelist and playwright  (b. 1799)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[James Finlayson (industrialist)|James Finlayson]], Scottish [[Quaker]] (b. 1772)<ref>Brian D. J. Denoon: ''Finlayson, James (1772–1852)'', [[ODNB|Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]], Oxford University Press, 2004.</ref>
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[Eli Whitney Blake]], American inventor, invented the [[Mortise lock]] (b. 1795)
===1901–present===
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Joseph E. Seagram]], Canadian businessman and politician, founded the [[Seagram|Seagram Company]] (b. 1841)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Walter Chrysler]], American businessman, founded [[Chrysler]] (b. 1875)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Erwin Schulhoff]], Austro-Czech composer and pianist (b. 1894)<ref name="Ross">{{cite book |last=Ross |first=Alex |date=2008 |title=The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]] |isbn=978-0-312-42771-9 |page=363 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_g_uPZO-tkC&pg=PA363}}</ref>
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Ali-Agha Shikhlinski]], Azerbaijani general (b. 1865)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Ernst Thälmann]], German soldier and politician (b. 1886)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Subhas Chandra Bose]], Indian activist and politician (b. 1897)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Che Yaoxian]], Chinese communist (b. 1894)<ref name="Annals">{{Cite web
 |url=http://scdfz.sc.gov.cn/scyx/scrw/scszrwz/content_8060
  |script-title=zh:罗世文
 |trans-title=Luo Shiwen
 |language=Chinese
 |work=Sichuan Annals
 |date=7 December 2017
|publisher=Sichuan Provincial Government
 |accessdate=18 October 2024
|archiveurl=https://archive.ph/uV1Rq
 |archivedate=18 October 2024
}}</ref>
*  1946   &ndash; [[Luo Shiwen]], Chinese communist (b. 1904)<ref name="Annals"/>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Paul Mares]], American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1900)
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Julien Lahaut]], Belgian soldier and politician (b. 1884)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Alberto Hurtado]], Chilean priest, lawyer, and saint (b. 1901)
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Learned Hand]], American lawyer, jurist, and philosopher (b. 1872)<ref>{{citation |last=Gunther |first=Gerald |title=Learned Hand: The Man and the Judge |year=1994 |publisher=Knopf |place=New York |isbn=978-0-394-58807-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/learnedhandmanan00gunt}} </ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Hildegard Trabant]], [[Berlin Wall]] [[List of deaths at the Berlin Wall|victim]]  (b. 1927)
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Arthur Marshall (composer)|Arthur Marshall]], American pianist and composer (b. 1881)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Odd Lindbäck-Larsen]], Norwegian Army general and war historian (b. 1897)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Odd Lindbäck-Larsen |first1=Aksel Schreiner |last1=Brakestad |first2=Dag |last2=Leraand |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date=23 August 2023 |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Odd_Lindbäck-Larsen |language=no|access-date=15 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Vasantrao Naik]], Indian politician (b. 1913)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Anita Loos]], American author and screenwriter (b. 1889)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Nikolaus Pevsner]], German-English historian and scholar (b. 1902)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Harun Babunagari]], Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and educationist (b. 1902)<ref name="m.dailyinqilab.com">{{Cite news |last=Pratibedak |first=Nijaswa |date=4 October 2016 |script-title=bn:ওলিয়ে কামেল হযরত মাওলানা হারুন বাবুনগরী রহ.|url=https://www.dailyinqilab.com/article/41021/%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9 |work=[[Daily Inqilab]] |language=bn |access-date=2020-07-23}}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[B. F. Skinner]], American psychologist and philosopher, invented the [[Skinner box]] (b. 1904)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Francis Raymond Shea]], American bishop (b. 1913)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Persis Khambatta]], Indian model and actress, [[Femina Miss India|Femina Miss India 1965]] (b. 1948)<ref>{{cite news |title='Star Trek' actress Persis Khambatta, 49 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5AxbAAAAIBAJ&pg=5217,917115&dq=persis+khambatta+miss+india |access-date=July 13, 2018 |work=Bangor Daily News |date=August 20, 1998}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[David Peakall]], English chemist and toxicologist (b. 1931)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Dean Riesner]], American actor and screenwriter (b. 1918)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Tony Jackson (singer)|Tony Jackson]], English singer and bassist (b. 1938)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Elmer Bernstein]], American composer and conductor (b. 1922)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Hiram Fong]], American soldier and politician (b. 1906)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Chri$ Ca$h]], American wrestler (b. 1982)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Ken Kearney]], Australian rugby player (b. 1924)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Michael Deaver]], American soldier and politician, [[White House Deputy Chief of Staff]] (b. 1938)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Magdalen Nabb]], English author (b. 1947)
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Kim Dae-jung]], South Korean lieutenant and politician, 15th [[President of South Korea]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1925)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Rose Friedman]], Ukrainian-American economist and author (b. 1910)
*  2009   &ndash; [[Robert Novak]], American journalist and author (b. 1931)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Hal Connolly]], American hammer thrower and coach (b. 1931)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Benjamin Kaplan]], American scholar and jurist (b. 1911)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Harrison Begay]], American painter (b. 1917)
*  2012   &ndash; [[John Kovatch]], American football player (b. 1920)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Scott McKenzie]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Ra. Ki. Rangarajan]], Indian journalist and author (b. 1927)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Jesse Robredo]], Filipino public servant and politician, 23rd [[Secretary of the Interior and Local Government]] (b. 1958)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Josephine D'Angelo]], American baseball player (b. 1924)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Jean Kahn]], French lawyer and activist (b. 1929)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Albert Murray (writer)|Albert Murray]], American author and critic (b. 1916)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Gordon Faber]], American soldier and politician, 39th [[List of mayors of Hillsboro, Oregon|Mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon]] (b. 1930)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Jim Jeffords]], American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1934)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Levente Lengyel]], Hungarian chess player (b. 1933)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Don Pardo]], American radio and television announcer (b. 1918)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Khaled al-Asaad]], Syrian archaeologist and author (b. 1932)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Roger Smalley]], English-Australian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1943)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Suvra Mukherjee]], Wife of former Indian president [[Pranab Mukherjee]] (b. 1940)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Louis Stokes]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Bud Yorkin]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1926)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Ernst Nolte]], German historian (b. 1923)
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Bruce Forsyth]], English television presenter and entertainer (b. 1928)
*  2017   &ndash; [[Zoe Laskari]], Greek actress and beauty pageant winner (b. 1944)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Denis Edozie]], Nigerian Supreme Court judge (b. 1935)<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Justice of the Supreme Court, Denis Edozie, is dead |url=https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/280696-former-justice-of-the-supreme-court-denis-edozie-is-dead.html |access-date=28 December 2019 |publisher=PREMIUM TIMES |date=18 August 2018}}</ref>
*  2018   &ndash; [[Kofi Annan]], Ghanaian diplomat and seventh [[Secretary-General of the United Nations]] (b. 1938)<ref name=BBC>{{Cite news|date=2018-08-18|title=Kofi Annan, former UN chief, dies at 80|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45232892|access-date=2022-04-15}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; [[Ben Cross]], English stage and film actor (b. 1947)
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Lolita (orca)|Lolita]], the second-oldest [[orca]] in captivity (b. ca. 1966)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/orca-death-lolita-seaquarium-007e82ed0afb5cb44fa686188963efb2|title=Lolita the orca dies at Miami Seaquarium after half-century in captivity|date=18 August 2023|website=apnews.com}}</ref>
*  2023   &ndash; [[Al Quie]], American politician, 35th [[Governor of Minnesota]] (b. 1923)<ref name="startribune1">{{cite web | url=https://www.startribune.com/former-minnesota-gov-al-quie-dies-at-age-99/600298294/ | author=Emma Nelson | date=August 19, 2023 | website=Minneapolis Star Tribune | title=Former Minnesota Governor Al Quie Dies at Age 99}}</ref>
*[[2024]] – [[Ruth Johnson Colvin]], American author and educator, founded [[ProLiteracy Worldwide]] (b. 1916)<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 19, 2024 |title=Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded Literacy Volunteers of America, has died at 107 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ruth-johnson-colvin-founded-literacy-volunteers-america-died-112960561 |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref>
*2024 &ndash; [[Alain Delon]], French-Swiss actor (b. 1935)<ref>[https://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/alain-delon-la-legende-du-cinema-est-mort-20240818 Alain Delon, la légende du cinéma, est mort]{{in lang|fr}}</ref>
*2024 – [[Phil Donahue]], American talk show host and producer (b. 1935)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-19 |title=Phil Donahue, talk show host pioneer and husband of Marlo Thomas, dies at 88 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/phil-donahue-talk-show-host-pioneer-dies-rcna129601 |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Agapitus of Palestrina]]
**[[Alberto Hurtado]]
**[[Daig|Daig of Inniskeen]]
**[[Saint Inan|Evan (or Inan)]]
**[[Saint Fiacre|Fiacre]]
**[[Florus and Laurus]]
**[[Helena (empress)|Helena of Constantinople]] ([[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]])
**[[August 18 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Arbor Day (Pakistan)]]
*[[Armed Forces Day (North Macedonia)]]
*[[Birthday of Virginia Dare]] ([[Roanoke Island]])
*[[Constitution Day (Indonesia)]]
*[[Long Tan Day]], also called Vietnam Veterans' Day ([[Australia]])
*[[National Science Day (Thailand)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book|last=Kazemzadeh|first=Firuz|author-link=Firuz Kazemzadeh|chapter=Iranian relations with Russia and the Soviet Union, to 1921|title=The Cambridge History of Iran|volume=7|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=1991|isbn=978-0-521-20095-0| editor-given1 = Peter | editor-surname1 = Avery | editor-given2 = Gavin | editor-surname2 = Hambly | editor-given3 = Charles | editor-surname3 = Melville | editor-link = Peter Avery }}
* {{cite book|editor-last1=Mikaberidze|editor-first1=Alexander|editor-link1=Alexander Mikaberidze|title=Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, Volume 1|date=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-336-1|chapter=Russo-Iranian Wars}}

==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/18 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=18}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/18 |title=Historical Events on August 18 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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