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What happend on 12. August in History
In our data base we found 355 events happened on 12. August:
• 1099: First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade. [category: Events]
• 1121: Battle of Didgori: the Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi. [category: Events]
• 1164: Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch. [category: Events]
• 1323: Signature of the Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod (Russia), that regulates the border between the two countries for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1424: Yongle Emperor of China (b. 1360) [category: Deaths]
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• 1480: Battle of Otranto: Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam. [category: Events]
• 1484: George of Trebizond, Greek philosopher and scholar (b. 1395) [category: Deaths]
• 1484: Pope Sixtus IV (b. 1414) [category: Deaths]
• 1499: First engagement of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets. [category: Events]
• 1503: Christian III of Denmark (d. 1559) [category: Births]
• 1512: Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (b. 1463) [category: Deaths]
• 1566: Isabella Clara Eugenia Spanish wife of Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (d. 1633) [category: Births]
• 1577: Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. 1513) [category: Deaths]
• 1588: Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder, Italian composer (b. 1543) [category: Deaths]
• 1604: Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese 3rd shogun of the Tokugawa dynasty (d. 1651) [category: Births]
• 1612: Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer (b. 1557) [category: Deaths]
• 1624: The president of Louis XIII of France's royal council is arrested, leaving Cardinal Richelieu in the role of the King's principal minister. [category: Events]
• 1629: Alexis of Russia (d. 1676) [category: Births]
• 1633: Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (b. 1561) [category: Deaths]
• 1638: Johannes Althusius, German writer (b. 1557) [category: Deaths]
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• 1644: Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Bohemian composer (d. 1704) [category: Births]
• 1647: Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. 1719) [category: Births]
• 1648: Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1615) [category: Deaths]
• 1674: Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (b. 1602) [category: Deaths]
• 1676: Praying Indian John Alderman shoots and kills Metacomet, the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War. [category: Events]
• 1686: John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748) [category: Births]
• 1687: Battle of Mohács: Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottoman Empire. [category: Events]
• 1689: Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611) [category: Deaths]
• 1696: Maurice Greene, English composer (d. 1755) [category: Births]
• 1720: Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778) [category: Births]
• 1762: George IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1830) [category: Births]
• 1773: Karl Faber, German historian (d. 1853) [category: Births]
• 1774: Robert Southey, English poet and biographer (d. 1843) [category: Births]
• 1778: Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English general (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1779: The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. [category: Events]
• 1793: The Rhône and Loire (Lêre) départments are created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire is split into two. [category: Events]
• 1806: Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires re-takes the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina after the first British invasion. [category: Events]
• 1809: Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. 1738) [category: Deaths]
• 1810: Étienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
• 1822: Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Irish-English politician (b. 1769) [category: Deaths]
• 1827: William Blake, English poet and painter (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
• 1829: Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie, French general (b. 1760) [category: Deaths]
• 1831: Helena Blavatsky, Russian scholar and theosophist (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1831: French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution. [category: Events]
• 1848: George Stephenson, English engineer (b. 1781) [category: Deaths]
• 1849: Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American politician, 4th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1761) [category: Deaths]
• 1851: John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, English lawyer and activist (b. 1801) [category: Deaths]
• 1851: Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine. [category: Events]
• 1856: Diamond Jim Brady, American financier (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1859: Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1860: Klara Hitler, Austrian mother of Adolf Hitler (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1861: Eliphalet Remington, American inventor and businessman, founded Remington Arms (b. 1793) [category: Deaths]
• 1864: Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese politician and scholar (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
• 1865: William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (b. 1785) [category: Deaths]
• 1866: Henrik Sillem, Dutch sports shooter (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1866: Jacinto Benavente, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1867: Edith Hamilton, German-American author and educator (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1872: Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1876: Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1877: Albert Bartha, Hungarian military officer and politician (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1877: Asaph Hall discovers the Mars moon Deimos. [category: Events]
• 1880: Christy Mathewson, American baseball player (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1880: Radclyffe Hall, English poet, novelist, and activist (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1881: Cecil B. DeMille, American director (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1883: Marion Lorne, American actress (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1883: Martha Hedman, Swedish-American actress (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1883: Pauline Frederick, American actress (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1883: The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands. [category: Events]
• 1885: Jean Cabannes, French physicist (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1886: Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist (d. 1952) [category: Births]
• 1887: Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1889: Zerna Sharp, American author and educator (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1891: C. E. M. Joad, English philosopher and broadcaster (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1891: James Russell Lowell, American poet and essayist (b. 1819) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: Alfred Lunt, American actor (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1896: Ejner Federspiel, Danish actor (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1896: Thomas Chamberlain, American military officer (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Maurice Fernandes, Guyanese cricketer (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1898: An Armistice ends the Spanish–American War. [category: Events]
• 1898: The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawaii to the United States. [category: Events]
• 1899: Ben Sealey, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1900: Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. 1832) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: Mohammad Hatta, Indonesian politician, 1st Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1904: Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1904: Tamás Lossonczy, Hungarian painter (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1904: William Renshaw, British tennis player (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1906: Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1906: Tedd Pierce, American animator, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1907: Benjamin Henry Sheares, Singaporean politician, 2nd President of Singapore (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1907: Joe Besser, American actor and comedian (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1909: Bruce Matthews, Canadian army officer and businessman (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1910: Jane Wyatt, American actress (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1910: Yusof bin Ishak, Singaporean politician, 1st President of Singapore (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1911: Cantinflas, Mexican actor, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1912: Samuel Fuller, American director (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1913: Richard L. Bare, American director [category: Births]
• 1914: Gerd Buchdahl, German philosopher (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1914: Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and songwriter (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1914: John Philip Holland, Irish engineer, designed the HMS Holland 1 (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1914: World War I: the Battle of Haelen a.k.a. (Battle of the Silver Helmets) last cavalry style attack from the German army on the city of Halen, Belgium. [category: Events]
• 1914: World War I: the United Kingdom declares war on Austria-Hungary; the countries of the British Empire follow suit. [category: Events]
• 1915: Michael Kidd, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1915: Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1916: Ioan Dicezare, Romanian fighter pilot (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1918: Guy Gibson, English aviator, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1918: Anna Held, Polish-American actress and singer (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: William Thompson, American archer (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1922: Fulton Mackay, Scottish actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1922: Arthur Griffith, Irish politician (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: John Holt, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1924: Derek Shackleton, English cricketer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1924: Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq,Pakistani politician, 6th President of Pakistan (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1924: Sándor Bródy, Hungarian author and journalist (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Dale Bumpers, American politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas [category: Births]
• 1925: George Wetherill, American physicist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1925: Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1925: Norris McWhirter, Scottish writer and activist co-founder of the Guinness World Records (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1925: Ross McWhirter, Scottish writer and activist, co-founder of the Guinness World Records (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1926: Joe Jones, American singer-songwriter (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1926: John Derek, American actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1926: Wallace Markfield, American author (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1927: Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1928: Bob Buhl, American baseball player (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1928: Charles Blackman, Australian artist [category: Births]
• 1928: Dan Curtis, American director and producer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1928: Leoš Janáček, Czech composer (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Buckaroos) (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1930: George Soros Hungarian-American businessman, financier, and philanthropist [category: Births]
• 1930: Jacques Tits, Belgian-French mathematician [category: Births]
• 1931: William Goldman, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1932: Charlie O'Donnell, American game show announcer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1932: Dallin H. Oaks, American attorney, jurist, author, and religious leader, apostle of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [category: Births]
• 1932: Sirikit, Thai Queen, wife of Bhumibol Adulyadej [category: Births]
• 1933: Parnelli Jones, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1934: Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect, designed the Beurs van Berlage (b. 1856) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: John Cazale, American actor (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1935: Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. 1851) [category: Deaths]
• 1937: Walter Dean Myers, American novelist and poet [category: Births]
• 1938: Jean-Paul L'Allier, Canadian politician, 38th Mayor of Quebec City [category: Births]
• 1939: George Hamilton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1939: Michael D. Antonovich, American politician [category: Births]
• 1939: Roy Romanow, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1939: Skip Caray, American sportscaster (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1940: Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1941: Dana Ivey, American actress [category: Births]
• 1941: Réjean Ducharme, Canadian novelist and playwright [category: Births]
• 1941: Bobby Peel, English cricketer (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, English politician, 56th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt, German physician [category: Births]
• 1943: Deborah Walley, American actress (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1943: Vittorio Sella, Italian photographer (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., American navy officer and pilot (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces. [category: Events]
• 1944: Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people were killed indiscriminately or in mass executions. [category: Events]
• 1944: Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema. [category: Events]
• 1945: Ron Mael, American keyboard player and songwriter (Sparks) [category: Births]
• 1946: Deborah Howe, American author [category: Births]
• 1946: Terry Nutkins, English television host and author (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1947: Sam Rosen, American sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1948: Sue Monk Kidd, American author [category: Births]
• 1948: Harry Brearley, English inventor, developed stainless steel (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: USS Nevada (BB-36) is struck from the naval record. [category: Events]
• 1949: Lou Martin, Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1949: Mark Knopfler, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and composer (Dire Straits and The Notting Hillbillies) [category: Births]
• 1949: Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1949: Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1950: Jim Beaver, American actor and scriptwriter [category: Births]
• 1950: Bloody Gulch massacre : American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army. [category: Events]
• 1951: Willie Horton, American murderer and rapist [category: Births]
• 1952: Chen Kaige, Chinese director [category: Births]
• 1952: David Bergelson, Ukrainian-Soviet writer (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: The Night of the Murdered Poets: 13 prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1953: Nuclear weapons testing: the Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of Joe 4, the first Soviet thermonuclear weapon. [category: Events]
• 1953: The islands of Zakynthos and Kefalonia in Greece are severely damaged by an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale. [category: Events]
• 1954: François Hollande, French politician, 24th President of France [category: Births]
• 1954: Ibolya Dávid, Hungarian lawyer and politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Leung Chun-ying, Hong Kong politician, 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong [category: Births]
• 1954: Pat Metheny, American guitarist and composer (Pat Metheny Group) [category: Births]
• 1954: Sam J. Jones, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Ann M. Martin, American author [category: Births]
• 1955: Terry Taylor, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1955: James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Thomas Mann, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1956: Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1956: Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1957: Friedhelm Schütte, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1958: Jürgen Dehmel, German bass player and songwriter (Nena) [category: Births]
• 1958: Art Kane photographs 57 notable jazz musicians in the black and white group portrait "A Great Day in Harlem" in front of a Brownstone in New York City. [category: Events]
• 1959: Amanda Redman, English actress [category: Births]
• 1959: Mike O'Neill, Irish-American baseball player (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Eduardo Tokeshi, Peruvian artist [category: Births]
• 1960: Greg Thomas, England cricketer [category: Births]
• 1960: Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1960: Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched. [category: Events]
• 1961: Lawrence Hayward, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Felt, Denim, and Go Kart Mozart) [category: Births]
• 1961: Mark Priest, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1961: Roy Hay, English musician and composer (Culture Club) [category: Births]
• 1963: Kōji Kitao), Japanese sumo wrestler (the 60th Yokozuna) [category: Births]
• 1963: Sir Mix-a-Lot, American rapper and producer [category: Births]
• 1964: Ian Fleming, English intelligence officer, journalist, and author (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Charlie Wilson, one of the Great Train Robbers, escapes from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1964: South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies. [category: Events]
• 1965: Peter Krause, American actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker [category: Births]
• 1967: Andy Hui, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (Big Four) [category: Births]
• 1967: Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer [category: Births]
• 1967: Esther Forbes, American novelist (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Andras Jones, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Thorsten Boer, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Stuart Williams, Nevisian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1969: Tanita Tikaram, German-English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1969: Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside. [category: Events]
• 1970: Anthony Swofford, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1970: Charles Mesure, English-Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Jim Schlossnagle, American baseball coach [category: Births]
• 1971: Michael Ian Black, American comedian, actor, writer, and director [category: Births]
• 1971: Pete Sampras, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1971: Rebecca Gayheart, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Del the Funky Homosapien, American rapper and producer (Hieroglyphics, Deltron 3030, and Gorillaz) [category: Births]
• 1972: Gyanendra Pandey, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1972: Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Takanohana Kōji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 65th Yokozuna [category: Births]
• 1973: Jonathan Coachman, American wrestler and sportscaster [category: Births]
• 1973: Joseba Beloki, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1973: Muqtada al-Sadr, Iraqi theologian and political leader [category: Births]
• 1973: Richard Reid, English terrorist, attempted the 2001 shoe bomb plot [category: Births]
• 1973: Todd Marchant, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1973: Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Matt Clement, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Casey Affleck, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1976: Antoine Walker, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Brad Lukowich, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1976: Henry Tuilagi, Samoan rugby player [category: Births]
• 1976: Mikko Lindström, Finnish singer and guitarist (HIM and WhoCares) [category: Births]
• 1976: Pedro Collins, Barbadian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1976: Richard McCourt, English comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Wednesday 13, American singer-songwriter and musician (Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, Murderdolls, Bourbon Crow, and Gunfire 76) [category: Births]
• 1976: Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War [category: Events]
• 1977: Jesper Grønkjær, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Park Yong-ha, South Korean singer and actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1977: Plaxico Burress, American football player [category: Births]
• 1977: The 1977 riots in Sri Lanka, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamil people, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed. [category: Events]
• 1977: The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. [category: Events]
• 1978: Chris Chambers, American football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Hayley Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1978: The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China is signed. [category: Events]
• 1979: Austra Skujytė, Lithuanian athlete [category: Births]
• 1979: Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1979: D. J. Houlton, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Ernst Boris Chain, English biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Dominique Swain, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Jade Villalon, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (Sweetbox) [category: Births]
• 1980: Maggie Lawson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Matt Thiessen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Relient K) [category: Births]
• 1980: The Montevideo Treaty, establishing the Latin American Integration Association, is signed. [category: Events]
• 1981: Djibril Cissé, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Tony Capaldi, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: The IBM Personal Computer is released. [category: Events]
• 1982: Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Iza Calzado, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Henry Fonda, American actor (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Salvador Sánchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Varlam Shalamov, Russian writer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Mexico announces it is unable to pay its enormous external debt, marking the beginning of a debt crisis that spreads to all of Latin America and the Third World. [category: Events]
• 1983: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Manoa Vosawai, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1983: Mark Webster, Welsh darts player [category: Births]
• 1984: Bryan Pata, American football player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1984: Marian Rivera, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Martin Goeres, German actor and stuntman [category: Births]
• 1984: Yua Aida, Japanese model [category: Births]
• 1984: Lenny Breau, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Charlotte Salt, English actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Franck Moutsinga, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1985: Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster. [category: Events]
• 1986: Electra Avellan, Venezuelan actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Elise Avellan, Venezuelan actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Holley Ann Dorrough, American model [category: Births]
• 1986: Kateryna Bondarenko, Ukranian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1986: Kyle Arrington, American football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Sabrina Herft, Sri Lankan model, Miss Universe Sri Lanka 2012 [category: Births]
• 1988: Justin Gaston, American singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Leah Pipes, American actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Jean-Michel Basquiat, American painter (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Tom Cleverley, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Samuel Okwaraji, Nigerian footballer (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: William Shockley, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Enzo Pineda, Filipino actor and dancer [category: Births]
• 1990: Mario Balotelli, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Martin Zurawsky, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Marvin Zeegelaar, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: B. Kliban, American cartoonist (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Dorothy Mackaill, English-American actress (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, was discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota. [category: Events]
• 1991: Jesinta Campbell, Australian model, Miss Universe Australia 2010 [category: Births]
• 1992: Jacinta Wawatai, New Zealand actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Teo Gheorghiu, Swiss-Canadian pianist and actor [category: Births]
• 1992: John Cage, American composer (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). [category: Events]
• 1993: Ewa Farna, Czech singer [category: Births]
• 1993: Imani Hakim, American actress [category: Births]
• 1994: Major League Baseball players go on strike. This will force the cancellation of the 1994 World Series. [category: Events]
• 1996: Mark Gruenwald, American writer, illustrator, and editor (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Robert Gravel, Canadian actor and director (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Viktor Hambardzumyan, Soviet-Armenian scientist (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Luther Allison, American guitarist (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Jean Drapeau, Canadian politician (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Gennady Lyachin, Russian captain (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Loretta Young, American actress (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise. [category: Events]
• 2002: Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Godfrey Hounsfield, English engineer and inventor, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Peter Woodthorpe, English actor (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: John Loder, English sound engineer and producer (Crass) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE sniper at his home. [category: Events]
• 2007: Merv Griffin, American actor, singer, and producer, created Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Mike Wieringo, American writer and illustrator (b. 1963) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: The bulk carrier M/V New Flame collides with the oil tanker Torm Gertrud at the southernmost tip of Gibraltar, ending up partially submerged. [category: Events]
• 2008: Christie Allen, English-Australian singer (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: André Kim, South Korean fashion designer (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Guido de Marco, Maltese politician, 6th President of Malta (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Isaac Bonewits, American writer and activist, founded Ár nDraíocht Féin (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Richie Hayward, American drummer and songwriter (Little Feat and Fraternity of Man) (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Robert Robinson, English journalist and author (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Alex Falconer, Scottish politician (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Alf Morris, English politician (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Dominic Hibberd, English biographer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Eileen Beasley, Welsh educator and activist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Frank Martin, American attorney and politician (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jackie Watters, Scottish footballer (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jerry Grant, American race car driver (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jimmy Carr, American football player (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Joe Kubert, American illustrator, founded The Kubert School (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Prabuddha Dasgupta, Indian photographer (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Édgar Morales Pérez, Mexican politician [category: Deaths]
• 30_bc: Cleopatra VII, Egyptian queen (b. 69 BC) [category: Deaths]
• 30_bc: Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide, allegedly by means of an asp bite. [category: Events]
• 875: Louis II of Italy (b. 825) [category: Deaths]
• _: August 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Euplius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Glorious Twelfth (United Kingdom) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: HM the Queen's Birthday and National Mother's Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Herculanus of Brescia [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Youth Day (United Nations) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Innocent XI [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The Feast of the Prophet and his Bride (Thelema) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Awa Dance Festival (Tokushima) [category: Holidays and observances]