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What happend on 15. August in History
In our data base we found 390 events happened on 15. August:
• 423: Honorius, Roman Emperor (b. 384) [category: Deaths]
• 465: Libius Severus, Roman Emperor (b. 420) [category: Deaths]
• 636: The Battle of Yarmouk between Byzantine and Rashidun Caliphate begins. [category: Events]
• 718: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople. [category: Events]
• 778: Roland, Frankish commander [category: Deaths]
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• 778: The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed. [category: Events]
• 927: The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto. [category: Events]
• 982: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria [category: Events]
• 1018: Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria. [category: Events]
• 1038: Stephen I of Hungary (b. 975) [category: Deaths]
• 1040: King Duncan I is killed in battle against his first cousin and rival Macbeth. The latter succeeds him as King of Scotland. [category: Events]
• 1057: Macbeth, King of Scotland [category: Deaths]
• 1057: King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada. [category: Events]
• 1118: Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1048) [category: Deaths]
• 1171: Alfonso IX of León (d. 1230) [category: Births]
• 1185: The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia. [category: Events]
• 1195: Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (d. 1231) [category: Births]
• 1196: Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (b. 1173) [category: Deaths]
• 1248: The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.) [category: Events]
• 1261: Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople. [category: Events]
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• 1274: Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator (b. 1201) [category: Deaths]
• 1281: Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan. [category: Events]
• 1309: The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes. [category: Events]
• 1369: Philippa of Hainault (b. 1314) [category: Deaths]
• 1430: Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca. [category: Events]
• 1432: Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484) [category: Births]
• 1461: The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered. [category: Events]
• 1483: Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel. [category: Events]
• 1511: Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Malacca Sultanate. [category: Events]
• 1517: Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary. [category: Events]
• 1519: Panama City, Panama, is founded. [category: Events]
• 1528: Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French military leader (b. 1485) [category: Deaths]
• 1534: Saint Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540. [category: Events]
• 1537: Asunción, Paraguay, is founded. [category: Events]
• 1540: Arequipa, Peru, is founded. [category: Events]
• 1549: Jesuit priest Saint Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: July 22, 1549). [category: Events]
• 1552: Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (b. 1477) [category: Deaths]
• 1575: Bartol Kašić, Croatian writer and linguist (d. 1650) [category: Births]
• 1599: Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass – Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle. [category: Events]
• 1613: Gilles Ménage, French scholar (d. 1692) [category: Births]
• 1621: John Barclay, Scottish poet (b. 1582) [category: Deaths]
• 1666: Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary (b. 1591) [category: Deaths]
• 1695: French forces end the Bombardment of Brussels, leaving a third of the buildings in the city in ruins. [category: Events]
• 1714: Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654) [category: Deaths]
• 1717: Blind Jack, English road builder (d. 1810) [category: Births]
• 1728: Marin Marais, French composer and viol player (b. 1656) [category: Deaths]
• 1736: Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1803) [category: Births]
• 1740: Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815) [category: Births]
• 1758: Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (b. 1698) [category: Deaths]
• 1760: Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz – Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon. [category: Events]
• 1769: Napoleon, Corsican-French military officer and political leader (d. 1821) [category: Births]
• 1771: Walter Scott, Scottish novelist and poet (d. 1832) [category: Births]
• 1785: Thomas De Quincey, English author (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1798: Sangolli Rayanna, Indian freedom fighter (d. 1831) [category: Births]
• 1799: Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet (b. 1729) [category: Deaths]
• 1812: War of 1812: The Battle of Fort Dearborn is fought between United States troops and Potawatomi at what is now Chicago, Illinois. [category: Events]
• 1813: Jules Grévy, French politician, 3rd President of the French Republic (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1824: John Chisum, American cattle baron (d. 1884) [category: Births]
• 1843: The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1843: Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark. [category: Events]
• 1844: Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1846: Charles Woodruff, American archer (d. 1927) [category: Births]
• 1852: Johan Gadolin, Finnish scientist (b. 1760) [category: Deaths]
• 1856: Ivan Franko, Ukrainian writer (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1857: Albert Ballin, German businessman (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1858: E. Nesbit, English author (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1859: Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1931) [category: Births]
• 1859: Nathaniel Claiborne, American politician (b. 1777) [category: Deaths]
• 1860: Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (d. 1924) [category: Births]
• 1860: Henrietta Vinton Davis, American actress and playwright (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1863: Aleksey Krylov, Russian engineer and mathematician (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1863: The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863). [category: Events]
• 1865: Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1866: Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1869: The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto. [category: Events]
• 1872: Sri Aurobindo, Indian philosopher (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1873: Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian historian and archaeologist (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1875: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English composer (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1876: Stylianos Gonatas, Greek military officer and politician (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1877: Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1878: Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel, Russian army officer (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1879: Ethel Barrymore, American actress (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1880: Adelaide Neilson, English actress (b. 1848) [category: Deaths]
• 1881: Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1882: Marion Bauer, American composer, writer, and critic (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1883: Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1885: Edna Ferber, American novelist (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1886: Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1890: Elizabeth Bolden, American super-centenarian (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1890: Jacques Ibert, French composer (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1892: Louis de Broglie, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1893: Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1893: Ibadan area became a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton. [category: Events]
• 1896: Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1896: Gerty Cori, Austrian biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1896: Léon Theremin, Russian inventor, invented the Theremin (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1896: Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1898: Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1900: Estelle Brody, American actress (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1901: Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1902: Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1904: George Klein, Canadian inventor (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1905: Emile St. Godard, Canadian dog sled racer (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1907: Joseph Joachim, Austrian violinist (b. 1831) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies. [category: Events]
• 1909: Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1909: Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian writer and sociologist (b. 1866) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Signe Hasso, Swedish actress (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1912: Amir Khan, Indian singer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1912: Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1912: Wendy Hiller, English actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1914: Paul Rand, American graphic designer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1914: A male servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright sets fire to the living quarters of the architect's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, murders seven people and burns the living quarters to the ground. [category: Events]
• 1914: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia. [category: Events]
• 1914: The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon. [category: Events]
• 1915: A. K. Hangal, Indian actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1915: A story in New York World reveals that the Weimar German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production. [category: Events]
• 1916: Aleks Çaçi, Albanian writer (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1917: Jack Lynch, Irish politician (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1917: Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1917: Thomas J. Higgins, American soldier (b. 1831) [category: Deaths]
• 1919: Benedict Kiely, Irish author (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1919: Dina Wadia, Pakistani daughter Muhammad Ali Jinnah [category: Births]
• 1919: Huntz Hall, American actor (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1920: Battle of Warsaw so called Miracle at the Vistula. [category: Events]
• 1921: August Kowalczyk, Polish actor, director, and Holocaust survivor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1922: Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek composer and musician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1922: Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1923: Rose Marie, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1924: Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1924: Werner Abrolat, German actor (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1925: Bill Pinkney, American singer (The Drifters) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1925: Mike Connors, American actor [category: Births]
• 1925: Münir Özkul, Turkish actor [category: Births]
• 1925: Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1925: Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: John Silber, American academic (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: Julius Katchen, American pianist (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1926: Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek politician, 6th President of Greece [category: Births]
• 1926: Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author [category: Births]
• 1927: Eddie Leadbeater, England cricketer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1928: Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer [category: Births]
• 1928: Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist, co-founder of St Edmund's College, Cambridge (b. 1854) [category: Deaths]
• 1929: Georgios Roubanis, Greek pole vaulter [category: Births]
• 1930: Ageeda Paavel, Estonian activist [category: Births]
• 1931: Nigar Shikhlinskaya, Azerbaijani nurse (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1933: Bobby Helms, American singer and guitarist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1933: Jim Lange, American game show host [category: Births]
• 1934: Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Famous Flames) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1934: Nino Ferrer, French-Italian singer and actor (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1934: Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer [category: Births]
• 1934: Leo O'Connell, American soccer player (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Jim Dale, English actor [category: Births]
• 1935: Lionel Taylor, American football player [category: Births]
• 1935: Vernon Jordan, American lawyer, businessman, and activist [category: Births]
• 1935: Paul Signac, French painter (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Wiley Post, American pilot (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Will Rogers, American humorist and actor (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska. [category: Events]
• 1936: Rita Shane, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1936: Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Janusz Zajdel, Polish writer [category: Births]
• 1938: Maxine Waters, American politician [category: Births]
• 1939: 13 Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. There are no survivors. [category: Events]
• 1939: The Wizard of Oz premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California. [category: Events]
• 1940: Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1940: An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October. [category: Events]
• 1941: Manolis Mavrommatis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1941: Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 7:12 am, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for treason. [category: Events]
• 1942: Larry Hartsell, American martial arts instructor and author (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1942: Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and writer (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: World War II: Operation Pedestal – The SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses. [category: Events]
• 1943: María Rojo, Mexican actress and politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Dimitris Sioufas, Greek lawyer and politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Linda Ellerbee, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1944: Sylvie Vartan, Bulgarian-French singer [category: Births]
• 1944: Thomas J. Murphy, Jr., American politician [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: Operation Dragoon – Allied forces land in southern France. [category: Events]
• 1945: Duffy Dyer, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1945: Gene Upshaw, American football player (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1945: Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician [category: Births]
• 1945: Korechika Anami, Japanese general and War Minister (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: World War II: Japan surrenders to end the war. [category: Events]
• 1946: Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer [category: Births]
• 1946: Tony Robinson, English actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Jenny Hanley, English actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Raakhee, Indian actress [category: Births]
• 1947: Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi. [category: Events]
• 1947: India gains Independence from the British Indian Empire and joins the Commonwealth of Nations. [category: Events]
• 1948: George Ryton, English engineer [category: Births]
• 1948: Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1948: Uschi Digard, Swedish porn actress and model [category: Births]
• 1948: The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north. [category: Events]
• 1949: Beverly Burns, American pilot [category: Births]
• 1949: Garry Disher, Australian author [category: Births]
• 1949: Mark B. Rosenberg, American academic [category: Births]
• 1949: Richard Deacon, Welsh sculptor [category: Births]
• 1950: Anne, Princess Royal, English daughter of Elizabeth II [category: Births]
• 1950: Tom Kelly, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1950: Tommy Aldridge, American drummer (Black Oak Arkansas and Thin Lizzy) [category: Births]
• 1951: Ann Biderman, American scriptwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1951: Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1951: Daba Diawara, Malian politician [category: Births]
• 1951: John Childs, England cricketer [category: Births]
• 1951: Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1951: Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, United Kingdom, killing 34 people. [category: Events]
• 1953: Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: Hillar Mets, Estonian cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1954: Mary Jo Salter, American poet [category: Births]
• 1954: Stieg Larsson, Swedish writer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1954: Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay. [category: Events]
• 1956: Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist [category: Births]
• 1956: Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1957: Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Craig MacTavish, Canadian ice hockey player and coach [category: Births]
• 1958: Laurie Bembenek, American convicted murderer (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1958: Rondell Sheridan, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1958: Simon Baron-Cohen, English psychiatrist and author [category: Births]
• 1958: Simple Kapadia, Indian actress and costume designer (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1958: Victor Shenderovich, Russian writer [category: Births]
• 1959: Scott Altman, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1960: Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France. [category: Events]
• 1961: Arjun ,Indian film actor and director [category: Births]
• 1961: Ed Gillespie, American political strategist [category: Births]
• 1961: Gary Kubiak, American football player and coach [category: Births]
• 1961: Suhasini Maniratnam, Indian Actress [category: Births]
• 1961: Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall. [category: Events]
• 1962: Tom Colicchio, American chef [category: Births]
• 1962: Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok still resides in the capital, Pyongyang. [category: Events]
• 1963: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mexican director [category: Births]
• 1963: Jack Russell, England cricketer and coach [category: Births]
• 1963: Lady Miss Kier, American singer-songwriter, producer, and DJ (Deee-Lite) [category: Births]
• 1963: Valery Levaneuski, Russian activist [category: Births]
• 1963: Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland, UK. [category: Events]
• 1963: President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital. [category: Events]
• 1964: Melinda Gates, American businesswoman and philanthropist, co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [category: Births]
• 1965: Rob Thomas, American writer [category: Births]
• 1965: The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York, New York, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock. [category: Events]
• 1966: Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1966: Scott Brosius, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1966: Shirley Kwan, Hong Kong singer, dancer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1967: Peter Hermann American actor [category: Births]
• 1967: René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Debra Messing, American actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Bernard Fanning, Australian singer-songwriter (Powderfinger) [category: Births]
• 1969: Cris Judd, American actor, dancer, and choreographer [category: Births]
• 1969: Kevin Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Woodstock opens. [category: Events]
• 1970: Anthony Anderson, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Ben Silverman, American television producer, founded Electus Studios [category: Births]
• 1970: Maddie Corman, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Maya Soetoro-Ng, American sister of Barack Obama [category: Births]
• 1970: Patricia Palinkas became the first woman to play professionally in an American football game [category: Events]
• 1971: Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1971: President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors. [category: Events]
• 1972: Ben Affleck, American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1972: Chris Morrissey, American director and actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballet dancer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1972: Matthew Wood, American voice actor and sound editor [category: Births]
• 1973: Adam Willard, American drummer (The Offspring, Rocket from the Crypt, Danko Jones, and The Special Goodness) [category: Births]
• 1973: Adnan Sami, English-Pakastani singer, actor, pianist, and composer [category: Births]
• 1973: Amitabh Bhattacharjee Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends. [category: Events]
• 1974: Gry Bay, Danish actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1974: Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1974: Tomasz Suwary, Polish footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President of South Korea, Park Chung-hee. [category: Events]
• 1975: Bertrand Berry, American football player [category: Births]
• 1975: Brendan Morrison, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1975: Kara Wolters, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Vijay Bharadwaj, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1975: Clay Shaw, American businessman and lawyer (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bengali politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup. [category: Events]
• 1975: Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II. [category: Events]
• 1976: Boudewijn Zenden, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1977: Martin Biron, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Nicole Paggi, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project. [category: Events]
• 1978: Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player [category: Births]
• 1978: Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1978: Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Tim Foreman, American bass player (Switchfoot) [category: Births]
• 1979: Carl Edwards, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1980: Brandon Harrod, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1980: Natalie Press, English actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Brendan Hansen, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1981: Song Ji-hyo, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Óliver Pérez, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Casey Burgener, American weightlifter [category: Births]
• 1982: Cori Yarckin, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1982: Heather Carolin, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Tsuyoshi Hayashi, Japanese actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Hugo Theorell, Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Timati, Russian rapper and actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Quinton Aaron, American actor [category: Births]
• 1984: The PKK in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh [category: Events]
• 1985: Andrea Lewis, Canadian actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1985: Cogie Domingo, Filipino actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Leah Hackett, English actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Santiago Stieben, Argentine actor [category: Births]
• 1986: Natalia Kills, English singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist [category: Births]
• 1988: Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Zaira Nara, Argentine model [category: Births]
• 1989: Belinda, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Carlos Pena, Jr., American singer-songwriter and actor (Big Time Rush) [category: Births]
• 1989: Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter and actor (Jonas Brothers) [category: Births]
• 1989: Minoru Genda, Japanese aviator and politician (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek army officer (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Aglaja Brix, German actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Danny Verbeek, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Jennifer Lawrence, American actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Nyusha, Russian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1990: Viktor Tsoi, Russian singer-songwriter (Kino) (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Petja Piiroinen, Finnish snowboarder [category: Births]
• 1993: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1994: Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer [category: Births]
• 1994: Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Chief Keef, Rapper [category: Births]
• 1995: John Cameron Swayze, American journalist (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later). [category: Events]
• 1996: President of Turkey Süleyman Demirel approved to "Law of ban For Casino in Turkey" [category: Events]
• 1997: Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland, the worst terrorist incident of The Troubles [category: Events]
• 1999: Hugh Casson, English architect and designer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria; some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco. [category: Events]
• 2001: Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish singer-songwriter (Leevi and the Leavings) (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Semiha Berksoy, Turkish opera singer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins. [category: Events]
• 2006: Coenraad Bron, Dutch computer scientist (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Dame Te Atairangikaahu, Māori queen (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Rick Bourke, Australian rugby player (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand doctor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: John Gofman, American scientist and advocate (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Richard Bradshaw, English conductor (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Sam Pollock, Canadian sports executive (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090. [category: Events]
• 2008: Heinz-Ludwig Schmidt, German football manager and coach (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: James Orthwein, American businessman (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Jerry Wexler, American music producer and journalist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Leroy Sievers, American journalist (b. 1955) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Vic Toweel, South African boxer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Virginia Davis, American actor (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Denis E. Dillon, American politician (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Michael Legat, English writer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1984) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian musician and composer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Arben Xhaferi, Macedonian politician and activist (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Biff Elliot, American actor (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Carina Moberg, Swedish politician (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Elson Iazegi Beyruth, Brazilian footballer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Harry Harrison, American author (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mitchell Todd, Scottish rugby player (b. 1991) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Müşfik Kenter, Turkish actor (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Punch Gunalan, Malaysian badminton player (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ray Whitney, English politician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• _: Armed Forces Day (Poland) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: August 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Day of Hearts can fall, while August 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in August. (area around Haarlem and Amsterdam) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ferragosto (Italy) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Founding of Asunción (Paraguay) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gwangbokjeol, "Liberation Day" (South Korea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day of India, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Liberation Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mother's Day (Antwerp and Costa Rica) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Acadian Day (Acadians) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Navy Day (Romania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Stanislaus Kostka [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Tarcisius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil.(Egypt and Coptic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The main day of Bon Festival (Japan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Victory over Japan Day (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain) [category: Holidays and observances]