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What happend on 25. August in History
In our data base we found 351 events happened on 25. August:
• 79: Pliny the Elder, Roman military commander, author, and philosopher (b. 23) [category: Deaths]
• 357: Battle of Strasbourg: Julian, Caesar (deputy emperor) and supreme commander of the Roman army in Gaul, wins an important victory against the Alemanni at Strasbourg (Argentoratum). [category: Events]
• 383: Gratian, Roman emperor (b. 359) [category: Deaths]
• 450: Pulcheria becomes empress of the Byzantine Empire after her brother Theodosius II is killed during an hunting accident. She marries the Illyrian (or Thracian) senator Marcian who is crowned as emperor. [category: Events]
• 1192: Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142) [category: Deaths]
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• 1227: Genghis Khan, Mongolian emperor (b. 1162) [category: Deaths]
• 1248: The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht. [category: Events]
• 1258: Regent George Mouzalon and his brothers are killed during a coup headed by the aristocratic faction under, paving the way for its leader, Michael VIII Palaiologos, to ultimately usurp the throne of the Empire of Nicaea. [category: Events]
• 1270: Louis IX of France (b. 1214) [category: Deaths]
• 1282: Thomas de Cantilupe, English educator and saint (b. 1218) [category: Deaths]
• 1330: James Douglas, Lord of Douglas, Scottish soldier (b. 1286) [category: Deaths]
• 1482: Margaret of Anjou (b. 1429) [category: Deaths]
• 1530: Ivan the Terrible, Russian Tsar (d. 1584) [category: Births]
• 1537: The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed. [category: Events]
• 1554: Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1473) [category: Deaths]
• 1561: Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer (d. 1632) [category: Births]
• 1580: Battle of Alcântara. Spain defeats Portugal. [category: Events]
• 1609: Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers. [category: Events]
• 1620: István Gyöngyösi, Hungarian poet (d. 1704) [category: Births]
• 1624: François de la Chaise, French priest (d. 1709) [category: Births]
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• 1632: Thomas Dekker, English writer (b. 1572) [category: Deaths]
• 1650: Richard Crashaw, English poet (b. 1613) [category: Deaths]
• 1662: John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, politician, and academic (d. 1724) [category: Births]
• 1688: Henry Morgan, Welsh admiral (b. 1635) [category: Deaths]
• 1699: Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646) [category: Deaths]
• 1707: Louis I of Spain (d. 1724) [category: Births]
• 1711: Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician (b. 1656) [category: Deaths]
• 1719: Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 1724: George Stubbs, English painter (d. 1806) [category: Births]
• 1741: Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian (d. 1792) [category: Births]
• 1742: Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (b. 1704) [category: Deaths]
• 1744: Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (d. 1803) [category: Births]
• 1758: Franz Teyber, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1810) [category: Births]
• 1758: Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf. [category: Events]
• 1767: Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French military leader and politician (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1768: James Cook begins his first voyage. [category: Events]
• 1774: Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1776: Thomas Bladen Capel English navy admiral (d. 1853) [category: Births]
• 1776: David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (b. 1711) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868) [category: Births]
• 1792: Jacques Cazotte, French writer (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1794: Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727) [category: Deaths]
• 1796: James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder (d. 1876) [category: Births]
• 1802: Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet (d. 1850) [category: Births]
• 1803: Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Brazilian military commander (d. 1880) [category: Births]
• 1817: Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founder of the Religious of the Assumption (d. 1898) [category: Births]
• 1819: James Watt, Scottish inventor and engineer (b. 1736) [category: Deaths]
• 1822: William Herschel, German-English astronomer (b. 1738) [category: Deaths]
• 1825: Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil. [category: Events]
• 1829: Carlo Acton, Italian composer and pianist (d. 1909) [category: Births]
• 1830: The Belgian Revolution begins. [category: Events]
• 1835: The New York Sun perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax. [category: Events]
• 1836: Bret Harte, American writer (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1841: Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and medical researcher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1845: Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1850: Charles Richet, French physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1867: James W. Gerard, American jurist and diplomat (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1867: Michael Faraday, English scientist (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1868: Nikolaos Levidis, Greek target shooter [category: Births]
• 1869: Tom Kiely, Irish decathlete (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1875: Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours. [category: Events]
• 1882: Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish politician, 2nd President of Ireland (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1886: Zinovios Valvis, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and writer (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1893: Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1894: Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet. [category: Events]
• 1898: Arthur Wood, English cricketer (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1898: Helmut Hasse, German mathematician (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1898: 700 Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece. [category: Events]
• 1900: Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1900: Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1902: Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1903: Arpad Elo, American chess player, created the Elo rating system (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1904: Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1904: William Hall, Canadian sailor (b. 1827) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: Mary Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun, mystic, and saint (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1906: Jim Smith, English cricketer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1908: Henri Becquerel, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1909: Michael Rennie, English actor (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1910: Dorothea Tanning, American painter (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1910: George Cisar, American baseball player (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1910: Ruby Keeler, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1911: Vo Nguyen Giap, Vietnamese general and politician [category: Births]
• 1912: Erich Honecker, German politician (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1912: The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded. [category: Events]
• 1913: Don DeFore, American actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1913: Walt Kelly, American animator and cartoonist (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1914: World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost. [category: Events]
• 1915: Walter Trampler, American violist (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1916: Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1916: Saburō Sakai, Japanese pilot (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1916: Van Johnson, American actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1916: The United States National Park Service is created. [category: Events]
• 1917: Lisbeth Movin, Danish actress (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1917: Lou van Burg, Dutch singer and game show host (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1917: Mel Ferrer, Cuban-American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1918: Leonard Bernstein, American conductor, pianist, and composer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1918: Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1919: George Wallace, American politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1919: William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1920: Polish-Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends. The Red Army is defeated. [category: Events]
• 1921: Brian Moore, Irish-Canadian novelist and screenwriter (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1921: Bryce Mackasey, Canadian politician (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1921: Monty Hall, Canadian actor, producer, and game show host [category: Births]
• 1921: The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur. [category: Events]
• 1923: Allyre Sirois, Canadian judge (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1924: Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1924: Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general (b. 1818) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Thea Astley, Australian author (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1925: Count Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: Althea Gibson, American tennis player (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1928: Darrell Johnson, American baseball player (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1928: Herbert Kroemer, German-American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1928: John "Kayo" Dottley, American football player [category: Births]
• 1930: Bruce Allpress, New Zealand actor [category: Births]
• 1930: Graham Jarvis, Canadian actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1930: György Enyedi, Hungarian economist and geographer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1930: Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1930: Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Hal Fishman, American journalist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1931: Regis Philbin, American actor, singer, and television host [category: Births]
• 1933: István Gaál, Hungarian director and screenwriter (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1933: Patrick F. McManus, American columnist and author [category: Births]
• 1933: Tom Skerritt, American actor [category: Births]
• 1933: Wayne Shorter, American saxophonist and composer (Miles Davis Quintet and Weather Report) [category: Births]
• 1933: The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people. [category: Events]
• 1934: Eddie Ilarde, Filipino television host and politician [category: Births]
• 1934: Lise Bacon, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1935: Charles Wright, American poet [category: Births]
• 1936: Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman, founded the Image Institute of Technology & Management (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1938: David Canary, American actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Frederick Forsyth, English author [category: Births]
• 1938: Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian writer (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Johannes van Dijk, Dutch rower (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: John Badham, American director [category: Births]
• 1939: Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power. [category: Events]
• 1940: José van Dam, Belgian opera singer [category: Births]
• 1940: Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Marshall Brickman, American screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1942: Howard Jacobson, English author and journalist [category: Births]
• 1942: Nathan Deal, American politician, 82nd Governor of Georgia [category: Births]
• 1942: Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. [category: Events]
• 1942: World War II: second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by an Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged. [category: Events]
• 1944: Anthony Heald, American actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Conrad Black, Canadian publisher, historian, and author [category: Births]
• 1944: Jacques Demers, Canadian ice hockey coach and politician [category: Births]
• 1944: World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies. [category: Events]
• 1945: Daniel Hulet, Belgian cartoonist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1945: John Birch, American military officer and missionary (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Communist Party of China kill Baptist missionary John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War. [category: Events]
• 1946: Charles Ghigna, American poet and author [category: Births]
• 1946: Charlie Sanders, American football player [category: Births]
• 1946: Rollie Fingers, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1948: Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist [category: Births]
• 1948: The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss. [category: Events]
• 1949: Fariborz Lachini, Iranian-Canadian composer [category: Births]
• 1949: Gene Simmons, Israeli-American singer-songwriter, bass player, producer, and actor, (Kiss and Wicked Lester) [category: Births]
• 1949: John Savage, American actor [category: Births]
• 1949: Martin Amis, English novelist [category: Births]
• 1949: Rijkman Groenink, Dutch banker [category: Births]
• 1950: Charles Fambrough, American bassist, composer, and producer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1950: Earl Caddock, American wrestler (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike. [category: Events]
• 1951: Bill Handel, American lawyer and radio host [category: Births]
• 1951: Rob Halford, English singer-songwriter (Judas Priest, 2wo, Halford, and Fight) [category: Births]
• 1952: Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1952: Geoff Downes, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (The Buggles, Yes, and Asia) [category: Births]
• 1952: Vijayakanth, Indian actor and politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Elvis Costello, English singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1955: Gerd Müller, German politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1956: Takeshi Okada, Japanese footballer, coach, and manager [category: Births]
• 1956: Alfred Kinsey, American biologist (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1957: Simon McBurney, English actor, writer and director [category: Births]
• 1958: Christian LeBlanc, American actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Sterling Harwood, American lawyer, author, and academic [category: Births]
• 1958: Tim Burton, American director, producer, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1959: Ruth Ann Swenson, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1959: Steve Levy, American politician [category: Births]
• 1960: Akbar Abdi, Iranina actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1960: Ashley Crow, American actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Georg Zellhofer, Austrian footballer [category: Births]
• 1961: Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor [category: Births]
• 1961: President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power. [category: Events]
• 1962: David Packer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Michael Zorc, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: Māris Bružiks, Latvian triple jumper [category: Births]
• 1962: Shahid Mahboob, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1962: Vivian Campbell, Irish guitarist and songwriter (Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Dio, Thin Lizzy, and Sweet Savage) [category: Births]
• 1963: Christine McGlade, Canadian actress and producer [category: Births]
• 1963: Shock G, American rapper (Digital Underground) [category: Births]
• 1964: Blair Underwood, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1964: Dan Parent, American illustrator and writer [category: Births]
• 1964: Joanne Whalley, English actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Marti Noxon, American screenwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1964: Maxim Kontsevich, Russian mathematician [category: Births]
• 1964: Vasilios Kotronias, Greek chess player [category: Births]
• 1965: Cornelius Bennett, American football player [category: Births]
• 1965: Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1965: Sanjeev Sharma, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1965: Moonlight Graham, American baseball player (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Albert Belle, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1966: Derek Sherinian, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (Planet X, Dream Theater, and Black Country Communion) [category: Births]
• 1966: Robert Maschio, American actor [category: Births]
• 1967: Jeff Tweedy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wilco, Loose Fur, and Uncle Tupelo) [category: Births]
• 1967: Tom Hollander, English actor [category: Births]
• 1967: George Lincoln Rockwell, American soldier, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Paul Muni, Austrian-American actor (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Stanley Bruce, Australian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Rachael Ray, American chef, author, and television host [category: Births]
• 1968: Rafet El Roman, Turkish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1968: Spider One, American singer-songwriter and producer (Powerman 5000) [category: Births]
• 1968: Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer-songwriter (Belle & Sebastian) [category: Births]
• 1968: Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (The Mad Capsule Markets) [category: Births]
• 1968: Yuri Mitsui, Japanese actress, model and race car driver [category: Births]
• 1968: Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1969: John Witt, American baseball player, author, and actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Rachel Shelley, English actress [category: Births]
• 1969: Steve Staley, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Vivek Razdan, Indian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1970: Claudia Schiffer, German model and fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1970: Doug Glanville, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Jo Dee Messina, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1970: Robert Horry, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Tachū Naitō, Japanese architect and engineer, designed the Tokyo Tower (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Mike Lockwood, American wrestler (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1971: Ted Lewis, American singer and bandleader (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Bryan Stoltenberg, American football player (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1972: Marvin Harrison, American football player [category: Births]
• 1973: Fatih Akın, German director [category: Births]
• 1973: Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Hungarian lawyer and politician (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Dave Luza, Dutch comedian [category: Births]
• 1974: Eric Millegan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Pablo Ozuna, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Petria Thomas, Australian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1976: Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Damon Jones, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Javed Qadeer, Pakistani cricketer [category: Births]
• 1976: Jensen Atwood, American actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Andy McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Diego Corrales, American boxer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1977: Jonathan Togo, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Ramil Safarov, Azerbaijani convicted murderer [category: Births]
• 1977: Sophie Cadieux, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, author, and politician (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Kel Mitchell, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Robert Mohr, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1979: Deanna Nolan, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Marlon Harewood, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Stan Kenton, American pianist, bandleader, and composer (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Neal Musser, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Gower Champion, American actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Zimbabwe joins the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1981: Camille Pin, French tennis player [category: Births]
• 1981: Clare Oliver, Australian activist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1981: Jan-Berrie Burger, Namibian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1981: Rachel Bilson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Nassos Kedrakas, Greek actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn [category: Events]
• 1983: James Rossiter, English race car driver [category: Births]
• 1984: Florian Mohr, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Truman Capote, American author (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Viktor Chukarin, Soviet gymnast (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Waite Hoyt, American baseball player (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Hendra Setiawan, Indonesian badminton player [category: Births]
• 1985: Samantha Smith, American actress and activist (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Rona Nishliu, Kosovo-Albanian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1987: Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1987: Blake Lively, American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: James Wesolowski, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Justin Upton, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Liu Yifei, Chinese actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Logan Morrison, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1987: Luka Šulić, Croatian - Slovenian cellist [category: Births]
• 1987: Stacey Farber, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Velimir Jovanović, Serbian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Whitney Stevens, Panamanian-American porn actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Alexandra Burke, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1988: Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer [category: Births]
• 1988: Ray Quinn, English singer, actor, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1989: Amber Le Bon, English model [category: Births]
• 1989: Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Keegan Joyce, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female cabinet secretary. [category: Events]
• 1989: Tadeusz Mazowiecki is chosen as the first non-communist Prime Minister in Central and Eastern Europe. [category: Events]
• 1989: Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time. [category: Events]
• 1990: Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Quinn Buniel, American actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union [category: Events]
• 1991: Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux. [category: Events]
• 1991: The Airbus A340 aircraft makes its first flight. [category: Events]
• 1991: The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of a Croatian city by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August–November 1991 during the Croatian War of Independence [category: Events]
• 1992: Alex Roots, English singer [category: Births]
• 1992: Angelica Mandy, English actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress (Berryz Kobo, Aa!, and Buono!) [category: Births]
• 1994: Josh Flitter, American actor [category: Births]
• 1995: Doug Stegmeyer, American bass player (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Holly Gibbs, English actor [category: Births]
• 1997: Camilla Spira, German actress (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall. [category: Events]
• 1998: Abraham Mateo, Spanish singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1998: China Anne McClain, American actress and singer (McClain Sisters) [category: Births]
• 1999: Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (Naked Eyes and Climie Fisher) (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Carl Barks, American illustrator and writer (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Frederick C. Bock, American pilot (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Jack Nitzsche, American pianist, producer, and composer (The Wrecking Crew and Crazy Horse) (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Aaliyah, American singer, dancer, and actress (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Philippe Léotard, French actor and singer (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Dorothy Hewett, Australian author and poet (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Giannis Gionakis, Greek actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: The Tli Cho land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko). [category: Events]
• 2005: Ed White, Canadian wrestler (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Peter Glotz, German politician (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Benjamin Aaron, American attorney and scholar (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer (b. 1959) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Mandé Sidibé, Malian politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Ted Kennedy, American politician (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Angkarn Kalayanapong, Thai poet and artist (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Aurélio Granada Escudeiro, Portuguese bishop (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Donald Gorrie, Scottish politician (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Eduardo Koaik, Brazilian bishop (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut, first person to walk on the moon (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Pontus Schultz, Swedish journalist (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Roberto González Barrera, Mexican businessman (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: V. K. Lakshmanan, Indian politician (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Vesna Girardi-Jurkić, Croatian archeologist (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• _: Aredius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest date on which La Tomatina can fall, while August 31 is the latest; celebrated on the last Wednesday in August. (Buñol) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Genesius of Arles [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gregory of Utrecht [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uruguay from Brazil in 1825. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Joseph Calasanctius [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Liberation Day (Paris) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Louis IX of France [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Menas of Constantinople [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Opiconsivia held in honor of Ops. (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Patricia of Naples [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Soldier's Day (Brazil) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Æbbe of Coldingham [category: Holidays and observances]