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August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 142 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

  • 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.
  • 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
  • 106 – The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
  • 355Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
  • 490 – Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda River, near Milan.
  • 1332Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor: Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol.
  • 1473 – The Battle of Otlukbeli: Mehmed the Conqueror of the Ottoman Empire decisively defeats Uzun Hassan of Aq Qoyunlu.
  • 1675Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
  • 1786 – Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
  • 1804Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.
  • 1812Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
  • 1813 – In Colombia, Juan del Corral declares the independence of Antioquia.
  • 1858 – The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.
  • 1898Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
  • 1918World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
  • 1919 – Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.[1]
  • 1920 – The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
  • 1929Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
  • 1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
  • 1942 – Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and Wi-Fi.
  • 1945 – Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
  • 1952Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
  • 1959Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
  • 1960Chad declares independence.
  • 1961 – The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
  • 1962Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
  • 1965 – Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
  • 1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon.[2]
  • 1972Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
  • 1975East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
  • 1979 – Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
  • 1982 – A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.
  • 1984 – "We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
  • 2000 – An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.[3]
  • 2003NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
  • 2003 – Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
  • 2006 – The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
  • 2012 – At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
  • 2017 – At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt.

Births[]

  • 1086Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1125)
  • 1384Yolande of Aragon (d. 1442)
  • 1472Nikolaus von Schönberg, Catholic cardinal (d. 1537)
  • 1510Margaret Paleologa, Sovereign Marchioness of Montferrat (d. 1566)
  • 1673Richard Mead, English physician and astrologer (d. 1754)
  • 1718Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (d. 1791)
  • 1722Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)
  • 1748Joseph Schuster, German composer (d. 1812)
  • 1778Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (d. 1852)
  • 1794James B. Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)
  • 1807David Rice Atchison, American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)
  • 1808William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (d. 1892)
  • 1816Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1882)
  • 1833Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1899)
  • 1833 – Kido Takayoshi, Japanese samurai and politician (d. 1877)
  • 1836Warren Brown, American historian and politician (d. 1919)
  • 1837Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1894)
  • 1855John Hodges, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
  • 1858Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
  • 1860Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and chess player (d. 1939)
  • 1870Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912)
  • 1874Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (d. 1953)
  • 1877Adolph M. Christianson, American lawyer and judge (d. 1954)
  • 1878Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author (d. 1955)
  • 1881Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)
  • 1884Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor (d. 1962)
  • 1885Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer (d. 1958)
  • 1891Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator (d. 1962)
  • 1891 – Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (d. 1944)
  • 1892Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist (d. 1978)
  • 1892 – Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author (d. 1962)
  • 1897Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator (d. 1968)
  • 1897 – Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (d. 1970)
  • 1898Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1968)
  • 1900Charley Paddock, American sprinter (d. 1943)[4]
  • 1900 – Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1994)
  • 1902Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
  • 1902 – Lloyd Nolan, American actor (d. 1985)
  • 1905Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic (d. 2002)
  • 1905 – Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (d. 1998)
  • 1907Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and lawyer (d. 1989)
  • 1908Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (d. 1978)
  • 1908 – Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999)
  • 1909Yūji Koseki, Japanese composer (d. 1989)
  • 1909 – Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher and theologian (d. 1985)
  • 1911Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)
  • 1912Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954)
  • 1912 – Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)
  • 1913Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (d. 1976)
  • 1913 – Bob Scheffing, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
  • 1913 – Angus Wilson, English author and academic (d. 1991)
  • 1915Morris Weiss, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
  • 1916Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (d. 1956)
  • 1919Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager (d. 2017)
  • 1920Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (d. 2006)
  • 1920 – Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
  • 1921Alex Haley, American historian and author (d. 1992)
  • 1922John "Mule" Miles, American baseball player (d. 2013)
  • 1923Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor (d. 2015)
  • 1925Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2006)
  • 1925 – Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer
  • 1926Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2018)[5]
  • 1927Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor (d. 2019)
  • 1927 – Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (d. 2007)
  • 1932Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright
  • 1932 – Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest (d. 2003)
  • 1932 – Geoffrey Cass, English businessman
  • 1932 – Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia
  • 1932 – John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter
  • 1933Jerry Falwell, American minister and television host (d. 2007)
  • 1933 – Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director and producer (d. 1999)
  • 1933 – Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian pianist and conductor
  • 1934Bob Hepple, South African lawyer and academic (d. 2015)
  • 1936Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (d. 1999)
  • 1936 – Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)
  • 1936 – Jonathan Spence, English-American historian and academic
  • 1937Anna Massey, English actress (d. 2011)
  • 1937 – Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded International Data Group (d. 2014)
  • 1939James Mancham, first President of Seychelles (d. 2017)[6]
  • 1939 – Ronnie Dawson, American singer and guitarist (d. 2003)
  • 1940Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2012)
  • 1941John Ellison, American-Canadian musician and songwriter
  • 1942Mike Hugg, English drummer and keyboard player
  • 1943Jim Kale, Canadian bass player
  • 1943 – Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan
  • 1943 – Denis Payton, English saxophonist (d. 2006)
  • 1944Martin Linton, Swedish-English journalist and politician
  • 1944 – Frederick W. Smith, American businessman, founded FedEx
  • 1944 – Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
  • 1946John Conlee, American singer-songwriter
  • 1946 – Marilyn vos Savant, American journalist and author
  • 1947Theo de Jong, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
  • 1947 – Georgios Karatzaferis, Greek journalist and politician
  • 1948Don Boyd, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1949Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1949 – Tim Hutchinson, American lawyer and politician
  • 1949 – Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor and singer (d. 1990)
  • 1950Erik Brann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
  • 1950 – Gennadiy Nikonov, Russian engineer, designed the AN-94 rifle (d. 2003)
  • 1950 – Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.[7]
  • 1952Reid Blackburn, American photographer (d. 1980)
  • 1952 – Bob Mothersbaugh, American singer, guitarist, and producer
  • 1953Hulk Hogan, American wrestler
  • 1953 – Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer
  • 1954Bryan Bassett, American guitarist
  • 1954 – Vance Heafner, American golfer and coach (d. 2012)
  • 1954 – Joe Jackson, English singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1954 – Tarmo Rüütli, Estonian footballer, coach, and manager
  • 1954 – Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer and umpire
  • 1955Marc Bureau, Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau
  • 1955 – Sylvia Hermon, Northern Irish academic and politician
  • 1956Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician and academic
  • 1957Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
  • 1958Steven Pokere, New Zealand rugby player
  • 1958 – Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1959Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014)
  • 1959 – Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese businessman
  • 1959 – Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 2005)
  • 1959 – Richard Scudamore, English businessman
  • 1959 – László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor
  • 1961David Brooks, American journalist and author
  • 1961 – Craig Ehlo, American basketball player and coach
  • 1962Brian Azzarello, American author
  • 1962 – Charles Cecil, English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software
  • 1962 – John Micklethwait, English journalist and author
  • 1962 – Rob Minkoff, American director and producer
  • 1963Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player
  • 1964Jim Lee, South Korean-American author and illustrator
  • 1964 – Grant Waite, New Zealand golfer
  • 1965Marc Bergevin, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
  • 1965 – Embeth Davidtz, American actress
  • 1965 – Viola Davis, American actress
  • 1966Nigel Martyn, English footballer and coach
  • 1966 – Juan María Solare, Argentinian pianist and composer
  • 1967Massimiliano Allegri, Italian footballer and manager
  • 1967 – Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1967 – Joe Rogan, American actor, comedian, and television host
  • 1967 – Petter Wettre, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
  • 1968Sophie Okonedo, British actress
  • 1968 – Charlie Sexton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1970Dirk Hannemann, German footballer and manager
  • 1970 – Gianluca Pessotto, Italian footballer
  • 1971Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress and screenwriter
  • 1971 – Tommy Mooney, English footballer
  • 1973Kristin Armstrong, American cyclist
  • 1974Marie-France Dubreuil, Canadian figure skater
  • 1974 – Hadiqa Kiani, Pakistani singer, songwriter and philanthropist
  • 1974 – Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver (d. 2002)
  • 1974 – Carolyn Murphy, American model and actress
  • 1975Chris Cummings, Canadian singer-songwriter
  • 1976Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer and manager
  • 1976 – Bubba Crosby, American baseball player
  • 1976 – Will Friedle, American actor and screenwriter
  • 1976 – Ben Gibbard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1976 – Ľubomír Višňovský, Slovak ice hockey player
  • 1977Gemma Hayes, Irish singer-songwriter
  • 1977 – Dênio Martins, Brazilian footballer
  • 1978Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
  • 1978 – Charlotte Leslie, British politician
  • 1978 – Lillian Nakate, Ugandan politician
  • 1978 – Isy Suttie, English comedian, musician, actress, and writer
  • 1979Walter Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer
  • 1980Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist and sportscaster
  • 1980 – Lee Suggs, American football player
  • 1981Daniel Poohl, Swedish journalist
  • 1983Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
  • 1983 – Luke Lewis, Australian rugby league player
  • 1983 – Pavel 183, Russian painter (d. 2013)
  • 1984Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
  • 1984 – Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian race car driver
  • 1985Jacqueline Fernandez, Sri Lankan actress
  • 1986Mokhtar Benmoussa, Algerian footballer
  • 1986 – Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1987Dany N'Guessan, French footballer
  • 1987 – Drew Storen, American baseball player
  • 1988Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Filipino basketball player
  • 1988 – Patty Mills, Australian basketball player
  • 1988 – Mustafa Pektemek, Turkish footballer
  • 1989Junior Heffernan, Irish cyclist and triathlete (d. 2013)
  • 1989 – Sebastian Huke, German footballer
  • 1990Lenka Juríková, Slovak tennis player
  • 1991Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer
  • 1994Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player
  • 1994 – Anton Cooper, New Zealand cross-country cyclist
  • 1994 – Joseph Barbato, French footballer
  • 1997Sarah Clelland, Scottish footballer[8]

Deaths[]

  • 480 BCLeonidas I, Agiad King of Sparta
  • 223Jia Xu, Chinese politician (b. 147)
  • 353Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)
  • 449Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople
  • 919Dhuka al-Rumi, Abbasid governor of Egypt[9]
  • 979Gero, Count of Alsleben
  • 991Byrhtnoth, English soldier (b. 956)
  • 1044Sokkate, king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (b. 1001)
  • 1204Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)
  • 1253Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (b. 1194)
  • 1259Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor (b. 1208)
  • 1268Agnes of Faucigny, Dame ruler of Faucigny, Countess consort of Savoy
  • 1332Domhnall II, Earl of Mar
  • 1332 – Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland
  • 1332 – Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray
  • 1332 – Murdoch III, Earl of Menteith
  • 1332 – Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale
  • 1456John Hunyadi, Hungarian general and politician (b. 1387)
  • 1464Nicholas of Cusa, German cardinal and mystic (b. 1401)
  • 1465Kettil Karlsson, regent of Sweden and Bishop of Linköping (b. 1433)
  • 1486William Waynflete, English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (b. c. 1398)
  • 1494Hans Memling, German-Belgian painter (b. 1430)
  • 1519Johann Tetzel, German preacher (b. 1465)
  • 1556John Bell, English bishop
  • 1563Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer and educator (b. 1500)
  • 1578Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician and academic (b. 1502)
  • 1596Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
  • 1614Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)
  • 1656Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)
  • 1725Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (b. 1723)
  • 1774Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French physician and author (b. 1722)
  • 1813Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (b. 1745)
  • 1851Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)
  • 1854Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)
  • 1868Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)
  • 1886Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)
  • 1890John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)
  • 1892Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)
  • 1903Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
  • 1908Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (b. 1889)
  • 1919Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
  • 1921Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)
  • 1936Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
  • 1937Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)
  • 1939Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)
  • 1939 – Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
  • 1945Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)
  • 1953Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)
  • 1956Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
  • 1961Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)
  • 1963Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)
  • 1965Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
  • 1969Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (b. 1885)
  • 1972Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
  • 1974Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)
  • 1977Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)
  • 1978Berta Ruck, Indian-born Welsh romance novelist (b. 1878)[10]
  • 1979J. G. Farrell, English author (b. 1935)
  • 1980Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
  • 1982Tom Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
  • 1984Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)
  • 1984 – Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–American chemist and chess player (b. 1916)
  • 1986János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)
  • 1988Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
  • 1989John Meillon, Australian actor (b. 1934)
  • 1991J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (b. 1938)
  • 1994Peter Cushing, English actor (b. 1913)
  • 1995Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
  • 1996Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)
  • 1996 – Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (b. 1910)
  • 2000Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (b. 1916)
  • 2001Percy Stallard, English cyclist and coach (b. 1909)
  • 2002Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountaineer (b. 1940)
  • 2003Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician and academic (b. 1923)
  • 2003 – Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)
  • 2006Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (b. 1920)
  • 2008George Furth, American actor and playwright (b. 1932)
  • 2008 – Dursun Karataş, founding leader of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front (DHKP-C) in Turkey (b. 1952)
  • 2009Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, founded the Special Olympics (b. 1921)
  • 2012Red Bastien, American wrestler, trainer, and promoter (b. 1931)
  • 2012 – Michael Dokes, American boxer (b. 1958)
  • 2012 – Lucy Gallardo, Argentinian-Mexican actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)
  • 2013Raymond Delisle, French cyclist (b. 1943)
  • 2013 – Zafar Futehally, Indian ornithologist and author (b. 1919)
  • 2013 – David Howard, English ballet dancer and educator (b. 1937)
  • 2014Vladimir Beara, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)
  • 2014 – Raymond Gravel, Canadian priest and politician (b. 1952)
  • 2014 – Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, Polish author and blogger (b. 1917)
  • 2014 – Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (b. 1951)
  • 2015Serge Collot, French viola player and educator (b. 1923)
  • 2015 – Harald Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1941)
  • 2015 – Richard Oriani, Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (b. 1920)
  • 2017Yisrael Kristal, Polish-Israeli supercentenarian; oldest living Holocaust survivor and one of the ten oldest men ever (b. 1903)
  • 2017 – Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician and journalist (b. 1946)
  • 2018V S Naipaul, British writer (b. 1932) [11]
  • 2019Sergio Obeso Rivera, Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1931)[12]
  • 2020Trini Lopez, Mexican American singer and guitarist (b. 1937) [13]

Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian Feast Day:
    • Athracht
    • Clare of Assisi
    • Fiacre
    • Gaugericus
    • John Henry Newman (Church of England)
    • Philomena
    • Susanna
    • Taurinus of Évreux
    • Tiburtius and Chromatius
    • August 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Flag Day (Pakistan)
  • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Chad from France in 1960.
  • Mountain Day (Japan)

References[]

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  11. "Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85". 2018-08-12.
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