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August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 137 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

  • 1 BCWang Mang consolidates his power and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who had died the previous day, had no heirs.
  • 942 – Start of the four-day Battle of al-Mada'in, between the Hamdanids of Mosul and the Baridis of Basra over control of the Abbasid capital, Baghdad.[1]
  • 963Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
  • 1328 – The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708.
  • 1513Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
  • 1652Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and George Ayscue in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
  • 1777American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
  • 1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
  • 1792Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
  • 1793French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
  • 1812War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
  • 1819Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.
  • 1841U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
  • 1858 – U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
  • 1859 – The Grand Duchy of Tuscany formally deposes the exiled House of Lorraine.
  • 1863 – The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
  • 1869Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
  • 1870Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
  • 1891 – The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
  • 1896Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
  • 1900 – The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
  • 1906 – The 8.2 Template:M Valparaíso earthquake hits central Chile, killing 3,882 people.
  • 1913 – Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
  • 1913 – Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.
  • 1916 – The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States is signed.
  • 1918 – The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
  • 1920Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
  • 1920 – The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
  • 1920 – Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
  • 1923 – The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
  • 1927 – The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
  • 1929 – The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
  • 1930 – The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
  • 1930 – The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.
  • 1933Christie Pits riot takes place in Toronto, Ontario.[2]
  • 1942World War II: A naval L-class blimp drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.
  • 1944 – First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
  • 1945 – The National Representatives' Congress, the precursor of the current National Assembly of Vietnam, convenes in Sơn Dương.
  • 1946Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
  • 1946 – The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
  • 1954 – The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
  • 1960Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 1960 – Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300 m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
  • 1962 – Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
  • 1964Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
  • 1966 – Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
  • 1972 – In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat
  • 1975 – Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically hands over land to the Gurindji people after the 8-year Wave Hill walk-off, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 song by Paul Kelly and an annual celebration.[3]
  • 1987Northwest Airlines Flight 255, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes after takeoff in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
  • 1989 – A solar particle event affects computers at the Toronto Stock Exchange, forcing a halt to trading.[4]
  • 1991Indian Airlines Flight 257, a Boeing 737-200, crashes during approach to Imphal Airport, killing all 69 people on board.[5]
  • 2005West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in Machiques, Venezuela, killing all 160 people on board.
  • 2008 – The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
  • 2012South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute at Marikana near Rustenburg.
  • 2013 – The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59 others missing.
  • 2015 – More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma.
  • 2015 – Trigana Air Flight 267, an ATR 42, crashes in Oksibl, Pegunungan Bintang, killing all 54 people on board.[6]
  • 2017 – The Minamata Convention on Mercury enters in force.

Births[]

  • 1355Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (d. 1382)
  • 1378Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)
  • 1401Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (d. 1436)
  • 1557Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and etcher (d. 1602)
  • 1565Christina, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1637)
  • 1573Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1598)
  • 1637Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (d. 1706)
  • 1645Jean de La Bruyère, French philosopher and author (d. 1696)
  • 1650Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk, cosmographer, and cartographer (d. 1718)
  • 1682Louis, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1712)
  • 1744Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor (d. 1804)
  • 1761Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1800)
  • 1815John Bosco, Italian priest and educator (d. 1888)
  • 1816Octavia Taylor, daughter of Zachary Taylor (d. 1820)
  • 1820Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1892)
  • 1821Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (d. 1895)
  • 1831John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (d. 1901)
  • 1832Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist (d. 1920)
  • 1842Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic (d. 1922)
  • 1845Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921)
  • 1848Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)
  • 1855James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1922)
  • 1856Aparicio Saravia, Uruguayan general and politician (d. 1904)
  • 1858Arthur Achleitner, German author (d. 1927)
  • 1860Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, English-Scottish cricketer (d. 1938)
  • 1860 – Jules Laforgue, Uruguayan-French poet and author (d. 1887)
  • 1862Amos Alonzo Stagg, American baseball player and coach (d. 1965)
  • 1864Elsie Inglis, Scottish surgeon and suffragette (d. 1917)[7]
  • 1865Mary Gilmore, Australian socialist, poet and journalist (d. 1962)
  • 1868Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications (d. 1955)
  • 1876Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (d. 1942)
  • 1877Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (d. 1935)
  • 1882Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968)
  • 1884Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourger-American author and publisher (d. 1967)
  • 1888T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist (d. 1935)
  • 1888 – Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1943)
  • 1892Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator (d. 1982)
  • 1892 – Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat (d. 1983)
  • 1894George Meany, American plumber and labor leader (d. 1980)
  • 1895Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright (d. 1981)
  • 1895 – Liane Haid, Austrian-Swiss actress and singer (d. 2000)
  • 1900Ida Browne, Australian geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1976)[8]
  • 1902Georgette Heyer, English author (d. 1974)
  • 1902 – Wallace Thurman, American author and playwright (d. 1934)
  • 1904Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (d. 1989)
  • 1904 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
  • 1908Orlando Cole, American cellist and educator (d. 2010)
  • 1908 – William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2000)
  • 1909Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor (d. 1995)
  • 1910Gloria Blondell, American actress (d. 1986)
  • 1910 – Mae Clarke, American actress (d. 1992)
  • 1911E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (d. 1977)
  • 1912Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (d. 1995)
  • 1913Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)[9]
  • 1915Al Hibbler, American baritone singer (d. 2001)
  • 1916Iggy Katona, American race car driver (d. 2003)
  • 1917Matt Christopher, American author (d. 1997)
  • 1917 – Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer and educator (d. 2008)
  • 1919Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain (d. 2014)
  • 1920Charles Bukowski, German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1994)[10]
  • 1922James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (d. 2011)
  • 1922 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
  • 1923Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian journalist and playwright (d. 2012)
  • 1924Fess Parker, American actor (d. 2010)
  • 1924 – Inez Voyce, American baseball player
  • 1925Willie Jones, American baseball player (d. 1983)
  • 1925 – Mal Waldron, American pianist and composer (d. 2002)
  • 1927Lois Nettleton, American actress (d. 2008)
  • 1928Ann Blyth, American actress and singer
  • 1928 – Eydie Gormé, American singer (d. 2013)
  • 1928 – Ara Güler, Turkish photographer and journalist (d. 2018)
  • 1928 – Eddie Kirkland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
  • 1928 – Wyatt Tee Walker, American pastor, theologian, and activist (d. 2018)
  • 1929Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (d. 1980)
  • 1929 – Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)
  • 1929 – Fritz Von Erich, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1997)
  • 1930Robert Culp, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
  • 1930 – Frank Gifford, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2015)
  • 1930 – Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (d. 2014)
  • 1930 – Flor Silvestre, Mexican singer and actress[11]
  • 1933Reiner Kunze, German poet and translator
  • 1933 – Tom Maschler, English author and publisher
  • 1933 – Julie Newmar, American actress
  • 1933 – Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1994)
  • 1934Donnie Dunagan, American actor and soldier
  • 1934 – Diana Wynne Jones, English author (d. 2011)
  • 1934 – Ketty Lester, American singer and actress
  • 1934 – Pierre Richard, French actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1934 – John Standing, English actor
  • 1934 – Dave Thomas, English-Welsh golfer and architect (d. 2013)
  • 1934 – Sam Trimble, Australian cricketer (d. 2019)
  • 1935Cliff Fletcher, Canadian businessman
  • 1935 – Andreas Stamatiadis, Greek footballer and coach
  • 1936Anita Gillette, American actress and singer
  • 1936 – Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (d. 2015)
  • 1937David Anderson, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician
  • 1937 – David Behrman, American composer and producer
  • 1937 – Ian Deans, Canadian politician (d. 2016)
  • 1937 – Boris Rõtov, Estonian chess player (d. 1987)
  • 1939Seán Brady, Irish cardinal
  • 1939 – Trevor McDonald, Trinidadian-English journalist and academic
  • 1939 – Billy Joe Shaver, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1939 – Eric Weissberg, American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist (d. 2020)
  • 1940Bruce Beresford, Australian director and producer
  • 1942Lesley Turner Bowrey, Australian tennis player
  • 1942 – Barbara George, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
  • 1942 – Robert Squirrel Lester, American soul singer (d. 2010)
  • 1943Woody Peoples, American football player (d. 2010)
  • 1944Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
  • 1945Bob Balaban, American actor, director, and producer
  • 1945 – Russell Brookes, English race car driver (d. 2019)
  • 1945 – Suzanne Farrell, American ballerina and educator
  • 1945 – Gary Loizzo, American guitarist, singer, recording engineer, and record producer (d. 2016)
  • 1945 – Nigel Terry, British stage and film actor (d. 2015)[12]
  • 1946Masoud Barzani, Iranian-Kurdish politician, President of Iraqi Kurdistan
  • 1946 – Lesley Ann Warren, American actress
  • 1947Carol Moseley Braun, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to New Zealand
  • 1947 – Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer
  • 1948Earl Blumenauer, American politician, U.S. Representative from Oregon
  • 1948 – Barry Hay, Indian-born Dutch rock musician
  • 1948 – Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player and manager
  • 1948 – Pierre Reid, Canadian educator and politician
  • 1948 – Joey Spampinato, American singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1949Scott Asheton, American drummer (d. 2014)
  • 1949 – Paul Pasqualoni, American football player and coach
  • 1949 – Bill Spooner, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1950Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian runner
  • 1950 – Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer
  • 1951Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian businessman and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (d. 2010)
  • 1953Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host, singer, and actress
  • 1953 – James "J.T." Taylor, American R&B singer-songwriter
  • 1954James Cameron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1954 – George Galloway, Scottish-English politician and broadcaster
  • 1955James Reilly, Irish surgeon and politician, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
  • 1956Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian soldier and politician (d. 2014)
  • 1957Laura Innes, American actress and director
  • 1957 – R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2015)
  • 1958Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director[13]
  • 1958 – Angela Bassett, American actress
  • 1958 – José Luis Clerc, Argentinian tennis player and coach
  • 1958 – Oscar Collodo, Swiss-Italian rugby player and coach
  • 1958 – Diane Dodds, Northern Irish educator and politician
  • 1959Marc Sergeant, Belgian cyclist and manager
  • 1960Rosita Baltazar, Belizean choreographer, dancer, and dance instructor (d. 2015)[14]
  • 1960 – Timothy Hutton, American actor, producer and director
  • 1960 – Franz Welser-Möst, Austrian-American conductor and director
  • 1961Christian Okoye, American football player
  • 1961 – Angela Smith, English academic and politician
  • 1962Steve Carell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1963Aloísio Pires Alves, Brazilian footballer and manager
  • 1963 – Christine Cavanaugh, American voice artist (d. 2014)
  • 1964Jimmy Arias, American tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1964 – Nigel Redman, English rugby player
  • 1964 – Barry Venison, English footballer and journalist
  • 1966Eddie Olczyk, American ice hockey player, coach, and commentator
  • 1967Mark Coyne, Australian rugby league player
  • 1967 – Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish journalist, actress, and author
  • 1968Mateja Svet, Slovenian skier
  • 1968 – Wolfgang Tillmans, German photographer
  • 1968 – Arvind Kejriwal, Indian civil servant and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Delhi
  • 1970Bonnie Bernstein, American journalist and sportscaster
  • 1970 – Saif Ali Khan, Indian actor and producer
  • 1970 – Manisha Koirala, Indian actress
  • 1971Stefan Klos, German footballer
  • 1972Frankie Boyle, Scottish comedian and television host
  • 1972 – Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer
  • 1972 – Emily Robison, American singer-songwriter and banjo player
  • 1973Damian Jackson, American baseball player
  • 1974Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer
  • 1974 – Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
  • 1974 – Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer and politician
  • 1975Didier Agathe, French footballer
  • 1975 – Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager
  • 1975 – Pantelis Konstantinidis, Greek footballer
  • 1975 – George Stults, American model and actor
  • 1975 – Álvaro Tardáguila, Uruguayan cyclist
  • 1975 – Taika Waititi, New Zealand director, screenwriter and actor
  • 1977Pavel Královec, Czech football referee
  • 1979Paul Gallacher, Scottish footballer
  • 1979 – Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2012)
  • 1979 – Ian Moran, Australian cricketer
  • 1980Emerson Ramos Borges, Brazilian footballer
  • 1980 – Vanessa Carlton, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 1980 – Bob Hardy, English bass player
  • 1980 – Piet Rooijakkers, Dutch cyclist
  • 1981Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer
  • 1982Joleon Lescott, English footballer
  • 1983Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player
  • 1984Matteo Anesi, Italian speed skater
  • 1984 – Didier Cuche, Swiss skier
  • 1984 – Candice Dupree, American basketball player[15]
  • 1984 – Konstantin Vassiljev, Estonian footballer
  • 1985Cristin Milioti, American actress
  • 1986Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player
  • 1987Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey player[16]
  • 1987 – Eri Kitamura, Japanese voice actress and singer.[17]
  • 1988Ismaïl Aissati, Moroccan footballer
  • 1989Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
  • 1989 – Moussa Sissoko, French footballer
  • 1990Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer
  • 1991José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
  • 1992Diego Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player[18]
  • 1993Cameron Monaghan, American actor and model[19]
  • 1996Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer[20]
  • 1997Greyson Chance, American musician[21]
  • 1999Karen Chen, American figure skater[22]

Deaths[]

  • AD 79Empress Ma, Chinese Han dynasty consort (b. 40)
  • 856Theutbald I, bishop of Langres
  • 963Marianos Argyros, Byzantine general (b. 944)
  • 1027George I of Georgia (b. 998)
  • 1153Bernard de Tremelay, fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar
  • 1225Hōjō Masako, Japanese regent and onna-bugeisha (b. 1156)
  • 1258Theodore II Laskaris, Byzantine-Greek emperor (b. 1222)
  • 1285Philip I, Count of Savoy (b. 1207)
  • 1297John II of Trebizond (b. 1262)
  • 1327Roch, French saint (b. 1295)
  • 1339Azzone Visconti, founder of the state of Milan (b. 1302)
  • 1358Albert II, Duke of Austria (b. 1298)
  • 1419Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (b. 1361)
  • 1443Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shōgun (b. 1434)
  • 1492Beatrice of Silva, Dominican nun[23]
  • 1518Loyset Compère, French composer (b. 1445)
  • 1532John, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468)
  • 1661Thomas Fuller, English historian and author (b. 1608)
  • 1678Andrew Marvell, English poet and author (b. 1621)
  • 1705Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654)
  • 1733Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (b. 1657)
  • 1791Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)
  • 1836Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)
  • 1855Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
  • 1861Ranavalona I, Queen consort of Kingdom of Madagascar and then sovereign (b. 1778)[24]
  • 1878Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
  • 1886Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
  • 1887Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
  • 1888John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
  • 1893Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
  • 1899Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)[25]
  • 1900José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
  • 1904Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
  • 1911Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
  • 1914Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
  • 1916George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
  • 1920Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
  • 1921Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
  • 1938Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
  • 1938 – Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)
  • 1945Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891)
  • 1948Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895)
  • 1949Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1900)
  • 1952Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (b. 1866)
  • 1956Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1882)
  • 1957Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
  • 1958Jacob M. Lomakin, Soviet Consul General in New York City, journalist and economist (b. 1904)[26]
  • 1959William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (b. 1882)
  • 1959 – Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player (b. 1879)
  • 1961Abdul Haq, Pakistani linguist and scholar (b. 1870)
  • 1971Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (b. 1893)
  • 1972Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905)
  • 1973Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
  • 1977Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1935)
  • 1978Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch soldier and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1888)
  • 1979John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
  • 1983Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
  • 1984Duško Radović, Serbian children's writer, poet, journalist, aphorist and TV editor (b. 1922)
  • 1986Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (b. 1902)
  • 1986 – Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian author and poet (b. 1921)
  • 1989Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929)
  • 1990Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler and trainer (b. 1925)
  • 1991Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1905)
  • 1992Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1951)
  • 1993Stewart Granger, English-American actor (b. 1913)
  • 1997Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Pakistani musician and Qawwali singer (b. 1948)
  • 1998Phil Leeds, American actor (b. 1916)
  • 1998 – Dorothy West, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
  • 2002Abu Nidal, Palestinian terrorist leader (b. 1937)
  • 2002 – Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914)
  • 2002 – John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
  • 2003Idi Amin, Ugandan field marshal and politician, 3rd President of Uganda (b. 1928)
  • 2004Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950)
  • 2004 – Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan journalist and poet (b. 1957)
  • 2004 – Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (b. 1907)
  • 2004 – Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969)
  • 2005Vassar Clements, American fiddler (b. 1928)
  • 2005 – Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1922)
  • 2005 – William Corlett, English novelist and playwright (b. 1938)
  • 2005 – Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915)
  • 2006Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and dictator; 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912)
  • 2007Bahaedin Adab, Iranian engineer and politician (b. 1945)
  • 2008Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914)
  • 2008 – Ronnie Drew, Irish musician, folk singer and actor (b. 1934)[27]
  • 2008 – Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913)
  • 2010Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (b. 1923)
  • 2011Mihri Belli, Turkish activist and politician (b. 1916)
  • 2012Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (b. 1954)
  • 2012 – Martine Franck, Belgian photographer and director (b. 1938)
  • 2012 – Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (b. 1935)
  • 2012 – William Windom, American actor (b. 1923)
  • 2013David Rees, Welsh mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
  • 2014Patrick Aziza, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Kebbi State (b. 1947)
  • 2014 – Vsevolod Nestayko, Ukrainian author (b. 1930)
  • 2014 – Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, Italian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1960)
  • 2014 – Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist, author, and academic (b. 1924)
  • 2015Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1947)
  • 2015 – Anna Kashfi, British actress (b. 1934)
  • 2015 – Shuja Khanzada, Pakistani colonel and politician (b. 1943)
  • 2015 – Mile Mrkšić, Serb general (b. 1947)
  • 2016João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1916)
  • 2016 – John McLaughlin, American television personality (b. 1927)
  • 2018Wakako Yamauchi, American-Japanese writer (b. 1924)[28]
  • 2018Aretha Franklin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1942)[29]
  • 2019Peter Fonda, American actor, director, and screenwriter. (b. 1940) [30]

Holidays and observances[]

  • Bennington Battle Day (Vermont, United States)
  • Children's Day (Paraguay)
  • Christian feast day:
    • Ana Petra Pérez Florido
    • Armel (Armagillus)
    • Diomedes of Tarsus
    • Roch
    • Simplician
    • Stephen I of Hungary
    • Translation of the Acheiropoietos icon from Edessa to Constantinople. (Eastern Orthodox Church)
    • August 16 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Gozan no Okuribi (Kyoto, Japan)
  • National Airborne Day (United States)
  • Restoration Day (Dominican Republic)
  • The first day of the Independence Days, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.
  • Xicolatada (Palau-de-Cerdagne, France)

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