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Deaths

Holidays and observances

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Events

★ 1220 - Sweden was defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.

★ 1509 - The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya is crowned, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.

★ 1576 - The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg observatory is laid on Hven.

★ 1585 - John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in quest for the Northwest Passage.

★ 1588 - Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines - The naval engagement ends, thus ending the Spanish Armada's attempt to invade England.

★ 1605 - The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.

★ 1647 - The Irish Confederate Wars and Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Dungans Hill - English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.

★ 1786 - Mont Blanc on the French- Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr Michel-Gabriel Paccard.

★ 1793 - The insurrection of Lyon occurred during the French Revolution.

★ 1794 - Joseph Whidbey and George Vancouver lead an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska.

★ 1810 - Eminent Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib married ''Maaroof'', daughter of Nawab Ilahi Baksh, and moved to Delhi.

★ 1839 - Beta Theta Pi is founded in Oxford, Ohio.

★ 1844 - The Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, headed by Brigham Young, is reaffirmed as the leading body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church).

★ 1863 - American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis (which is refused upon receipt).

★ 1863 - American Civil War: Tennessee's "military" Gov. Andrew Johnson freed his personal slaves. During the early 20th century, the day was celebrated by blacks in Tennessee as a holiday.

★ 1870 - The ''Republic of Ploieşti'', a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania.

★ 1876 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.

★ 1908 - Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It's the Wright Brothers' first public flight and the French public goes wild.

★ 1910 - The US Army installs the first tricycle landing gear on the Army's Wright Flyer.

★ 1911 - The millionth patent is filed in the United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire.

★ 1911 - Public Law 62-5 sets the number of representatives in the United States House of Representatives at 435. The law would come into effect in 1913.

★ 1918 - World War I: Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous victories with a push through the German front lines.

★ 1929 - The German airship ''Graf Zeppelin'' begins a round-the-world flight.

★ 1931 - Workers go on strike at the Hoover dam

★ 1938 - The building of Mauthausen concentration camp begins.

★ 1942 - World War II: In Washington, DC, six German would-be saboteurs are executed.

★ 1942 - Quit India resolution was passed by the Bombay session of the AICC, which leads to the start of a civil disobedience movement across India

★ 1945 - World War II - The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria.

★ 1945 - The United Nations Charter is signed by the United States, which becomes the third nation to join.

★ 1946 - First flight of the Convair B-36.

★ 1947 - Pakistan's National Flag is approved.

★ 1949 - Bhutan becomes independent

★ 1962 - Elizabeth Ann Duncan becomes the last woman to be executed in the United States prior to the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1977.

★ 1963 - Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal 2.6 million pounds in bank notes.

★ 1967 - The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded.

★ 1968 - Jurō Wada successfully performs Japan's first heart transplant.

★ 1973 - U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew goes on television to denounce accusations he had taken kickbacks while governor of Maryland.

★ 1973 - Kim Dae-Jung, a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped.

★ 1974 - Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation, effective the next day.

★ 1980 - The Buttevant railway accident in Ireland occurred.

★ 1986 - Altaf Hussain's address at Nishtar Park Karachi, announcement of establishing political movement MQM.

★ 1988 - The "8888 Uprising" occurs in Myanmar.

★ 1988 - The lights are turned on at Wrigley Field for the first time, making it the last major league stadium to host night games

★ 1989 - Space Shuttle program: STS-28 Mission - Space Shuttle Columbia takes off on a secret five-day military mission.

★ 1990 - Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.

★ 1991 - Collapse of Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built

★ 1991 - John McCarthy, British Journalist held hostage in Lebanon for more than five years by Islamic Jihad, is released.

★ 2000 - Confederate submarine ''H.L. Hunley'' is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor.

★ 2007 - It is confirmed that a EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date.

Births

★ 1079 - Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)

★ 1518 - Conrad Lycosthenes, humanist and encyclopedist (d. 1561)

★ 1605 - Cæcilius Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, colonial Governor of Maryland (d. 1675)

★ 1646 - Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (d. 1723)

★ 1673 - John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726)

★ 1693 - Laurent Belissen, French composer (d. 1762)

★ 1694 - Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (d. 1746)

★ 1720 - Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (d. 1796)

★ 1807 - Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (d. 1892)

★ 1814 - Esther Morris, first U. S. female judge (d. 1902)

★ 1839 - Nelson Miles, U.S. general (d. 1925)

★ 1857 - Cécile Chaminade, French pianist and composer (d. 1944)

★ 1866 - Matthew Henson, Arctic explorer (d. 1955)

★ 1875 - Artur da Silva Bernardes, President of Brazil (d. 1955)

★ 1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1919)

★ 1879 - Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1950)

★ 1880 - Earle Page, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1961)

★ 1881 - Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (d. 1960)

★ 1881 - Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (d. 1954)

★ 1882 - Ladislas Starevich, Polish stop-motion animation filmmaker (d. 1965)

★ 1884 - Sara Teasdale, American poet (d. 1933)

★ 1891 - Adolf Busch, German violinist (d. 1952)

★ 1892 - Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, Spanish footballer (d. 1922)

★ 1898 - Alexis Minotis, Greek actor (d. 1990)

★ 1896 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author (d. 1953)

★ 1901 - Ernest O. Lawrence, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)

★ 1902 - Paul Dirac, English physicist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)

★ 1904 - Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (d. 1948)

★ 1905 - André Jolivet, French composer (d. 1974)

★ 1907 - Benny Carter, American musician (d. 2003)

★ 1908 - Arthur Goldberg, U.S. Supreme Court justice (d. 1980)

★ 1910 - Sylvia Sidney, American actress (d. 1999)

★ 1911 - Rosetta LeNoire, American actress (d. 2002)

★ 1915 - Jumbo Elliott, American track coach (d. 1981)

★ 1919 - Dino De Laurentiis, Italian film producer

★ 1920 - Leo Chiosso, Italian lyricist (d. 2006)

★ 1920 - Jimmy Witherspoon, American singer (d. 1997)

★ 1920 - Carol Lambrino, son of Carol II of Romania and Zizi Lambrino (d. 2006)

★ 1921 - William Asher, American film producer

★ 1921 - John Herbert Chapman, British physicist (d. 1979)

★ 1921 - Webb Pierce, American singer (d. 1991)

★ 1921 - Vulimiri Ramalingaswami, Indian medical scientist (d. 2001)

★ 1921 - Esther Williams, American actress and swimmer

★ 1922 - Rory Calhoun, American actor (d. 1999)

★ 1922 - Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-born fashion designer (d. 1985)

★ 1925 - Alija Izetbegovic, President of Bosnia-Herzegovina (d. 2003)

★ 1926 - Richard Anderson, American actor

★ 1927 - Johnny Temple, American baseball player (d. 1994)

★ 1928 - Don Burrows, Australian musician

★ 1929 - Larisa Bogoraz, Soviet dissident (d. 2004)

★ 1929 - Ronald Biggs, British criminal

★ 1931 - Sir Roger Penrose, British physicist

★ 1932 - Mel Tillis, American singer

★ 1932 - Luis García Meza Tejada, Bolivian dictator

★ 1933 - Joe Tex, American singer (d. 1982)

★ 1935 - Donald P. Bellisario, American television producer

★ 1935 - John Laws, Australia radio personality

★ 1936 - Keith Barron, English actor

★ 1936 - Frank Howard, American baseball player

★ 1937 - Dustin Hoffman, American actor

★ 1938 - Connie Stevens, American singer and actress

★ 1938 - Jacques Hétu, French Canadian composer

★ 1939 - Alexander Watson, American ambassador and diplomat

★ 1940 - Dennis Tito, first space tourist

★ 1944 - Brooke Bundy, American actress

★ 1947 - Ken Dryden, Canadian ice hockey player and parliamentarian

★ 1947 - José Cruz, Puerto Rican baseball player

★ 1947 - Larry Wilcox, American actor

★ 1948 - Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian cosmonaut

★ 1949 - Keith Carradine, American actor

★ 1949 - Ricardo Londoño, Colombian racing driver

★ 1951 - Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director

★ 1951 - Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (d. 1994)

★ 1952 - Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author

★ 1952 - Robin Quivers, American radio personality

★ 1953 - Don Most, American actor

★ 1953 - Nigel Mansell, English one-time Formula One World Champion

★ 1955 - Herbert Prohaska, Austrian footballer

★ 1956 - Branscombe Richmond, American actor

★ 1958 - Deborah Norville, American television host

★ 1958 - Cecilia Roth, Argentine actress

★ 1960 - Ulrich Maly, Mayor of Nuremberg

★ 1961 - The Edge, Irish guitarist (U2)

★ 1961 - Daniel House, Owner C/Z Records

★ 1961 - Rikki Rockett, American drummer (Poison)

★ 1961 - Bruce Matthews, American football player

★ 1962 - Mike Zanier, Canadian ice hockey player

★ 1963 - Jon Turteltaub, American director

★ 1963 - Stephen Walkom, Canadian ice hockey official and executive

★ 1964 - Anastasia Ashman, American writer

★ 1965 - Kate Langbroek, Australian media personality

★ 1966 - Chris Eubank, English boxer

★ 1966 - John Hudek, American baseball player

★ 1967 - Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player

★ 1967 - Lee Unkrich, American director and film editor

★ 1967 - Rena Mero, American wrestler

★ 1969 - Faye Wong, Hong Kong singer and actress

★ 1970 - Trev Alberts, American football player

★ 1970 - Pascal Duquenne, Belgian actor

★ 1972 - Axel Merckx, Belgian bicycle racer

★ 1972 - Lüpüs Thünder, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)

★ 1973 - Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed)

★ 1973 - Senta Moses, American actress

★ 1973 - Shane Lee, Australian cricketer

★ 1974 - Ulises De la Cruz, Ecuadoran footballer

★ 1974 - Scott D'Amore, professional wrestler and manager

★ 1974 - Andy Priaulx, British racing driver

★ 1976 - JC Chasez, American singer (
★ NSYNC)

★ 1976 - Tawny Cypress, American actress

★ 1976 - Drew Lachey, American singer

★ 1976 - Seung-Yeop Lee, Korean baseball player

★ 1977 - Kurt Bernard, Costa Rican footballer

★ 1977 - Szilard Nemeth, Slovak footballer

★ 1977 - Lindsay Sloane, American actress

★ 1977 - Rocky Thompson, Canadian ice hockey player

★ 1978 - Louis Saha, French footballer

★ 1978 - Alan Maybury, Irish footballer

★ 1979 - Richard Harwood, British cellist

★ 1979 - Rashard Lewis, American professional basketball player

★ 1979 - Paris Latsis, Greek shipping heir

★ 1980 - Sabine Klaschka, German tennis player

★ 1980 - Pat Noonan, American soccer player

★ 1980 - Michael Urie, American actor and director

★ 1981 - Vanessa Amorosi, Australian singer and songwriter

★ 1981 - Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player

★ 1981 - Meagan Good, American actress

★ 1981 - Kaori Iida, Japanese singer and actress

★ 1981 - Bradley McIntosh, British pop singer

★ 1983 - Guy Burnet, British actor

★ 1985 - Brayan Ruiz, Costa Rican soccer player

★ 1986 - Peyton List, American actress

★ 1987 - Katie Leung, Scottish actress

★ 1988 - Princess Beatrice of York

★ 1989 - Sesil Karatantcheva, Bulgarian tennis player

★ 1990 - Magnus Wolff Eikrem, Norwegian footballer

★ 1995 - Malin Reitan, Norwegian singer

Deaths

★ 869 - Lothair II of Lotharingia (b. 825)

★ 1445 - Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer

★ 1553 - Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (b. 1478)

★ 1555 - Oronce Finé, French mathematician (b. 1494)

★ 1588 - Alonso Sánchez Coello, Spanish painter

★ 1604 - Horio Tadauji, Japanese warlord (b. 1578)

★ 1631 - Konstantinas Sirvydas, Lithuanian lexicographer (b. 1579)

★ 1684 - George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer (b. 1622)

★ 1747 - Madeleine de Verchères, New France heroine (b. 1678)

★ 1759 - Carl Heinrich Graun, German composer (b. 1704)

★ 1827 - George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)

★ 1828 - Carl Peter Thunberg, Swedish naturalist (b. 1743)

★ 1863 - Angus MacAskill known as 'Giant MacAskill', circus performer (b.1825)

★ 1879 - Immanuel Hermann Fichte, German philosopher (b. 1797)

★ 1887 - Alexander William Doniphan, American lawyer and soldier (b. 1808)

★ 1897 - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss art historian (b. 1818)

★ 1898 - Eugène Boudin, French painter (b. 1824)

★ 1902 - James Tissot, French artist (b. 1836)

★ 1911 - William P. Frye, American politician (b. 1830)

★ 1933 - Adolf Loos, Austrian architect (b. 1870)

★ 1940 - Johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892)

★ 1944 - Chaim Soutine, Russian painter (b. 1894)

★ 1944 - Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (b. 1881)

★ 1944 - Michael Wittmann, German Tank ace and Knight's Cross holder, killed in action, Normandy. (b. 1914)

★ 1947 - Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Russian general (b. 1872)

★ 1961 - Méi Lánfāng, Chinese opera performer (b. 1894)

★ 1965 - Shirley Jackson, American author (b. 1916)

★ 1969 - Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, German eugenicist and nazi physician (b. 1896)

★ 1972 - Andrea Feldman, American actor (b. 1948)

★ 1973 - Dean Corll, American serial killer (b. 1939)

★ 1973 - Vilhelm Moberg, Swedish author and historian (b. 1898)

★ 1974 - Baldur von Schirach, Nazi youth leader (b. 1907)

★ 1975 - Julian "Cannonball" Adderley, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1928)

★ 1977 - Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1889)

★ 1979 - Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (b. 1910)

★ 1980 - Paul Triquet, French Canadian army officer (b. 1910)

★ 1982 - Eric Brandon, British racing driver (b. 1920)

★ 1985 - Louise Brooks, American actress (b. 1906)

★ 1987 - Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician (b. 1903)

★ 1988 - Alan Napier, English actor (b. 1903)

★ 1988 - Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1923)

★ 1988 - Félix Leclerc, Quebec singer and songwriter (b. 1914)

★ 1991 - James Irwin, astronaut (b. 1930)

★ 1992 - Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qasim Khoei, considered to be the Supreme Shi'ite authority at the time of his death

★ 1992 - John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1965)

★ 1996 - Nevill Mott, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1905)

★ 2004 - Fay Wray, American actress (b. 1907)

★ 2004 - Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor (b. 1934)

★ 2005 - Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (b. 1922)

★ 2005 - John H. Johnson, African-American publisher (b. 1918)

★ 2005 - Gene Mauch, American athlete (b. 1925)

★ 2005 - Monica Sjöö, Swedish artist (b. 1938)

★ 2005 - Ilse Werner, German actress (b. 1921)

★ 2005 - Ahmed Deedat, Islamic scholar (b. 1918)

★ 2007 - Ma Lik, Chinese politician (b. 1952)

★ 2007 - Melville Shavelson, American film director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)

★ 2007 - Joybubbles, A notable phone phreak. (b. 1949)

Holidays and observances

★ Sweden - Namesday of Queen Silvia, an Official Flag Day.

★ Taiwan: Father's Day. (In Mandarin, Ba Ba means father and 8-8, or August 8).

★ Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 5 saints:

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★ St. Dominic de Guzman, priest, (1170-1221).

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★ St. Cyriacus

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★ St. Largus

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★ St. Smaragdus (and companions)

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★ St. Hormisdas

External links

★ BBC: On This Day

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★ On This Day in Canada
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