August 11
Day of the year
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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.
| August 11 in recent years |
| 2025 (Monday) |
| 2024 (Sunday) |
| 2023 (Friday) |
| 2022 (Thursday) |
| 2021 (Wednesday) |
| 2020 (Tuesday) |
| 2019 (Sunday) |
| 2018 (Saturday) |
| 2017 (Friday) |
| 2016 (Thursday) |
Events
Pre-1600
- 3114 BC â The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.
- 2492 BC â Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
- 106 â The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
- 117 â Hadrian is proclaimed Roman emperor, two days after Trajan's death.[1]
- 355 â Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
- 490 â 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.
- 923 â The Qarmatians of Bahrayn capture and pillage the city of Basra.[2]
- 1315 â The Great Famine of Europe becomes so dire that even the king of England has difficulties buying bread for himself and his entourage.[3]
- 1332 â Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor: Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol.
- 1473 â The Battle of Otlukbeli: Mehmed the Conqueror of the Ottoman Empire decisively defeats Uzun Hassan of Aq Qoyunlu.
- 1492 â Rodrigo de Borja is elected as Head of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Alexander VI.[4]
1601â1900
- 1675 â Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
- 1685 â Morean War: The 49-day Siege of Coron ends with the surrender and massacre of its garrison by the Venetians.[5]
- 1786 â Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
- 1804 â Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.
- 1812 â Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
- 1813 â In Colombia, Juan del Corral declares the independence of Antioquia.
- 1858 â The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.
- 1871 â An explosion of guncotton occurs in Stowmarket, England, killing 28.[6][7]
- 1898 â SpanishâAmerican War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
1901âpresent
- 1918 â World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.
- 1919 â Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law.[8]
- 1920 â The 1920 Cork hunger strike begins which eventually results in the deaths of three Irish Republicans including the Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney.[9]
- 1920 â The LatvianâSoviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
- 1929 â Babe 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 â The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
- 1942 â 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 â Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
- 1952 â Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
- 1959 â Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
- 1960 â Chad declares independence from France.
- 1961 â The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
- 1962 â Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
- 1965 â Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
- 1969 â The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the Moon.[10]
- 1972 â Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
- 1973 â At the 1520 Sedgwick Avenue apartment building in The Bronx, New York, DJ Kool Herc hosts a house party widely considered to mark the birthplace of hip hop culture and music.[11] DJ Kool Herc demonstrates a new technique of beat juggling and Coke La Rock performs a new style of vocal performance called rapping.
- 1975 â East 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 â Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
- 1982 â A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.
- 1984 â "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.
- 1988 â A meeting between Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif, Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, and leaders of Egyptian Islamic Jihad in Afghanistan culminates in the formation of Al-Qaeda.[12]
- 1991 â Nickelodeon's first line of "Nicktoons" (Doug, Rugrats & Ren & Stimpy) premiere on the channel.
- 1992 â The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.[13]
- 1995 â The Russell Hill subway accident in Toronto kills 3 and injures 30, due to a combination of human error and a safety system design flaw.[14]
- 2000 â 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.[15]
- 2003 â NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
- 2003 â Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
- 2006 â 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 â At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
- 2017 â At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt.
- 2023 â Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.[16]
Births
Pre-1600
- 1086 â Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1125)[17]
- 1384 â Yolande of Aragon (died 1442)
- 1472 â Nikolaus von Schönberg, Catholic cardinal (died 1537)
- 1510 â Margaret Paleologa, Sovereign Marchioness of Montferrat (died 1566)
1601â1900
- 1673 â Richard Mead, English physician and astrologer (died 1754)
- 1718 â Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (died 1791)
- 1722 â Richard Brocklesby, English physician (died 1797)
- 1748 â Joseph Schuster, German composer (died 1812)
- 1778 â Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (died 1852)
- 1794 â James B. Longacre, American engraver (died 1869)
- 1807 â David Rice Atchison, American general, lawyer, and politician (died 1886)
- 1808 â William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (died 1892)
- 1816 â Frederick Innes, Scottish-Australian politician, 9th Premier of Tasmania (died 1882)
- 1833 â Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (died 1899)
- 1833 â Kido Takayoshi, Japanese samurai and politician (died 1877)
- 1836 â Warren Brown, American historian and politician (died 1919)
- 1837 â Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (died 1894)
- 1855 â John Hodges, Australian cricketer (died 1933)
- 1858 â Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)
- 1860 â Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and chess player (died 1939)
- 1870 â Tom Richardson, English cricketer (died 1912)
- 1874 â Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (died 1953)
- 1877 â Adolph M. Christianson, American lawyer and judge (died 1954)
- 1878 â Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author (died 1955)
- 1881 â Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler (died 1920)
- 1884 â Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor (died 1962)
- 1885 â Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer (died 1958)
- 1891 â Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator (died 1962)
- 1891 â Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (died 1944)
- 1892 â Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist (died 1978)
- 1892 â Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author (died 1962)
- 1897 â Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator (died 1968)[18]
- 1897 â Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (died 1970)
- 1898 â Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 1968)
- 1900 â Charley Paddock, American sprinter (died 1943)[19]
- 1900 â Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (died 1994)
1901âpresent
- 1902 â Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (died 1986)
- 1902 â Lloyd Nolan, American actor (died 1985)
- 1902 â Christian de Castries, French general (died 1991)
- 1905 â Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic (died 2002)
- 1905 â Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (died 1998)
- 1907 â Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and lawyer (died 1989)
- 1908 â Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (died 1978)
- 1908 â Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (died 1999)
- 1909 â YÅ«ji Koseki, Japanese composer (died 1989)
- 1909 â Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher and theologian (died 1985)
- 1911 â Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (died 2004)
- 1912 â Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (died 1954)
- 1912 â Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (died 1996)
- 1913 â Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (died 1976)
- 1913 â Bob Scheffing, American baseball player and manager (died 1985)
- 1913 â Angus Wilson, English author and academic (died 1991)
- 1915 â Morris Weiss, American author and illustrator (died 2014)
- 1916 â Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (died 1956)
- 1919 â Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager (died 2017)
- 1920 â Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (died 2006)
- 1920 â Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2002)
- 1921 â Alex Haley, American historian and author (died 1992)
- 1922 â John "Mule" Miles, American baseball player (died 2013)
- 1923 â Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor (died 2015)
- 1925 â Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 2006)
- 1925 â Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer (died 2021)[20]
- 1926 â Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)[21]
- 1927 â Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor (died 2019)
- 1927 â Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (died 2007)
- 1929 â Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Indian singer (died 1992)[22]
- 1932 â Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright
- 1932 â Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest (died 2003)
- 1932 â Geoffrey Cass, English businessman
- 1932 â Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia
- 1932 â John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter
- 1933 â Jerry Falwell, American minister and television host (died 2007)
- 1933 â Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director and producer (died 1999)
- 1933 â Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian pianist and conductor (died 2026)
- 1934 â Bob Hepple, South African lawyer and academic (died 2015)
- 1936 â Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (died 1999)
- 1936 â Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (died 2015)
- 1936 â Jonathan Spence, English-American historian and academic (died 2021)
- 1937 â Anna Massey, English actress (died 2011)
- 1937 â Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded International Data Group (died 2014)
- 1939 â James Mancham, first President of Seychelles (died 2017)[23]
- 1939 â Ronnie Dawson, American singer and guitarist (died 2003)
- 1940 â Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (died 2012)
- 1941 â John Ellison, American-Canadian musician and songwriter
- 1942 â Mike Hugg, English drummer and keyboard player
- 1942 â Otis Taylor, American football player (died 2023)[24]
- 1943 â Jim Kale, Canadian bass player
- 1943 â Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (died 2023)[25]
- 1943 â Denis Payton, English saxophonist (died 2006)
- 1944 â Martin Linton, Swedish-English journalist and politician
- 1944 â Frederick W. Smith, American businessman, founded FedEx (died 2025)[26]
- 1944 â Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
- 1946 â John Conlee, American singer-songwriter
- 1946 â Marilyn vos Savant, American journalist and author
- 1947 â Theo de Jong, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
- 1947 â Georgios Karatzaferis, Greek journalist and politician
- 1947 â Wilma van den Berg, Dutch sprinter[27]
- 1948 â Don Boyd, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1949 â Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
- 1949 â Tim Hutchinson, American lawyer and politician
- 1949 â Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor and singer (died 1990)
- 1950 â Erik Brann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003)
- 1950 â Gennadiy Nikonov, Russian engineer, designed the AN-94 rifle (died 2003)
- 1950 â Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.[28]
- 1952 â Reid Blackburn, American photographer (died 1980)
- 1952 â Bob Mothersbaugh, American singer, guitarist, and producer
- 1953 â Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler (died 2025)
- 1953 â Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer
- 1954 â Bryan Bassett, American guitarist
- 1954 â Vance Heafner, American golfer and coach (died 2012)
- 1954 â Joe Jackson, English singer-songwriter and musician
- 1954 â Tarmo Rüütli, Estonian footballer, coach, and manager
- 1954 â Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer and umpire (died 2021)
- 1955 â Marc Bureau, Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau
- 1955 â Sylvia Hermon, Northern Irish academic and politician
- 1956 â Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician and academic
- 1957 â Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)
- 1957 â Masayoshi Son, Japanese technology entrepreneur and investor
- 1958 â Steven Pokere, New Zealand rugby player
- 1958 â Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1959 â Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2014)
- 1959 â Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese businessman
- 1959 â Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author (died 2005)
- 1959 â Richard Scudamore, English businessman
- 1959 â László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor
- 1961 â David Brooks, American journalist and author
- 1961 â Craig Ehlo, American basketball player and coach
- 1961 â Suniel Shetty, Indian actor and film producer[29]
- 1962 â Brian Azzarello, American author
- 1962 â Charles Cecil, English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software
- 1962 â John Micklethwait, English journalist and author
- 1962 â Rob Minkoff, American director and producer
- 1963 â Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player
- 1964 â Jim Lee, South Korean-American author and illustrator
- 1964 â Grant Waite, New Zealand golfer
- 1965 â Marc Bergevin, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
- 1965 â Embeth Davidtz, American actress
- 1965 â Viola Davis, American actress
- 1966 â Nigel Martyn, English footballer and coach
- 1966 â Juan MarÃa Solare, Argentinian pianist and composer
- 1967 â Massimiliano Allegri, Italian footballer and manager
- 1967 â Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1967 â Joe Rogan, American actor, comedian, and television host
- 1967 â Petter Wettre, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
- 1968 â Anna Gunn, American actress[30]
- 1968 â Sophie Okonedo, British actress
- 1968 â Charlie Sexton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1970 â Andy Bell, British musician and songwriter[31]
- 1970 â Dirk Hannemann, German footballer and manager
- 1970 â Gianluca Pessotto, Italian footballer
- 1971 â Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress and screenwriter
- 1971 â Tommy Mooney, English footballer
- 1973 â Kristin Armstrong, American cyclist
- 1974 â Marie-France Dubreuil, Canadian figure skater
- 1974 â Hadiqa Kiani, Pakistani singer, songwriter and philanthropist
- 1974 â Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver (died 2002)
- 1974 â Carolyn Murphy, American model and actress
- 1975 â Chris Cummings, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1976 â Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer and manager
- 1976 â Bubba Crosby, American baseball player
- 1976 â Will Friedle, American actor and screenwriter
- 1976 â Ben Gibbard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1976 â ĽubomÃr ViÅ¡Åovský, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1977 â Gemma Hayes, Irish singer-songwriter
- 1977 â Dênio Martins, Brazilian footballer
- 1978 â Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
- 1978 â Charlotte Leslie, British politician
- 1978 â Lillian Nakate, Ugandan politician
- 1978 â Isy Suttie, English comedian, musician, actress, and writer
- 1979 â Walter AyovÃ, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1980 â Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist and sportscaster
- 1980 â Lee Suggs, American football player
- 1981 â Daniel Poohl, Swedish journalist
- 1982 â Andy Lee, American football player[32]
- 1983 â Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
- 1983 â Luke Lewis, Australian rugby league player
- 1983 â Pavel 183, Russian painter (died 2013)
- 1984 â Mojtaba Abedini, Iranian Olympic fencer[33]
- 1984 â Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player[34]
- 1984 â Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian race car driver
- 1985 â Jacqueline Fernandez, BahrainiâSri Lankan actress
- 1985 â Asher Roth, American rapper[35]
- 1986 â Mokhtar Benmoussa, Algerian footballer
- 1986 â Hélène Defrance, French sailor[36]
- 1986 â Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1987 â Dany N'Guessan, French footballer
- 1987 â Drew Storen, American baseball player
- 1988 â Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Filipino basketball player
- 1988 â Patty Mills, Australian basketball player
- 1988 â Mustafa Pektemek, Turkish footballer
- 1989 â Junior Heffernan, Irish cyclist and triathlete (died 2013)
- 1989 â Sebastian Huke, German footballer
- 1990 â Lenka JurÃková, Slovak tennis player
- 1991 â Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer
- 1992 â Tomi Lahren, American conservative political commentator[37]
- 1993 â Alyson Stoner, American actor, singer, and dancer[35]
- 1994 â Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player
- 1994 â Anton Cooper, New Zealand cross-country cyclist
- 1994 â Joseph Barbato, French footballer
- 1994 â Song I-han, South Korean singer[38]
- 1995 â Brad Binder, South African motorcycle racer[39]
- 1997 â Sarah Clelland, Scottish footballer[40]
- 1999 â Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, Indonesian badminton player[41]
- 1999 â Changbin, South Korean rapper[42]
- 2001 â Moyuka Uchijima, Japanese tennis player[43][44]
- 2002 â Marvin Harrison Jr., American football player[45]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 223 â Jia Xu, Chinese politician and strategist (born 147)
- 353 â Magnentius, Roman usurper (born 303)
- 449 â Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople
- 632 â Rusticula, abbess of Arles[46]
- 919 â Dhuka al-Rumi, Abbasid governor of Egypt[47]
- 979 â Gero, Count of Alsleben
- 991 â Byrhtnoth, English soldier (born 956)
- 1044 â Sokkate, king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (born 1001)
- 1204 â Guttorm of Norway (born 1199)
- 1253 â Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (born 1194)
- 1259 â Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor (born 1208)
- 1268 â Agnes of Faucigny, Dame ruler of Faucigny, Countess consort of Savoy
- 1332 â Domhnall II, Earl of Mar
- 1332 â Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland
- 1332 â Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray
- 1332 â Murdoch III, Earl of Menteith
- 1332 â Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale
- 1456 â John Hunyadi, Hungarian general and politician (born 1387)
- 1464 â Nicholas of Cusa, German cardinal and mystic (born 1401)
- 1465 â Kettil Karlsson, regent of Sweden and Bishop of Linköping (born 1433)
- 1486 â William Waynflete, English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (born c. 1398)
- 1494 â Hans Memling, German-Belgian painter (born 1430)
- 1519 â Johann Tetzel, German preacher (born 1465)
- 1556 â John Bell, English bishop
- 1563 â Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer and educator (born 1500)
- 1578 â Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician and academic (born 1502)
- 1596 â Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (born 1585)
1601â1900
- 1614 â Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (born 1552)
- 1656 â Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (born 1599)
- 1725 â Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (born 1723)
- 1774 â Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French physician and author (born 1722)
- 1813 â Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (born 1745)
- 1851 â Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (born 1779)
- 1854 â Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (born 1798)
- 1868 â Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (born 1815)
- 1886 â Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (born 1843)
- 1890 â John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (born 1801)
- 1892 â Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (born 1813)
1901âpresent
- 1903 â Eugenio MarÃa de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (born 1839)
- 1908 â Khudiram Bose, Indian Bengali revolutionary (born 1889)
- 1919 â Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (born 1835)[48]
- 1921 â Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (born 1828)
- 1936 â Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (born 1885)
- 1937 â Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (born 1862)
- 1939 â Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (born 1909)
- 1939 â Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (born 1872)
- 1945 â Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (born 1883)
- 1953 â Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1892)
- 1956 â Jackson Pollock, American painter (born 1912)
- 1961 â Antanas Å kÄma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (born 1910)
- 1963 â Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (born 1879)
- 1965 â Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (born 1897)
- 1969 â Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (born 1885)
- 1972 â Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
- 1974 â Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (born 1887)
- 1977 â Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (born 1911)
- 1978 â Berta Ruck, Indian-born Welsh romance novelist (born 1878)[49]
- 1979 â J. G. Farrell, English author (born 1935)
- 1980 â Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (born 1910)
- 1982 â Tom Drake, American actor and singer (born 1918)
- 1984 â Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (born 1892)
- 1984 â Paul Felix Schmidt, EstonianâAmerican chemist and chess player (born 1916)
- 1986 â János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (born 1948)
- 1988 â Anne Ramsey, American actress (born 1929)
- 1989 â John Meillon, Australian actor (born 1934)
- 1991 â J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (born 1938)
- 1994 â Peter Cushing, English actor (born 1913)
- 1995 â Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1904)
- 1996 â Rafael KubelÃk, Czech conductor and composer (born 1914)
- 1996 â Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (born 1910)
- 2000 â Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (born 1916)
- 2001 â Percy Stallard, English cyclist and coach (born 1909)
- 2002 â Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountaineer (born 1940)
- 2003 â Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician and academic (born 1923)
- 2003 â Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (born 1937)
- 2006 â Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (born 1920)
- 2008 â George Furth, American actor and playwright (born 1932)
- 2008 â Dursun KarataÅ, founding leader of the Revolutionary People's Liberation PartyâFront (DHKP-C) in Turkey (born 1952)
- 2009 â Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, founded the Special Olympics (born 1921)
- 2010 â James Mourilyan Tanner, British paediatric endocrinologist (born 1920)[50]
- 2012 â Red Bastien, American wrestler, trainer, and promoter (born 1931)
- 2012 â Michael Dokes, American boxer (born 1958)
- 2012 â Lucy Gallardo, Argentinian-Mexican actress and screenwriter (born 1929)
- 2013 â Raymond Delisle, French cyclist (born 1943)
- 2013 â Zafar Futehally, Indian ornithologist and author (born 1919)
- 2013 â David Howard, English ballet dancer and educator (born 1937)
- 2014 â Vladimir Beara, Croatian footballer and manager (born 1928)
- 2014 â Raymond Gravel, Canadian priest and politician (born 1952)
- 2014 â Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, Polish author and blogger (born 1917)
- 2014 â Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (born 1951)
- 2014 â Sam Hall, American diver, legislator, and mercenary (born 1937)[51]
- 2015 â Serge Collot, French viola player and educator (born 1923)
- 2015 â Harald Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (born 1941)
- 2015 â Richard Oriani, Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (born 1920)
- 2017 â Yisrael Kristal, Polish-Israeli supercentenarian; oldest living Holocaust survivor and one of the ten oldest men ever (born 1903)
- 2017 â Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician and journalist (born 1946)
- 2018 â V S Naipaul, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)[52]
- 2018 â Terry A. Davis, American computer programmer, creator of TempleOS (born 1969)[53]
- 2019 â Sergio Obeso Rivera, Mexican Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1931)[54]
- 2020 â Trini Lopez, American singer and guitarist (born 1937)[55]
- 2020 â Sumner Redstone, American billionaire businessman (born 1923)[56]
- 2022 â Anne Heche, American actress (born 1969)[57]
- 2022 â Hanae Mori, Japanese fashion designer (born 1926)[58]
- 2023 â Mike Ahern, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Queensland (born 1942)[59]
- 2024 â Ãngel Salazar, Cuban-American comedian and actor (born 1956)[60]
- 2024 â Noël Treanor, Irish Roman Catholic prelate (born 1950)[61]
- 2025 â Miguel Uribe Turbay, Colombian precandidate to presidency (born 1986)[62]
- 2025 â Danielle Spencer, American actress (born 1965)[63]
Holidays and observances
- Christian Feast Day:
- Flag Day (Pakistan)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Chad from France in 1960.
- Mountain Day (Japan)
