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August 15

August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 138 days remain until the end of the year.

Events
Pre-1600636Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmouk between the Byzantine Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate begins. • 717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik begins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year. • 718 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople. • 747Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo and retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother, Pepin the Short, becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom. • 778 – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass takes place between the army of Charlemagne and a Basque army. • 805 – Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freising927 – The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto. • 982Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria. • 1018 – Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria. • 1038 – King Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him. • 1057 – King Macbeth of Scotland is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada. • 1070 – The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England. • 1096 – Starting date of the First Crusade as set by Pope Urban II. • 1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia. • 1209Albigensian Crusade: The Cathar stronghold of Carcassonne falls to the crusaders. • 1224 – The Livonian Brothers of the Sword, a Catholic military order, occupy Tarbatu (today Tartu) as part of the Livonian Crusade. • 1237Spanish Reconquista: The Battle of the Puig between the Moorish forces of Taifa of Valencia against the Crown of Aragon culminates in an Aragonese victory. • 1248 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.) • 1261Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned as the first Byzantine emperor in fifty-seven years. • 1281Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan. • 1310The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes. • 1430Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca. • 1461 – The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered. • 1483Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel. • 1511Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Malacca Sultanate. • 1517 – Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary. • 1519Panama City, Panama is founded. • 1534Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540. • 1537Asunción, Paraguay is founded. • 1540Arequipa, Peru is founded. • 1549Jesuit priest Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: 22 July 1549). • 1592Imjin War: At the Battle of Hansan Island, the Korean Navy, led by Yi Sun-sin, Yi Ŏkki, and Wŏn Kyun, decisively defeats the Japanese Navy, led by Wakisaka Yasuharu. • 1599Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnell successfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle. 1601–19001695 – French forces end the bombardment of Brussels. • 1760Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon. • 1814War of 1812: British forces launch a costly and unsuccessful night attack against American defenders during the siege of Fort Erie. • 1824 – The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states. • 1843 – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States. • 1843 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark. • 1863 – The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863). • 1882 – Start of the second part of the Montceau-les-Mines troubles by the Black Band, groups of anarchist miners. • 1893Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton. • 1899Fratton Park football ground in Portsmouth, England is officially first opened. 1901–present1907 – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies. • 1914 – A servant of American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin, and murders seven people there. • 1914 – The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship . • 1914 – World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia. • 1914 – World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I. • 1915 – A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production. • 1920Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula. • 1935Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska. • 1939 – Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn. • 1939 – The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California. • 1940 – An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the at Tinos harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October. • 1941 – Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad for espionage at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower. • 1942World War II: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses. • 1943 – World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds. • 1944 – World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France. • 1945Emperor Hirohito broadcasts his declaration of surrender following the effective surrender of Japan in World War II; Korea gains independence from the Empire of Japan. • 1947India gains independence from British rule after near 190 years of British company and crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations. • 1947 – Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi. • 1948 – The First Republic of Korea (South Korea) is established in the southern half of the peninsula. • 1950 – Measuring 8.6, the largest earthquake on land occurs in the Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border, killing 4,800. • 1952A flash flood devastates the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people. • 1954Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay. • 1959American Airlines Flight 514, a Boeing 707, crashes near the Calverton Executive Airpark in Calverton, New York, killing all five people on board. • 1960Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France. • 1961 – Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall. • 1962James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok died in 2016. • 1963 – Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland. • 1963 – President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital. • 1965The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock. • 1969 – The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in Bethel, New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era. • 1970Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game. • 1971 – President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors. • 1971 – Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom. • 1973Vietnam War: The US Air Force bombing of Cambodia ends. • 1974Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung Hee. • 1975Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup. • 1975 – Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II. • 1976SAETA Flight 011 crashes into the Chimborazo volcano in Ecuador, killing all 59 people on board; the wreckage is not discovered until 2002. • 1977The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project. • 1984 – The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish Armed Forces with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh. • 1985 – Signing of the Assam Accord, an agreement between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement to end the movement. • 1989China Eastern Airlines Flight 5510 crashes after takeoff from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport, killing 34 of the 40 people on board. • 1995 – In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadet matriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later). • 1995 – Tomiichi Murayama, Prime Minister of Japan, releases the Murayama Statement, which formally expresses remorse for Japanese war crimes committed during World War II. • 1998Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured. • 1998 – Apple introduces the iMac computer. • 1999Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco. • 2005Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins. • 2005 – The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting. • 2007 – An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090. • 2013 – At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirut near a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video. • 2013 – The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years. • 2015North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 8 hours ahead of UTC. • 2020 – Russia begins production on the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine. • 2021Kabul falls into the hands of the Taliban as Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan along with local residents and foreign nationals, effectively reestablishing the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. • 2025 – US president Donald Trump meets with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska, the first such summit since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. ==Births==
Births
Pre-16001013Teishi, empress of Japan (died 1094) • 1171Alfonso IX, king of León and Galicia (died 1230) • 1195Anthony of Padua, Portuguese priest and saint (died 1231) • 1385Richard de Vere, 11th Earl of Oxford, English commander (died 1417) • 1432Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (died 1484) • 1455George, duke of Bavaria (died 1503) • 1507George III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, German prince (died 1553) • 1575Bartol Kašić, Croatian linguist and lexicographer (died 1650) • 1589Gabriel Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (died 1613) 1601–19001607Herman IV, landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (died 1658) • 1608Henry Howard, 22nd Earl of Arundel, English politician (died 1652) • 1613Gilles Ménage, French lawyer, philologist, and scholar (died 1692) • 1615Marie de Lorraine, duchess of Guise (died 1688) • 1652John Grubb, American politician (died 1708) • 1702Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and Royal Academician (died 1788) • 1717Blind Jack, English engineer (died 1810) • 1736Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (died 1803) • 1740Matthias Claudius, German poet and author (died 1815) • 1769Napoleon Bonaparte, French general and emperor (died 1821) • 1771Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet (died 1832) • 1785Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author (died 1859) • 1787Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist (died 1860) • 1798Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior (died 1831) • 1807Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (died 1891) • 1810Louise Colet, French poet (died 1876) • 1824John Chisum, American businessman (died 1884) • 1839Antonín Petrof, Czech piano maker (died 1915) • 1844Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1908) • 1845Walter Crane, English artist and book illustrator (died 1915) • 1856Keir Hardie, Scottish politician and trade unionist (died 1915) • 1857Albert Ballin, German businessman (died 1918) • 1858E. Nesbit, English author and poet (died 1924) • 1859Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (died 1931) • 1860Florence Harding, American publisher, 31st First Lady of the United States (died 1924) • 1863Aleksey Krylov, Russian mathematician and engineer (died 1945) • 1865Mikao Usui, Japanese spiritual leader, founded Reiki (died 1926) • 1866Italo Santelli, Italian fencer (died 1945) • 1872Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (died 1950) • 1873Ramaprasad Chanda, Indian archaeologist and historian (died 1942) • 1875Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, English pianist, violinist, and composer (died 1912) • 1876Stylianos Gonatas, Greek colonel and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Greece (died 1966) • 1877Tachiyama Mineemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 22nd Yokozuna (died 1941) • 1879Ethel Barrymore, American actress (died 1959) • 1881Alfred Wagenknecht, German-American activist and politician (died 1956) • 1882Marion Bauer, American composer and critic (died 1955) • 1882 – Gisela Richter, English archaeologist and art historian (died 1972) • 1883Ivan Meštrović, Croatian sculptor and architect (died 1962) • 1885Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died 1968) • 1886Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (died 1974) • 1890Jacques Ibert, French composer and educator (died 1962) • 1892Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987) • 1892 – Abraham Wachner, New Zealand politician, 35th Mayor of Invercargill (died 1950) • 1893Leslie Comrie, New Zealand astronomer and academic (died 1950) • 1896Gerty Cori, Czech-American biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957) • 1896 – Catherine Doherty, Russian-Canadian activist, founded the Madonna House Apostolate (died 1985) • 1896 – Paul Outerbridge, American photographer and educator (died 1958) • 1898Jan Brzechwa, Polish author and poet (died 1966) • 1900Estelle Brody, American silent film actress (died 1995) • 1900 – Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter and educator (died 1982) 1901–present1901Arnulfo Arias Madrid, Panamanian politician, 21st President of Panamá (died 1988) • 1901 – Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1975) • 1902Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (died 1943) • 1904George Klein, Canadian inventor, invented the motorized wheelchair (died 1992) • 1909Hugo Winterhalter, American composer and bandleader (died 1973) • 1912Julia Child, American chef and author (died 2004) • 1912 – Wendy Hiller, English actress (died 2003) • 1914Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (died 1996) • 1915Signe Hasso, Swedish-American actress (died 2002) • 1916Aleks Çaçi, Albanian journalist and author (died 1989) • 1917Jack Lynch, Irish footballer and politician, 5th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 1999) • 1917 – Óscar Romero, Salvadoran archbishop (died 1980) • 1919Huntz Hall, American actor (died 1999) • 1919 – Benedict Kiely, Irish journalist and author (died 2007) • 1920Judy Cassab, Austrian-Australian painter (died 2008) • 1921August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (died 2012) • 1922Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (died 2000) • 1922 – Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (died 2005) • 1922 – Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1988) • 1923Rose Marie, American actress and singer (died 2017) • 1924Robert Bolt, English playwright and screenwriter (died 1995) • 1924 – Hedy Epstein, German-American Holocaust survivor and activist (died 2016) • 1924 – Yoshirō Muraki, Japanese production designer, art director, and fashion designer (died 2009) • 1924 – Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (died 2016) • 1925Mike Connors, American actor and producer (died 2017) • 1925 – Rose Maddox, American singer-songwriter and fiddle player (died 1998) • 1925 – Oscar Peterson, Canadian pianist and composer (died 2007) • 1925 – Bill Pinkney, American singer (died 2007) • 1925 – Erik Schmidt, Swedish-Estonian painter and author (died 2014) • 1926Julius Katchen, American pianist and composer (died 1969) • 1926 – Eddie Little Sky, American actor (died 1997) • 1926 – Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright (died 2024) • 1926 – John Silber, American philosopher and academic (died 2012) • 1926 – Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 6th President of Greece (died 2016) • 1927Eddie Leadbeater, English cricketer (died 2011) • 1927 – Oliver Popplewell, English cricketer and judge (died 2024) • 1928Carl Joachim Classen, German scholar and academic (died 2013) • 1928 – Malcolm Glazer, American businessman and sports team owner (died 2014) • 1928 – Nicolas Roeg, English director and cinematographer (died 2018) • 1931Ernest C. Brace, American captain and pilot (died 2014) • 1931 – Richard F. Heck, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015) • 1932Abby Dalton, American actress (died 2020) • 1932 – Robert L. Forward, American physicist and engineer (died 2002) • 1932 – Jim Lange, American game show host and DJ (died 2014) • 1932 – Johan Steyn, Baron Steyn, South African-English lawyer and judge (died 2017) • 1933Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997) • 1933 – Stanley Milgram, American social psychologist (died 1984) • 1933 – Mike Seeger, American folk musician and folklorist (died 2009) • 1934Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2007) • 1934 – Purushottam Upadhyay, Indian musician, singer and composer (died 2024) • 1934 – Reginald Scarlett, Jamaican cricketer and coach (died 2019) • 1934 – Darrell K. Sweet, American illustrator (died 2011) • 1934 – Valentin Varlamov, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (died 1980) • 1935Jim Dale, English actor, narrator, singer, director, and composer • 1935 – Régine Deforges, French author, playwright, and director (died 2014) • 1936Pat Priest, American actress • 1938Stephen Breyer, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States • 1938 – Stix Hooper, American jazz drummer • 1938 – Pran Kumar Sharma, Indian cartoonist (died 2014) • 1938 – Maxine Waters, American educator and politician • 1938 – Janusz Zajdel, Polish engineer and author (died 1985) • 1940Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded Red Army Faction (died 1977) • 1941Jim Brothers, American sculptor (died 2013) • 1941 – Don Rich, American country musician (died 1974) • 1942Pete York, English rock drummer • 1946Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter and pianist • 1947Rakhee Gulzar, Indian film actress • 1948Patsy Gallant, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress • 1948 – Tom Johnston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist • 1951Ann Biderman, American screenwriter and producer • 1951 – Bobby Caldwell, American singer-songwriter (died 2023) • 1951 – John Childs, English cricketer • 1952Chuck Burgi, American drummer • 1953Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author • 1953 – Mark Thatcher, English businessman • 1953 – Wolfgang Hohlbein, German author • 1954Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist and author (died 2004) • 1956Lorraine Desmarais, Canadian pianist and composer • 1956 – Freedom Neruda, Ivorian journalist • 1956 – Robert Syms, English businessman and politician • 1957Željko Ivanek, Slovenian-American actor • 1965Rob Thomas, American author, screenwriter, and producer • 1966Scott Brosius, American baseball player and coach • 1966 – Dimitris Papadopoulos, Greek basketball player and coach • 1967Tony Hand, Scottish ice hockey player and coach • 1967 – Peter Hermann, American actor • 1968Debra Messing, American actress • 1974Natasha Henstridge, Canadian model and actress • 1978 – Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukrainian gymnast • 1978 – Stavros Tziortziopoulos, Greek footballer • 1978 – Kerri Walsh Jennings, American volleyball player • 1979Carl Edwards, American race car driver • 1980Fiann Paul, Icelandic explorer • 1981Brendan Hansen, American swimmer • 1981 – Óliver Pérez, American baseball player • 1982Casey Burgener, American weightlifter • 1982 – David Harrison, American basketball player • 1983Siobhan Chamberlain, English association football goalkeeper • 1983 – Rachel Haot, American businesswoman • 1984Jarrod Dyson, American baseball player • 1984 – Emily Kinney, American actress and singer-songwriter • 1985Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (died 2019) • 1987Ryan D'Imperio, American football player • 1987 – Michel Kreder, Dutch cyclist • 1987 – Sean McAllister, English footballer • 1988Oussama Assaidi, Moroccan footballer • 1988 – Boban Marjanović, Serbian basketball player • 1989Joe Jonas, American singer-songwriter • 1989 – Jordan Rapana, New Zealand rugby league player • 1990Jennifer Lawrence, American actress • 1993 – Clinton N'Jie, Cameroonian footballer • 1993 – Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, English footballer • 1994Lasse Vigen Christensen, Danish footballer • 1994 – Kosuke Hagino, Japanese swimmer • 1995Chief Keef, American rapper • 1995 – Setyana Mapasa, Indonesian-Australian badminton player • 1999Paola Reis, BMX rider • 2003Juanlu Sánchez, Spanish footballer ==Deaths==
Deaths
Pre-1600398Lan Han, official of the Xianbei state Later Yan423Honorius, Roman emperor (born 384) • 465Libius Severus, Roman emperor (born 420) • 698Theodotus of Amida, Syrian Orthodox holy man • 767Abu Hanifa, Iraqi scholar and educator (born 699) • 778Roland, Frankish military leader • 873Yi Zong, Chinese emperor (born 833) • 874Altfrid, bishop of Hildesheim912Han Jian, Chinese warlord (born 855) • 932Ma Xisheng, Chinese governor and king (born 899) • 955Bulcsú, Hungarian tribal chieftain (harka) • 955 – Lehel, Hungarian tribal chieftain • 1022Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos, Byzantine rebel • 1038Stephen I, Hungarian king (born 975) • 1057Macbeth, King of Scotland1118Alexios I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (born 1048) • 1196Conrad II, Duke of Swabia (born 1173) • 1224Marie of France, Duchess of Brabant (born 1198) • 1257 – Saint Hyacinth of Poland1274Robert de Sorbon, French theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne (born 1201) • 1275Lorenzo Tiepolo, Doge of Venice • 1328Yesün Temür, emperor of the Yuan dynasty (born 1293) • 1369Philippa of Hainault, Queen consort of Edward III of England (born 1314) • 1388Adalbertus Ranconis de Ericinio, Bohemian theologian and rector of the University of Paris (born circa 1320) • 1399Ide Pedersdatter Falk, Danish noblewoman (born 1358) • 1496Infanta Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile and León (born 1428) • 1506Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (born c. 1445) • 1507John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (born 1439) • 1528Odet of Foix, Viscount of Lautrec, French general (born 1485) • 1552Hermann of Wied, German archbishop (born 1477) • 1594Thomas Kyd, English playwright (born 1558) 1601–19001621John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (born 1582) • 1666Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (born 1591) • 1714Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (born 1654) • 1728Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (born 1656) • 1758Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (born 1698) • 1799Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (born 1729) • 1844José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (born 1733) • 1852Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (born 1760) • 1859Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (born 1777) 1901–present1907Joseph Joachim, Hungarian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1831) • 1909Euclides da Cunha, Brazilian sociologist and journalist (born 1866) • 1917Thomas J. Higgins, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1831) • 1925Konrad Mägi, Estonian painter and educator (born 1878) • 1928Anatole von Hügel, Italian ethnologist and academic, co-founded St Edmund's College, Cambridge (born 1854) • 1935Wiley Post, American pilot (born 1898) • 1935 – Will Rogers, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter (born 1879) • 1935 – Paul Signac, French painter and author (born 1863) • 1936Grazia Deledda, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1871) • 1942Mahadev Desai, Indian activist and author (born 1892) • 1945Korechika Anami, Japanese general and politician, 54th Japanese Minister of the Army (born 1887) • 1945 – Fred Hockley, English lieutenant and pilot (born 1923) • 1951Artur Schnabel, Polish pianist and composer (born 1882) • 1953Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (born 1875) • 1962Lei Feng, Chinese soldier (born 1940) • 1967René Magritte, Belgian painter (born 1898) • 1971Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (born 1887) • 1974Clay Shaw, American businessman (born 1913) • 1975Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladeshi politician, 1st President of Bangladesh (born 1920) • 1975 – Harun Karadeniz, Turkish political activist and author (born 1942) • 1977Raymond A. Palmer, American author and magazine editor (born 1910) • 1981Carol Ryrie Brink, American author (born 1895) • 1981 – Jørgen Løvset, Norwegian gynaecologist and academic (born 1896) • 1982Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (born 1905) • 1982 – Jock Taylor, Scottish motorcycle sidecar racer (born 1954) • 1982 – Hugo Theorell, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903) • 1989Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (born 1904) • 1989 – Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos, Greek general and diplomat (born 1897) • 1990Viktor Tsoi, Russian musician and actor (born 1962) • 1992Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (born 1947) • 1994Wout Wagtmans, Dutch cyclist (born 1929) • 1995John Cameron Swayze, American journalist and actor (born 1906) • 1997Ida Gerhardt, Dutch poet and educator (born 1905) • 1999Hugh Casson, English architect and interior designer (born 1910) • 2000Lancelot Ware, English barrister and biochemist, co-founder of Mensa (born 1915) • 2001Yavuz Çetin, Turkish singer-songwriter (born 1970) • 2001 – Richard Chelimo, Kenyan runner (born 1972) • 2001 – Kateryna Yushchenko, Ukrainian computer scientist and academic (born 1919) • 2004Sune Bergström, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916) • 2004 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (born 1941) • 2005Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist and academic (born 1927) • 2006Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand Māori queen (born 1931) • 2006 – Rick Bourke, Australian rugby league player (born 1955) • 2006 – Faas Wilkes, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1923) • 2007Richard Bradshaw, English conductor and director (born 1944) • 2007 – John Gofman, American biologist, chemist, and physicist (born 1918) • 2007 – Geoffrey Orbell, New Zealand physician (born 1908) • 2007 – Sam Pollock, Canadian businessman (born 1925) • 2008Vic Toweel, South African-Australian boxer (born 1929) • 2008 – Jerry Wexler, American journalist and producer (born 1917) • 2009Mary Catherine Lamb, American textile artist (born 1949) • 2011Rick Rypien, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1984) • 2012Bob Birch, American bass player and saxophonist (born 1956) • 2012 – Altamiro Carrilho, Brazilian flute player and composer (born 1924) • 2012 – Harry Harrison, American author and illustrator (born 1925) • 2013Rosalía Mera, Spanish businesswoman, co-founded Inditex and Zara (born 1944) • 2013 – Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright (born 1930) • 2013 – Marich Man Singh Shrestha, Nepali politician, 28th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1942) • 2013 – August Schellenberg, Canadian actor (born 1936) • 2014Licia Albanese, Italian-American soprano and actress (born 1909) • 2015Julian Bond, American academic, leader of the civil rights movement, and politician (born 1940) • 2015 – Hamid Gul, Pakistani general (born 1936) • 2017Gunnar Birkerts, Latvian-American architect (born 1925) • 2020Robert Trump, American real-estate developer, business executive (born 1948) • 2021Gerd Müller, German footballer (born 1945) • 2024Peter Marshall, American game show host, performer, and singer (born 1926) ==Holidays and observances==
Holidays and observances
Armed Forces Day (Poland) • Christian feast day: • AltfridAlypius of Thagaste • Feast day of the Assumption of Mary, one of the Catholic holy days of obligation (a public holiday in Austria, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, France, some states in Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malta, Mauritius, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, and Vanuatu); and its related observances: • Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos (Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches) • Ferragosto (Italy) • Māras (Latvia) • Mother's Day (Antwerp and Costa Rica) • National Acadian Day (Acadians) • Navy Day (Romania) • Virgin of Candelaria, patron of the Canary Islands. (Tenerife, Spain) • San La Muerte (Paraguayan Folk Catholicism) • Santa Muerte (Mexican Folk Catholicism) • TarcisiusAugust 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)Constitution Day (Equatorial Guinea)Founding of Asunción (Paraguay) • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Korea from Japan in 1945: • Gwangbokjeol, "Independence Day" (South Korea) • Jogukhaebangui nal, "Fatherland Liberation Day" (North Korea) • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947. • Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960. • National Day (Liechtenstein) • National Day of Mourning (Bangladesh) • The first day of Flooding of the Nile, or Wafaa El-Nil (Egypt and Coptic Church) • The main day of Bon Festival (Japan), and its related observances: • Awa Dance Festival (Tokushima Prefecture) • Victory Day (Afghanistan), celebrating the 2021 Fall of KabulVictory over Japan Day (United Kingdom), and its related observances: • End-of-war Memorial Day, when the National Memorial Service for War Dead is held (Japan) ==References==
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