August 21 — Este Día en la Historia

Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège.

Eraclus · Bishop of Liège

Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin-Song Wars.

Song dynasty · Yue Fei · Jin dynasty (1115-1234) · Wuzhu · Battle of Yancheng

Minamoto no Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the de facto ruler of Japan. (Traditional Japanese date: July 12, 1192)

Minamoto no Yoritomo · Shogun · De facto · Japanese calendar

King Stefan Uroš III, after months of anarchy, surrenders to his son and rival Stefan Dušan, who succeeds as King of Serbia.

Stefan Dečanski · Serbian civil war of 1331 · Stefan Dušan · Kingdom of Serbia (medieval)

Henry the Navigator leads Portuguese forces to victory over the Marinids at the Battle of Ceuta.

Henry the Navigator · Battle of Ceuta

Pueblo Indians capture Santa Fe from the Spanish during the Pueblo Revolt.

Puebloan peoples · Santa Fe, New Mexico · Pueblo Revolt

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

Battle of Dunkeld

James Cook formally claims eastern Australia for Great Britain, naming it New South Wales.

James Cook · Kingdom of Great Britain · New South Wales

King Gustav III completes his coup d'état by adopting a new Constitution, ending half a century of parliamentary rule in Sweden and installing himself as an enlightened despot.

Gustav III of Sweden · Coup d'état · Swedish Constitution of 1772 · Age of Liberty · Enlightened absolutism

American Revolutionary War: British forces begin besieging the French outpost at Pondichéry.

American Revolutionary War · Siege of Pondicherry (1778) · Puducherry

A Vodou ceremony, led by Dutty Boukman, turns into a violent slave rebellion, beginning the Haitian Revolution.

Bois Caïman · Dutty Boukman · Haitian Revolution

Battle of Vimeiro: British and Portuguese forces led by General Arthur Wellesley defeat French force under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro, Portugal, the first Anglo-Portuguese victory of the Peninsular War.

Battle of Vimeiro · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · Portuguese people · Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington · French Armed Forces

Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, Marshal of France, is elected Crown Prince of Sweden by the Swedish Riksdag of the Estates.

Charles XIV John of Sweden · Marshal of France · Crown prince · Riksdag of the Estates

Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.

Jarvis Island

Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which will claim the lives of 55 to 65 whites.

Nat Turner · Southampton County, Virginia

Tlingit Indians destroy Fort Selkirk, Yukon Territory.

Tlingit · Fort Selkirk · Yukon Territory

Lawrence, Kansas is destroyed by pro-Confederate guerrillas known as Quantrill's Raiders.

Lawrence, Kansas · Confederate States of America · Quantrill's Raiders

An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.

1883 Rochester tornado · Rochester, Minnesota · Mayo Clinic

The first successful adding machine in the United States is patented by William Seward Burroughs.

Adding machine · William Seward Burroughs I

Oldsmobile, a brand of American automobiles, is founded.

Oldsmobile

Six hundred American school teachers, Thomasites, arrived in Manila on the USAT Thomas.

Thomasites · Manila · USAT Thomas

The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincenzo Perugia, a Louvre employee.

Mona Lisa · Art theft · Vincenzo Perugia · Musée du Louvre

World War I: The Battle of Charleroi, a successful German attack across the River Sambre that pre-empted a French offensive in the same area.

World War I · Battle of Charleroi · Sambre

World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins.

Second Battle of the Somme (1918)

World War II: The flag of Nazi Germany is planted atop Mount Elbrus, the highest peak of the Caucasus mountain range.

World War II · Nazi Germany · Mount Elbrus · Caucasus Mountains

World War II: The Guadalcanal Campaign: American forces defeat an attack by Imperial Japanese Army soldiers in the Battle of the Tenaru.

Guadalcanal Campaign · Imperial Japanese Army · Battle of the Tenaru

Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.

Dumbarton Oaks Conference · United Nations

World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.

Operation Tractable · Falaise, Calvados

Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Harry Daghlian · Criticality accident · Demon core · Los Alamos National Laboratory

The Soviet Union successfully conducts a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.

Soviet Union · R-7 Semyorka · Intercontinental ballistic missile

United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the 50th state of the union. Hawaii's admission is currently commemorated by Hawaii Admission Day

President of the United States · Dwight D. Eisenhower · Hawaii Admission Day

American country music singer Patsy Cline returns to record producer Owen Bradley's studio in Nashville, Tennessee to record her vocals to Willie Nelson's "Crazy", which would become her signature song.

Country music · Patsy Cline · Owen Bradley · Nashville, Tennessee · Willie Nelson

Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes.

Motown · Please Mr. Postman · The Marvelettes

Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.

Xá Lợi Pagoda raids · Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces · Ngô Đình Nhu · Ngo Dinh Diem · Buddhism

Nicolae Ceaușescu, leader of Communist Romania, publicly condemns the Soviet led Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, encouraging the Romanian population to arm itself against possible Soviet reprisals.

Nicolae Ceaușescu · Communist Romania · Soviet Union · Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia · Romanians

James Anderson, Jr. posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor to be awarded to an African American U.S. Marine.

James Anderson, Jr. · Medal of Honor · African American · United States Marine Corps

A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.

Liberal Party (Philippines) · Plaza Miranda bombing · Manila · Philippines · Ferdinand Marcos

Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon.

Lebanese Civil War · Multinational Force in Lebanon · Beirut · Palestine Liberation Organization · Lebanon

Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport in his honor).

Benigno Aquino, Jr. · Assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr. · Ninoy Aquino International Airport

Carbon dioxide gas erupts from volcanic Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people within a 20-kilometer range.

Volcano · Lake Nyos · Cameroon

The 6.9 Mw Nepal earthquake shakes the Nepal-India border with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 709-1,450 people killed and thousands injured.

1988 Nepal earthquake · Mercalli intensity scale

Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after the occupation of Soviet Union.

Latvia

Coup attempt against Mikhail Gorbachev collapses.

1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt · Mikhail Gorbachev

NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.

NASA · Mars Observer

Tiger Woods, American professional golfer, wins the 82nd PGA Championship and becomes the first golfer since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win 3 majors in a calendar year.

Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.

Ghouta chemical attack · Ghouta · Syria

Last day of the Rio Summer Olympics.

2016 Summer Olympics

An eclipse traverses the continental United States.

Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017

Philip II of France (d. 1223)

Philip II of France

Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (d. 1550)

Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra

Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese general (d. 1619)

Shimazu Yoshihiro

Muhammad Qadiri, Founder of the Naushahia branch of the Qadri order (d. 1654)

Muhammad Qadiri

Francis de Sales, Swiss bishop and saint (d. 1622)

Francis de Sales

Henri, Duke of Rohan (d. 1638)

Henri, Duke of Rohan

Roger Twysden, English historian and politician (d. 1672)

Roger Twysden

John Claypole, English politician (d. 1688)

John Claypole

Afonso VI of Portugal (d. 1683)

Afonso VI of Portugal

Hubert Gautier, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1737)

Hubert Gautier

Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1729)

Giacomo F. Maraldi

James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (d. 1734)

James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick · Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire

Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter and educator (d. 1805)

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting (d. 1839)

William Murdoch · Gas lighting

Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician (d. 1833)

Banastre Tarleton

William IV of the United Kingdom (d. 1837)

William IV of the United Kingdom

Augustin-Louis Cauchy, French mathematician and academic (d. 1857)

Augustin-Louis Cauchy

Jules Michelet, French historian and philosopher (d. 1874)

Jules Michelet

Hiram Walden, American general and politician (d. 1880)

Hiram Walden

Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer, Dutch historian and politician (d. 1876)

Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer

Jean Stas, Belgian chemist and physician (d. 1891)

Jean Stas

Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, French chemist and academic (d. 1856)

Charles Frédéric Gerhardt

Nathaniel Everett Green, English painter and astronomer (d. 1899)

Nathaniel Everett Green

Karl Gegenbaur, German anatomist and academic (d. 1903)

Karl Gegenbaur

Ferdinand Hamer, Dutch bishop and missionary (d. 1900)

Ferdinand Hamer

Emilio Salgari, Italian journalist and author (d. 1911)

Emilio Salgari

William Henry Ogilvie, Scottish-Australian poet and author (d. 1963)

William Henry Ogilvie

Aubrey Beardsley, English author and illustrator (d. 1898)

Aubrey Beardsley

Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (d. 1963)

Richard Girulatis

Claude Grahame-White, English pilot and engineer (d. 1959)

Claude Grahame-White

Chandler Egan, American golfer and architect (d. 1936)

Chandler Egan

Édouard Fabre, Canadian runner (d. 1939)

Édouard Fabre

Ruth Manning-Sanders, Welsh-English author and poet (d. 1988)

Ruth Manning-Sanders

James Paul Moody, English sailor (d. 1912)

James Paul Moody

Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (d. 2007)

Emiliano Mercado del Toro

Charles Vanel, French actor and director (d. 1989)

Charles Vanel

Christian Schad, German painter (d. 1982)

Christian Schad

Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Scottish soldier and peer (d. 1966)

Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott

Angel Karaliychev, Bulgarian author (d. 1972)

Angel Karaliychev

Kostas Giannidis, Greek pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1984)

Kostas Giannidis

Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1984)

Count Basie

Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer (d. 1981)

Bipin Gupta

Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (d. 1995)

Friz Freleng

P. Jeevanandham, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1963)

P. Jeevanandham

Nikolay Bogolyubov, Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1992)

Nikolay Bogolyubov

Toe Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)

Toe Blake

Doug Wright, English cricketer and coach (d. 1998)

Doug Wright (cricketer)

Bill Lee, American actor and singer (d. 1980)

Bill Lee (singer)

Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter (d. 2005)

Consuelo Velázquez

Leonid Hurwicz, Russian economist and mathematician (d. 2008)

Leonid Hurwicz

Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2004)

Billy Reay

Reuven Feuerstein, Romanian-Israeli psychologist and academic (d. 2014)

Reuven Feuerstein

Albert Irvin, English soldier and painter (d. 2015)

Albert Irvin

Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)

Keith Allen (ice hockey)

Jack Buck, American sportscaster (d. 2002)

Jack Buck

Jack Weston, American actor (d. 1996)

Jack Weston

Can Yücel, Turkish poet and translator (d. 1999)

Can Yücel

Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, 16th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Thomas S. Monson · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Addison Farmer, American bassist (d. 1963)

Addison Farmer

Art Farmer, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)

Art Farmer

Bud McFadin, American football player (d. 2006)

Bud McFadin

Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (d. 2014)

Herman Badillo

X. J. Kennedy, American poet, translator, anthologist, editor

X. J. Kennedy

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (d. 2002)

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1995)

Frank Perry

Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter (d. 2015)

Menashe Kadishman

Melvin Van Peebles, American actor, director, and screenwriter

Melvin Van Peebles

Janet Baker, English soprano and educator

Janet Baker

Michael Dacher, German mountaineer (d. 1994)

Michael Dacher

Barry Norman, English author and critic (d. 2017)

Barry Norman

Erik Paaske, Danish actor and singer (d. 1992)

Erik Paaske

Sudhakarrao Naik, Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2001)

Sudhakarrao Naik · Chief Minister of Maharashtra

Paul Panhuysen, Dutch composer (d. 2015)

Paul Panhuysen

Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (d. 1999)

Wilt Chamberlain

Radish Tordia, Georgian painter and educator

Radish Tordia

Donald Dewar, Scottish lawyer and politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (d. 2000)

Donald Dewar · First Minister of Scotland

Gustavo Noboa, Ecuadorian academic and politician, 51st President of Ecuador

Gustavo Noboa · List of heads of state of Ecuador

Robert Stone, American novelist and short story writer (d. 2015)

Robert Stone (novelist)

Kenny Rogers, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor

Kenny Rogers

Mike Weston, English rugby player

Mike Weston

James Burton, American Hall of Fame guitarist

James Burton · Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Festus Mogae, Botswana economist and politician, 3rd President of Botswana

Festus Mogae · President of Botswana

Clarence Williams III, American actor

Clarence Williams III

Dominick Harrod, English journalist, historian, and author (d. 2013)

Dominick Harrod

Endre Szemerédi, Hungarian-American mathematician and computer scientist

Endre Szemerédi

Patrick Demarchelier, French photographer

Patrick Demarchelier

Jonathan Schell, American journalist and author (d. 2014)

Jonathan Schell

Lucius Shepard, American author and critic (d. 2014)

Lucius Shepard

Hugh Wilson, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Hugh Wilson (director)

Perry Christie, Bahamian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Bahamas

Perry Christie · Prime Minister of the Bahamas

Jackie DeShannon, American singer-songwriter

Jackie DeShannon

Peter Weir, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter

Peter Weir

Celia Brayfield, English journalist and author

Celia Brayfield

Jerry DaVanon, American baseball player

Jerry DaVanon

Willie Lanier, American football player

Willie Lanier

Patty McCormack, American actress

Patty McCormack

Carl Giammarese, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Buckinghams)

Carl Giammarese · The Buckinghams

Loretta Devine, American actress and singer

Loretta Devine

Daniel Sivan, Israeli scholar and academic

Daniel Sivan

Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer-songwriter and model

Patrick Juvet

Eric Goles, Chilean mathematician and computer scientist

Eric Goles

Chesley V. Morton, American businessman and politician

Chesley V. Morton

Keith Hart, Canadian firefighter, wrestler, and trainer

Keith Hart (wrestler)

Glenn Hughes, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

Glenn Hughes

Jiří Paroubek, Czech soldier and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

Jiří Paroubek · Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

Bernadette Porter, English nun and educator

Bernadette Porter

Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)

Joe Strummer

Ivan Stang, American author, publisher, and director

Ivan Stang

Archie Griffin, American football player

Archie Griffin

Steve Smith, American drummer (Journey)

Steve Smith (musician) · Journey (band)

Mark Williams, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter

Mark Williams (singer)

Kim Cattrall, English-Canadian actress

Kim Cattrall

Jon Tester, American farmer and politician

Jon Tester

Frank Pastore, American baseball player and radio host (d. 2012)

Frank Pastore

Mark Williams, Australian footballer and coach

Mark Williams (Australian footballer, born 1958)

Anne Hobbs, English tennis player and coach

Anne Hobbs

Jim McMahon, American football player and coach

Jim McMahon

Gerardo Barbero, Argentinian chess player and coach (d. 2001)

Gerardo Barbero

V. B. Chandrasekhar, Indian cricketer and coach

V. B. Chandrasekhar

Stephen Hillenburg, American marine biologist, cartoonist, and animator

Stephen Hillenburg

John Korfas, Greek-American basketball player and coach

John Korfas

Mohammed VI of Morocco, King of Morocco

Mohammed VI of Morocco · Morocco

Nigel Pearson, English footballer and manager

Nigel Pearson

Gary Elkerton, Australian surfer

Gary Elkerton

Jim Bullinger, American baseball player

Jim Bullinger

John Wetteland, American baseball player and coach

John Wetteland

Darren Bewick, Australian footballer

Darren Bewick

Charb, French journalist and cartoonist (d. 2015)

Charb

Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress

Carrie-Anne Moss

Serj Tankian, Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer

Serj Tankian

Dina Carroll, English singer-songwriter

Dina Carroll

Goran Ćurko, Serbian footballer

Goran Ćurko

Laura Trevelyan, English journalist and author

Laura Trevelyan

Bruce Anstey, New Zealand motorcycle racer

Bruce Anstey

Josée Chouinard, Canadian figure skater

Josée Chouinard

Craig Counsell, American baseball player and coach

Craig Counsell

Erik Dekker, Dutch cyclist and manager

Erik Dekker

Cathy Weseluck, Canadian actress

Cathy Weseluck

Mamadou Diallo, Senegalese footballer

Mamadou Diallo

Robert Harvey, Australian footballer and coach

Robert Harvey (footballer)

Liam Howlett, English keyboard player, DJ, and producer

Liam Howlett

Sergey Brin, Russian-American computer scientist and businessman, co-founded Google

Sergey Brin · Google

Steve McKenna, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Steve McKenna

Martin Andanar, Filipino journalist and radio host

Martin Andanar

Paul Mellor, Australian rugby league player and referee

Paul Mellor

Simon Katich, Australian cricketer and manager

Simon Katich

Alex Brooks, American ice hockey player and scout

Alex Brooks

Jeff Cunningham, Jamaican-American soccer player

Jeff Cunningham

Robert Miles, Australian rugby league player

Robert Miles (rugby league)

Ramón Vázquez, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach

Ramón Vázquez

Peter Buxton, English rugby player and manager

Peter Buxton

Reuben Droughns, American football player and coach

Reuben Droughns

Lee Gronkiewicz, American baseball player and coach

Lee Gronkiewicz

Alan Lee, Irish footballer and coach

Alan Lee (footballer)

Jason Marquis, American baseball player

Jason Marquis

Kelis, American singer-songwriter, producer, chef and author

Kelis

Burney Lamar, American race car driver

Burney Lamar

Paul Menard, American race car driver

Paul Menard

Jasmin Wöhr, German tennis player

Jasmin Wöhr

Jarrod Lyle, Australian golfer

Jarrod Lyle

Cameron Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU

Cameron Winklevoss · ConnectU

Tyler Winklevoss, American rower and businessman, co-founded ConnectU

Tyler Winklevoss · ConnectU

Jason Eaton, New Zealand rugby player

Jason Eaton

Omar Sachedina, Canadian television journalist, correspondent, and news anchor

Omar Sachedina

Scott McDonald, Australian footballer

Scott McDonald

Neil Dexter, South African cricketer

Neil Dexter

Melvin Upton, Jr., American baseball player

Melvin Upton, Jr.

Nicolás Almagro, Spanish tennis player

Nicolás Almagro

Aleksandra Kiryashova, Russian pole vaulter

Aleksandra Kiryashova

Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter

Usain Bolt

Wout Brama, Dutch footballer

Wout Brama

Koki Sakamoto, Japanese gymnast

Koki Sakamoto

Robert Lewandowski, Polish footballer

Robert Lewandowski

Kacey Musgraves, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Kacey Musgraves

Charlison Benschop, Dutch footballer

Charlison Benschop

James Davey, English rugby league player

James Davey (rugby league)

Matteo Gentili, Italian footballer

Matteo Gentili

Hayden Panettiere, American actress

Hayden Panettiere

Aleix Vidal, Spanish footballer

Aleix Vidal

Leandro Bacuna, Dutch footballer

Leandro Bacuna

Emperor Kōbun of Japan (b. 648)

Emperor Kōbun

Alberic, archbishop of Utrecht

Alberic of Utrecht · Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht

Tang Daoxi, Chinese general

Tang Daoxi

King Baldwin II of Jerusalem

Baldwin II of Jerusalem

William II, Count of Nevers (b. c. 1089)

William II, Count of Nevers

Alfonso VII of León and Castile (b. 1105)

Alfonso VII of León and Castile

Alexander of Hales, English theologian

Alexander of Hales

Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (b. 1220)

Alphonse, Count of Poitiers

Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, 44th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1464)

Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam · Knights Hospitaller

Jean Parisot de Valette, 49th Grandmaster of the Knights Hospitaller (b. 1495)

Jean Parisot de Valette · Grand Master (order) · Knights Hospitaller

Elizabeth Báthory, Hungarian countess and serial killer (b. 1560)

Elizabeth Báthory

Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana, Spanish poet and politician (b. 1582)

Juan de Tassis, 2nd Count of Villamediana

Jacques Mauduit, French composer and academic (b. 1557)

Jacques Mauduit

Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford, English soldier (b. 1599)

Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford

William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (b. 1661)

William Cleland

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English author, poet, and playwright (b. 1689)

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1710)

Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont · Secretary of State for the Southern Department

Zahir al-Umar, Arabian ruler (b. 1690)

Zahir al-Umar

John McKinly, American physician and politician, 1st Governor of Delaware (b. 1721)

John McKinly · Governor of Delaware

Benjamin Thompson, American-English physicist and colonel (b. 1753)

Benjamin Thompson

John MacCulloch, Scottish geologist and academic (b. 1773)

John MacCulloch

Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist and engineer (b. 1785)

Claude-Louis Navier

Adelbert von Chamisso, German botanist and poet (b. 1781)

Adelbert von Chamisso

Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon, French general (b. 1783)

Charles Tristan, marquis de Montholon

Thomas Clayton, American lawyer and politician (b. 1777)

Thomas Clayton

Ma Xinyi, Chinese general and politician, Viceroy of Liangjiang (b. 1821)

Ma Xinyi · Viceroy of Liangjiang

James Farnell, Australian politician, 8th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1825)

James Farnell · Premier of New South Wales

Alexander von Oettingen, Estonian theologian and statistician (b. 1827)

Alexander von Oettingen

Bertalan Székely, Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1835)

Bertalan Székely

Laurence Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1875)

Laurence Doherty

John Hartley, English tennis player (b. 1849)

John Hartley (tennis)

Hermann Obrecht, Swiss lawyer and politician (b. 1882)

Hermann Obrecht

Ernest Thayer, American poet and author (b. 1863)

Ernest Thayer

Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (b. 1879)

Leon Trotsky · Red Army

Henrik Pontoppidan, Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)

Henrik Pontoppidan · Nobel Prize in Literature

Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French engineer and businessman, founded Bugatti (b. 1881)

Ettore Bugatti · Bugatti

Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (b. 1905)

Constant Lambert

Mait Metsanurk, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1879)

Mait Metsanurk

Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)

Nels Stewart

Harald Sverdrup, Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. 1888)

Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer)

David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (b. 1886)

David B. Steinman · Mackinac Bridge

Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1893)

Palmiro Togliatti · Italian Minister of Justice

George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (b. 1941)

George Jackson (Black Panther) · Black Guerrilla Family

Buford Pusser, American police officer (b. 1937)

Buford Pusser

Charles Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1907)

Charles and Ray Eames · Eames House

Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1910)

Giuseppe Meazza

Benigno Aquino, Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (b. 1932)

Benigno Aquino, Jr.

Teodoro de Villa Diaz, Filipino guitarist and songwriter (b. 1963)

Teodoro de Villa Diaz

Ray Eames, American architect, co-designed the Eames House (b. 1912)

Charles and Ray Eames · Eames House

Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1945)

Raul Seixas

Tatiana Troyanos, American soprano and actress (b. 1938)

Tatiana Troyanos

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910)

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar · Nobel Prize in Physics

Chuck Stevenson, American racing driver (b. 1919)

Chuck Stevenson

Tomata du Plenty, American singer-songwriter and playwright (b. 1948)

Tomata du Plenty

Daniel Lisulo, Zambian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930)

Daniel Lisulo · Prime Minister of Zambia

Andrzej Zawada, Polish mountaineer and author (b. 1928)

Andrzej Zawada

Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)

Calum MacKay

John Coplans, British artist (b. 1920)

John Coplans

Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and academic (b. 1946)

Kathy Wilkes

Sachidananda Routray, Indian Oriya-language poet (b. 1916)

Sachidananda Routray

Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (b. 1957)

Martin Dillon (musician)

Robert Moog, American businessman, founded Moog Music (b. 1934)

Robert Moog · Moog Music

Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator (b. 1936)

Dahlia Ravikovitch

Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925)

Marcus Schmuck

Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philanthropist (b. 1941)

Paul Fentener van Vlissingen

Siobhan Dowd, British author (b. 1960)

Siobhan Dowd

Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (b. 1918)

Elizabeth P. Hoisington

Jerry Finn, American engineer and producer (b. 1969)

Jerry Finn

Rex Shelley, Singaporean engineer and author (b. 1930)

Rex Shelley

Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, Argentinean sociologist and author (b. 1941)

Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill

Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, Federal Minister of Defence for Germany (b. 1920)

Georg Leber · Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany)

J. Frank Raley Jr., American soldier and politician (b. 1926)

J. Frank Raley Jr.

Don Raleigh, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1926)

Don Raleigh

Guy Spitaels, Belgian academic and politician, 7th Minister-President of Wallonia (b. 1931)

Guy Spitaels · Minister-President of Wallonia

William Thurston, American mathematician and academic (b. 1946)

William Thurston

Jean Berkey, American lawyer and politician (b. 1938)

Jean Berkey

Sid Bernstein, American record producer (b. 1918)

Sid Bernstein

C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1936)

C. Gordon Fullerton

Fred Martin, Scottish footballer (b. 1929)

Fred Martin (footballer)

Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (b. 1932)

Enos Nkala · Ministry of Defence (Zimbabwe)

Gerry Anderson, Irish radio and television host (b. 1944)

Gerry Anderson (broadcaster)

Helen Bamber, English psychotherapist and academic (b. 1925)

Helen Bamber

Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1946)

Steven R. Nagel

Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1937)

Jean Redpath

Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician, 9th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1932)

Albert Reynolds · Taoiseach

Colin Beyer, New Zealand lawyer and businessman (b. 1938)

Colin Beyer

Wang Dongxing, Chinese commander and politician (b. 1916)

Wang Dongxing

Jimmy Evert, American tennis player and coach (b. 1924)

Jimmy Evert

Bajram Rexhepi, First Kosovan Prime Ministers of UN mission administration in Kosovo . (b. 1954)

Bajram Rexhepi