"August 8th" redirects here. For the 2012 film, see
August Eighth .
August 8 is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 145 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1220 – Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula .
1503 – King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor , daughter of King Henry VII of England at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh , Scotland.
1576 – The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe 's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven .
1585 – John Davis enters Cumberland Sound in search of the Northwest Passage .
1588 – Anglo-Spanish War : Battle of Gravelines : The naval engagement ends, 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 Dungan's Hill : English Parliamentary forces defeat Irish forces.
1709 – Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the King of Portugal in Lisbon , Portugal
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 occurs during the French Revolution.
1794 – Joseph Whidbey leads an expedition to search for the Northwest Passage near Juneau, Alaska .
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 (LDS 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).
1870 – The Republic of Ploiești , a failed Radical-Liberal rising against Domnitor Carol of Romania .
1876 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph .
1885 – More than 1.5 million people attend the funeral of Ulysses S. Grant in New York City.
1908 – Wilbur Wright makes his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans , France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
1918 – World War I : The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive ).
1927 – The predecessor to the Philippine Stock Exchange opens.
1929 – The German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight.
1940 – The "Aufbau Ost " directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel .
1942 – Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi 's call for swaraj or complete independence.
1945 – The London Charter is signed by France , the United Kingdom , the Soviet Union and the United States , establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials .
1946 – First flight of the Convair B-36 , the world's first mass-produced nuclear weapon delivery vehicle, the heaviest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft, with the longest wingspan of any military aircraft, and the first bomber with intercontinental range.
1960 – South Kasai secedes from the Congo .
1963 – Great Train Robbery : In England, a gang of 15 train robbers steal £ 2.6 million in bank notes.
1963 – The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the Zimbabwe African People's Union .
1967 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines , Singapore and Thailand .
1969 – At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the photo that becomes the cover of the Beatles album Abbey Road .
1973 – Kim Dae-jung , a South Korean politician and later president of South Korea, is kidnapped .
1974 – President Richard Nixon , in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
1980 – The Central Hotel Fire occurs in Bundoran , Ireland.
1988 – The "8888 Uprising " occurs in Burma .
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 – The Warsaw radio mast , at one time the tallest construction ever built, collapses.
2000 – Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley is raised to the surface after 136 years on the ocean floor and 30 years after its discovery by undersea explorer E. Lee Spence .
2007 – An EF2 tornado touches down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York , the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
2008 – A EuroCity express train en route from Kraków , Poland to Prague , Czech Republic strikes a part of a motorway bridge that had fallen onto the railroad track near Studénka railway station in the Czech Republic and derails, killing eight people and injuring 64 others.
2008 – Official ceremony of 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Bird's Nest.
2010 – 2010 China floods : A mudslide in Zhugqu County , Gansu , China, kills more than 1,400 people.
2013 – A suicide bombing at a funeral in the Pakistani city of Quetta kills at least 31 people.
2015 – 8 people are killed in a shooting in Houston, Texas.
Births
1079 – Emperor Horikawa of Japan (d. 1107)
1518 – Conrad Lycosthenes , French-German scholar and author (d. 1561)
1605 – Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore , English lawyer and politician, Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1675)
1640 – Amalia Catharina , German poet and composer (d. 1697)
1646 – Godfrey Kneller , German-English painter (d. 1723)
1673 – John Ker , Scottish spy (d. 1726)
1693 – Laurent Belissen , French composer (d. 1762)
1694 – Francis Hutcheson , Irish philosopher and academic (d. 1746)
1709 – Hermann Anton Gelinek , German-Italian monk and violinist (d. 1779)
1720 – Carl Fredrik Pechlin , Swedish general and politician (d. 1796)
1790 – Ferenc Kölcsey , Hungarian poet, critic, and politician (d. 1838)
1807 – Emilie Flygare-Carlén , Swedish author (d. 1892)
1814 – Esther Hobart Morris , American lawyer and judge (d. 1902)
1824 – Maria Alexandrovna , German-Russian wife of Alexander II of Russia (d. 1880)
1839 – Nelson A. Miles , American general (d. 1925)
1856 – Thomas Anstey Guthrie , English journalist and author (d. 1934)
1857 – Cécile Chaminade , French pianist and composer (d. 1944)
1866 – Matthew Henson , American explorer (d. 1955)
1874 – Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield , English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (d. 1948)
1875 – Arthur Bernardes , Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil (d. 1955)
1876 – Varghese Payyappilly Palakkappilly , Indian-Syrian priest, founded the Sisters of the Destitute (d. 1929)
1879 – Bob Smith , American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1950)
1879 – Emiliano Zapata , Mexican general and politician (d. 1919)
1880 – Earle Page , Australian lawyer, academic, and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1961)
1881 – Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist , German field marshal (d. 1954)
1882 – Ladislas Starevich , Russian-French animator, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1965)
1884 – Sara Teasdale , American poet and educator (d. 1933)
1889 – Hans Egede Budtz , Danish actor (d. 1968)
1889 – Jack Ryder , Australian cricketer (d. 1977)
1891 – Adolf Busch , German violinist and composer (d. 1952)
1896 – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings , American author and academic (d. 1953)
1898 – Alexis Minotis , Greek actor and director (d. 1990)
1901 – Ernest Lawrence , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1958)
1902 – Paul Dirac , English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1984)
1903 – Dayton Lummis , American actor (d. 1988)
1904 – Achille Varzi , Italian race car driver (d. 1948)
1905 – André Jolivet , French composer (d. 1974)
1907 – Benny Carter , American saxophonist, trumpet player, and composer (d. 2003)
1908 – Arthur Goldberg , American jurist and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to the United Nations (d. 1990)
1909 – Bill Voce , England cricketer and coach (d. 1984)
1910 – Jimmy Murphy , Welsh-English footballer and manager (d. 1989)
1910 – Sylvia Sidney , American actress (d. 1999)
1911 – Rosetta LeNoire , American actress (d. 2002)
1915 – James Elliott , American runner and coach (d. 1981)
1919 – Dino De Laurentiis , Italian actor and producer (d. 2010)
1919 – John David Wilson , English animator and producer (d. 2013)
1920 – Leo Chiosso , Italian songwriter and producer (d. 2006)
1920 – Carol Lambrino , Romanian son of Carol II of Romania (d. 2006)
1920 – Jimmy Witherspoon , American singer (d. 1997)
1921 – William Asher , American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1921 – Webb Pierce , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1991)
1921 – Vulimiri Ramalingaswami , Indian pathologist and academic (d. 2001)
1921 – Esther Williams , American swimmer, actress, and singer (d. 2013)
1922 – Rory Calhoun , American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
1922 – Rudi Gernreich , Austrian-American fashion designer, created the Monokini (d. 1985)
1922 – Gertrude Himmelfarb , American historian, author, and academic
1922 – Károly Reich , Hungarian illustrator (d. 1988)
1925 – Alija Izetbegović , Bosnian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (d. 2003)
1925 – Ginny Tyler , American voice actress and singer (d. 2012)
1926 – Richard Anderson , American actor and producer
1927 – Johnny Temple , American baseball player and coach (d. 1994)
1927 – Maia Wojciechowska , Polish-American author (d. 2002)
1928 – Don Burrows , Australian saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player
1928 – Simón Díaz , Venezuelan singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1929 – Ronnie Biggs , English criminal (d. 2013)
1929 – Larisa Bogoraz , Russian linguist and activist (d. 2004)
1930 – Joan Mondale , American wife of Walter Mondale , 32nd Second Lady of the United States (d. 2014)
1930 – Terry Nation , Welsh-American author and screenwriter (d. 1997)
1930 – Jerry Tarkanian , American basketball player and coach (d. 2015)
1931 – Roger Penrose , English physicist, mathematician, and philosopher
1932 – Luis García Meza Tejada , Bolivian general and politician, 68th President of Bolivia
1932 – Mel Tillis , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Old Dogs )
1933 – Joe Tex , American singer-songwriter (d. 1982)
1933 – Serena Wilson , American dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
1934 – Keith Barron , English actor
1934 – Sarat Pujari , Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
1935 – Donald P. Bellisario , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1935 – John Laws , Papua New Guinean-Australian singer and radio host
1936 – Frank Howard , American baseball player and manager
1936 – Çolpan İlhan , Turkish actress (d. 2014)
1936 – Jan Pieńkowski , Polish-English author and illustrator
1937 – Dustin Hoffman , American actor, singer, and producer
1937 – Cornelis Vreeswijk , Dutch-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 1987)
1938 – Jack Baldwin , English chemist and academic
1938 – Jacques Hétu , Canadian composer and educator (d. 2010)
1938 – Connie Stevens , American actress, singer, director, and producer
1939 – Phil Balsley , American singer-songwriter (The Statler Brothers )
1939 – Viorica Viscopoleanu , Romanian long jumper
1939 – Alexander Watson , American diplomat, United States Ambassador to Peru
1940 – Dilip Sardesai , Indian cricketer (d. 2007)
1940 – Dennis Tito , American engineer and businessman, founded Wilshire Associates
1941 – George Tiller , American physician (d. 2009)
1942 – Dennis Canavan , Scottish educator and politician
1942 – John Gustafson , English singer-songwriter and bass player (Roxy Music , Ian Gillan Band , The Big Three , Quatermass , and Episode Six ) (d. 2014)
1942 – Vardo Rumessen , Estonian pianist and musicologist (d. 2015)
1944 – Brooke Bundy , American actress
1944 – Uli Derickson , Czech-American flight attendant (d. 2007)
1944 – Michael Johnson , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1944 – John Renbourn , English-Scottish guitarist and songwriter (Pentangle ) (d. 2015)
1944 – Simon Taylor , English journalist and author
1946 – Joe Bethancourt , American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
1947 – José Cruz , Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
1947 – Ken Dryden , Canadian ice hockey player, lawyer, and politician
1947 – Larry Wilcox , American actor, director, and producer
1948 – Susan Himmelweit , English economist and academic
1948 – Svetlana Savitskaya , Russian engineer and astronaut
1948 – Margaret Urban Walker , American philosopher
1949 – Keith Carradine , American actor and singer
1949 – Ricardo Londoño , Colombian race car driver (d. 2009)
1950 – Sarah Dunant , English author and critic
1950 – Willie Hall , American drummer and producer (The Blues Brothers , The Bar-Kays , and Booker T. & the M.G.'s )
1950 – Ken Kutaragi , Japanese businessman, created PlayStation
1950 – Lucjan Lis , Polish-German cyclist (d. 2015)
1951 – Martin Brest , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1951 – Phil Carlson , Australian cricketer
1951 – Mohamed Morsi , Egyptian engineer, academic, and politician, 5th President of Egypt
1951 – Mamoru Oshii , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter
1951 – Randy Shilts , American journalist and author (d. 1994)
1951 – Louis van Gaal , Dutch footballer and manager
1952 – Anton Fig , South African-American drummer (Spider , Frehley's Comet , and Booker T. & the M.G.'s )
1952 – Jostein Gaarder , Norwegian author
1952 – Doug Melvin , Canadian baseball player and manager
1952 – Robin Quivers , American radio host, actress, and author
1952 – Sudhakar Rao , Indian cricketer
1953 – Mark Lazarowicz , English politician
1953 – Nigel Mansell , English race car driver
1953 – Don Most , American actor and director
1954 – Nick Holtam , English bishop
1955 – Diddú , Icelandic singer-songwriter
1955 – Herbert Prohaska , Austrian footballer and manager
1955 – Michael Roe , Irish race car driver
1955 – Branscombe Richmond , American actor, stuntman, and producer
1956 – Chris Foreman , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Madness )
1956 – David Grant , English singer (Linx )
1956 – Cecilia Roth , Argentinian actress
1957 – Dennis Drew , American keyboard player (10,000 Maniacs )
1958 – Deborah Norville , American journalist
1959 – Caroline Ansink , Dutch flute player, composer, and educator
1960 – Mustafa Balbay , Turkish journalist and politician
1960 – Ulrich Maly , German politician, 16th Mayor of Nuremberg
1961 – The Edge , English-Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (U2 )
1961 – Daniel House , American bass player and producer (10 Minute Warning and Skin Yard )
1961 – Ron Klain , American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States
1961 – Bruce Matthews , American football player and coach
1961 – Rikki Rockett , American drummer (Poison and Devil City Angels )
1961 – Annemieke Verdoorn , Dutch singer and actress
1961 – Simon Weston , Welsh soldier
1962 – Kool Moe Dee , American rapper (Treacherous Three )
1963 – Rica Fukami , Japanese voice actress and singer
1963 – Hur Jin-ho , South Korean director and screenwriter
1963 – Ron Karkovice , American baseball player and manager
1963 – Emi Shinohara , Japanese voice actress and singer
1963 – Jon Turteltaub , American director and producer
1963 – Stephen Walkom , Canadian ice hockey player, referee, and manager
1964 – Anastasia M. Ashman , American blogger and author
1964 – Scott Sandelin , American ice hockey player and coach
1964 – Paul Taylor , English cricketer
1964 – Eddie Trunk , American radio host and author
1965 – Angus Fraser , English cricketer, manager, and journalist
1965 – El Hefe , American guitarist and trumpet player (NOFX )
1965 – Kate Langbroek , Australian talk show host
1966 – Chris Eubank , English boxer
1966 – John Hudek , American baseball player and coach
1967 – Yūki Amami , Japanese actress
1967 – Eric Angle , American wrestler
1967 – Marcelo Balboa , American soccer player, coach, and sportscaster
1967 – Sable , American wrestler and actress
1967 – Lee Unkrich , American director and screenwriter
1968 – Yvie Burnett , Scottish soprano
1968 – Aldo Calderón van Dyke , Honduran journalist (d. 2013)
1968 – Abey Kuruvilla , Indian cricketer and coach
1968 – Huey Morgan , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fun Lovin' Criminals )
1969 – Song Sung-il , South Korean wrestler
1969 – Monika Tsõganova , Estonian chess player
1969 – Faye Wong , Chinese singer-songwriter and actress
1970 – Trev Alberts , American football player and journalist
1970 – Ben G. Davis , English chemist and academic
1970 – Pascal Duquenne , Belgian actor
1970 – Chester Williams , South African rugby player and coach
1971 – Johnny Balentina , Dutch baseball player
1972 – Joely Collins , Canadian actress and producer
1972 – Andrea de Rossi , Italian rugby player and coach
1972 – Axel Merckx , Belgian cyclist
1972 – Steven Tweed , Scottish footballer and manager
1973 – Shane Lee , Australian cricketer and guitarist (Six & Out )
1973 – Senta Moses , American actress
1973 – Jessica Calvello , American voice actress
1973 – Gert Olesk , Estonian footballer and manager
1973 – Scott Stapp , American singer-songwriter and producer (Creed )
1974 – Manjul Bhargava , Canadian-American mathematician and academic
1974 – Scott D'Amore , Canadian wrestler and manager
1974 – Brian Harvey , English singer-songwriter (East 17 )
1974 – Andy Priaulx , Guernseyan race car driver
1975 – Mick Moss , English singer-songwriter (Antimatter )
1976 – JC Chasez , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor ('N Sync )
1976 – Tawny Cypress , American actress
1976 – Drew Lachey , American singer and actor (98 Degrees )
1977 – Darren Manzella , American sergeant (d. 2013)
1977 – Szilárd Németh , Slovak footballer and manager
1977 – Lindsay Sloane , American actress
1977 – Rocky Thompson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1977 – Nicolas Vogondy , French cyclist
1977 – Mohammad Wasim , Pakistani cricketer
1978 – Alan Maybury , Irish footballer and coach
1978 – Louis Saha , French footballer
1978 – Miho Shiraishi , Japanese actress
1978 – Countess Vaughn , American actress and singer
1978 – Natsuko Kuwatani , Japanese voice actress
1978 – Ebru Yaşar , Turkish singer
1979 – Richard Harwood , English cellist
1979 – Rashard Lewis , American basketball player
1979 – Richard Lyons , Northern Irish racing driver
1979 – Pooja Shah , English actress
1979 – Guðjón Valur Sigurðsson , Icelandic handball player
1980 – Shayna Baszler , American mixed martial artist
1980 – Craig Breslow , American baseball player
1980 – Jack Cassel , American baseball player
1980 – Denisse Guerrero , Mexican singer-songwriter (Belanova )
1980 – Mike Hindert , American singer and bass player (The Bravery )
1980 – Sabine Klaschka , German tennis player
1980 – Diego Markwell , Dutch baseball player
1980 – Pat Noonan , American soccer player
1980 – Michael Urie , American actor, director, and producer
1981 – Vanessa Amorosi , Australian singer-songwriter
1981 – Roger Federer , Swiss tennis player
1981 – Meagan Good , American actress and producer
1981 – Kaori Iida , Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume , Tanpopo , and Dream Morning Musume )
1981 – Bradley McIntosh , English singer and actor (S Club and Upper Street )
1981 – Harel Skaat , Israeli singer-songwriter
1982 – David Florence , Scottish canoe racer
1983 – Guy Burnet , English actor and producer
1983 – Fred Meyers , American actor
1983 – Willie Tonga , Australian rugby player
1984 – Kirk Broadfoot , Scottish footballer
1984 – Brenda Gandini , Argentinian model, actress, and singer
1984 – Devon McTavish , American soccer player
1984 – Norbert Michelisz , Hungarian race car driver
1984 – Martrez Milner , American football player
1985 – Toby Flood , English rugby player
1985 – Ryan Koolwijk , Dutch footballer
1985 – James Morgan , Welsh actor and producer
1985 – Brett Ratliff , American football player
1986 – Kateryna Bondarenko , Ukrainian tennis player
1986 – Pierre Garçon , American football player
1986 – Cody Lightning , Canadian actor
1986 – Peyton List , American actress
1986 – Chris Pressley , American football player
1986 – Charlotte Stokely , American porn actress
1987 – Pierre Boulanger , French actor
1987 – Katie Leung , Scottish actress
1987 – Tatjana Malek , German tennis player
1988 – Princess Beatrice of York
1988 – Danilo Gallinari , Italian basketball player
1988 – Ni Ni , Chinese actress
1988 – Rinku Singh , Indian baseball player
1988 – Laura Slade Wiggins , American actress and singer
1989 – Ken Baumann , American actor and author
1989 – Anthony Rizzo , American baseball player
1989 – Sesil Karatantcheva , Bulgarian-Kazakhstan tennis player
1989 – Hannah Miley , English-Scottish swimmer
1989 – Aleksandra Szwed , Polish actress and singer
1990 – Vladimír Darida , Czech footballer
1990 – Parker Kligerman , American race car driver
1991 – Nélson Oliveira , Portuguese footballer
1992 – Josip Drmić , Swiss footballer
1993 – Ben Breedlove , American blogger (d. 2011)
1993 – Jessie Rogers , Brazilian-American porn actress
1995 – Malin Reitan , Norwegian singer
1998 – Shawn Mendes , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Deaths
869 – Lothair II , Frankish king (b. 825)
1303 – Henry of Castile the Senator (b. 1230)
1555 – Oronce Finé , French mathematician and cartographer (b. 1494)
1588 – Alonso Sánchez Coello , Spanish painter (b. 1532)
1604 – Horio Tadauji , Japanese daimyo (b. 1578)
1631 – Konstantinas Sirvydas , Lithuanian priest, lexicographer, and academic (b. 1579)
1684 – George Booth, 1st Baron Delamer , English politician (b. 1622)
1719 – Christoph Ludwig Agricola , German painter (b. 1667)
1747 – Madeleine de Verchères , Canadian raid leader (b. 1678)
1759 – Carl Heinrich Graun , German tenor and composer (b. 1704)
1827 – George Canning , English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
1828 – Carl Peter Thunberg , Swedish botanist and psychologist (b. 1743)
1863 – Angus MacAskill , Scottish-Canadian giant (b. 1825)
1879 – Immanuel Hermann Fichte , German philosopher and academic (b. 1797)
1887 – Alexander William Doniphan , American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1808)
1897 – Jacob Burckhardt , Swiss historian and academic (b. 1818)
1898 – Eugène Boudin , French painter (b. 1824)
1902 – James Tissot , French painter and illustrator (b. 1836)
1902 – John Henry Twachtman , American painter and academic (b. 1853)
1909 – Mary MacKillop , Australian nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (b. 1842)
1911 – William P. Frye , American lawyer and politician (b. 1830)
1921 – Juhani Aho , Finnish journalist and author (b. 1861)
1928 – Stjepan Radić , Croatian politician (b. 1871)
1930 – Launceston Elliot , Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874)
1934 – Wilbert Robinson , American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1863)
1940 – Johnny Dodds , American clarinet player and saxophonist (b. 1892)
1944 – Erwin von Witzleben , German field marshal (b. 1881)
1944 – Michael Wittmann , German commander (b. 1914)
1947 – Anton Denikin , Russian general (b. 1872)
1950 – Fergus McMaster , Australian businessman, founded Qantas (b. 1879)
1959 – Albert Namatjira , Australian painter (b. 1902)
1961 – Mei Lanfang , Chinese actor and singer (b. 1894)
1962 – Elizabeth Ann Duncan , American murderer (d. 1904)
1964 – Cengiz Topel , Turkish lieutenant and pilot (d. 1934)
1965 – Shirley Jackson , American author (b. 1916)
1969 – Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer , German biologist and eugenicist (b. 1896)
1971 – Freddie Spencer Chapman , English lieutenant (b. 1907)
1972 – Andrea Feldman , American actress (b. 1948)
1973 – Dean Corll , American serial killer (b. 1939)
1973 – Vilhelm Moberg , Swedish historian and author (b. 1898)
1974 – Alexander Nelke , Estonian-American painter and carpenter (b. 1894)
1974 – Baldur von Schirach , German soldier and youth leader (b. 1907)
1975 – Cannonball Adderley , American saxophonist (b. 1928)
1979 – Esther Marion Armstrong , American wife of Edwin Howard Armstrong (b. 1898).
1979 – Nicholas Monsarrat , English lieutenant and author (b. 1910)
1980 – Paul Triquet , Canadian general, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1910)
1981 – Thomas McElwee , Irish activist (b. 1957)
1982 – Eric Brandon , English race car driver and businessman (b. 1920)
1984 – Richard Deacon , American actor (b. 1921)
1984 – Ellen Raskin , American author and illustrator (b. 1928)
1985 – Louise Brooks , American actress and dancer (b. 1906)
1987 – Danilo Blanuša , Croatian mathematician and physicist (b. 1903)
1988 – Félix Leclerc , Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1914)
1988 – Alan Napier , English-American actor (b. 1903)
1991 – Julissa Gomez , American gymnast (b. 1972)
1991 – James Irwin , American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1930)
1992 – Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei , Iranian religious leader and scholar (b. 1899)
1992 – John Kordic , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1965)
1996 – Nevill Francis Mott , English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
1996 – Jüri Randviir , Estonian chess player and journalist (b. 1927)
1998 – Mahmoud Saremi , Iranian journalist (b. 1968)
2003 – Dirk Hoogendam , Dutch-German SS officer (b. 1922)
2003 – Falaba Issa Traoré , Malian director and playwright (b. 1930)
2004 – Leon Golub , American painter and academic (b. 1922)
2004 – Dimitris Papamichael , Greek actor and director (b. 1934)
2004 – Fay Wray , Canadian-American actress (b. 1907)
2005 – Barbara Bel Geddes , American actress and author (b. 1922)
2005 – Ahmed Deedat , South African missionary and author (b. 1918)
2005 – John H. Johnson , American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (b. 1918)
2005 – Gene Mauch , American baseball player and manager (b. 1925)
2005 – Dean Rockwell , American commander, wrestler, and coach (b. 1912)
2005 – Monica Sjöö , Swedish-English painter (b. 1938)
2005 – Ilse Werner , Indonesian-German actress and singer (b. 1921)
2007 – Ma Lik , Chinese journalist and politician (b. 1952)
2007 – Melville Shavelson , American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
2008 – Orville Moody , American golfer (b. 1933)
2008 – Leonard Pagliero , English pilot and dog breeder (b. 1913)
2009 – Daniel Jarque , Spanish footballer (b. 1983)
2010 – Patricia Neal , American actress (b. 1926)
2012 – Fay Ajzenberg-Selove , German-American physicist and academic (b. 1926)
2012 – Ruth Etchells , English poet and academic (b. 1931)
2012 – Sancho Gracia , Spanish actor (b. 1936)
2012 – Surya Lesmana , Indonesian footballer and manager (b. 1944)
2012 – Kurt Maetzig , German director and screenwriter (b. 1911)
2013 – Karen Black , American actress, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1939)
2013 – Johannes Bluyssen , Dutch bishop (b. 1926)
2013 – Fernando Castro Pacheco , Mexican painter, engraver, and illustrator (b. 1918)
2013 – Jack Clement , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1931)
2013 – Igor Kurnosov , Russian chess player (b. 1985)
2013 – Regina Resnik , American soprano and actress (b. 1922)
2014 – Menahem Golan , Israeli director and producer (b. 1929)
2014 – Charles Keating , English-American actor (b. 1941)
2014 – Leonardo Legaspi , Filipino archbishop (b. 1935)
2014 – Danny Murphy , American actor (b. 1955)
2014 – Peter Sculthorpe , Australian composer and conductor (b. 1929)
2014 – Red Wilson , American football and baseball player (b. 1929)
2015 – Christopher Marshall , English physician and biologist (b. 1948)
2015 – Gus Mortson , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)
2015 – Sean Price , American rapper and producer (Boot Camp Clik and Heltah Skeltah ) (b. 1972)
2015 – Sam S. Walker , American general (b. 1925)
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