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Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 References 6 External links Events 29 BC -- Octavian holds the first of three consecutive triumphs in Rome to celebrate the victory over the Dalmatian tribes. 523 -- John I becomes the new Pope after the death of Pope Hormisdas. 554 -- Emperor Justinian I rewards Liberius for his long and distinguished service in the Pragmatic Sanction, granting him extensive estates in Italy. 582 -- Maurice becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 900 -- Count Reginar I of Hainault rises against Zwentibold of Lotharingia and slays him near present - day Susteren. 1099 -- Raniero is elected as Pope Paschal II. 1516 -- The Treaty of Noyon between France and Spain is signed. Francis I of France recognizes Charles 's claim to Naples, and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, recognizes Francis 's claim to Milan. 1521 -- After an extended siege, forces led by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés capture Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. 1532 -- Union of Brittany and France : The Duchy of Brittany is absorbed into the Kingdom of France. 1536 -- Buddhist monks from Kyoto, Japan 's Enryaku - ji temple set fire to 21 Nichiren temples throughout in what will be known as the Tenbun Hokke Disturbance. ( Traditional Japanese date : 27th day of the 7th month of the 5th year of the Tenbun ( 天文 ) era ). 1553 -- Michael Servetus is arrested by John Calvin in Geneva, Switzerland as a heretic. 1624 -- The French king Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu as prime minister. 1645 -- Sweden and Denmark sign Peace of Brömsebro. 1650 -- Colonel George Monck of the English Army forms Monck 's Regiment of Foot, which will later become the Coldstream Guards. 1704 -- War of the Spanish Succession : Battle of Blenheim : English and Imperial forces are victorious over French and Bavarian troops. 1779 -- American Revolutionary War : The Royal Navy defeats the Penobscot Expedition with the most significant loss of United States naval forces prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. 1792 -- King Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people. 1806 -- Battle of Mišar during the Serbian Revolution begins. The battle will end two days later, with a decisive Serbian victory over the Ottomans. 1814 -- The Convention of London, a treaty between the United Kingdom and the United Provinces, is signed in London, England. 1868 -- The 8.5 -- 9.0 M Arica earthquake struck southern Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI ( Extreme ), causing 25,000 + deaths and a destructive basin wide tsunami that affected Hawaii and New Zealand. 1889 -- William Gray of Hartford, Connecticut is granted United States Patent Number 408,709 for `` Coin - controlled apparatus for telephones. '' 1898 -- Spanish -- American War : Spanish and American forces engage in a mock battle for Manila, after which the Spanish commander surrendered in order to keep the city out of Filipino rebel hands. 1898 -- Carl Gustav Witt discovers 433 Eros, the first near - Earth asteroid to be found. 1905 -- Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden. 1906 -- The all black infantrymen of the U.S. Army 's 25th Infantry Regiment are accused of killing a white bartender and wounding a white police officer in Brownsville, Texas, despite exculpatory evidence ; all are later dishonorably discharged. ( Their records were later restored to reflect honorable discharges but there were no financial settlements. ) 1913 -- First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley. 1918 -- Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha May Johnson is the first woman to enlist. 1918 -- Bayerische Motoren Werke AG ( BMW ) established as a public company in Germany. 1920 -- Polish -- Soviet War : The Battle of Warsaw begins and will last till August 25. The Red Army is defeated. 1937 -- Second Sino - Japanese War : The Battle of Shanghai begins. 1942 -- Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the `` Development of Substitute Materials '' project, better known as the Manhattan Project. 1944 -- World War II : German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5. 1954 -- Radio Pakistan broadcasts the `` Qaumī Tarāna '', the national anthem of Pakistan for the first time. 1960 -- The Central African Republic declares independence from France. 1961 -- Cold War : East Germany closes the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin to thwart its inhabitants ' attempts to escape to the West, and construction of the Berlin Wall is started. 1964 -- Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans are hanged for the Murder of John Alan West becoming the last people executed in the United Kingdom. 1967 -- Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57 - year history of Montana 's Glacier National Park in separate incidents. 1968 -- Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to assassinate the Greek dictator Colonel Georgios Papadopoulos in Varkiza, Athens. 1969 -- The Apollo 11 astronauts enjoy a ticker tape parade in New York City. That evening, at a state dinner in Los Angeles, they are awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Richard Nixon. 1977 -- Members of the British National Front ( NF ) clash with anti-NF demonstrators in Lewisham, London, resulting in 214 arrests and at least 111 injuries. 1978 -- One hundred fifty Palestinians in Beirut are killed in a terrorist attack during the second phase of the Lebanese Civil War. 2004 -- One hundred fifty - six Congolese Tutsi refugees are massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi. 2008 -- Russo - Georgian War : Russian units occupy the Georgian city of Gori. 2015 -- At least 76 people are killed and 212 others are wounded in a truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq. Births 985 -- Al - Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Fatimid caliph ( d. 1021 ) 1311 -- Alfonso XI, king of Castile and León ( d. 1350 ) 1584 -- Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Cumberland ( d. 1640 ) 1625 -- Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist ( d. 1698 ) 1662 -- Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council ( d. 1748 ) 1666 -- William Wotton, English linguist and scholar ( d. 1727 ) 1700 -- Heinrich von Brühl, Polish - German politician ( d. 1763 ) 1717 -- Louis François, Prince of Conti ( d. 1776 ) 1756 -- James Gillray, English caricaturist and printmaker ( d. 1815 ) 1764 -- Louis Baraguey d'Hilliers, French general ( d. 1816 ) 1790 -- William Wentworth, Australian journalist, explorer, and politician ( d. 1872 ) 1803 -- Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic ( d. 1869 ) 1814 -- Anders Jonas Ångström, Swedish physicist and astronomer ( d. 1874 ) 1818 -- Lucy Stone, American abolitionist and suffragist ( d. 1893 ) 1819 -- Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Anglo - Irish mathematician and physicist ( d. 1903 ) 1820 -- George Grove, English musicologist and historian ( d. 1900 ) 1823 -- Goldwin Smith, English - Canadian historian and journalist ( d. 1910 ) 1831 -- Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer ( d. 1902 ) 1841 -- Johnny Mullagh, Australian cricketer ( d. 1891 ) 1842 -- Charles Wells, English brewer, founded Charles Wells Ltd ( d. 1914 ) 1851 -- Felix Adler, German - American religious leader and educator ( d. 1933 ) 1860 -- Annie Oakley, American target shooter ( d. 1926 ) 1866 -- Giovanni Agnelli, Italian businessman, founded Fiat S.p.A ( d. 1945 ) 1867 -- George Luks, American painter and illustrator ( d. 1933 ) 1872 -- Richard Willstätter, German - Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate ( d. 1942 ) 1879 -- John Ireland, English composer and educator ( d. 1962 ) 1884 -- Harry Dean, English cricketer and coach ( d. 1957 ) 1888 -- John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented the television ( d. 1946 ) 1888 -- Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian - American sculptor ( d. 1975 ) 1889 -- Camillien Houde, Canadian lawyer and politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal ( d. 1958 ) 1895 -- István Barta, Hungarian water polo player ( d. 1948 ) 1895 -- Bert Lahr, American actor ( d. 1967 ) 1898 -- Jean Borotra, French tennis player ( d. 1994 ) 1898 -- Regis Toomey, American actor ( d. 1991 ) 1899 -- Alfred Hitchcock, English - American director and producer ( d. 1980 ) 1902 -- Felix Wankel, German engineer ( d. 1988 ) 1904 -- Buddy Rogers, American actor and musician ( d. 1999 ) 1906 -- Chuck Carroll, American football player and lawyer ( d. 2003 ) 1906 -- Art Shires, American baseball player and boxer ( d. 1967 ) 1907 -- Basil Spence, Scottish architect, designed Coventry Cathedral ( d. 1976 ) 1908 -- Gene Raymond, American actor and pilot ( d. 1998 ) 1911 -- William Bernbach, American advertiser, co-founded DDB Worldwide ( d. 1982 ) 1912 -- Claire Cribbs, American basketball player and coach ( d. 1985 ) 1912 -- Ben Hogan, American golfer and sportscaster ( d. 1997 ) 1912 -- Salvador Luria, Italian - American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1991 ) 1913 -- Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of Cyprus ( d. 1977 ) 1913 -- Fred Davis, English snooker player ( d. 1998 ) 1914 -- Grace Bates, American mathematician and academic ( d. 1996 ) 1917 -- Sid Gordon, American baseball player ( d. 1975 ) 1918 -- Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago ( d. 2006 ) 1918 -- Frederick Sanger, English biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 2013 ) 1919 -- Rex Humbard, American evangelist and television host ( d. 2007 ) 1919 -- George Shearing, English jazz pianist and bandleader ( d. 2011 ) 1920 -- Neville Brand, American actor ( d. 1992 ) 1921 -- Louis Frémaux, French conductor ( d. 2017 ) 1921 -- Jimmy McCracklin, American blues / R&B singer - songwriter and pianist ( d 2012 ) 1922 -- Chuck Gilmur, American basketball player, coach, and educator ( d. 2011 ) 1925 -- Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer ( d. 2005 ) 1925 -- José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentine executive and policy maker ( d. 2013 ) 1926 -- Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, 15th President of Cuba ( d. 2016 ) 1928 -- John Tidmarsh, English journalist and radio host 1929 -- Pat Harrington, Jr., American actor ( d. 2016 ) 1930 -- Wilfried Hilker, German footballer and referee 1930 -- Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player ( d. 2007 ) 1930 -- Bernard Manning, English comedian ( d. 2007 ) 1930 -- Wilmer Mizell, American baseball player and politician ( d. 1999 ) 1930 -- Bob Wiesler, American baseball player ( d. 2014 ) 1933 -- Joycelyn Elders, American admiral and physician, 15th Surgeon General of the United States 1935 -- Alex de Renzy, American director and producer ( d. 2001 ) 1935 -- Mudcat Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster 1938 -- Dave `` Baby '' Cortez, American R&B pianist, organist, and composer 1940 -- Bill Musselman, American basketball player and coach ( d. 2000 ) 1943 -- Fred Hill, American football player 1943 -- Ertha Pascal - Trouillot, President of Haiti 1943 -- Michael Willetts, English sergeant ; George Cross recipient ( d. 1971 ) 1945 -- Lars Engqvist, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden 1945 -- Gary Gregor, American basketball player 1945 -- Robin Jackman, Indian - English cricketer and sportscaster 1945 -- Howard Marks, Welsh cannabis smuggler, writer, and legalisation campaigner ( d. 2016 ) 1947 -- Fred Stanley, American baseball player and manager 1947 -- John Stocker, Canadian voice actor and director 1947 -- Margareta Winberg, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden 1948 -- Kathleen Battle, American operatic soprano 1949 -- Jim Brunzell, American wrestler 1949 -- Bobby Clarke, Canadian ice hockey player and manager 1949 -- Philippe Petit, French tightrope walker 1950 -- Jane Carr, English actress 1950 -- Rusty Gerhardt, American baseball player, coach, and manager 1951 -- Dan Fogelberg, American singer - songwriter and guitarist ( d. 2007 ) 1952 -- Dave Carter, American singer - songwriter and guitarist ( d. 2002 ) 1952 -- Gary Gibbs, American football player and coach 1952 -- Suzanne Muldowney, American performance artist 1952 -- Herb Ritts, American photographer and director ( d. 2002 ) 1952 -- Hughie Thomasson, American singer - songwriter and guitarist ( d. 2007 ) 1952 -- Eugenio Lopez III, Filipino businessperson, CEO and chairman of ABS - CBN Corporation 1953 -- Tom Cohen, American philosopher, theorist, and academic 1953 -- Ron Hilditch, Australian rugby league player and coach 1953 -- Thomas Pogge, German philosopher and academic 1953 -- Peter Wright, English historian and author 1954 -- Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player ( d. 2001 ) 1955 -- Keith Ahlers, English race car driver 1955 -- Hideo Fukuyama, Japanese race car driver 1955 -- Paul Greengrass, English director and screenwriter 1958 -- David Feherty, Northern Irish golfer and sportscaster 1958 -- Feargal Sharkey, Northern Irish singer - songwriter 1958 -- Randy Shughart, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient ( d. 1993 ) 1959 -- Danny Bonaduce, American actor and wrestler 1959 -- Bruce French, English cricketer and coach 1959 -- Tom Niedenfuer, American baseball player 1960 -- Ivar Stukolkin, Estonian swimmer 1961 -- Neil Mallender, English cricketer and umpire 1961 -- Tom Perrotta, American novelist and screenwriter 1962 -- John Slattery, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1963 -- Steve Higgins, American talk show co-host and announcer, writer, producer, comedian and impressionist 1963 -- Valerie Plame, American CIA agent and author 1963 -- Sridevi, Indian actress ( d. 2018 ) 1964 -- Jay Buhner, American baseball player and sportscaster 1964 -- Debi Mazar, American actress 1964 -- Tom Prince, American baseball player and manager 1965 -- Mark Lemke, American baseball player, coach, and radio host 1965 -- Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer and conductor 1966 -- Scooter Barry, American basketball player 1966 -- Shayne Corson, Canadian ice hockey player 1967 -- Dave Jamerson, American basketball player 1967 -- Digna Ketelaar, Dutch tennis player 1968 -- Tal Bachman, Canadian singer - songwriter 1968 -- Todd Hendricks, American football player and coach 1968 -- Tony Jarrett, English sprinter and hurdler 1969 -- Midori Ito, Japanese figure skater 1970 -- Will Clarke, American author 1970 -- Elvis Grbac, American football player and coach 1970 -- Alan Shearer, English footballer and manager 1971 -- Patrick Carpentier, Canadian race car driver 1971 -- Adam Housley, American baseball player and journalist 1972 -- Kevin Plank, American businessman, founded Under Armour 1973 -- Molly Henneberg, American journalist 1973 -- Eric Medlen, American race car driver ( d. 2007 ) 1974 -- Scott MacRae, American baseball player and coach 1974 -- Joe Perry, English snooker player 1974 -- Niklas Sundin, Swedish musician and artist 1974 -- Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player and coach 1975 -- Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer 1975 -- Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster 1976 -- Geno Carlisle, American basketball player 1976 -- Nicolás Lapentti, Ecuadorian tennis player 1977 -- Michael Klim, Polish - Australian swimmer 1977 -- Kenyan Weaks, American basketball player and coach 1978 -- Dwight Smith, American football player 1979 -- Román Colón, Dominican baseball player 1979 -- Corey Patterson, American baseball player 1979 -- Taizō Sugimura, Japanese politician 1980 -- Murtz Jaffer, Canadian journalist 1982 -- Christopher Raeburn, English fashion designer 1982 -- Sarah Huckabee Sanders, American political consultant and press secretary 1982 -- Sebastian Stan, Romanian - American actor 1983 -- Dallas Braden, American baseball player 1983 -- Aleš Hemský, Czech ice hockey player 1983 -- Ľubomír Michalík, Slovak footballer 1983 -- Christian Müller, German footballer 1984 -- Alona Bondarenko, Ukrainian tennis player 1984 -- Niko Kranjčar, Croatian footballer 1984 -- Boone Logan, American baseball player 1984 -- James Morrison, English singer - songwriter and guitarist 1985 -- Gerrit van Look, German rugby player and coach 1987 -- Jose Lorenzo Diokno, Filipino director, producer, and screenwriter 1987 -- Devin McCourty, American football player 1987 -- Jason McCourty, American football player 1987 -- Jamie Reed, Welsh footballer 1988 -- Keith Benson, American basketball player 1988 -- Brandon Workman, American baseball player 1989 -- Greg Draper, New Zealand footballer 1989 -- Justin Greene, American basketball player 1989 -- Israel Jiménez, Mexican footballer 1990 -- DeMarcus Cousins, American basketball player 1990 -- Benjamin Stambouli, French footballer 1991 -- Dave Days, American singer - songwriter and guitarist 1992 -- Lucas Moura, Brazilian footballer 1992 -- Katrina Gorry, Australian football player 1992 -- Alicja Tchórz, Polish swimmer 1993 -- Moses Mbye, Australian rugby league player 1994 -- Filip Forsberg, Swedish ice hockey player 1996 -- Antonia Lottner, German tennis player 1998 -- Dalma Gálfi, Hungarian tennis player 1998 -- Dina and Arina Averina, Russian rhythmic gymnasts Deaths 587 -- Radegund, Frankish princess and saint ( b. 520 ) 604 -- Wen, emperor of the Sui Dynasty ( b. 541 ) 612 -- Fabia Eudokia, Byzantine empress ( b. 580 ) 662 -- Maximus the Confessor, Byzantine theologian 696 -- Takechi, Japanese prince 900 -- Zwentibold, king of Lotharingia ( b. 870 ) 908 -- Al - Muktafi, Abbasid caliph 981 -- Gyeongjong, king of Goryeo ( Korea ) ( b. 955 ) 1134 -- Irene of Hungary, Byzantine empress ( b. 1088 ) 1297 -- Nawrūz, Mongol emir 1311 -- Pietro Gradenigo, doge of Venice 1382 -- Eleanor of Aragon, queen of Castile ( b. 1358 ) 1447 -- Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan ( b. 1392 ) 1523 -- Gerard David, Flemish painter ( b. 1460 ) 1608 -- Giambologna, Italian sculptor ( b. 1529 ) 1617 -- Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Swiss clergyman and theologian ( b. 1540 ) 1667 -- Jeremy Taylor, Irish bishop and saint ( b. 1613 ) 1686 -- Louis Maimbourg, French priest and historian ( b. 1610 ) 1721 -- Jacques Lelong, French priest and author ( b. 1665 ) 1744 -- John Cruger, Danish - American businessman and politician, 39th Mayor of New York City ( b. 1678 ) 1749 -- Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic ( b. 1719 ) 1766 -- Margaret Fownes - Luttrell, English painter ( b. 1726 ) 1826 -- René Laennec, French physician, invented the stethoscope ( b. 1781 ) 1863 -- Eugène Delacroix, French painter and lithographer ( b. 1798 ) 1865 -- Ignaz Semmelweis, Hungarian physician and obstetrician ( b. 1818 ) 1910 -- Florence Nightingale, Italian - English nurse and theologian ( b. 1820 ) 1912 -- Jules Massenet, French composer ( b. 1842 ) 1917 -- Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( b. 1860 ) 1934 -- Mary Hunter Austin, American author and playwright ( b. 1868 ) 1937 -- Sigizmund Levanevsky, Soviet aircraft pilot of Polish origin ( b. 1902 ) 1946 -- H.G. Wells, English novelist, historian, and critic ( b. 1866 ) 1954 -- Demetrius Constantine Dounis, Greek violinist and mandolin player ( b. 1886 ) 1958 -- Francis J. McCormick, American football, basketball player, and coach ( b. 1903 ) 1963 -- Louis Bastien, French cyclist and fencer ( b. 1881 ) 1965 -- Hayato Ikeda, Japanese lawyer and politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan ( b. 1899 ) 1971 -- W.O. Bentley, English race car driver and engineer, founded Bentley Motors Limited ( b. 1888 ) 1975 -- Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher ( b. 1901 ) 1978 -- Lonnie Mayne, American wrestler ( b. 1944 ) 1979 -- Andrew Dasburg, American painter and sculptor ( b. 1887 ) 1984 -- Tigran Petrosian, Georgian - Armenian chess player ( b. 1929 ) 1986 -- Helen Mack, American actress ( b. 1913 ) 1989 -- Tim Richmond, American race car driver ( b. 1955 ) 1989 -- Larkin I. Smith, American police officer and politician ( b. 1944 ) 1991 -- James Roosevelt, American general and politician ( b. 1907 ) 1995 -- Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer ( b. 1963 ) 1995 -- Jan Křesadlo, Czech - English psychologist and author ( b. 1926 ) 1995 -- Mickey Mantle, American baseball player and sportscaster ( b. 1931 ) 1996 -- António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal ( b. 1910 ) 1998 -- Nino Ferrer, Italian - French singer - songwriter and guitarist ( b. 1934 ) 1998 -- Edward Ginzton, Ukrainian - American physicist and academic ( b. 1915 ) 1998 -- Julien Green, American author ( b. 1900 ) 1998 -- Rafael Robles, Dominican - American baseball player ( b. 1947 ) 1999 -- Ignatz Bubis, German Jewish religious leader ( b. 1927 ) 1999 -- Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and lawyer ( b. 1960 ) 2001 -- Otto Stuppacher, Austrian race car driver ( b. 1947 ) 2001 -- Jim Hughes, American baseball player and manager ( b. 1923 ) 2003 -- Ed Townsend, American singer - songwriter and producer ( b. 1929 ) 2004 -- Julia Child, American chef, author, and television host ( b. 1912 ) 2005 -- Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician ( b. 1916 ) 2005 -- David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand ( b. 1942 ) 2006 -- Tony Jay, English actor and singer ( b. 1933 ) 2006 -- Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish musician ( b. 1975 ) 2007 -- Brian Adams, American wrestler ( b. 1964 ) 2007 -- Brooke Astor, American philanthropist and socialite ( b. 1902 ) 2007 -- Phil Rizzuto, American baseball player and sportscaster ( b. 1917 ) 2008 -- Henri Cartan, French mathematician and academic ( b. 1904 ) 2008 -- Bill Gwatney, American politician ( b. 1959 ) 2008 -- Jack Weil, American businessman ( b. 1901 ) 2009 -- Lavelle Felton, American basketball player ( b. 1980 ) 2009 -- Les Paul, American musician ( b. 1915 ) 2010 -- Panagiotis Bachramis, Greek footballer ( b. 1976 ) 2010 -- Lance Cade, American wrestler ( b. 1981 ) 2010 -- Edwin Newman, American journalist and author ( b. 1919 ) 2011 -- Tareque Masud, Bangladeshi director, producer, and screenwriter ( b. 1957 ) 2011 -- Mishuk Munier, Bangladeshi journalist and cinematographer ( b. 1959 ) 2012 -- Hugo Adam Bedau, American philosopher and academic ( b. 1926 ) 2012 -- Helen Gurley Brown, American journalist and author ( b. 1922 ) 2012 -- Ray Jordon, Australian cricketer and coach ( b. 1937 ) 2012 -- Johnny Pesky, American baseball player and manager ( b. 1919 ) 2012 -- Joan Roberts, American actress and singer ( b. 1917 ) 2013 -- Lothar Bisky, German politician ( b. 1941 ) 2013 -- Aaron Selber, Jr., American businessman and philanthropist ( b. 1927 ) 2013 -- Jean Vincent, French footballer and manager ( b. 1930 ) 2014 -- Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor ( b. 1934 ) 2014 -- Eduardo Campos, Brazilian politician, 14th Brazilian Minister of Science and Technology ( b. 1965 ) 2014 -- Martino Finotto, Italian race car driver ( b. 1933 ) 2014 -- Süleyman Seba, Turkish footballer and manager ( b. 1926 ) 2015 -- Watban Ibrahim al - Tikriti, Iraqi politician, Iraqi Minister of Interior ( b. 1952 ) 2015 -- Bob Fillion, Canadian ice hockey player and manager ( b. 1920 ) 2015 -- Om Prakash Munjal, Indian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Hero Cycles ( b. 1928 ) 2016 -- Kenny Baker, English actor and musician ( b. 1934 ) 2016 -- Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian Hindu leader ( b. 1921 ) 2018 -- Jim Neidhart, American wrestler ( b. 1955 ) Holidays and observances Christian feast day : Benedetto Sinigardi Benildus Romançon Centola and Helen Cassian of Imola Clara Maass ( Lutheran Church ) Fachtna of Rosscarbery Florence Nightingale, Octavia Hill ( Lutheran Church ) Herulph Hippolytus of Rome Jeremy Taylor ( Anglican Communion ) John Berchmans Junian of Mairé Blessed Marco d'Aviano Maximus the Confessor Nerses Glaietsi ( Catholic Church ) Pope Pontian Radegunde Wigbert August 13 ( Eastern Orthodox liturgics ) Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960. International Lefthanders Day ( International ) Women 's Day, commemorates the enaction of Tunisian Code of Personal Status in 1956. ( Tunisia ) References Jump up ^ `` History of the Coldstream Guards ''. Archived from the original on 6 September 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2014. Jump up ^ `` Coin - controlled apparatus for telephones '' ( PDF ). google.com. Retrieved 13 August 2017. Jump up ^ `` Construction of the Berlin Wall ''. Berlin.de. Retrieved 12 August 2017. Jump up ^ Olsen, Jack ( 1996 ). Night of the grizzlies. Moose, Wyo. : Homestead Pub. ISBN 0 - 943972 - 48 - 5. Jump up ^ Taylor, Alan ( July 15, 2014 ). `` The Year Men Walked on the Moon ''. The Atlantic. Retrieved October 24, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Richard Nixon : Remarks at a Dinner in Los Angeles Honoring the Apollo 11 Astronauts ''. The American Presidency Project. August 13, 1969. Retrieved October 24, 2017. Jump up ^ Times, Joseph B. Treaster and Special To the New York. `` Woman in the News ; Firm Leader For Haitians Ertha Pascal - Trouillot ''. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Jane Carr ''. British Film Institute. 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2018. Jump up ^ `` Muldowneyville : Profile ''. muldowneyville.tripod.com. Retrieved 2018 - 04 - 12. Jump up ^ `` Entry List by NOC ''. a.longinestiming.com. Retrieved 7 June 2018. Jump up ^ `` Jim ' The Anvil ' Neidhart dies ''. canoe.com. Retrieved August 13, 2018. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to August 13. 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