August 31 in History

Historical events, births and deaths on August 31 through the ages, from Iran and around the world. This year it falls on 9 Shahrivar 1405.

Occasions on this day in 2026

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National Cheetah Day (Iran) - Marita Rescue Anniversary
cultural
Qazvin Day
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Independence Day (Malaysia)
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Summer Bank Holiday (UK)
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Independence Day (Kyrgyzstan)
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Independence Day (Trinidad and Tobago)

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Famous people born on August 31

Events (55)

1056 (970 years ago) After a sudden gastric illness, Byzantine Empress Theodora dies childless, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
1218 (808 years ago) Al-Kamil becomes sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty.
1302 (724 years ago) Frederick III of Aragon and Charles, Count of Valois sign the Peace of Caltabellotta, which ends the War of the Sicilian Vespers and divides the old Kingdom of Sicily into an island portion and a peninsular portion.
1314 (712 years ago) King Haakon V moves the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo.
1420 (606 years ago) The 8.8–9.4 Caldera earthquake shakes Chile's Atacama Region causing tsunami in Chile, Hawaii, and Japan.
1422 (604 years ago) King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France and his son, Henry VI, becomes king at the age of nine months.
1483 (543 years ago) Under the influence of the Ottoman government, patriarch Symeon I convenes a synod of the Eastern Orthodox Churches in Constantinople which defines the ritual for admitting Catholics to the Eastern Orthodox Churches and condemns the church union of Ferrara-Florence.
1776 (250 years ago) William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey, begins serving his first term.
1795 (231 years ago) War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee (present-day Sri Lanka) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
1798 (228 years ago) Irish Rebellion: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht.
1813 (213 years ago) Peninsular War: Spanish troops repel a French attack in the Battle of San Marcial.
1864 (162 years ago) American Civil War: The Battle of Jonesborough, the culmination of the Atlanta campaign, begins as Union forces under General William T. Sherman clash with Confederate troops under General William J. Hardee south of Atlanta.
1876 (150 years ago) Ottoman Sultan Murad V is deposed and succeeded by his brother, Abdul Hamid II.
1886 (140 years ago) The 7.0 Mw Charleston earthquake strikes southeastern South Carolina with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing 60 people and causing damage worth an estimated at $5 to $6 million.
1888 (138 years ago) Mary Ann Nichols, the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims, is murdered.
1895 (131 years ago) German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his navigable balloon.
1907 (119 years ago) Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention, by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
1918 (108 years ago) World War I: Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin, a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive.
1920 (106 years ago) Polish–Soviet War: A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów.
1933 (93 years ago) The Integral Nationalist Group wins the 1933 Andorran parliamentary election, the first election in Andorra held with universal male suffrage.
1935 (91 years ago) In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
1936 (90 years ago) Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
1939 (87 years ago) Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe.
1940 (86 years ago) Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
1941 (85 years ago) World War II: Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica.
1943 (83 years ago) USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
1949 (77 years ago) The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece into Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War.
1950 (76 years ago) TWA Flight 903 crashes near Itay El Barud, Egypt, killing all 55 aboard.
1957 (69 years ago) The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1959 (67 years ago) A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu, younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm, fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia.
1962 (64 years ago) Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
1963 (63 years ago) Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah) achieves self-governance.
1968 (58 years ago) Start of the Congress of Carrara, one of the major 20th century anarchist congresses.
1972 (54 years ago) Aeroflot Flight 558 crashes in the Abzelilovsky District in Bashkortostan, Russia (then the Soviet Union), killing all 102 people aboard.
1986 (40 years ago) Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Cerritos, California, killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
1986 (40 years ago) The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev, killing 423.
1987 (39 years ago) Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.
1988 (38 years ago) Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing 14.
1988 (38 years ago) CAAC Flight 301 overshoots the runway at Kai Tak Airport and crashes into Kowloon Bay, killing seven people.
1991 (35 years ago) Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
1993 (33 years ago) Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania.
1994 (32 years ago) Russia completes removing its troops from Estonia.
1994 (32 years ago) Argentina abolishes conscription after months of social backlash over the murder of a conscript.
1996 (30 years ago) Saddam Hussein's troops seize Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK.
1997 (29 years ago) Diana, Princess of Wales, her partner, Dodi Fayed, and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
1999 (27 years ago) The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
1999 (27 years ago) A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including two on the ground.
2002 (24 years ago) Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, makes landfall, killing at least 236 people.
2005 (21 years ago) The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.
2006 (20 years ago) Edvard Munch's famous painting, The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
2016 (10 years ago) Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office.
2019 (7 years ago) A sightseeing helicopter crashes in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.
2024 (2 years ago) A helicopter crashes in Kamchatka Krai in the Russian Far East, killing all 22 occupants.
2025 (a year ago) A landslide in the Darfur region of Sudan kills over 1000 people.
2025 (a year ago) An earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills over 1400 people.

Births (257)

12 (2014 years ago) Caligula, Roman emperor (died 41)
161 (1865 years ago) Commodus, Roman emperor (died 192)
1018 (1008 years ago) Jeongjong II, Korean ruler (died 1046)
1168 (858 years ago) Zhang Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1208)
1542 (484 years ago) Isabella de' Medici, Italian princess (died 1576)
1569 (457 years ago) Jahangir, Mughal emperor (died 1627)
1652 (374 years ago) Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Italian nobleman (died 1708)
1663 (363 years ago) Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (died 1705)
1721 (305 years ago) George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1775)
1741 (285 years ago) Jean-Paul-Égide Martini, French composer and educator (died 1816)
1748 (278 years ago) Jean-Étienne Despréaux, French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, and playwright (died 1820)
1767 (259 years ago) Henry Joy McCracken, Irish businessman and activist, founded the Society of United Irishmen (died 1798)
1775 (251 years ago) Agnes Bulmer, English poet and author (died 1836)
1797 (229 years ago) Ramón Castilla, Peruvian military leader and politician, President of Peru (died 1867)
1797 (229 years ago) Stephen Geary, English architect, inventor and entrepreneur (died 1854)
1802 (224 years ago) Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (died 1834)
1811 (215 years ago) Théophile Gautier, French poet and critic (died 1872)
1821 (205 years ago) Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (died 1894)
1823 (203 years ago) Galusha A. Grow, American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (died 1907)
1834 (192 years ago) Amilcare Ponchielli, Italian composer and educator (died 1886)
1842 (184 years ago) Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, American journalist, publisher, and activist (died 1924)
1843 (183 years ago) Georg von Hertling, German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (died 1919)
1870 (156 years ago) Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator (died 1952)
1871 (155 years ago) James E. Ferguson, American banker and politician, 26th governor of Texas (died 1944)
1875 (151 years ago) Rosa Lemberg, Namibian-born Finnish American teacher, singer and choral conductor (died 1959)
1878 (148 years ago) Frank Jarvis, American sprinter and lawyer (died 1933)
1879 (147 years ago) Alma Mahler, Austrian-American composer and author (died 1964)
1879 (147 years ago) Taishō, Emperor of Japan (died 1926)
1880 (146 years ago) Wilhelmina, queen of the Netherlands (died 1962)
1883 (143 years ago) Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer (died 1959)
1884 (142 years ago) George Sarton, Belgian-American historian of science (died 1956)
1885 (141 years ago) DuBose Heyward, American author and playwright (died 1940)
1890 (136 years ago) August Alle, Estonian poet and author (died 1952)
1890 (136 years ago) Nätti-Jussi, Finnish lumberjack and forest laborer (died 1964)
1893 (133 years ago) Lily Laskine, French harp player (died 1988)
1894 (132 years ago) Albert Facey, Australian soldier and author (died 1982)
1896 (130 years ago) Brian Edmund Baker, English Air Marshal (died 1979)
1896 (130 years ago) Félix-Antoine Savard, Canadian priest and author (died 1982)
1897 (129 years ago) Fredric March, American actor (died 1975)
1900 (126 years ago) Gino Lucetti, Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini (died 1943)
1902 (124 years ago) Géza Révész, Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (died 1977)
1903 (123 years ago) Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host (died 1983)
1903 (123 years ago) Vladimir Jankélévitch, French musicologist and philosopher (died 1985)
1905 (121 years ago) Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (died 2004)
1905 (121 years ago) Sanford Meisner, American actor and educator (died 1997)
1907 (119 years ago) Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer (died 1977)
1907 (119 years ago) Augustus F. Hawkins, American lawyer and politician (died 2007)
1907 (119 years ago) Ramon Magsaysay, Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (died 1957)
1907 (119 years ago) William Shawn, American journalist (died 1992)
1907 (119 years ago) Altiero Spinelli, Italian theorist and politician (died 1986)
1908 (118 years ago) William Saroyan, American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (died 1981)
1909 (117 years ago) Ferenc Fejtő, Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist (died 2008)
1911 (115 years ago) Edward Brongersma, Dutch journalist and politician (died 1998)
1911 (115 years ago) Arsenio Rodríguez, Cuban-American tres player, composer, and bandleader (died 1970)
1913 (113 years ago) Helen Levitt, American photographer and cinematographer (died 2009)
1913 (113 years ago) Bernard Lovell, English physicist and astronomer (died 2012)
1914 (112 years ago) Richard Basehart, American actor (died 1984)
1915 (111 years ago) Pete Newell, American basketball player and coach (died 2008)
1916 (110 years ago) Danny Litwhiler, American baseball player and coach (died 2011)
1916 (110 years ago) Daniel Schorr, American journalist and author (died 2010)
1916 (110 years ago) John S. Wold, American geologist and politician (died 2017)
1918 (108 years ago) Alan Jay Lerner, American songwriter and composer (died 1986)
1919 (107 years ago) Amrita Pritam, Indian poet and author (died 2005)
1921 (105 years ago) Otis G. Pike, American judge and politician (died 2014)
1921 (105 years ago) Raymond Williams, Welsh author and academic (died 1988)
1924 (102 years ago) John Davidson, American physician and politician (died 2012)
1924 (102 years ago) Buddy Hackett, American actor and singer (died 2003)
1924 (102 years ago) Herbert Wise, Austrian-English director and producer (died 2015)
1925 (101 years ago) Ted Blakey, American historian, activist, and businessman (died 2004)
1925 (101 years ago) Moran Campbell, English-Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (died 2004)
1925 (101 years ago) Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (died 2003)
1928 (98 years ago) James Coburn, American actor (died 2002)
1928 (98 years ago) Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal (died 2005)
1930 (96 years ago) Big Tiny Little, American pianist (died 2010)
1931 (95 years ago) Jean Béliveau, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2014)
1931 (95 years ago) Rolf Just Nilsen, Norwegian singer and actor (died 1981)
1931 (95 years ago) Noble Willingham, American actor (died 2004)
1932 (94 years ago) Allan Fotheringham, Canadian journalist (died 2020)
1932 (94 years ago) Roy Castle, English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician (died 1994)
1935 (91 years ago) Eldridge Cleaver, American activist and author (died 1998)
1935 (91 years ago) Bryan Organ, English painter
1935 (91 years ago) Frank Robinson, American baseball player and manager (died 2019)
1936 (90 years ago) Vladimir Orlov, Russian journalist and author (died 2014)
1937 (89 years ago) Warren Berlinger, American actor (died 2020)
1937 (89 years ago) Bobby Parker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2013)
1938 (88 years ago) Martin Bell, English journalist and politician
1939 (87 years ago) Jerry Allison, American drummer and songwriter (died 2022)
1940 (86 years ago) Robbie Basho, American guitarist, pianist, and composer (died 1986)
1940 (86 years ago) Wilton Felder, American saxophonist and bass player (died 2015)
1940 (86 years ago) Larry Hankin, American actor, director, and producer
1940 (86 years ago) Roger Newman, English-American actor and screenwriter (died 2010)
1940 (86 years ago) Jack Thompson, Australian actor
1941 (85 years ago) William DeWitt, Jr., American businessman
1941 (85 years ago) Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator (died 2012)
1942 (84 years ago) Isao Aoki, Japanese golfer
1943 (83 years ago) Leonid Ivashov, Russian general
1944 (82 years ago) Roger Dean, English illustrator and publisher
1944 (82 years ago) Liz Forgan, English journalist
1944 (82 years ago) Christine King, English historian and academic
1944 (82 years ago) Clive Lloyd, Guyanese cricketer
1945 (81 years ago) Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter
1945 (81 years ago) Itzhak Perlman, Israeli-American violinist and conductor
1945 (81 years ago) Bob Welch, American singer and guitarist (died 2012)
1946 (80 years ago) Ann Coffey, Scottish social worker and politician
1946 (80 years ago) Jerome Corsi, American conspiracy theorist and author
1946 (80 years ago) Tom Coughlin, American football player and coach
1947 (79 years ago) Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Italian businessman
1947 (79 years ago) Yumiko Ōshima, Japanese author and illustrator
1947 (79 years ago) Somchai Wongsawat, Thai lawyer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand
1948 (78 years ago) Harald Ertl, Austrian race car driver and journalist (died 1982)
1948 (78 years ago) Lowell Ganz, American screenwriter and producer
1948 (78 years ago) Ken McMullen, English director, producer, and screenwriter
1948 (78 years ago) Holger Osieck, German footballer and manager
1948 (78 years ago) Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist and songwriter
1949 (77 years ago) Richard Gere, American actor and producer
1949 (77 years ago) Stephen McKinley Henderson, American actor
1949 (77 years ago) Hugh David Politzer, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1949 (77 years ago) Rick Roberts, American country-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
1950 (76 years ago) Eduardo Nonato Joson, Filipino politician (died 2025)
1951 (75 years ago) Grant Batty, New Zealand rugby player
1952 (74 years ago) Kim Kashkashian, American viola player and educator
1952 (74 years ago) Herbert Reul, German politician
1953 (73 years ago) Marcia Clark, American attorney and author
1953 (73 years ago) Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentine race car driver
1953 (73 years ago) György Károly, Hungarian poet and author (died 2018)
1953 (73 years ago) Pavel Vinogradov, Russian astronaut and engineer
1953 (73 years ago) Elisabeth Kværne, Norwegian langeleik player (died 2024)
1954 (72 years ago) Julie Brown, American actress and screenwriter
1955 (71 years ago) Aleksander Krupa, Polish-American actor
1955 (71 years ago) Julie Maxton, Scottish lawyer and academic
1955 (71 years ago) Edwin Moses, American hurdler
1955 (71 years ago) Anthony Thistlethwaite, English saxophonist and bass player
1955 (71 years ago) Gary Webb, American journalist and author (died 2004)
1956 (70 years ago) Mária Balážová, Slovak painter and illustrator
1956 (70 years ago) Kent Nilsson, Swedish ice hockey player
1956 (70 years ago) Masashi Tashiro, Japanese singer, actor, and director
1956 (70 years ago) Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician and the President of the Republic of China
1957 (69 years ago) Colm O'Rourke, Irish footballer and sportscaster
1957 (69 years ago) Gina Schock, American drummer
1957 (69 years ago) Glenn Tilbrook, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1958 (68 years ago) Serge Blanco, Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman
1958 (68 years ago) Stephen Cottrell, English bishop
1959 (67 years ago) Ralph Krueger, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959 (67 years ago) Jessica Upshaw, American lawyer and politician (died 2013)
1960 (66 years ago) Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper
1960 (66 years ago) Chris Whitley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2005)
1960 (66 years ago) Hassan Nasrallah, Lebanese politician, 3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah (died 2024)
1961 (65 years ago) Kieran Crowley, New Zealand rugby player
1961 (65 years ago) Magnus Ilmjärv, Estonian historian and author
1962 (64 years ago) Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor
1963 (63 years ago) Reb Beach, American guitarist
1963 (63 years ago) Rituparno Ghosh, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2013)
1963 (63 years ago) Sonny Silooy, Dutch footballer and manager
1964 (62 years ago) Raymond P. Hammond, American poet and critic
1965 (61 years ago) Zsolt Borkai, Hungarian gymnast and politician
1965 (61 years ago) Susan Gritton, English soprano and actress
1966 (60 years ago) Lyuboslav Penev, Bulgarian footballer and manager
1967 (59 years ago) Gene Hoglan, American drummer
1967 (59 years ago) Anita Moen, Norwegian skier
1968 (58 years ago) Valdon Dowiyogo, Nauruan politician (died 2016)
1968 (58 years ago) Hideo Nomo, Japanese baseball player
1968 (58 years ago) Jolene Watanabe, American tennis player (died 2019)
1969 (57 years ago) Nathalie Bouvier, French skier
1969 (57 years ago) Jonathan LaPaglia, Australian actor and physician
1969 (57 years ago) Jeff Russo, American musician
1969 (57 years ago) Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer and referee
1969 (57 years ago) Andrew Cunanan, American spree killer (died 1997)
1970 (56 years ago) Debbie Gibson, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1970 (56 years ago) Nikola Gruevski, Macedonian economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
1970 (56 years ago) Greg Mulholland, English politician
1970 (56 years ago) Queen Rania of Jordan,
1970 (56 years ago) Arie van Lent, Dutch-German footballer and manager
1970 (56 years ago) Zack Ward, Canadian actor and producer
1971 (55 years ago) Kirstie Allsopp, British TV presenter
1971 (55 years ago) Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer
1971 (55 years ago) Vadim Repin, Belgian-Russian violinist
1971 (55 years ago) Chris Tucker, American comedian and actor
1973 (53 years ago) Scott Niedermayer, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1974 (52 years ago) Andriy Medvedev, Ukrainian-Monégasque tennis player
1975 (51 years ago) Craig Cumming, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1975 (51 years ago) John Grahame, American ice hockey player and coach
1975 (51 years ago) Sara Ramirez, Mexican-American actor and musician
1976 (50 years ago) Vincent Delerm, French singer-songwriter and pianist
1976 (50 years ago) Shar Jackson, American actress and singer
1976 (50 years ago) Roque Júnior, Brazilian footballer and manager
1976 (50 years ago) Radek Martínek, Czech ice hockey player
1977 (49 years ago) Jeff Hardy, American wrestler and singer
1977 (49 years ago) Ian Harte, Irish footballer
1977 (49 years ago) Craig Nicholls, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 (49 years ago) Arzu Yanardağ, Turkish actress and model
1978 (48 years ago) Philippe Christanval, French footballer
1978 (48 years ago) Ido Pariente, Israeli mixed martial artist and trainer
1978 (48 years ago) Jennifer Ramírez Rivero, Venezuelan model
1978 (48 years ago) Craig Stapleton, Australian rugby league player
1978 (48 years ago) Sandis Valters, Latvian basketball player
1978 (48 years ago) Morten Qvenild, Norwegian pianist and composer
1979 (47 years ago) Clay Hensley, American baseball player
1979 (47 years ago) Mark Johnston, Canadian swimmer
1979 (47 years ago) Yara Martinez, Puerto Rican-American actress
1979 (47 years ago) Simon Neil, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1979 (47 years ago) Yuvan Shankar Raja, Indian Tamil singer-songwriter and producer
1979 (47 years ago) Ramón Santiago, Dominican baseball player
1979 (47 years ago) Mickie James, American wrestler
1980 (46 years ago) Joe Budden, American broadcaster and former rapper
1981 (45 years ago) Ahmad Al Harthy, Omani race car driver
1981 (45 years ago) Dwayne Peel, Welsh rugby player
1981 (45 years ago) Steve Saviano, American ice hockey player
1982 (44 years ago) Ian Crocker, American swimmer
1982 (44 years ago) Chris Duhon, American basketball player
1982 (44 years ago) Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian sprinter
1982 (44 years ago) Christopher Katongo, Zambian footballer
1982 (44 years ago) Josh Kroeger, American baseball player
1982 (44 years ago) Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
1982 (44 years ago) Pepe Reina, Spanish footballer
1982 (44 years ago) Michele Rugolo, Italian race car driver
1982 (44 years ago) G. Willow Wilson, American journalist and author
1983 (43 years ago) Deniz Aydoğdu, German-Turkish footballer
1983 (43 years ago) Milan Biševac, Serbian footballer
1983 (43 years ago) Larry Fitzgerald, American football player
1984 (42 years ago) Matti Breschel, Danish cyclist
1984 (42 years ago) Ryan Kesler, American ice hockey player
1984 (42 years ago) Ted Ligety, American skier
1984 (42 years ago) Charl Schwartzel, South African golfer
1985 (41 years ago) Rolando, Portuguese footballer
1985 (41 years ago) Andrew Foster, Australian footballer
1985 (41 years ago) Mabel Matiz, Turkish singer
1985 (41 years ago) Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
1986 (40 years ago) Ryan Kelley, American actor
1986 (40 years ago) Johnny Wactor, American actor (died 2024)
1986 (40 years ago) Blake Wheeler, American ice hockey player
1987 (39 years ago) Xavi Annunziata, Spanish footballer
1987 (39 years ago) Petros Kravaritis, Greek footballer
1987 (39 years ago) Ondřej Pavelec, Czech ice hockey player
1988 (38 years ago) Matt Adams, American baseball player
1988 (38 years ago) Trent Hodkinson, Australian rugby league player
1988 (38 years ago) David Ospina, Colombian footballer
1988 (38 years ago) Athena, American wrestler
1989 (37 years ago) Dezmon Briscoe, American football player
1990 (36 years ago) Tadeja Majerič, Slovenian tennis player
1991 (35 years ago) António Félix da Costa, Portuguese race car driver
1991 (35 years ago) Cédric Soares, Portuguese footballer
1992 (34 years ago) Holly Earl, British actress
1992 (34 years ago) Tyler Randell, Australian rugby league player
1992 (34 years ago) Ragna Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic politician
1992 (34 years ago) Nicolás Tagliafico, Argentine footballer
1993 (33 years ago) Pablo Marí, Spanish football player
1993 (33 years ago) Ilnur Alshin, Russian football player
1993 (33 years ago) Anna Karnaukh, Russian water polo player
1994 (32 years ago) Alex Harris, Scottish footballer
1994 (32 years ago) Can Aktav, Turkish football player
1995 (31 years ago) Brittany Mahomes, American soccer player
1996 (30 years ago) Jalen Brunson, American basketball player
1997 (29 years ago) Jaylen Barron, American actress
1998 (28 years ago) BossMan Dlow, American rapper
2000 (26 years ago) Sauce Gardner, American football player
2001 (25 years ago) Amanda Anisimova, American tennis player
2004 (22 years ago) Jang Won-young, South Korean singer and model

Deaths (114)

318 (1708 years ago) Liu Cong, emperor of the Xiongnu state
577 (1449 years ago) John Scholasticus, Byzantine patriarch and saint
651 (1375 years ago) Aidan of Lindisfarne, Irish bishop and saint
731 (1295 years ago) Ōtomo no Tabito, Japanese poet (born 665)
894 (1132 years ago) Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ta'i, Muslim governor
1054 (972 years ago) Kunigunde of Altdorf, Frankish noblewoman (born c. 1020)
1056 (970 years ago) Theodora, Empress of the Byzantine Empire (born 981)
1115 (911 years ago) Turgot of Durham,
1158 (868 years ago) Sancho III of Castile,
1234 (792 years ago) Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan,
1287 (739 years ago) Konrad von Würzburg, German poet
1324 (702 years ago) Henry II of Jerusalem,
1372 (654 years ago) Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (born 1301)
1422 (604 years ago) Henry V of England,
1450 (576 years ago) Isabella of Navarre, Countess of Armagnac (born 1395)
1502 (524 years ago) Thomas Wode, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1528 (498 years ago) Matthias Grünewald, German artist (born 1470)
1645 (381 years ago) Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (born 1566)
1654 (372 years ago) Ole Worm, Danish physician and historian (born 1588)
1688 (338 years ago) John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author (born 1628)
1730 (296 years ago) Gottfried Finger, Czech-German viol player and composer (born 1660)
1741 (285 years ago) Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (born 1681)
1772 (254 years ago) William Borlase, English geologist and historian (born 1695)
1795 (231 years ago) François-André Danican Philidor, French-English chess player and composer (born 1726)
1799 (227 years ago) Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect and academic, designed the Bernstorff Palace and Marienlyst Castle (born 1720)
1811 (215 years ago) Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French admiral and explorer (born 1729)
1814 (212 years ago) Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (born 1738)
1817 (209 years ago) Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, 39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (born 1747)
1818 (208 years ago) Robert Calder, Scottish admiral (born 1745)
1858 (168 years ago) Chief Oshkosh, Menominee chief (born 1795)
1864 (162 years ago) Ferdinand Lassalle, Prussian-German jurist and philosopher (born 1825)
1867 (159 years ago) Charles Baudelaire, French poet and critic (born 1821)
1869 (157 years ago) Mary Ward, Irish astronomer and entomologist (born 1827)
1884 (142 years ago) Robert Torrens, Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (born 1814)
1908 (118 years ago) Leslie Green, English architect (born 1875)
1910 (116 years ago) Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (born 1875)
1912 (114 years ago) Jean, duc Decazes, French sailor (born 1864)
1920 (106 years ago) Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (born 1832)
1924 (102 years ago) Todor Aleksandrov, Bulgarian soldier (born 1881)
1927 (99 years ago) Andranik, Armenian general (born 1865)
1937 (89 years ago) Ruth Baldwin, British socialite (born 1905)
1940 (86 years ago) Georges Gauthier, Canadian archbishop (born 1871)
1940 (86 years ago) DeLancey W. Gill, American painter (born 1859)
1941 (85 years ago) Thomas Bavin, New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (born 1874)
1941 (85 years ago) Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet and author (born 1892)
1945 (81 years ago) Stefan Banach, Polish mathematician (born 1892)
1948 (78 years ago) Andrei Zhdanov, Russian civil servant and politician (born 1896)
1951 (75 years ago) Paul Demel, Czech actor (born 1903)
1952 (74 years ago) Henri Bourassa, Canadian publisher and politician (born 1868)
1954 (72 years ago) Elsa Barker, American author and poet (born 1869)
1963 (63 years ago) Georges Braque, French painter and sculptor (born 1882)
1965 (61 years ago) E. E. Smith, American engineer and author (born 1890)
1967 (59 years ago) Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (born 1891)
1968 (58 years ago) John Hartle, English motorcycle racer (born 1933)
1969 (57 years ago) Rocky Marciano, American boxer (born 1923)
1973 (53 years ago) John Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1894)
1974 (52 years ago) William Pershing Benedict, American soldier and pilot (born 1918)
1974 (52 years ago) Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1923)
1978 (48 years ago) John Wrathall, Rhodesian accountant and politician, 2nd President of Rhodesia (born 1913)
1979 (47 years ago) Sally Rand, American actress and dancer (born 1904)
1979 (47 years ago) Tiger Smith, English cricketer and coach (born 1886)
1984 (42 years ago) Audrey Wagner, American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (born 1927)
1985 (41 years ago) Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
1986 (40 years ago) Elizabeth Coatsworth, American author and poet (born 1893)
1986 (40 years ago) Urho Kekkonen, Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (born 1900)
1986 (40 years ago) Henry Moore, English sculptor and illustrator (born 1898)
1990 (36 years ago) Nathaniel Clifton, American basketball player and coach (born 1922)
1991 (35 years ago) Cliff Lumsdon, Canadian swimmer and coach (born 1931)
1997 (29 years ago) Diana, Princess of Wales (born 1961)
1997 (29 years ago) Dodi Fayed, Egyptian film producer (born 1955)
2000 (26 years ago) Lucille Fletcher, American screenwriter (born 1912)
2000 (26 years ago) Dolores Moore, American baseball player and educator (born 1932)
2002 (24 years ago) Lionel Hampton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (born 1908)
2002 (24 years ago) Farhad Mehrad, Persian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (born 1944)
2002 (24 years ago) George Porter, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1920)
2005 (21 years ago) Joseph Rotblat, Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)
2006 (20 years ago) Mohamed Abdelwahab, Egyptian footballer (born 1983)
2006 (20 years ago) Tom Delaney, English race car driver and businessman (born 1911)
2007 (19 years ago) Gay Brewer, American golfer (born 1932)
2007 (19 years ago) Jean Jacques Paradis, Canadian general (born 1928)
2007 (19 years ago) Sulev Vahtre, Estonian historian and academic (born 1926)
2008 (18 years ago) Ken Campbell, English actor and screenwriter (born 1941)
2008 (18 years ago) Ike Pappas, American journalist (born 1933)
2008 (18 years ago) Victor Yates, New Zealand rugby player (born 1939)
2009 (17 years ago) Eraño Manalo, Filipino religious minister and Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (born 1925)
2010 (16 years ago) Laurent Fignon, French cyclist (born 1960)
2011 (15 years ago) Wade Belak, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1976)
2012 (14 years ago) Max Bygraves, English actor (born 1922)
2012 (14 years ago) Joe Lewis, American martial artist and actor (born 1944)
2012 (14 years ago) Carlo Maria Martini, Italian cardinal (born 1927)
2012 (14 years ago) Kashiram Rana, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1938)
2012 (14 years ago) John C. Shabaz, American judge and politician (born 1931)
2012 (14 years ago) Sergey Sokolov, Russian commander and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for The Soviet Union (born 1911)
2013 (13 years ago) Alan Carrington, English chemist and academic (born 1934)
2013 (13 years ago) David Frost, English journalist and game show host (born 1939)
2013 (13 years ago) Jimmy Greenhalgh, English footballer and manager (born 1923)
2013 (13 years ago) Jan Camiel Willems, Belgian mathematician and theorist (born 1939)
2014 (12 years ago) Bapu, Indian director and screenwriter (born 1933)
2014 (12 years ago) Ștefan Andrei, Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1931)
2014 (12 years ago) Stan Goldberg, American illustrator (born 1932)
2014 (12 years ago) Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1945)
2015 (11 years ago) Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, English politician, founded the National Motor Museum (born 1926)
2015 (11 years ago) Tom Scott, American football player (born 1930)
2018 (8 years ago) Carole Shelley, British-American actress (born 1939)
2019 (7 years ago) Anthoine Hubert, French race car driver (born 1996)
2019 (7 years ago) Alec Holowka, Canadian game developer (born 1983)
2020 (6 years ago) Pranab Mukherjee, Former President of India (born 1935)
2020 (6 years ago) Tom Seaver, American baseball player (born 1944)
2021 (5 years ago) Mahal, Filipino comedian and actress (born 1974)
2021 (5 years ago) Francesco Morini, Italian footballer (born 1944)
2021 (5 years ago) Michael Constantine, Greek-American actor (born 1927)
2021 (5 years ago) Geronimo, British alpaca (born 2013)
2023 (3 years ago) Silvina Luna, Argentine model and actress (born 1980)
2024 (2 years ago) Sol Bamba, Ivorian-French footballer (born 1985)