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==Events==
*[[338 BC]] &ndash; A [[Ancient Macedonian army|Macedonian army]] led by [[Philip II of Macedon|Philip II]] defeated the combined forces of [[Athens]] and [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]] in the [[Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)|Battle of Chaeronea]], securing [[Macedonia (ancient kingdom)|Macedonian]] [[hegemony]] in Greece and the [[Aegean civilizations|Aegean]].
*[[216 BC]] &ndash; [[Second Punic War]]: [[Battle of Cannae]]: The [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] army led by [[Hannibal]] defeats a numerically superior [[Roman Republic|Roman]] army under command of [[consul]]s [[Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 219 BC)|Lucius Aemilius Paullus]] and [[Gaius Terentius Varro]].
* [[461]] &ndash; [[Majorian]] is arrested near [[Tortona]] ([[Northern Italy]]) and deposed by the [[Suebi]]an general [[Ricimer]] as [[Puppet monarch|puppet emperor]].
*[[1274]] &ndash; [[Edward I of England]] returns from the [[Ninth Crusade]] and is crowned King seventeen days later.
*[[1343]] &ndash; Olivier de Clisson is found guilty of treason and beheaded at [[Les Halles]] in Paris. As a result, his wife, [[Jeanne de Clisson]], sold their holding, bought a fleet of ships, and took to the sea as a pirate to seek revenge against King [[Philip VI of France]] and the nobility.
*[[1377]] &ndash; Russian troops are defeated in the [[Battle on Pyana River]].
*[[1610]] &ndash; [[Henry Hudson]] sails into what is now known as [[Hudson Bay]] thinking he had made it through the [[Northwest Passage]] and reached the Pacific Ocean.
*[[1776]] &ndash; The signing of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] took place.
*[[1790]] &ndash; The first [[United States Census]] is conducted.
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[French Revolutionary Wars]]: The [[Battle of the Nile]] concludes in a British victory.
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[Charles X of France]] abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson [[Henri, Count of Chambord|Henri]].
*[[1869]] &ndash; Japan's [[samurai]], farmer, [[artisan]], [[merchant]] class system ([[Four occupations (East Asia)|Shinōkōshō]]) is abolished as part of the [[Meiji Restoration]] reforms. (Traditional [[Japanese calendar|Japanese date]]: June 25, 1869).
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Tower Subway]], the world's first [[rapid transit|underground tube railway]], opens in [[London|London, England]], United Kingdom.
*[[1873]] &ndash; The [[Clay Street Hill Railroad]] begins operating the first [[cable car (railway)|cable car]] in [[San Francisco]]'s famous [[San Francisco cable car system|cable car system]].
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Afghan War]]: The [[Siege of Malakand]] ends when a relief column is able to reach the [[British Indian Army|British]] garrison in the [[Malakand Agency|Malakand states]] adjacent to India's [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–55)|North West Frontier Province]].
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Fall of the Ottoman Empire]]: An unsuccessful uprising led by the [[Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization]] against [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Turkey]], also known as the [[Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising]], takes place.
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I]] begins.
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Austria-Hungary|Austrian]] sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship ''[[Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci|Leonardo da Vinci]]'' in [[Taranto]].
*[[1918]] &ndash; Japan announces that it is deploying troops to [[Siberia]] in the aftermath of World War I.
*  1918   &ndash; The first [[general strike]] in Canadian history [[1918 Vancouver general strike|takes place]] in Vancouver.
*[[1922]] &ndash; A [[1922 Swatow typhoon|typhoon]] hits [[Shantou]], [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] killing more than 50,000 people.
*[[1923]] &ndash; Vice President [[Calvin Coolidge]] becomes [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] upon the death of President [[Warren G. Harding]].
*[[1932]] &ndash; The [[positron]] ([[antiparticle]] of the [[electron]]) is discovered by [[Carl David Anderson|Carl D. Anderson]].
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Gleichschaltung]]: [[Adolf Hitler]] becomes ''[[Führer]]'' of Germany following the death of President [[Paul von Hindenburg]].
*[[1937]] &ndash; The [[Marihuana Tax Act of 1937]] is passed in America, the effect of which is to render [[cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] and all its by-products illegal.
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Albert Einstein]] and [[Leo Szilard]] write [[Einstein–Szilárd letter|a letter]] to [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], urging him to begin the [[Manhattan Project]] to develop a nuclear weapon.
*[[1943]] &ndash; Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at [[Treblinka extermination camp|Treblinka]], one of the deadliest of [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[Extermination camp|death camps]] where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
*  1943   &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109]] is rammed by the [[Imperial Japanese Navy|Japanese]] destroyer ''[[Japanese destroyer Amagiri (1930)|Amagiri]]'' and sinks. Lt. [[John F. Kennedy]], future U.S. President, saves all but two of his crew.
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[ASNOM]]: Birth of the [[Socialist Republic of Macedonia]], celebrated as [[Republic Day (Republic of Macedonia)|Day of the Republic]] in the [[Republic of Macedonia]].
*  1944   &ndash; World War II: The [[Convoy HX 300|largest trade convoy]] of the world wars arrives safely in the [[Western Approaches]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: End of the [[Potsdam Conference]]. 
*[[1947]] &ndash; A [[British South American Airways]] [[Avro Lancastrian]] airliner [[1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident|crashes into a mountain]] during a flight from [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]] to [[Santiago]], [[Chile]]. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[Gulf of Tonkin incident]]: [[North Vietnam]]ese gunboats allegedly fire on the U.S. destroyer {{USS|Maddox|DD-731|6}}.
*[[1968]] &ndash; An [[1968 Casiguran earthquake|earthquake]] hits [[Casiguran, Aurora]], [[Philippines]] killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
*[[1973]] &ndash; A flash fire kills 51 at the [[Summerland disaster|Summerland]] amusement centre at [[Douglas, Isle of Man]].
*[[1980]] &ndash; A [[Bologna massacre|bomb explodes]] at the [[Bologna Centrale railway station|railway station]] in [[Bologna]], Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Delta Air Lines Flight 191]], a [[Lockheed L-1011 TriStar]], crashes at [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]] killing 137.
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Pakistan]] is re-admitted to the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] after having restored democracy for the first time since [[1972]].
*  1989   &ndash; A [[1989 Valvettiturai massacre|massacre]] is carried out by an [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]] in [[Sri Lanka]] killing 64 ethnic [[Tamil people|Tamil]] civilians.
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Iraq]] invades [[Kuwait]], eventually leading to the [[Gulf War]].
*[[1998]] &ndash; The [[Second Congo War]] begins.
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Air France Flight 358]], lands at [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]], and runs off the runway causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
*[[2014]] &ndash; At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in an [[2014 Kunshan explosion|explosion]] at a factory near [[Shanghai]].

==Births==
*[[1455]] &ndash; [[John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg]] (d. 1499)
*[[1533]] &ndash; [[Theodor Zwinger]], Swiss physician and scholar (d. 1588)
*[[1612]] &ndash; [[Saskia van Uylenburgh]], Dutch model (d. 1642)
*[[1672]] &ndash; [[Johann Jakob Scheuchzer]], Swiss paleontologist and scholar (d. 1733)
*[[1674]] &ndash; [[Philippe II, Duke of Orléans]] (d. 1723)
*[[1696]] &ndash; [[Mahmud I]], Ottoman sultan (d. 1754)
*[[1702]] &ndash; [[Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau]] (d. 1769)
*[[1703]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo Ricci]], Italian religious leader, 18th [[Superior General of the Society of Jesus]] (d. 1775)
*[[1740]] &ndash; [[Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux]], French general (d. 1817)
*[[1754]] &ndash; [[Pierre Charles L'Enfant]], French-American architect and engineer, designed [[Washington, D.C.]] (d. 1825)
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Leopold Gmelin]], German chemist and academic (d. 1853)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Adolf Friedrich von Schack]], German poet and historian (d. 1894)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[John Tyndall]], Irish-English physicist and mountaineer (d. 1893)
*[[1828]] &ndash; [[Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque]], Spanish general (d. 1895)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi]], French sculptor, designed the [[Statue of Liberty]] (d. 1904)
*[[1835]] &ndash; [[Elisha Gray]], American businessman, co-founded [[Western Electric]] (d. 1901)
*[[1858]] &ndash; [[Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont]] (d. 1934)
*[[1861]] &ndash; [[Prafulla Chandra Ray]], Bangladeshi chemist and academic (d. 1944)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Irving Babbitt]], American academic and critic (d. 1933)
*  1865   &ndash; [[John Radecki]], Australian [[stained glass]] artist (d. 1955)
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Ernest Dowson]], English author and poet (d. 1900)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Constantine I of Greece]] (d. 1923)
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[John French Sloan]], American painter and illustrator (d. 1951)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[George E. Stewart]], Australian-American colonel, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 1946)
*[[1875]] &ndash; [[Mstislav Dobuzhinsky]], Russian-American painter and illustrator (d. 1957)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Ravishankar Shukla]], Indian lawyer and politician, 1st [[List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh]] (d. 1956)
*  1876   &ndash; [[Pingali Venkayya]], Indian geologist, designed the [[Flag of India]] (d. 1963)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Aino Kallas]], Finnish-Estonian author (d. 1956)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Arthur Dove]], American painter and educator (d. 1946)
*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Red Ames]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1936)
*  1882   &ndash; [[Albert Bloch]], American painter and academic (d. 1961)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Rómulo Gallegos]], Venezuelan author and politician, 46th [[List of Presidents of Venezuela|President of Venezuela]] (d. 1969)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[John Alexander Douglas McCurdy]] Canadian pilot and politician, 20th [[Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia]] (d. 1961)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Oskar Anderson]], Bulgarian-German mathematician and statistician (d. 1960)
*  1887   &ndash; [[Tommy Ward (cricketer)|Tommy Ward]], Indian-South African cricketer (d. 1936)
*[[1891]] &ndash; [[Arthur Bliss]], English composer and conductor (d. 1975)
*  1891   &ndash; [[Viktor Zhirmunsky]], Russian linguist and historian (d. 1971)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Jack L. Warner]], Canadian-born American production manager and producer, co-founded [[Warner Bros.]] (d. 1978)
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Matt Henderson (cricketer)|Matt Henderson]], New Zealand cricketer (d. 1970)
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Karl-Otto Koch]], German [[SS]] officer (d. 1945)
*  1897   &ndash; [[Max Weber (Swiss politician)|Max Weber]], Swiss lawyer and politician (d. 1974)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Ernő Nagy]], Hungarian fencer (d. 1977)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Charles Bennett (screenwriter)|Charles Bennett]], English director and screenwriter (d. 1995)
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[Holling C. Holling]], American author and illustrator (d. 1973)
*  1900   &ndash; [[Helen Morgan]], American actress and singer (d. 1941)
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria]] (d. 1971)
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Karl Amadeus Hartmann]], German composer (d. 1963)
*  1905   &ndash; [[Myrna Loy]], American actress (d. 1993)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Mary Hamman]], American journalist and author (d. 1984)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Roger MacDougall]], Scottish director, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1993)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Ann Dvorak]], American actress (d. 1979)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Palle Huld]], Danish actor (d. 2010)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Håkon Stenstadvold]], Norwegian painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1977)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Vladimir Žerjavić]], Croatian economist and author (d. 2001)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Xavier Thaninayagam]], Sri Lankan scholar and academic (d. 1980)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[Félix Leclerc]], Canadian singer-songwriter, actor, and poet (d. 1988)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Big Walter Price]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2012)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Beatrice Straight]], American actress (d. 2001)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Gary Merrill]], American actor and singer (d. 1990)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Alfonso A. Ossorio]], Filipino-American painter and sculptor (d. 1990)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Nehemiah Persoff]], Israeli-American actor and singer
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Louis Pauwels]], French journalist and author (d. 1997)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Augustus Rowe]], Canadian physician and politician (d. 2013)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Alan Whicker]], Egyptian-English journalist (d. 2013)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Gábor Agárdy]], Hungarian actor (d. 2006)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Betsy Bloomingdale]], American philanthropist and socialite 
*  1922   &ndash; [[Geoffrey Dutton]], Australian historian and author (d. 1998)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Shimon Peres]], Polish-Israeli lawyer and politician, 9th [[President of Israel]]
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[James Baldwin]], American novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1987)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Joe Harnell]], American pianist and composer (d. 2005)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Carroll O'Connor]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2001)
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[K. Arulanandan]], Ceylon-American engineer and academic (d. 2004)
*  1925   &ndash; [[John Dexter]], English director and producer (d. 1990)
*  1925   &ndash; [[John McCormack (ice hockey)|John McCormack]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1925   &ndash; [[Jorge Rafael Videla]], Argentinian general and politician, 43rd [[President of Argentina]] (d. 2013)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Peter Swinnerton-Dyer]], English mathematician and academic
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Malcolm Hilton]], English cricketer (d. 1990)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Roy Crimmins]], English trombonist and composer (d. 2014)
*  1929   &ndash; [[John Gale (theatre producer)|John Gale]], English director and producer
*  1929   &ndash; [[K. M. Peyton]], English author and educator
*  1929   &ndash; [[Vidya Charan Shukla]], Indian politician, [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Indian Minister of External Affairs]] (d. 2013)
*  1929   &ndash; [[David Waddington, Baron Waddington]], English lawyer and politician, [[Governor of Bermuda]]
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Vali Myers]], Australian painter and dancer (d. 2003)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Pierre DuMaine]], American bishop and academic
*  1931   &ndash; [[Eddie Fuller]], South African cricketer (d. 2008)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Karl Miller]], English journalist and critic (d. 2014)
*  1931   &ndash; [[Viliam Schrojf]], Czech footballer (d. 2007)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Lamar Hunt]], American businessman, co-founded the [[American Football League]] and [[World Championship Tennis]] (d. 2006)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Peter O'Toole]], British-Irish actor and producer (d. 2013)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Ioannis Varvitsiotis]], Greek politician, [[List of defence ministers of Greece|Greek Minister of Defence]]
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Valery Bykovsky]], Russian general and astronaut
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Amidou]], Moroccan-French actor (d. 2013)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Betty Brosmer]], American model and author
*  1935   &ndash; [[Hank Cochran]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2010)
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Anthony Payne]], English composer and author
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Ron Brierley]], New Zealand businessman
*  1937   &ndash; [[Billy Cannon]], American football player and dentist
*  1937   &ndash; [[Garth Hudson]], Canadian keyboard player, songwriter, and producer ([[The Band]] and [[The Call (band)|The Call]])
*  1937   &ndash; [[Gundula Janowitz]], Austrian operatic soprano 
*  1937   &ndash; [[John Salt]], English painter
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Dave Balon]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Pierre de Bané]], Israeli-Canadian lawyer and politician
*  1938   &ndash; [[Paul Jenkins (actor)|Paul Jenkins]], American actor (d. 2013)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Terry Peck]], Falkland Islander soldier (d. 2006)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Barber]], American theorist, author, and academic
*  1939   &ndash; [[Wes Craven]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
*  1939   &ndash; [[John W. Snow]], American businessman and politician, 73rd [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]]
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Beko Ransome-Kuti]], Nigerian physician and activist (d. 2006)
*  1940   &ndash; [[Will Tura]], Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Doris Coley]], American singer ([[The Shirelles]]) (d. 2000)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Jules A. Hoffmann]], Luxembourgian-French biologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate
*  1941   &ndash; [[Ede Staal]], Dutch singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
*  1941   &ndash; [[François Weyergans]], Belgian director and screenwriter
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Isabel Allende]], Chilean-American journalist and author
*  1942   &ndash; [[Juan Formell]], Cuban singer-songwriter and bass player ([[Los Van Van]]) (d. 2014)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Herbert M. Allison]], American lieutenant and businessman (d. 2013)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Tom Burgmeier]], American baseball player and coach
*  1943   &ndash; [[Jon R. Cavaiani]], English-American sergeant, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (d. 2014)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Rose Tremain]], English author and academic
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Jim Capaldi]], English drummer and songwriter ([[Traffic (band)|Traffic]]) (d. 2005)
*  1944   &ndash; [[Naná Vasconcelos]], Brazilian singer and [[berimbau]] player (d. 2016)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Joanna Cassidy]], American actress
*  1945   &ndash; [[Alex Jesaulenko]], Austrian-Australian footballer and coach
*  1945   &ndash; [[Bunker Roy]], Indian educator and activist
*  1945   &ndash; [[Eric Simms (rugby league)|Eric Simms]], Australian rugby player and coach
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[James Howe]], American journalist and author
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Ruth Bakke]], Norwegian organist and composer
*  1947   &ndash; [[Lawrence Wright]], American journalist, author, and screenwriter
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Andy Fairweather Low]], Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ([[Fair Weather]] and [[Amen Corner (band)|Amen Corner]])
*  1948   &ndash; [[Dennis Prager]], American radio host and author
*  1948   &ndash; [[James Street (quarterback)|James Street]], American football and baseball player (d. 2013)
*  1948   &ndash; [[Snoo Wilson]], English playwright and screenwriter (d. 2013)
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[James Fallows]], American journalist and author
*  1949   &ndash; [[Bertalan Farkas]], Hungarian general and astronaut
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Jussi Adler-Olsen]], Danish author and publisher
*  1950   &ndash; [[Lance Ito]], American lawyer and judge
*  1950   &ndash; [[Ted Turner (guitarist)|Ted Turner]], British guitarist ([[Wishbone Ash]])
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Andrew Gold]], American singer-songwriter and producer ([[Wax (UK band)|Wax]]) (d. 2011)
*  1951   &ndash; [[Steve Hillage]], English guitarist ([[Uriel (band)|Uriel]], [[Gong (band)|Gong]], [[Khan (band)|Khan]], and [[System 7 (band)|System 7]])
*  1951   &ndash; [[Joe Lynn Turner]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Deep Purple]], [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]], [[Fandango (US band)|Fandango]], [[Brazen Abbot]], and [[Hughes Turner Project]])
*  1951   &ndash; [[Freddie Wadling]], Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor ([[Leather Nun]] and [[Blue for Two]])
*  1951   &ndash; [[Per Westerberg]], Swedish businessman and politician, [[Speaker of the Parliament of Sweden]]
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Marjo]], Canadian singer-songwriter ([[Corbeau (band)|Corbeau]])
*  1953   &ndash; [[Donnie Munro]], Scottish singer and guitarist ([[Runrig]])
*  1953   &ndash; [[Anthony Seldon]], English historian and author
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Sammy McIlroy]], Northern Irish footballer and manager
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Caleb Carr]], American historian and author
*  1955   &ndash; [[Tony Godden]], English footballer and manager
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Fulvio Melia]], Italian-American physicist, astrophysicist, and author
*  1956   &ndash; [[Isabel Pantoja]], Spanish singer and actress
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Farhat Basir Khan]], Indian photographer and academic
*  1957   &ndash; [[Mojo Nixon]], American singer-songwriter 
*  1957   &ndash; [[Butch Vig]], American drummer, songwriter, and producer ([[Garbage (band)|Garbage]] and [[Spooner (band)|Spooner]])
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Arshad Ayub]], Indian cricketer and manager
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Victoria Jackson]], American actress and singer
*  1959   &ndash; [[Johnny Kemp]], Bahamian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2015)
*  1959   &ndash; [[Apollonia Kotero]], American singer and actress ([[Apollonia 6]])
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Linda Fratianne]], American figure skater
*  1960   &ndash; [[Neal Morse]], American singer and keyboard player ([[Spock's Beard]], [[Transatlantic (band)|Transatlantic]], [[Yellow Matter Custard]], and [[Flying Colors (band)|Flying Colors]])
*  1960   &ndash; [[David Yow]], American singer-songwriter ([[Scratch Acid]], [[The Jesus Lizard]], and [[Qui (band)|Qui]])
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Cold 187um]], American rapper and producer ([[Above the Law (group)|Above the Law]])
*  1961   &ndash; [[Pete de Freitas]], Spanish drummer and producer ([[Echo & the Bunnymen]]) (d. 1989)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Lee Mavers]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[The La's]])
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Laura Bennett]], American architect and fashion designer
*  1963   &ndash; [[Uğur Tütüneker]], Turkish footballer and manager
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Frank Biela]], German race car driver
*  1964   &ndash; [[Mary-Louise Parker]], American actress
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Joe Hockey]], Australian lawyer and politician, 38th [[Treasurer of Australia]]
*  1965   &ndash; [[Hisanobu Watanabe]], Japanese baseball player and coach
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Takashi Iizuka]], Japanese wrestler
*  1966   &ndash; [[Tim Wakefield]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Aaron Krickstein]], American tennis player
*  1967   &ndash; [[Aline Brosh McKenna]], American screenwriter and producer
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Stefan Effenberg]], German footballer and sportscaster
*  1968   &ndash; [[John Stanier (drummer)|John Stanier]], American drummer ([[Helmet (band)|Helmet]], [[Tomahawk (band)|Tomahawk]], [[The Mark of Cain (band)|The Mark of Cain]], and [[Battles (band)|Battles]])
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Jan Axel Blomberg]], Norwegian drummer and songwriter ([[Winds (band)|Winds]], [[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]], and [[Arcturus (band)|Arcturus]])
*  1969   &ndash; [[Cedric Ceballos]], American basketball player
*  1969   &ndash; [[Fernando Couto]], Portuguese footballer and manager
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Tony Amonte]], American ice hockey player and coach
*  1970   &ndash; [[Kevin Smith]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1970   &ndash; [[Philo Wallace]], Barbadian cricketer
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Jason Bell (rugby league)|Jason Bell]], Australian rugby player
*  1971   &ndash; [[Michael Hughes (footballer)|Michael Hughes]], Irish footballer and manager
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Mohamed Al-Deayea]], Saudi Arabian footballer
*  1972   &ndash; [[Jacinda Barrett]], Australian-American model and actress
*  1972   &ndash; [[Daniele Nardello]], Italian cyclist
*  1972   &ndash; [[Justyna Steczkowska]], Polish singer-songwriter and actress
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Hiroyuki Goto]], Japanese game designer, created ''[[Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan]]''
*  1973   &ndash; [[Danie Keulder]], Namibian cricketer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Miguel Mendonca]], Zimbabwean journalist and author
*  1973   &ndash; [[Susie O'Neill]], Australian swimmer
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Phil Williams (presenter)|Phil Williams]], English journalist and radio host
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Mineiro (footballer)|Mineiro]], Brazilian footballer
*  1975   &ndash; [[Xu Huaiwen]], Chinese-German badminton player and coach
*  1975   &ndash; [[Tamás Molnár]], Hungarian water polo player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Reyes Estévez]], Spanish runner
*  1976   &ndash; [[Jay Heaps]], American soccer player and coach 
*  1976   &ndash; [[Michael Weiss (figure skater)|Michael Weiss]], American figure skater
*  1976   &ndash; [[Sam Worthington]], English-Australian actor and producer
*  1976   &ndash; [[Mohammad Zahid (cricketer, born 1976)|Mohammad Zahid]], Pakistani cricketer
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Edward Furlong]], American actor and singer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Mark Velasquez]], American photographer
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Goran Gavrančić]], Serbian footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Matt Guerrier]], American baseball player
*  1978   &ndash; [[Deividas Šemberas]], Lithuanian footballer
*  1978   &ndash; [[Dragan Vukmir]], Serbian footballer
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Marco Bonura]], Italian footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Reuben Kosgei]], Kenyan runner
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Ivica Banović]], Croatian footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Dingdong Dantes]], Filipino actor, singer, director, and producer
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Alexander Emelianenko]], Russian mixed martial artist and boxer
*  1981   &ndash; [[Tim Murtagh]], English cricketer
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Hélder Postiga]], Portuguese footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Kerry Rhodes]], American football player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Grady Sizemore]], American baseball player
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Michel Bastos]], Brazilian footballer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Kim Jungah]], South Korean singer, dancer, and actress ([[After School (band)|After School]])
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Britt Nicole]], American singer-songwriter and producer
*  1984   &ndash; [[Giampaolo Pazzini]], Italian footballer
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Stephen Ferris]], Irish rugby player
*  1985   &ndash; [[David Hart Smith]], Canadian wrestler
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Mathieu Razanakolona]], Canadian skier
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Csilla Borsányi]], Hungarian tennis player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Yura Movsisyan]], Armenian footballer
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Rob Kwiet]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1988   &ndash; [[Alice Moran]], Canadian actress and screenwriter
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Nacer Chadli]], Belgian footballer
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Ima Bohush]], Belarusian tennis player
*  1990   &ndash; [[Skylar Diggins]], American basketball player
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Evander Kane]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Hallie Eisenberg]], American actress
*  1992   &ndash; [[Eddie Generazio]], American poet and dancer
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Laura Pigossi]], Brazilian tennis player
*  1994   &ndash; [[Laremy Tunsil]], American football player
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==Deaths==
* [[640]] &ndash; [[Pope Severinus]]
* [[686]] &ndash; [[Pope John V]] (b. 635)
* [[924]] &ndash; [[Ælfweard of Wessex]] (b. 904)
*[[1100]] &ndash; [[William II of England]] (b. 1056)
*[[1222]] &ndash; [[Raymond VI, Count of Toulouse]] (b. 1156)
*[[1316]] &ndash; [[Louis of Burgundy]] (b. 1297)
*[[1445]] &ndash; [[Oswald von Wolkenstein]], Austrian poet and composer (b. 1376)
*[[1511]] &ndash; [[Andrew Barton (privateer)|Andrew Barton]], Scottish admiral (b. 1466)
*[[1512]] &ndash; [[Alessandro Achillini]], Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1463)
*[[1546]] &ndash; [[Peter Faber]], French priest and theologian, co-founded the [[Society of Jesus]] (b. 1506)
*[[1589]] &ndash; [[Henry III of France]] (b. 1551)
*[[1611]] &ndash; [[Katō Kiyomasa]], Japanese daimyo (b. 1562)
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Francesco Borromini]], Swiss architect, designed [[San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane]] and [[Sant'Agnese in Agone]] (b. 1599)
*[[1696]] &ndash; [[Robert Campbell of Glenlyon]] (b. 1630)
*[[1769]] &ndash; [[Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea]], English politician, [[Lord President of the Council]] (b. 1689)
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[Louis François, Prince of Conti]] (b. 1717)
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[Thomas Gainsborough]], English painter (b. 1727)
*[[1815]] &ndash; [[Guillaume Brune]], French general and politician (b. 1763)
*[[1823]] &ndash; [[Lazare Carnot]], French mathematician, general, and politician, [[President of the National Convention]] (b. 1753)
*[[1849]] &ndash; [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt]], Ottoman Albanian commander (b. 1769)
*[[1854]] &ndash; [[Heinrich Clauren]], German author (b. 1771)
*[[1859]] &ndash; [[Horace Mann]], American educator and politician (b. 1796)
*[[1876]] &ndash; [[Wild Bill Hickok]], American sheriff (b. 1837)
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Eduardo Gutiérrez]], Argentinian author (b. 1851)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[Louise-Victorine Ackermann]], French poet and author (b. 1813)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Eduard Magnus Jakobson]], Estonian missionary and engraver (b. 1847)
*  1903   &ndash; [[Edmond Nocard]], French veterinarian and microbiologist (b. 1850)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Ferenc Pfaff]], Hungarian architect and academic, designed [[Zagreb Central Station]] (b. 1851)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Jaan Mahlapuu]], Estonian military pilot (b. 1894)  
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Ormer Locklear]], American pilot and actor (b. 1891)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Enrico Caruso]], Italian tenor and actor (b. 1873)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Alexander Graham Bell]], Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the [[telephone]] (b. 1847)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Warren G. Harding]], American journalist and politician, 29th [[President of the United States]] (b. 1865)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Mae Costello]], American actress (b. 1882)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Paul von Hindenburg]], German field marshal and politician, 2nd [[President of Germany]] (b. 1847)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Artur Sirk]], Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1900)
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Harvey Spencer Lewis]], American mystic and author (b. 1883)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Marika Papagika]], Greek singer (b. 1890)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Pietro Mascagni]], Italian composer and educator (b. 1863)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Alfred Lépine]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1901)
*  1955   &ndash; [[Wallace Stevens]], American poet and academic (b. 1879)
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Oliver La Farge]], American anthropologist and author (b. 1901)
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Walter Terence Stace]], English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1886)
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Angus MacFarlane-Grieve]], English academic, mathematician, rower, and soldier (b. 1891)
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Brian Cole]], American bass player ([[The Association]]) (b. 1942)
*  1972   &ndash; [[Paul Goodman (writer)|Paul Goodman]], American psychotherapist and author (b. 1911)
*  1972   &ndash; [[Helen Hoyt]], American poet and author (b. 1887)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Jean-Pierre Melville]], French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1917)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Douglas Hawkes]], English race car driver and businessman (b. 1893)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[László Kalmár]], Hungarian mathematician and academic (b. 1905)
*  1976   &ndash; [[Fritz Lang]], Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1890)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Carlos Chávez]], Mexican composer and conductor (b. 1899)
*  1978   &ndash; [[Antony Noghès]], French businessman, founded the [[Monaco Grand Prix]] (b. 1890)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Thurman Munson]], American baseball player (b. 1947)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Stefanie Clausen]], Danish diver (b. 1900)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[James Jamerson]], American bassist ([[The Funk Brothers]]) (b. 1936)
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Roy Cohn]], American lawyer and politician (b. 1927)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Joe Carcione]], American activist and author (b. 1914)
*  1988   &ndash; [[Raymond Carver]], American short story writer and poet (b. 1938)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Norman Maclean]], American short story writer and essayist (b. 1902)
*  1990   &ndash; [[Edwin Richfield]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1921)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Michel Berger]], French singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Michel Debré]], French lawyer and politician, 150th [[Prime Minister of France]] (b. 1912)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Obdulio Varela]], Uruguayan footballer and manager (b. 1917)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[William S. Burroughs]], American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1914)
*  1997   &ndash; [[Fela Kuti]], Nigerian singer-songwriter and activist (b. 1938)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Shari Lewis]], American television host and puppeteer (b. 1933)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Ronald Townson]], American singer and actor ([[The 5th Dimension]]) (b. 1933)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Peter Safar]], Austrian-American physician and academic (b. 1924)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Ferenc Berényi]], Hungarian painter and academic (b. 1929)
*  2004   &ndash; [[François Craenhals]], Belgian illustrator (b. 1926)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Heinrich Mark]], Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Estonia in exile]] (b. 1911)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Steven Vincent]], American journalist and author (b. 1955)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Chauncey Bailey]], American journalist (b. 1950)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Holden Roberto]], Angolan politician (b. 1923)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Fujio Akatsuka]], Japanese illustrator (b. 1935)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[José Sanchis Grau]], Spanish author and illustrator (b. 1932)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Gabriel Horn]], English biologist and academic (b. 1927)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Magnus Isacsson]], Canadian director and producer (b. 1948)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Jimmy Jones (singer)|Jimmy Jones]], American singer-songwriter (b. 1930)
*  2012   &ndash; [[John Keegan]], English historian and journalist (b. 1934)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Bernd Meier]], German footballer (b. 1972)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Marguerite Piazza]], American soprano (b. 1920)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Mihaela Ursuleasa]], Romanian pianist (b. 1978)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Julius L. Chambers]], American lawyer and activist (b. 1936)
*  2013   &ndash; [[V. Dakshinamoorthy]], Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1919)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Richard E. Dauch]], American businessman, co-founded [[American Axle]] (b. 1942)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Alla Kushnir]], Russian–Israeli chess player (b. 1941)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Ed Joyce (journalist)|Ed Joyce]], American journalist (b. 1932)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Billie Letts]], American author and educator (b. 1938)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Barbara Prammer]], Austrian social worker and politician (b. 1954)
*  2014   &ndash; [[James Thompson (author)|James Thompson]], American-Finnish author (b. 1964)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Pete van Wieren]], American sportscaster (b. 1944)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Forrest Bird]], American pilot and engineer (b. 1921)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Giovanni Conso]], Italian jurist and politician, [[Italian Minister of Justice]] (b. 1922)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Piet Fransen]], Dutch footballer (b. 1936)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Jack Spring]], American baseball player (b. 1933)
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==Holidays and observances==
*[[Armed Forces of Ukraine#Military holidays|Airmobile Forces Day]] ([[Ukraine]])
*Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
**[[Basil Fool for Christ]] ([[Russian Orthodox Church]])
**[[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Justin Russolillo]]
**[[Eusebius of Vercelli]]
**[[Peter Faber]]
**[[Peter Julian Eymard]]
**[[Pope Stephen I]]
**Our Lady of the Angels of the [[Portiuncula]] ([[Franciscan Order]])
**[[Samuel David Ferguson]] ([[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]]) 
**[[August 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*[[Cinema of Azerbaijan|Day of Azerbaijani cinema]] ([[Azerbaijan]])
*[[Virgen de los Angeles|Our Lady of the Angels Day]] ([[Costa Rica]])
*[[Armed Forces Day#Russian Federation|Paratroopers Day]] ([[Russia]])
*[[Republic Day (Republic of Macedonia)]]

==External links==
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/2 BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=02}}
* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=Aug&day=02 On This Day in Canada]

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