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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1099]] – [[First Crusade]]: [[Battle of Ascalon]] Crusaders under the command of [[Godfrey of Bouillon]] defeat [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] forces led by [[Al-Afdal Shahanshah]]. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.<ref>{{cite book|author=John France|title=Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Exxeto51p3cC&pg=PA362|year=1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-58987-1|pages=362}}</ref>
*[[1121]] – [[Battle of Didgori]]: The [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] army under King [[David IV of Georgia|David IV]] wins a decisive victory over the famous [[Seljuq dynasty|Seljuk]] commander [[Ilghazi]].
*[[1164]] – [[Battle of Harim]]: [[Nur ad-Din Zangi]] defeats the [[Crusades|Crusader]] armies of the [[County of Tripoli]] and the [[Principality of Antioch]].<ref>{{cite book|author=R. C. Smail|title=Crusading Warfare 1097-1193|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZ08AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA183|year=1956|publisher=CUP Archive|isbn=978-0-521-09730-7|pages=183}}</ref>
*[[1323]] – The [[Treaty of Nöteborg]] between Sweden and [[Novgorod Republic]] is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.<ref name="Christiansen1997">{{cite book|author=Eric Christiansen|title=The Northern Crusades|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1OWoMo5ZsAC&pg=PT159|date=4 December 1997|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-0-14-193736-6|pages=159–}}</ref>
*[[1492]] – [[Christopher Columbus]] arrives in the [[Canary Islands]] on his first voyage to the New World.
*[[1499]] – First engagement of the [[Battle of Zonchio]] between [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] and [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] fleets.
===1601–1900===
*[[1624]] – [[Charles de La Vieuville]] is arrested and replaced by [[Cardinal Richelieu]] as the French king's chief advisor.
*[[1676]] – [[Praying Indian]] [[John Alderman]] shoots and kills [[Metacomet]], the [[Wampanoag people|Wampanoag]] war chief, ending [[King Philip's War]].
*[[1687]] – [[Battle of Mohács (1687)|Battle of Mohács]]: [[Charles V, Duke of Lorraine|Charles of Lorraine]] defeats the [[Ottoman Empire]].
*[[1765]] – [[Treaty of Allahabad]] is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of [[Company rule in India]].
*[[1788]] – The [[Anjala conspiracy]] is signed.<ref>[http://www.anjala-seura.info/anjalan_liitto/Untitled-1.htm Anjalan liitto – Anjala-seura] (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1793]] – The [[Rhône (department)|Rhône]] and [[Loire (department)|Loire]] ''[[Departments of France|départments]]'' are created when the former ''département'' of [[Rhône-et-Loire]] is split into two.
*[[1806]] – [[Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires]] re-takes the city of [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]] after the [[British invasions of the River Plate|first British invasion]].
*[[1831]] – French intervention forces [[William I of the Netherlands]] to abandon [[Ten Days' Campaign|his attempt]] to suppress the [[Belgian Revolution]].
*[[1851]] – [[Isaac Singer]] is granted a patent for his [[sewing machine]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Invention That Spawned a Fashion Revolution |url=https://time.com/3985665/sewing-machine-invented/ |magazine=Time |access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1865]] – [[Joseph Lister]], British surgeon and scientist, performs the first antiseptic surgery.
*[[1883]] – The last [[quagga]] dies at the [[Natura Artis Magistra]], a zoo in [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands.
*[[1898]] – The [[Flag of Hawaii|Hawaiian flag]] is lowered from [[ʻIolani Palace]] in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the [[flag of the United States]] to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the [[Republic of Hawaii]] to the United States where it is formally recognized as [[Hawaii]].
===1901–present===
*[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: The United Kingdom and the [[British Empire]] declare war on [[Austria-Hungary]].
* 1914 – World War I: The [[Battle of Halen]] a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German [[cavalry]] formations at [[Halen]], Belgium.
*[[1944]] – [[Waffen-SS]] troops massacre 560 people in [[Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre|Sant'Anna di Stazzema]].
* 1944 – [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] troops end the week-long [[Wola massacre]], during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
* 1944 – [[Alençon]] is liberated by General [[Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque]], the first city in France to be liberated from the [[Nazism|Nazis]] by French forces.
*[[1948]] – Between 15 and 150 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are [[Babrra massacre|killed]] by Pakistani police.
*[[1950]] – [[Korean War]]: [[Bloody Gulch massacre]]: Seventy-five American POWs are massacred by the [[Korean People's Army|North Korean Army]].
*[[1952]] – The [[Night of the Murdered Poets]]: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
*[[1953]] – First thermonuclear bomb [[Nuclear weapons testing|test]]: The [[Soviet atomic bomb project]] continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (''[[Joe 4]]'') using a "[[Nuclear_weapon_design#Alarm_Clock/Sloika|layered]]" scheme.
* 1953 – The 7.2 {{M|s}} [[1953 Ionian earthquake|Ionian earthquake]] shakes the southern [[Ionian Islands]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of X (''Extreme''). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
*[[1960]] – ''[[Echo 1A]]'', NASA's first successful [[communications satellite]], is launched.<ref>{{cite web |title=Echo {{!}} satellite |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Echo-satellite |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1964]] – [[South Africa]] is [[Apartheid-era South Africa and the Olympics|banned]] from the [[Olympic Games]] due to the country's [[Apartheid in South Africa|racist policies]].
*[[1969]] – Violence erupts after the [[Apprentice Boys of Derry]] march in [[Derry|Derry, Northern Ireland]], resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the [[Battle of the Bogside]].
*[[1976]] – Between 1,000 and 3,500 [[Palestinians]] are killed in the [[Tel al-Zaatar massacre]], one of the bloodiest events of the [[Lebanese Civil War]].
*[[1977]] – The first [[Approach and Landing Tests|free flight]] of the {{ship|Space Shuttle|Enterprise}}.
* 1977 – The [[1977 riots in Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka Riots]]: Targeting the minority [[Sri Lanka]]n [[Tamils]], begin, less than a month after the [[United National Party]] came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
*[[1981]] – The [[IBM Personal Computer]] is released.
*[[1985]] – [[Japan Airlines Flight 123]] crashes into [[Mount Osutaka|Osutaka]] ridge in [[Gunma Prefecture]], Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
*[[1990]] – [[Sue (dinosaur)|Sue]], the largest and most complete ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' skeleton found to date, is discovered by [[Sue Hendrickson]] in [[South Dakota]].
*[[1992]] – Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA).
*[[1994]] – [[Major League Baseball]] players go on [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|strike]], eventually forcing the cancellation of the [[1994 World Series]].
*[[2000]] – The [[Russian Navy]] submarine {{ship|Russian submarine|Kursk|K-141|2}} [[Kursk submarine disaster|explodes and sinks]] in the [[Barents Sea]] during a [[military exercise]], killing her entire 118-man crew.
*[[2015]] – At least [[2015 Tianjin explosions|two massive explosions]] kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in [[Tianjin]], China.
*[[2016]] – [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] (SDF) [[Manbij offensive|capture]] the city of [[Manbij]] from the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37063857|title=Syria rebels 'cut off IS escape route' through Manbij|publisher=BBC|date=12 August 2016|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/sdf-captures-isiss-largest-stronghold-aleppo/|title=SDF captures ISIS's largest stronghold in Aleppo|first=Izat|last=Charkatli|date=12 August 2016|access-date=20 July 2021|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327103044/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/sdf-captures-isiss-largest-stronghold-aleppo/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-islamic-state-idUSKCN10N178|title=U.S.-backed forces say launch final assault against Islamic State in Syria's Manbij|work=Reuters|date=12 August 2016|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/islamic-state-abducts-2000-civilians-in-northern-syria/a-19471640|title=U.S.-backed forces say launch final assault against Islamic State in Syria's Manbij=|publisher=Deutsche Welle|date=12 August 2016|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref>
*[[2018]] – Thirty-nine civilians, including a dozen children, are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in [[Sarmada]], Syria.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45162822|title=Arms depot in Syria's Idlib province kills 39 – monitor|newspaper=BBC News World Middle East|date=August 12, 2018 }}</ref>
*[[2021]] – Six people, five victims and the perpetrator are killed in Keyham, [[Plymouth]] in the [[Plymouth shooting|worst mass shooting in the UK]] since [[2010 Cumbria Shootings|2010]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-58197414|title= Plymouth shooting: Jake Davison named as gunman who killed five|publisher=BBC News|date=12 August 2021|access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref>
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1452]] – [[Abraham Zacuto]], Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian (d. 1515)
*[[1503]] – [[Christian III of Denmark]] (d. 1559)
*[[1506]] – [[Franciscus Sonnius]], Dutch counter-Reformation theologian (d. 1576)
*[[1591]] – [[Louise de Marillac]], co-founder of the [[Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul|Daughters of Charity]] (d. 1660)
*[[1599]] – Sir [[William Curtius]] FRS, German magistrate, English baronet (d. 1678)
===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] – [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]], Japanese shōgun (d. 1651)
*[[1626]] – [[Giovanni Legrenzi]], Italian composer (d. 1690)
*[[1629]] – [[Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria]], Austrian archduchess (d. 1685)
*[[1644]] – [[Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber]], Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1704)
*[[1686]] – [[John Balguy]], English philosopher and author (d. 1748)
*[[1696]] – [[Maurice Greene (composer)|Maurice Greene]], English organist and composer (d. 1755)
*[[1762]] – [[George IV of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1830)
*[[1773]] – [[Karl Faber]], Prussian historian and academic (d. 1853)
*[[1774]] – [[Robert Southey]], English poet and author (d. 1843)
*[[1831]] – [[Helena Blavatsky]], Russian theosophist and scholar (d. 1891)
*[[1852]] – [[Michael J. McGivney]], American priest and founder of the [[Knights of Columbus]] (d. 1890)
*[[1856]] – [[Diamond Jim Brady]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1917)
*[[1857]] – [[Ernestine von Kirchsberg]], Austrian painter and educator (d. 1924)
*[[1859]] – [[Katharine Lee Bates]], American poet and author (d. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=Katharine Lee Bates {{!}} American author {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katharine-Lee-Bates |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1860]] – [[Klara Hitler]], Austrian mother of [[Adolf Hitler]] (d. 1907)
*[[1866]] – [[Jacinto Benavente]], Spanish playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1954)
* 1866 – [[Henrik Sillem]], Dutch target shooter, mountaineer, and jurist (d. 1907)
*[[1867]] – [[Edith Hamilton]], German-American author and educator (d. 1963)
*[[1870]] – [[Henry Reuterdahl]], Swedish-American artist (d. 1925)
*[[1871]] – [[Gustavs Zemgals]], Latvian politician, 2nd [[President of Latvia]] (d. 1939)
*[[1876]] – [[Mary Roberts Rinehart]], American author and playwright (d. 1958)
*[[1877]] – [[Albert Bartha]], Hungarian general and politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Hungary)|Hungarian Minister of Defence]] (d. 1960)
*[[1880]] – [[Radclyffe Hall]], English poet, author, and activist (d. 1943)
* 1880 – [[Christy Mathewson]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1925)
*[[1881]] – [[Cecil B. DeMille]], American director and producer (d. 1959)
*[[1883]] – [[Martha Hedman]], Swedish-American actress and playwright (d. 1974)
* 1883 – [[Marion Lorne]], American actress (d. 1968)
*[[1885]] – [[Jean Cabannes]], French physicist and academic (d. 1959)
* 1885 – [[Keith Murdoch]], Australian journalist (d. 1952)
* 1885 – [[Juhan Simm]], Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1959)
*[[1887]] – [[Erwin Schrödinger]], Austrian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1961)
*[[1889]] – [[Zerna Sharp]], American author and educator (d. 1981)
*[[1891]] – [[C. E. M. Joad]], English philosopher and academic (d. 1953)
* 1891 – [[John McDermott (golfer)|John McDermott]], American golfer (d. 1971)
*[[1892]] – [[Alfred Lunt]], American actor and director (d. 1977)
*[[1897]] – [[Maurice Fernandes]], Guyanese cricketer (d. 1981)
*[[1899]] – [[Ben Sealey]], Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1963)
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – [[Mohammad Hatta]], Indonesian statesman, 1st [[List of Vice Presidents of Indonesia|Vice President of Indonesia]] (d. 1980)
*[[1904]] – [[Idel Jakobson]], Latvian-Estonian [[NKVD]] officer (d. 1997)
* 1904 – [[Tamás Lossonczy]], Hungarian painter (d. 2009)
* 1904 – [[Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia]] (d. 1918)
*[[1906]] – [[Harry Hopman]], Australian tennis player and coach (d. 1985)
* 1906 – [[Tedd Pierce]], American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1972)
*[[1907]] – [[Gladys Bentley]], American blues singer (d. 1960)
* 1907 – [[Joe Besser]], American actor (d. 1988)
* 1907 – [[Boy Charlton]], Australian swimmer (d. 1975)
* 1907 – [[Benjamin Sheares]], Singaporean physician and politician, 2nd [[President of Singapore]] (d. 1981)
*[[1909]] – [[Bruce Matthews (Canadian Army officer)|Bruce Matthews]], Canadian general and businessman (d. 1991)
*[[1910]] – [[Yusof bin Ishak]], Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st [[President of Singapore]] (d. 1970)<ref name="roots.sg">{{cite web |title=Yusof Ishak |url=https://www.roots.gov.sg/learn/stories/yusof-ishak/story |website=www.roots.sg |publisher=[[National Heritage Board (Singapore)|National Heritage Board]] |access-date=8 November 2020 |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* 1910 – [[Jane Wyatt]], American actress (d. 2006)
*[[1911]] – [[Cantinflas]], Mexican actor, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1993)
*[[1912]] – [[Samuel Fuller]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
*[[1913]] – [[Richard L. Bare]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
*[[1914]] – [[Gerd Buchdahl]], German-English philosopher and author (d. 2001)
* 1914 – [[Ruth Lowe]], Canadian pianist and songwriter (d. 1981)
*[[1915]] – [[Michael Kidd]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
*[[1916]] – [[Ioan Dicezare]], Romanian general and pilot (d. 2012)
* 1916 – [[Edward Pinkowski]], American writer, journalist and Polonia historian (d. 2020)
*[[1917]] – [[Oliver Crawford]], American screenwriter and author (d. 2008)
* 1917 – [[Ebba Haslund]], Norwegian writer (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ebba Haslund |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ebba_Haslund |language=no|access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1918]] – [[Sid Bernstein (impresario)|Sid Bernstein]], American record producer (d. 2013)
* 1918 – [[Guy Gibson]], Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (d. 1944)
*[[1919]] – [[Margaret Burbidge]], English-American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2020)
* 1919 – [[Vikram Sarabhai]], Indian physicist and academic (d. 1971)
*[[1920]] – [[Charles Gibson (historian)|Charles Gibson]], American ethnohistorian (d. 1985)
* 1920 – [[Percy Mayfield]], American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Talevski |first1=Nick |title=Rock Obituaries: Knocking On Heaven's Door |date=2010 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-117-2 |page=403 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DykffzkFALoC&pg=PA403 |access-date=8 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1922]] – [[Fulton Mackay]], Scottish actor and playwright (d. 1987)
* 1922 – [[Miloš Jakeš]], Czech communist politician (d. 2020)
*[[1923]] – [[John Holt (cricketer)|John Holt]], Jamaican cricketer (d. 1997)
*[[1924]] – [[Derek Shackleton]], English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 2007)
* 1924 – [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]], Pakistani general and politician, 6th [[President of Pakistan]] (d. 1988)
*[[1925]] – [[Dale Bumpers]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th [[Governor of Arkansas]] (d. 2016)
* 1925 – [[Guillermo Cano Isaza]], Colombian journalist (d. 1986)
* 1925 – [[Donald Justice]], American poet and writing teacher (d. 2004)
* 1925 – [[Norris McWhirter]], Scottish publisher and activist co-founded the [[Guinness World Records]] (d. 2004)
* 1925 – [[Ross McWhirter]], Scottish publisher and activist, co-founded the [[Guinness World Records]] (d. 1975)
* 1925 – [[George Wetherill]], American physicist and academic (d. 2006)
*[[1926]] – [[Douglas Croft]], American child actor (d. 1963)<ref>{{cite book |last1= Wilson |first1=Scott |last2=Mank |first2= Gregory W. |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons |location=Jefferson, N.C. |publisher=McFarland & Company |date=2016 |isbn= 978-0-7864-79924 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ |page=167}}</ref>
* 1926 – [[John Derek]], American actor, director, and cinematographer (d. 1998)
* 1926 – [[Joe Jones (singer)|Joe Jones]], American R&B singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
*[[1927]] – [[Porter Wagoner]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
*[[1928]] – [[Charles Blackman]], Australian painter and illustrator (d. 2018)
* 1928 – [[Bob Buhl]], American baseball player (d. 2001)
* 1928 – [[Dan Curtis]], American director and producer (d. 2006)
*[[1929]] – [[Buck Owens]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
*[[1930]] – [[George Soros]], Hungarian-American businessman and investor, founded the [[Soros Fund Management]]
* 1930 – [[Kanagaratnam Sriskandan]], Sri Lankan engineer and civil servant (d. 2010)
* 1930 – [[Jacques Tits]], Belgian-French mathematician and academic (d. 2021)
*[[1931]] – [[William Goldman]], American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
*[[1932]] – [[Dallin H. Oaks]], American lawyer, jurist, and religious leader
* 1932 – [[Charlie O'Donnell]], American radio and television announcer (d. 2010)
* 1932 – [[Sirikit]], Queen mother of [[Thailand]]
*[[1933]] – [[Parnelli Jones]], American race car driver and businessman
* 1933 – [[Frederic Lindsay]], Scottish author and educator (d. 2013)
*[[1934]] – [[Robin Nicholson (metallurgist)|Robin Nicholson]], English metallurgist and academic
*[[1935]] – [[John Cazale]], American actor (d. 1978)
*[[1936]] – [[Kjell Grede]], Swedish director and screenwriter (d. 2017)
*[[1937]] – [[Walter Dean Myers]], American author and poet (d. 2014)
*[[1938]] – [[Jean-Paul L'Allier]], Canadian journalist and politician, 38th [[List of mayors of Quebec City|Mayor of Quebec City]] (d. 2016)
*[[1939]] – [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]], American actor
* 1939 – [[David Jacobs (writer)|David Jacobs]], American television writer and producer (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/arts/television/david-jacobs-dead.html|title=David Jacobs, 84, Dies; Turned Soap Opera Drama Into Prime-Time Gold|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 26, 2023|access-date=August 27, 2023}}</ref>
* 1939 – [[S. Jayakumar]], Singaporean politician, 4th [[Senior Minister of Singapore]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sal.org.sg/Newsroom/Speeches/Speech-Details/id/452|title=Citation for Professor S Jayakumar|website=[[Singapore Academy of Law]]|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref>
* 1939 – [[Pam Kilborn]], Australian track and field athlete
* 1939 – [[David King (chemist)|David King]], South African chemist and academic
* 1939 – [[Sushil Koirala]], Nepalese politician, 37th [[Prime Minister of Nepal]] (d. 2016)
* 1939 – [[Roy Romanow]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th [[Premier of Saskatchewan]]
*[[1940]] – [[Eddie Barlow]], South African cricketer and coach (d. 2005)
* 1940 – [[John Waller (fight director)|John Waller]], English [[historical European martial arts]] (HEMA) revival pioneer and [[fight director]] (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite journal |title=John Waller — A Life Remembered |first=Guy |last=Wilson |author-link=Guy Wilson (historian) |journal=[[Arms & Armour]] |publisher=[[Royal Armouries]] |volume=15 |year=2018 |issue=2 |pages=113–121 |doi=10.1080/17416124.2018.1522141 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1941]] – [[L. M. Kit Carson]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
* 1941 – [[Réjean Ducharme]], Canadian author and playwright (d. 2017)
* 1941 – [[Dana Ivey]], American actress
*[[1942]] – [[Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt]], German physician and author
*[[1943]] – [[Javeed Alam]], Indian academician<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsclick.in/javeed-alam-thinker-and-activist|title=Javeed Alam -- a Thinker and an Activist.|date=5 December 2016|website=NewsClick}}</ref> (d. 2016)
*[[1945]] – [[Dorothy E. Denning]], American computer scientist and academic
* 1945 – [[Ron Mael]], American keyboard player and songwriter
*[[1946]] – [[Terry Nutkins]], English television host and author (d. 2012)
*[[1947]] – [[John Nathan-Turner]], English author and television director, producer, and writer (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite news|title=John Nathan-Turner|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=7 May 2002|access-date=12 August 2018|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1393361/John-Nathan-Turner.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1393361/John-Nathan-Turner.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[1948]] – [[Siddaramaiah]], Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd [[Chief Minister of Karnataka]]
* 1948 – [[Graham J. Zellick]], English academic and jurist
*[[1949]] – [[Panagiotis Chinofotis]], Greek admiral and politician
* 1949 – [[Mark Knopfler]], Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1949 – [[Lou Martin]], Northern Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2012)
* 1949 – [[Alex Naumik]], Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
* 1949 – [[Rick Ridgeway]], American mountaineer and photographer
*[[1950]] – [[Jim Beaver]], American actor, director, and screenwriter
* 1950 – [[August Darnell|August "Kid Creole" Darnell]], American musician, bandleader, singer-songwriter, and record producer
* 1950 – [[George McGinnis]], American basketball player (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web|title=George McGinnis|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/george-mcginnis/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913235632/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/george-mcginnis/|archive-date=13 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1951]] – [[Klaus Toppmöller]], German football manager and former player
*[[1952]] – [[Daniel Biles]], American associate justice of the [[Kansas Supreme Court]]
* 1952 – [[Sitaram Yechury]], Indian politician and leader of [[CPI(M)]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Sitaram Yechury: Suave, Soft-Spoken and Dynamic|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sitaram-yechury-suave-soft-spoken-and-dynamic-756280|access-date=19 April 2015|agency=NDTV|date=19 April 2015}}</ref>
*[[1954]] – [[Rob Borbidge]], Australian politician, 35th [[Premier of Queensland]]
* 1954 – [[Leung Chun-ying]], Hong Kong businessman and politician, 3rd [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong]]
* 1954 – [[Ibolya Dávid]], Hungarian lawyer and politician, [[Minister of Justice of Hungary]]
* 1954 – [[François Hollande]], French lawyer and politician, 24th [[President of France]]
* 1954 – [[Sam J. Jones]], American actor<ref>{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Today's top celebrity birthdays list for August 12, 2018|work=The Plain Dealer|date=August 12, 2018|access-date=August 12, 2018|url=https://www.cleveland.com/expo/life-and-culture/erry-2018/08/311239569b1980/todays-top-celebrity-birthdays.html}}</ref>
* 1954 – [[Pat Metheny]], American jazz guitarist and composer
*[[1956]] – [[Lee Freedman]], Australian horse trainer
* 1956 – [[Bruce Greenwood]], Canadian actor and producer
* 1956 – [[Sidath Wettimuny]], Sri Lankan cricketer
*[[1957]] – [[Friedhelm Schütte]], German footballer
* 1957 – [[Amanda Redman]], English actress
*[[1958]] – [[Jürgen Dehmel]], German bass player and songwriter
*[[1959]] – [[Kerry Boustead]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1960]] – [[Laurent Fignon]], French cyclist and sportscaster (d. 2010)
* 1960 – [[Greg Thomas]], Welsh-English cricketer
*[[1961]] – [[Roy Hay (musician)|Roy Hay]], English guitarist, keyboard player, and composer
* 1961 – [[Mark Priest]], New Zealand cricketer
*[[1963]] – [[Kōji Kitao]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 60th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (d. 2019)
* 1963 – [[Campbell Newman]], Australian politician, 38th [[Premier of Queensland]]
* 1963 – [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]], American rapper, producer, and actor
*[[1964]] – [[Txiki Begiristain]], Spanish footballer
* 1964 – [[Michael Hagan]], Australian rugby league player and coach
*[[1965]] – [[Peter Krause]], American actor
*[[1966]] – [[Tobias Ellwood]], American-English captain and politician
*[[1967]] – [[Andy Hui]], Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
* 1967 – [[Andrey Plotnikov]], Russian race walker
* 1967 – [[Regilio Tuur]], Dutch boxer
*[[1968]] – [[Thorsten Boer]], German footballer and manager
*[[1969]] – [[Aga Muhlach]], Filipino actor and politician
* 1969 – [[Stuart Williams (cricketer)|Stuart Williams]], Nevisian cricketer
* 1969 – [[Tanita Tikaram]], British pop/folk singer-songwriter<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=1180}}</ref>
*[[1970]] – [[Aleksandar Đurić]], Bosnian footballer
* 1970 – [[Charles Mesure]], English-Australian actor and screenwriter
* 1970 – [[Toby Perkins]], English businessman and politician
* 1970 – [[Jim Schlossnagle]], American baseball player and coach
* 1970 – [[Anthony Swofford]], American soldier and author
*[[1971]] – [[Michael Ian Black]], American comedian, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1971 – [[Yvette Nicole Brown]], American actress, comedian, and talk show host<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 12, 2022 includes celebrities George Hamilton, Cara Delevingne |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-12-2022-includes-celebrities-george-hamilton-cara-delevingne.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=10 August 2023 |date=12 August 2022}}</ref>
* 1971 – [[Rebecca Gayheart]], American actress
* 1971 – [[Pete Sampras]], American tennis player
*[[1972]] – [[Demir Demirkan]], Turkish singer-songwriter and producer
* 1972 – [[Mark Kinsella]], Irish footballer and manager
* 1972 – [[Takanohana Kōji]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 65th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]]
* 1972 – [[Gyanendra Pandey]], Indian cricketer
* 1972 – [[Del the Funky Homosapien]], American rapper <ref name="Hiero">{{cite web|url=http://ensim.hieroglyphics.com/artists/del/|title=Del tha Amazing Homosapien|access-date=September 5, 2007|publisher=Hieroglyphics|author=Hieroglyphics|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814112553/http://ensim.hieroglyphics.com/artists/del/|archive-date=August 14, 2007}}</ref>
*[[1973]] – [[Jonathan Coachman]], American sportscaster and wrestler
* 1973 – [[Mark Iuliano]], Italian footballer and manager
* 1973 – [[Todd Marchant]], American ice hockey player and coach
*[[1974]] – [[Matt Clement]], American baseball player and coach
* 1974 – [[Karl Stefanovic]], Australian television host
*[[1975]] – [[Casey Affleck]], American actor
*[[1976]] – [[Pedro Collins]], Barbadian cricketer
* 1976 – [[Mikko Lindström]], Finnish guitarist
* 1976 – [[Henry Tuilagi]], Samoan rugby player
* 1976 – [[Antoine Walker]], American basketball player
*[[1977]] – [[Plaxico Burress]], American football player
* 1977 – [[Jesper Grønkjær]], Danish footballer
* 1977 – [[Park Yong-ha]], South Korean actor (d. 2010)
*[[1978]] – [[Chris Chambers]], American football player
* 1978 – [[Hayley Wickenheiser]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1979]] – [[D. J. Houlton]], American baseball player
* 1979 – [[Ian Hutchinson (motorcycle racer)|Ian Hutchinson]], English motorcycle racer
* 1979 – [[Cindy Klassen]], Canadian speed skater
* 1979 – [[Austra Skujytė]], Lithuanian pentathlete
*[[1980]] – [[Javier Chevantón]], Uruguayan footballer
* 1980 – [[Maggie Lawson]], American actress
* 1980 – [[Dominique Swain]], American actress
* 1980 – [[Matt Thiessen]], Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1981]] – [[Tony Capaldi]], Norwegian-Northern Irish footballer
* 1981 – [[Djibril Cissé]], French footballer
*[[1982]] – [[Boban Grnčarov]], Macedonian footballer
* 1982 – [[Alexandros Tzorvas]], Greek footballer
*[[1983]] – [[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar]], Dutch footballer
* 1983 – [[Kléber Giacomance de Souza Freitas]], Brazilian footballer
* 1983 – [[Manoa Vosawai]], Italian rugby player
*[[1984]] – [[Bryan Pata]], American football player (d. 2006)
*[[1985]] – [[Danny Graham (footballer)|Danny Graham]], English footballer
* 1985 – [[Franck Moutsinga]], German rugby player
*[[1986]] – [[Andrei Agius]], Maltese footballer
* 1986 – [[Kyle Arrington]], American football player
*[[1987]] – [[Vanessa Watts]], West Indian cricketer
*[[1988]] – [[Tyson Fury]], English boxer
* 1988 – [[Matt Gillett]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1989]] – [[Tom Cleverley]], English footballer
* 1989 – [[Hong Jeong-ho]], South Korean footballer
* 1989 – [[Sunye]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite book |author=Mark Russell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |date=29 April 2014 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1 |page=80}}</ref>
*[[1990]] – [[Mario Balotelli]], Italian footballer
* 1990 – [[Marvin Zeegelaar]], Dutch footballer
* 1990 – [[Martin Zurawsky]], German footballer
*[[1991]] – [[Jesinta Campbell]], Australian model
* 1991 – [[Sam Hoare (rugby league, born 1991)|Sam Hoare]], Australian rugby league player
* 19991 – [[Khris Middleton]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Khris Middleton |url=https://www.nba.com/player/203114/khris-middleton |access-date=12 April 2024 |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]]}}</ref>
* 1991 – [[LaKeith Stanfield]], American actor and musician<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1992]] – [[Cara Delevingne]], English model and actress<ref>{{cite web |last=Haynes |first=Gavin |date=10 April 2013 |title=A Moron's Guide to Cara Delevingne |url=https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-morons-guide-to-cara-delevingne |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503200227/http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-morons-guide-to-cara-delevingne |archive-date=3 May 2014 |access-date=3 May 2014 |work=Vice}}</ref>
* 1992 – [[Jacob Loko]], Australian rugby player
* 1992 – [[Teo Gheorghiu]], Swiss pianist and actor
*[[1993]] – [[Ewa Farna]], Czech singer-songwriter
* 1993 – [[Luna (South Korean singer)|Luna]], South Korean singer, actress and presenter<ref>{{cite book |last=Russell |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |date=April 29, 2014 |publisher=[[Tuttle Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1 |page=93 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
*[[1996]] – [[Choi Yu-jin (singer)|Choi Yu-jin]], South Korean singer and actress<ref>{{cite web |last=Moon |first=Wan-sik |date=March 13, 2015 |script-title=ko:큐브 新걸그룹 씨엘씨 '비율종결자' 최유진 프로필 공개 |trans-title=Cube's new girl group CLC's 'Ratio Finalist' Choi Yoo-jin's profile revealed |url=https://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2015031310224714859&type=1&outlink=1 |access-date=July 25, 2021 |work=Star News |language=ko}}</ref>
* 1996 – [[Julio Urías]], Mexican baseball player
* 1996 – [[Arthur Melo]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of Players: Grêmio FBPA |url=http://www.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2017/pdf/FCWC_2017_Squadlists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=4 |date=29 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043355/http://www.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2017/pdf/FCWC_2017_Squadlists.pdf |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1996 – [[Samuel Moutoussamy]], Congolese footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Samuel Moutoussamy |url= https://www.fcnantes.com/groupepro/20212022/fiche.php?numjoueur=189 |publisher= FC Nantes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725165652/https://www.fcnantes.com/groupepro/20212022/fiche.php?numjoueur=189 |archive-date=25 July 2022 }}</ref>
*[[1998]] – [[Stefanos Tsitsipas]], Greek tennis player
*[[1999]] – [[Matthijs de Ligt]], Dutch footballer
* 1999 – [[Dream (YouTuber)|Dream]], American YouTuber<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/minecraft-megastar-admits-to-cheating-after-months-of-d-1847009623|access-date=31 July 2021|title=Minecraft Megastar Admits to Cheating After Months of Denial, Death Threats|date=June 2021 }}</ref>
* 1999 – [[Jule Niemeier]], German tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/325940/jule-niemeier|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Jule Niemeier|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[2000]] – [[Tristan Charpentier]], French racing driver<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indylights.com/teams-drivers/current-drivers/tristan-charpentier|title=Tristan Charpentier|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=11 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811035731/https://www.indylights.com/teams-drivers/current-drivers/tristan-charpentier|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2001]] – [[Dixie D'Amelio]], American social media personality and singer<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grant|first=Stacey|date=July 16, 2020|title=Everything You Need to Know About Dixie D'Amelio, Charli's Older Sister|url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/celebrity-couples/g31816740/who-is-dixie-d-amelio/|url-status=live|access-date=June 8, 2021|website=Seventeen|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325215333/https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/celebrity-couples/g31816740/who-is-dixie-d-amelio/ |archive-date=2020-03-25 }}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[30 BC]] – [[Cleopatra]], Egyptian queen (b. 69 BC)
* [[792]] – [[Jænberht]], archbishop of Canterbury
* [[875]] – [[Louis II of Italy|Louis II]], Holy Roman Emperor (b. 825)
* [[960]] – [[Li Gu (Later Zhou)|Li Gu]], chancellor of Later Zhou (b. 903)
* [[961]] – [[Li Jing (Southern Tang)|Yuan Zong]], emperor of Southern Tang (b. 916)
*[[1222]] – [[Vladislaus III, Duke of Bohemia|Vladislaus III]], duke of Bohemia
*[[1295]] – [[Charles Martel of Anjou|Charles Martel]], king of Hungary (b. 1271)
*[[1319]] – [[Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria|Rudolf I]], duke of Bavaria (b. 1274)
*[[1315]] – [[Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick]], English nobleman
*[[1335]] – [[Prince Moriyoshi]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1308)
*[[1399]] – [[Demetrius I Starshy]], Prince of Trubczewsk (in battle) (b. 1327)
*[[1424]] – [[Yongle Emperor|Yongle]], emperor of the Ming Empire (b. 1360)
*[[1484]] – [[Pope Sixtus IV|Sixtus IV]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1414)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sixtus IV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sixtus-IV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1546]] – [[Francisco de Vitoria]], Spanish theologian (b. 1492)
*[[1577]] – [[Thomas Smith (diplomat)|Thomas Smith]], English scholar and diplomat (b. 1513)
*[[1588]] – [[Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder]], Italian-English composer (b. 1543)
===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] – [[Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak]], Mughal vizier and historian (b. 1551)
*[[1612]] – [[Giovanni Gabrieli]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1557)
*[[1638]] – [[Johannes Althusius]], German jurist and philosopher (b. 1557)
*[[1674]] – [[Philippe de Champaigne]], Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1602)
*[[1689]] – [[Pope Innocent XI]] (b. 1611)
*[[1778]] – [[Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire]] (b. 1714)
*[[1809]] – [[Mikhail Kamensky]], Russian field marshal (b. 1738)
*[[1810]] – [[Étienne Louis Geoffroy]], French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725)
*[[1822]] – [[Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh]], Irish-English politician, [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK)|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1769)
*[[1827]] – [[William Blake]], English poet and painter (b. 1757)
*[[1829]] – [[Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie]], French general (b. 1760)
*[[1848]] – [[George Stephenson]], English engineer and academic (b. 1781)
*[[1849]] – [[Albert Gallatin]], Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (b. 1761)
*[[1861]] – [[Eliphalet Remington]], American inventor and businessman, founded [[Remington Arms]] (b. 1793)
*[[1864]] – [[Sakuma Shōzan]], Japanese scholar and politician (b. 1811)
*[[1865]] – [[William Jackson Hooker]], English botanist and academic (b. 1785)
*[[1891]] – [[James Russell Lowell]], American poet and critic (b. 1819)
*[[1896]] – [[Thomas Chamberlain (soldier)|Thomas Chamberlain]], American colonel (b. 1841)
*[[1900]] – [[Wilhelm Steinitz]], Austrian chess player and theoretician (b. 1836)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld]], Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (b. 1832)
*[[1904]] – [[William Renshaw]], English tennis player (b. 1861)
*[[1914]] – [[John Philip Holland]], Irish engineer, designed {{HMS|Holland 1}} (b. 1840)
*[[1918]] – [[William Thompson (archer)|William Thompson]], American archer (b. 1848)
*[[1921]] – [[Pyotr Boborykin]], Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836)
*[[1922]] – [[Arthur Griffith]], Irish journalist and politician, 3rd [[President of Dáil Éireann]] (b. 1871)
*[[1924]] – [[Sándor Bródy (writer)|Sándor Bródy]], Hungarian journalist and author (b. 1863)
*[[1928]] – [[Leoš Janáček]], Czech composer and educator (b. 1854)
*[[1934]] – [[Hendrik Petrus Berlage]], Dutch architect, designed the [[Beurs van Berlage]] (b. 1856)
*[[1935]] – [[Friedrich Schottky]], German mathematician and academic (b. 1851)
*[[1940]] – [[Nikolai Triik]], Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884)
*[[1941]] – [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon]], English soldier and politician, 56th [[Governor General of Canada]] (b. 1866)
* 1941 – [[Bobby Peel]], English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
*[[1943]] – [[Vittorio Sella]], Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
*[[1944]] – [[Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.]], American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
*[[1952]] – [[David Bergelson]], Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)
*[[1955]] – [[Thomas Mann]], German author and critic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1875)
* 1955 – [[James B. Sumner]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1887)
*[[1959]] – [[Mike O'Neill (baseball)|Mike O'Neill]], Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
*[[1964]] – [[Ian Fleming]], English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ian Fleming {{!}} Biography, Novels, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ian-Fleming |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1966]] – [[Artur Alliksaar]], Estonian poet and author (b. 1923)
*[[1967]] – [[Esther Forbes]], American historian and author (b. 1891)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kingman|first=Lee|chapter=Forbes, Esther|editor-first=D.L.|editor-last=Kirkpatrick|title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=978-0-33323-414-3|page=466}}</ref>
*[[1973]] – [[Walter Rudolf Hess]], Swiss physiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1881)
* 1973 – [[Karl Ziegler]], German chemist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1898)
*[[1976]] – [[Tom Driberg]], British politician/journalist (b. 1905)<ref name= Hines>{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31047|title= Tom Driberg|last=Davenport-Hines|first=Richard|year=2004|doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/31047|access-date=12 February 2010}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
*[[1978]] – [[John Williams (motorcyclist)|John Williams]], English motorcycle racer (b. 1946)
*[[1979]] – [[Ernst Boris Chain]], German-Irish biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1906)
*[[1982]] – [[Henry Fonda]], American actor (b. 1905)
* 1982 – [[Salvador Sánchez]], Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
*[[1983]] – [[Theodor Burchardi]], German admiral (b. 1892)
*[[1984]] – [[Ladi Kwali]], Nigerian potter (b. 1925)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thistrend.com.ng/2017/03/15-facts-about-ladi-kwali-pottery-woman.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317101452/http://www.thistrend.com.ng/2017/03/15-facts-about-ladi-kwali-pottery-woman.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-03-17|title=15 Facts about Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman on N20 Note - ThisTrend Blog|date=2017-03-17|access-date=2018-08-06}}</ref>
*[[1985]] – [[Kyu Sakamoto]], Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
* 1985 – [[Manfred Winkelhock]], German race car driver (b. 1951)
*[[1986]] – [[Evaline Ness]], American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
*[[1988]] – [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], American painter (b. 1960)
*[[1989]] – [[Aimo Koivunen]], Finnish soldier and corporal (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.sotapolku.fi/henkilot/koivunen_aimo-allan_1917-11-14_alastaro/|title= Aimo Allan Koivunen|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 2016|website= www.sotapolku.fi|publisher= |access-date= 19 October 2018|language=fi}}</ref>
* 1989 – [[William Shockley]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1910)
*[[1990]] – [[Dorothy Mackaill]], English-American actress (b. 1903)
*[[1992]] – [[John Cage]], American composer and theorist (b. 1912)
*[[1996]] – [[Victor Ambartsumian]], Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist and academic (b. 1908)
* 1996 – [[Mark Gruenwald]], American author and illustrator (b. 1953)
*[[1997]] – [[Jack Delano]], American photographer and composer (b. 1914)
*[[1999]] – [[Jean Drapeau]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th [[Mayor of Montreal]] (b. 1916)
*[[2000]] – [[Gennady Lyachin]], Russian captain (b. 1955)
* 2000 – [[Loretta Young]], American actress (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC News {{!}} AMERICAS {{!}} Elegant beauty Loretta Young dies |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/849409.stm |website=news.bbc.co.uk |access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[2002]] – [[Enos Slaughter]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1916)
*[[2004]] – [[Godfrey Hounsfield]], English biophysicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1919)
*[[2005]] – [[John Loder (sound engineer)|John Loder]], English sound engineer and producer, founded [[Southern Studios]] (b. 1946)
*[[2006]] – [[Victoria Gray Adams]], American civil rights activist (b. 1926)
*[[2007]] – [[Merv Griffin]], American actor, singer, and producer, created ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' and ''[[Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' (b. 1925)
* 2007 – [[Mike Wieringo]], American author and illustrator (b. 1963)
*[[2008]] – [[Christie Allen]], English-Australian singer (b. 1954)
* 2008 – [[Helge Hagerup]], Norwegian playwright, poet and novelist (b. 1933)
*[[2009]] – [[Les Paul]], American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1915)
*[[2010]] – [[Isaac Bonewits]], American [[Druid]], author, and activist; founded [[Ár nDraíocht Féin]] (b. 1949)
* 2010 – [[Guido de Marco]], Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th [[President of Malta]] (b. 1931)
* 2010 – [[Richie Hayward]], American drummer and songwriter (b. 1946)
* 2010 – [[André Kim]], South Korean fashion designer (b. 1935)
*[[2011]] – [[Robert Robinson (broadcaster)|Robert Robinson]], English journalist and author (b. 1927)
*[[2012]] – [[Jimmy Carr (American football)|Jimmy Carr]], American football player and coach (b. 1933)
* 2012 – [[Jerry Grant]], American race car driver (b. 1935)
* 2012 – [[Joe Kubert]], Polish-American illustrator, founded [[The Kubert School]] (b. 1926)
* 2012 – [[Édgar Morales Pérez]], Mexican engineer and politician
* 2012 – [[Alf Morris]], English politician and activist (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lord Morris of Manchester obituary {{!}} Politics |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2012/aug/14/lord-morris-of-manchester |website=The Guardian |access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref>
*[[2013]] – [[Tereza de Arriaga]], Portuguese painter (b. 1915)
* 2013 – [[Hans-Ekkehard Bob]], German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
* 2013 – [[Pauline Maier]], American historian and academic (b. 1938)
* 2013 – [[David McLetchie]], Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1952)
* 2013 – [[Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov]], Russian ecologist and journalist (b. 1930)
*[[2014]] – [[Lauren Bacall]], American model, actress, and singer (b. 1924)
* 2014 – [[Futatsuryū Jun'ichi]], Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1950)
* 2014 – [[Kongō Masahiro]], Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948)
*[[2015]] – [[Jaakko Hintikka]], Finnish philosopher and academic (b. 1929)
* 2015 – [[Stephen Lewis (actor)|Stephen Lewis]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
* 2015 – [[Meshulim Feish Lowy]], Hungarian-Canadian rabbi and author (b. 1921)
* 2015 – [[John Scott (organist)|John Scott]], English organist and conductor (b. 1956)
*[[2016]] – [[Juan Pedro de Miguel]], Spanish handball player (b. 1958)
*[[2017]] – [[Bryan Murray (ice hockey)|Bryan Murray]], Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1942)
*[[2019]] – [[DJ Arafat]], Ivorian DJ and singer (b. 1986)
*[[2020]] – [[Bill Yeoman]], American college football player and coach (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/2020/august|title=Famous People Who Died in August 2020|website=On This Day|date=August 2020 |access-date=2020-08-23}}</ref>
*[[2021]] – [[Una Stubbs]], English actress, TV personality, and dancer (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chung|first=Gabrielle|date=2021-08-12|title=Sherlock Actress Una Stubbs Dies at 84: 'What a Talent'|url=https://people.com/tv/sherlock-actress-una-stubbs-dead/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814202922/https://people.com/tv/sherlock-actress-una-stubbs-dead/|archive-date=2021-08-14|access-date=2021-08-20|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|language=en}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
** [[Euplius]]
** [[Eusebius (bishop of Milan)|Eusebius of Milan]]
** [[Herculanus of Brescia]]
** [[Pope Innocent XI]]
** [[Jænberht]]
** [[Jane Frances de Chantal]]
** [[Muiredach of Killala|Muiredach (or Murtagh)]]
** [[Porcarius II]]
** [[August 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Glorious Twelfth]] ([[United Kingdom]])
* [[Sirikit|HM the Queen Mother's Birthday]] and [[Mother's Day|National Mother's Day]] ([[Thailand]])
* [[International Youth Day]] ([[United Nations]])<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
* [[Russian Air Force Day]] ([[Russia]])
* [[Public holidays in Russia#List of other public holidays, commemorative and professional days|Russian Railway Troops Day]] ([[Russia]])
* [[Sea Org Day]] ([[Scientology]])
* [[World Elephant Day]] (International)<ref>{{cite web |title=World Elephant Day - August 12 |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/video/tv/world-elephant-day-august-12 |website=National Geographic |access-date=26 June 2020 |language=en-gb |date=16 October 2017}}</ref>
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* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/12 |title=Historical Events on August 12 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}
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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1099]] – [[First Crusade]]: [[Battle of Ascalon]] Crusaders under the command of [[Godfrey of Bouillon]] defeat [[Fatimid Caliphate|Fatimid]] forces led by [[Al-Afdal Shahanshah]]. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.<ref>{{cite book|author=John France|title=Victory in the East: A Military History of the First Crusade|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Exxeto51p3cC&pg=PA362|year=1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-58987-1|pages=362}}</ref>
*[[1121]] – [[Battle of Didgori]]: The [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] army under King [[David IV of Georgia|David IV]] wins a decisive victory over the famous [[Seljuq dynasty|Seljuk]] commander [[Ilghazi]].
*[[1164]] – [[Battle of Harim]]: [[Nur ad-Din Zangi]] defeats the [[Crusades|Crusader]] armies of the [[County of Tripoli]] and the [[Principality of Antioch]].<ref>{{cite book|author=R. C. Smail|title=Crusading Warfare 1097-1193|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GZ08AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA183|year=1956|publisher=CUP Archive|isbn=978-0-521-09730-7|pages=183}}</ref>
*[[1323]] – The [[Treaty of Nöteborg]] between Sweden and [[Novgorod Republic]] is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.<ref name="Christiansen1997">{{cite book|author=Eric Christiansen|title=The Northern Crusades|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1OWoMo5ZsAC&pg=PT159|date=4 December 1997|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-0-14-193736-6|pages=159–}}</ref>
*[[1492]] – [[Christopher Columbus]] arrives in the [[Canary Islands]] on his first voyage to the New World.
*[[1499]] – First engagement of the [[Battle of Zonchio]] between [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] and [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] fleets.
===1601–1900===
*[[1624]] – [[Charles de La Vieuville]] is arrested and replaced by [[Cardinal Richelieu]] as the French king's chief advisor.
*[[1676]] – [[Praying Indian]] [[John Alderman]] shoots and kills [[Metacomet]], the [[Wampanoag people|Wampanoag]] war chief, ending [[King Philip's War]].
*[[1687]] – [[Battle of Mohács (1687)|Battle of Mohács]]: [[Charles V, Duke of Lorraine|Charles of Lorraine]] defeats the [[Ottoman Empire]].
*[[1765]] – [[Treaty of Allahabad]] is signed. The Treaty marks the political and constitutional involvement and the beginning of [[Company rule in India]].
*[[1788]] – The [[Anjala conspiracy]] is signed.<ref>[http://www.anjala-seura.info/anjalan_liitto/Untitled-1.htm Anjalan liitto – Anjala-seura] (in Finnish)</ref>
*[[1793]] – The [[Rhône (department)|Rhône]] and [[Loire (department)|Loire]] ''[[Departments of France|départments]]'' are created when the former ''département'' of [[Rhône-et-Loire]] is split into two.
*[[1806]] – [[Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires]] re-takes the city of [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]] after the [[British invasions of the River Plate|first British invasion]].
*[[1831]] – French intervention forces [[William I of the Netherlands]] to abandon [[Ten Days' Campaign|his attempt]] to suppress the [[Belgian Revolution]].
*[[1851]] – [[Isaac Singer]] is granted a patent for his [[sewing machine]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Invention That Spawned a Fashion Revolution |url=https://time.com/3985665/sewing-machine-invented/ |magazine=Time |access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[1865]] – [[Joseph Lister]], British surgeon and scientist, performs the first antiseptic surgery.
*[[1883]] – The last [[quagga]] dies at the [[Natura Artis Magistra]], a zoo in [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands.
*[[1898]] – The [[Flag of Hawaii|Hawaiian flag]] is lowered from [[ʻIolani Palace]] in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the [[flag of the United States]] to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the [[Republic of Hawaii]] to the United States where it is formally recognized as [[Hawaii]].
===1901–present===
*[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: The United Kingdom and the [[British Empire]] declare war on [[Austria-Hungary]].
* 1914 – World War I: The [[Battle of Halen]] a.k.a. Battle of the Silver Helmets a clash between large Belgian and German [[cavalry]] formations at [[Halen]], Belgium.
*[[1944]] – [[Waffen-SS]] troops massacre 560 people in [[Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre|Sant'Anna di Stazzema]].
* 1944 – [[Nazi Germany|Nazi German]] troops end the week-long [[Wola massacre]], during which time at least 40,000 people are killed indiscriminately or in mass executions.
* 1944 – [[Alençon]] is liberated by General [[Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque]], the first city in France to be liberated from the [[Nazism|Nazis]] by French forces.
*[[1948]] – Between 15 and 150 unarmed members of the Khudai Khidmatgar movement are [[Babrra massacre|killed]] by Pakistani police.
*[[1950]] – [[Korean War]]: [[Bloody Gulch massacre]]: Seventy-five American POWs are massacred by the [[Korean People's Army|North Korean Army]].
*[[1952]] – The [[Night of the Murdered Poets]]: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
*[[1953]] – First thermonuclear bomb [[Nuclear weapons testing|test]]: The [[Soviet atomic bomb project]] continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (''[[Joe 4]]'') using a "[[Nuclear_weapon_design#Alarm_Clock/Sloika|layered]]" scheme.
* 1953 – The 7.2 {{M|s}} [[1953 Ionian earthquake|Ionian earthquake]] shakes the southern [[Ionian Islands]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of X (''Extreme''). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
*[[1960]] – ''[[Echo 1A]]'', NASA's first successful [[communications satellite]], is launched.<ref>{{cite web |title=Echo {{!}} satellite |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Echo-satellite |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1964]] – [[South Africa]] is [[Apartheid-era South Africa and the Olympics|banned]] from the [[Olympic Games]] due to the country's [[Apartheid in South Africa|racist policies]].
*[[1969]] – Violence erupts after the [[Apprentice Boys of Derry]] march in [[Derry|Derry, Northern Ireland]], resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the [[Battle of the Bogside]].
*[[1976]] – Between 1,000 and 3,500 [[Palestinians]] are killed in the [[Tel al-Zaatar massacre]], one of the bloodiest events of the [[Lebanese Civil War]].
*[[1977]] – The first [[Approach and Landing Tests|free flight]] of the {{ship|Space Shuttle|Enterprise}}.
* 1977 – The [[1977 riots in Sri Lanka|Sri Lanka Riots]]: Targeting the minority [[Sri Lanka]]n [[Tamils]], begin, less than a month after the [[United National Party]] came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
*[[1981]] – The [[IBM Personal Computer]] is released.
*[[1985]] – [[Japan Airlines Flight 123]] crashes into [[Mount Osutaka|Osutaka]] ridge in [[Gunma Prefecture]], Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.
*[[1990]] – [[Sue (dinosaur)|Sue]], the largest and most complete ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' skeleton found to date, is discovered by [[Sue Hendrickson]] in [[South Dakota]].
*[[1992]] – Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA).
*[[1994]] – [[Major League Baseball]] players go on [[1994–95 Major League Baseball strike|strike]], eventually forcing the cancellation of the [[1994 World Series]].
*[[2000]] – The [[Russian Navy]] submarine {{ship|Russian submarine|Kursk|K-141|2}} [[Kursk submarine disaster|explodes and sinks]] in the [[Barents Sea]] during a [[military exercise]], killing her entire 118-man crew.
*[[2015]] – At least [[2015 Tianjin explosions|two massive explosions]] kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in [[Tianjin]], China.
*[[2016]] – [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] (SDF) [[Manbij offensive|capture]] the city of [[Manbij]] from the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-37063857|title=Syria rebels 'cut off IS escape route' through Manbij|publisher=BBC|date=12 August 2016|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/sdf-captures-isiss-largest-stronghold-aleppo/|title=SDF captures ISIS's largest stronghold in Aleppo|first=Izat|last=Charkatli|date=12 August 2016|access-date=20 July 2021|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327103044/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/sdf-captures-isiss-largest-stronghold-aleppo/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-islamic-state-idUSKCN10N178|title=U.S.-backed forces say launch final assault against Islamic State in Syria's Manbij|work=Reuters|date=12 August 2016|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/islamic-state-abducts-2000-civilians-in-northern-syria/a-19471640|title=U.S.-backed forces say launch final assault against Islamic State in Syria's Manbij=|publisher=Deutsche Welle|date=12 August 2016|access-date=12 August 2016}}</ref>
*[[2018]] – Thirty-nine civilians, including a dozen children, are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in [[Sarmada]], Syria.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45162822|title=Arms depot in Syria's Idlib province kills 39 – monitor|newspaper=BBC News World Middle East|date=August 12, 2018 }}</ref>
*[[2021]] – Six people, five victims and the perpetrator are killed in Keyham, [[Plymouth]] in the [[Plymouth shooting|worst mass shooting in the UK]] since [[2010 Cumbria Shootings|2010]].<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-58197414|title= Plymouth shooting: Jake Davison named as gunman who killed five|publisher=BBC News|date=12 August 2021|access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref>
==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1452]] – [[Abraham Zacuto]], Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian (d. 1515)
*[[1503]] – [[Christian III of Denmark]] (d. 1559)
*[[1506]] – [[Franciscus Sonnius]], Dutch counter-Reformation theologian (d. 1576)
*[[1591]] – [[Louise de Marillac]], co-founder of the [[Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul|Daughters of Charity]] (d. 1660)
*[[1599]] – Sir [[William Curtius]] FRS, German magistrate, English baronet (d. 1678)
===1601–1900===
*[[1604]] – [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]], Japanese shōgun (d. 1651)
*[[1626]] – [[Giovanni Legrenzi]], Italian composer (d. 1690)
*[[1629]] – [[Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria]], Austrian archduchess (d. 1685)
*[[1644]] – [[Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber]], Bohemian-Austrian violinist and composer (d. 1704)
*[[1686]] – [[John Balguy]], English philosopher and author (d. 1748)
*[[1696]] – [[Maurice Greene (composer)|Maurice Greene]], English organist and composer (d. 1755)
*[[1762]] – [[George IV of the United Kingdom]] (d. 1830)
*[[1773]] – [[Karl Faber]], Prussian historian and academic (d. 1853)
*[[1774]] – [[Robert Southey]], English poet and author (d. 1843)
*[[1831]] – [[Helena Blavatsky]], Russian theosophist and scholar (d. 1891)
*[[1852]] – [[Michael J. McGivney]], American priest and founder of the [[Knights of Columbus]] (d. 1890)
*[[1856]] – [[Diamond Jim Brady]], American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1917)
*[[1857]] – [[Ernestine von Kirchsberg]], Austrian painter and educator (d. 1924)
*[[1859]] – [[Katharine Lee Bates]], American poet and author (d. 1929)<ref>{{cite web |title=Katharine Lee Bates {{!}} American author {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katharine-Lee-Bates |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=25 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1860]] – [[Klara Hitler]], Austrian mother of [[Adolf Hitler]] (d. 1907)
*[[1866]] – [[Jacinto Benavente]], Spanish playwright, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1954)
* 1866 – [[Henrik Sillem]], Dutch target shooter, mountaineer, and jurist (d. 1907)
*[[1867]] – [[Edith Hamilton]], German-American author and educator (d. 1963)
*[[1870]] – [[Henry Reuterdahl]], Swedish-American artist (d. 1925)
*[[1871]] – [[Gustavs Zemgals]], Latvian politician, 2nd [[President of Latvia]] (d. 1939)
*[[1876]] – [[Mary Roberts Rinehart]], American author and playwright (d. 1958)
*[[1877]] – [[Albert Bartha]], Hungarian general and politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Hungary)|Hungarian Minister of Defence]] (d. 1960)
*[[1880]] – [[Radclyffe Hall]], English poet, author, and activist (d. 1943)
* 1880 – [[Christy Mathewson]], American baseball player and manager (d. 1925)
*[[1881]] – [[Cecil B. DeMille]], American director and producer (d. 1959)
*[[1883]] – [[Martha Hedman]], Swedish-American actress and playwright (d. 1974)
* 1883 – [[Marion Lorne]], American actress (d. 1968)
*[[1885]] – [[Jean Cabannes]], French physicist and academic (d. 1959)
* 1885 – [[Keith Murdoch]], Australian journalist (d. 1952)
* 1885 – [[Juhan Simm]], Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1959)
*[[1887]] – [[Erwin Schrödinger]], Austrian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1961)
*[[1889]] – [[Zerna Sharp]], American author and educator (d. 1981)
*[[1891]] – [[C. E. M. Joad]], English philosopher and academic (d. 1953)
* 1891 – [[John McDermott (golfer)|John McDermott]], American golfer (d. 1971)
*[[1892]] – [[Alfred Lunt]], American actor and director (d. 1977)
*[[1897]] – [[Maurice Fernandes]], Guyanese cricketer (d. 1981)
*[[1899]] – [[Ben Sealey]], Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1963)
===1901–present===
*[[1902]] – [[Mohammad Hatta]], Indonesian statesman, 1st [[List of Vice Presidents of Indonesia|Vice President of Indonesia]] (d. 1980)
*[[1904]] – [[Idel Jakobson]], Latvian-Estonian [[NKVD]] officer (d. 1997)
* 1904 – [[Tamás Lossonczy]], Hungarian painter (d. 2009)
* 1904 – [[Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia]] (d. 1918)
*[[1906]] – [[Harry Hopman]], Australian tennis player and coach (d. 1985)
* 1906 – [[Tedd Pierce]], American animator, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1972)
*[[1907]] – [[Gladys Bentley]], American blues singer (d. 1960)
* 1907 – [[Joe Besser]], American actor (d. 1988)
* 1907 – [[Boy Charlton]], Australian swimmer (d. 1975)
* 1907 – [[Benjamin Sheares]], Singaporean physician and politician, 2nd [[President of Singapore]] (d. 1981)
*[[1909]] – [[Bruce Matthews (Canadian Army officer)|Bruce Matthews]], Canadian general and businessman (d. 1991)
*[[1910]] – [[Yusof bin Ishak]], Singaporean journalist and politician, 1st [[President of Singapore]] (d. 1970)<ref name="roots.sg">{{cite web |title=Yusof Ishak |url=https://www.roots.gov.sg/learn/stories/yusof-ishak/story |website=www.roots.sg |publisher=[[National Heritage Board (Singapore)|National Heritage Board]] |access-date=8 November 2020 |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* 1910 – [[Jane Wyatt]], American actress (d. 2006)
*[[1911]] – [[Cantinflas]], Mexican actor, screenwriter, and producer (d. 1993)
*[[1912]] – [[Samuel Fuller]], American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1997)
*[[1913]] – [[Richard L. Bare]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2015)
*[[1914]] – [[Gerd Buchdahl]], German-English philosopher and author (d. 2001)
* 1914 – [[Ruth Lowe]], Canadian pianist and songwriter (d. 1981)
*[[1915]] – [[Michael Kidd]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 2007)
*[[1916]] – [[Ioan Dicezare]], Romanian general and pilot (d. 2012)
* 1916 – [[Edward Pinkowski]], American writer, journalist and Polonia historian (d. 2020)
*[[1917]] – [[Oliver Crawford]], American screenwriter and author (d. 2008)
* 1917 – [[Ebba Haslund]], Norwegian writer (d. 2009)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Ebba Haslund |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |date= 23 August 2023|editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ebba_Haslund |language=no|access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1918]] – [[Sid Bernstein (impresario)|Sid Bernstein]], American record producer (d. 2013)
* 1918 – [[Guy Gibson]], Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (d. 1944)
*[[1919]] – [[Margaret Burbidge]], English-American astrophysicist and academic (d. 2020)
* 1919 – [[Vikram Sarabhai]], Indian physicist and academic (d. 1971)
*[[1920]] – [[Charles Gibson (historian)|Charles Gibson]], American ethnohistorian (d. 1985)
* 1920 – [[Percy Mayfield]], American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 1984)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Talevski |first1=Nick |title=Rock Obituaries: Knocking On Heaven's Door |date=2010 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=978-0-85712-117-2 |page=403 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DykffzkFALoC&pg=PA403 |access-date=8 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1922]] – [[Fulton Mackay]], Scottish actor and playwright (d. 1987)
* 1922 – [[Miloš Jakeš]], Czech communist politician (d. 2020)
*[[1923]] – [[John Holt (cricketer)|John Holt]], Jamaican cricketer (d. 1997)
*[[1924]] – [[Derek Shackleton]], English cricketer, coach, and umpire (d. 2007)
* 1924 – [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]], Pakistani general and politician, 6th [[President of Pakistan]] (d. 1988)
*[[1925]] – [[Dale Bumpers]], American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th [[Governor of Arkansas]] (d. 2016)
* 1925 – [[Guillermo Cano Isaza]], Colombian journalist (d. 1986)
* 1925 – [[Donald Justice]], American poet and writing teacher (d. 2004)
* 1925 – [[Norris McWhirter]], Scottish publisher and activist co-founded the [[Guinness World Records]] (d. 2004)
* 1925 – [[Ross McWhirter]], Scottish publisher and activist, co-founded the [[Guinness World Records]] (d. 1975)
* 1925 – [[George Wetherill]], American physicist and academic (d. 2006)
*[[1926]] – [[Douglas Croft]], American child actor (d. 1963)<ref>{{cite book |last1= Wilson |first1=Scott |last2=Mank |first2= Gregory W. |title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons |location=Jefferson, N.C. |publisher=McFarland & Company |date=2016 |isbn= 978-0-7864-79924 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ |page=167}}</ref>
* 1926 – [[John Derek]], American actor, director, and cinematographer (d. 1998)
* 1926 – [[Joe Jones (singer)|Joe Jones]], American R&B singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2005)
*[[1927]] – [[Porter Wagoner]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2007)
*[[1928]] – [[Charles Blackman]], Australian painter and illustrator (d. 2018)
* 1928 – [[Bob Buhl]], American baseball player (d. 2001)
* 1928 – [[Dan Curtis]], American director and producer (d. 2006)
*[[1929]] – [[Buck Owens]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)
*[[1930]] – [[George Soros]], Hungarian-American businessman and investor, founded the [[Soros Fund Management]]
* 1930 – [[Kanagaratnam Sriskandan]], Sri Lankan engineer and civil servant (d. 2010)
* 1930 – [[Jacques Tits]], Belgian-French mathematician and academic (d. 2021)
*[[1931]] – [[William Goldman]], American author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 2018)
*[[1932]] – [[Dallin H. Oaks]], American lawyer, jurist, and religious leader
* 1932 – [[Charlie O'Donnell]], American radio and television announcer (d. 2010)
* 1932 – [[Sirikit]], Queen mother of [[Thailand]]
*[[1933]] – [[Parnelli Jones]], American race car driver and businessman
* 1933 – [[Frederic Lindsay]], Scottish author and educator (d. 2013)
*[[1934]] – [[Robin Nicholson (metallurgist)|Robin Nicholson]], English metallurgist and academic
*[[1935]] – [[John Cazale]], American actor (d. 1978)
*[[1936]] – [[Kjell Grede]], Swedish director and screenwriter (d. 2017)
*[[1937]] – [[Walter Dean Myers]], American author and poet (d. 2014)
*[[1938]] – [[Jean-Paul L'Allier]], Canadian journalist and politician, 38th [[List of mayors of Quebec City|Mayor of Quebec City]] (d. 2016)
*[[1939]] – [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]], American actor
* 1939 – [[David Jacobs (writer)|David Jacobs]], American television writer and producer (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/25/arts/television/david-jacobs-dead.html|title=David Jacobs, 84, Dies; Turned Soap Opera Drama Into Prime-Time Gold|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 26, 2023|access-date=August 27, 2023}}</ref>
* 1939 – [[S. Jayakumar]], Singaporean politician, 4th [[Senior Minister of Singapore]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sal.org.sg/Newsroom/Speeches/Speech-Details/id/452|title=Citation for Professor S Jayakumar|website=[[Singapore Academy of Law]]|access-date=27 July 2020}}</ref>
* 1939 – [[Pam Kilborn]], Australian track and field athlete
* 1939 – [[David King (chemist)|David King]], South African chemist and academic
* 1939 – [[Sushil Koirala]], Nepalese politician, 37th [[Prime Minister of Nepal]] (d. 2016)
* 1939 – [[Roy Romanow]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th [[Premier of Saskatchewan]]
*[[1940]] – [[Eddie Barlow]], South African cricketer and coach (d. 2005)
* 1940 – [[John Waller (fight director)|John Waller]], English [[historical European martial arts]] (HEMA) revival pioneer and [[fight director]] (d. 2018)<ref>{{cite journal |title=John Waller — A Life Remembered |first=Guy |last=Wilson |author-link=Guy Wilson (historian) |journal=[[Arms & Armour]] |publisher=[[Royal Armouries]] |volume=15 |year=2018 |issue=2 |pages=113–121 |doi=10.1080/17416124.2018.1522141 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1941]] – [[L. M. Kit Carson]], American actor, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
* 1941 – [[Réjean Ducharme]], Canadian author and playwright (d. 2017)
* 1941 – [[Dana Ivey]], American actress
*[[1942]] – [[Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt]], German physician and author
*[[1943]] – [[Javeed Alam]], Indian academician<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsclick.in/javeed-alam-thinker-and-activist|title=Javeed Alam -- a Thinker and an Activist.|date=5 December 2016|website=NewsClick}}</ref> (d. 2016)
*[[1945]] – [[Dorothy E. Denning]], American computer scientist and academic
* 1945 – [[Ron Mael]], American keyboard player and songwriter
*[[1946]] – [[Terry Nutkins]], English television host and author (d. 2012)
*[[1947]] – [[John Nathan-Turner]], English author and television director, producer, and writer (d. 2002)<ref>{{cite news|title=John Nathan-Turner|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=7 May 2002|access-date=12 August 2018|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1393361/John-Nathan-Turner.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1393361/John-Nathan-Turner.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[1948]] – [[Siddaramaiah]], Indian lawyer and politician, 22nd [[Chief Minister of Karnataka]]
* 1948 – [[Graham J. Zellick]], English academic and jurist
*[[1949]] – [[Panagiotis Chinofotis]], Greek admiral and politician
* 1949 – [[Mark Knopfler]], Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1949 – [[Lou Martin]], Northern Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2012)
* 1949 – [[Alex Naumik]], Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013)
* 1949 – [[Rick Ridgeway]], American mountaineer and photographer
*[[1950]] – [[Jim Beaver]], American actor, director, and screenwriter
* 1950 – [[August Darnell|August "Kid Creole" Darnell]], American musician, bandleader, singer-songwriter, and record producer
* 1950 – [[George McGinnis]], American basketball player (d. 2023)<ref>{{cite web|title=George McGinnis|url=http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/george-mcginnis/|publisher=The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame|access-date=24 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913235632/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/george-mcginnis/|archive-date=13 September 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1951]] – [[Klaus Toppmöller]], German football manager and former player
*[[1952]] – [[Daniel Biles]], American associate justice of the [[Kansas Supreme Court]]
* 1952 – [[Sitaram Yechury]], Indian politician and leader of [[CPI(M)]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Sitaram Yechury: Suave, Soft-Spoken and Dynamic|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sitaram-yechury-suave-soft-spoken-and-dynamic-756280|access-date=19 April 2015|agency=NDTV|date=19 April 2015}}</ref>
*[[1954]] – [[Rob Borbidge]], Australian politician, 35th [[Premier of Queensland]]
* 1954 – [[Leung Chun-ying]], Hong Kong businessman and politician, 3rd [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong]]
* 1954 – [[Ibolya Dávid]], Hungarian lawyer and politician, [[Minister of Justice of Hungary]]
* 1954 – [[François Hollande]], French lawyer and politician, 24th [[President of France]]
* 1954 – [[Sam J. Jones]], American actor<ref>{{cite news|last=Rose|first=Mike|title=Today's top celebrity birthdays list for August 12, 2018|work=The Plain Dealer|date=August 12, 2018|access-date=August 12, 2018|url=https://www.cleveland.com/expo/life-and-culture/erry-2018/08/311239569b1980/todays-top-celebrity-birthdays.html}}</ref>
* 1954 – [[Pat Metheny]], American jazz guitarist and composer
*[[1956]] – [[Lee Freedman]], Australian horse trainer
* 1956 – [[Bruce Greenwood]], Canadian actor and producer
* 1956 – [[Sidath Wettimuny]], Sri Lankan cricketer
*[[1957]] – [[Friedhelm Schütte]], German footballer
* 1957 – [[Amanda Redman]], English actress
*[[1958]] – [[Jürgen Dehmel]], German bass player and songwriter
*[[1959]] – [[Kerry Boustead]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1960]] – [[Laurent Fignon]], French cyclist and sportscaster (d. 2010)
* 1960 – [[Greg Thomas]], Welsh-English cricketer
*[[1961]] – [[Roy Hay (musician)|Roy Hay]], English guitarist, keyboard player, and composer
* 1961 – [[Mark Priest]], New Zealand cricketer
*[[1963]] – [[Kōji Kitao]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 60th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (d. 2019)
* 1963 – [[Campbell Newman]], Australian politician, 38th [[Premier of Queensland]]
* 1963 – [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]], American rapper, producer, and actor
*[[1964]] – [[Txiki Begiristain]], Spanish footballer
* 1964 – [[Michael Hagan]], Australian rugby league player and coach
*[[1965]] – [[Peter Krause]], American actor
*[[1966]] – [[Tobias Ellwood]], American-English captain and politician
*[[1967]] – [[Andy Hui]], Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor
* 1967 – [[Andrey Plotnikov]], Russian race walker
* 1967 – [[Regilio Tuur]], Dutch boxer
*[[1968]] – [[Thorsten Boer]], German footballer and manager
*[[1969]] – [[Aga Muhlach]], Filipino actor and politician
* 1969 – [[Stuart Williams (cricketer)|Stuart Williams]], Nevisian cricketer
* 1969 – [[Tanita Tikaram]], British pop/folk singer-songwriter<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=1180}}</ref>
*[[1970]] – [[Aleksandar Đurić]], Bosnian footballer
* 1970 – [[Charles Mesure]], English-Australian actor and screenwriter
* 1970 – [[Toby Perkins]], English businessman and politician
* 1970 – [[Jim Schlossnagle]], American baseball player and coach
* 1970 – [[Anthony Swofford]], American soldier and author
*[[1971]] – [[Michael Ian Black]], American comedian, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1971 – [[Yvette Nicole Brown]], American actress, comedian, and talk show host<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for August 12, 2022 includes celebrities George Hamilton, Cara Delevingne |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/08/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-august-12-2022-includes-celebrities-george-hamilton-cara-delevingne.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=10 August 2023 |date=12 August 2022}}</ref>
* 1971 – [[Rebecca Gayheart]], American actress
* 1971 – [[Pete Sampras]], American tennis player
*[[1972]] – [[Demir Demirkan]], Turkish singer-songwriter and producer
* 1972 – [[Mark Kinsella]], Irish footballer and manager
* 1972 – [[Takanohana Kōji]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 65th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]]
* 1972 – [[Gyanendra Pandey]], Indian cricketer
* 1972 – [[Del the Funky Homosapien]], American rapper <ref name="Hiero">{{cite web|url=http://ensim.hieroglyphics.com/artists/del/|title=Del tha Amazing Homosapien|access-date=September 5, 2007|publisher=Hieroglyphics|author=Hieroglyphics|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070814112553/http://ensim.hieroglyphics.com/artists/del/|archive-date=August 14, 2007}}</ref>
*[[1973]] – [[Jonathan Coachman]], American sportscaster and wrestler
* 1973 – [[Mark Iuliano]], Italian footballer and manager
* 1973 – [[Todd Marchant]], American ice hockey player and coach
*[[1974]] – [[Matt Clement]], American baseball player and coach
* 1974 – [[Karl Stefanovic]], Australian television host
*[[1975]] – [[Casey Affleck]], American actor
*[[1976]] – [[Pedro Collins]], Barbadian cricketer
* 1976 – [[Mikko Lindström]], Finnish guitarist
* 1976 – [[Henry Tuilagi]], Samoan rugby player
* 1976 – [[Antoine Walker]], American basketball player
*[[1977]] – [[Plaxico Burress]], American football player
* 1977 – [[Jesper Grønkjær]], Danish footballer
* 1977 – [[Park Yong-ha]], South Korean actor (d. 2010)
*[[1978]] – [[Chris Chambers]], American football player
* 1978 – [[Hayley Wickenheiser]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1979]] – [[D. J. Houlton]], American baseball player
* 1979 – [[Ian Hutchinson (motorcycle racer)|Ian Hutchinson]], English motorcycle racer
* 1979 – [[Cindy Klassen]], Canadian speed skater
* 1979 – [[Austra Skujytė]], Lithuanian pentathlete
*[[1980]] – [[Javier Chevantón]], Uruguayan footballer
* 1980 – [[Maggie Lawson]], American actress
* 1980 – [[Dominique Swain]], American actress
* 1980 – [[Matt Thiessen]], Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1981]] – [[Tony Capaldi]], Norwegian-Northern Irish footballer
* 1981 – [[Djibril Cissé]], French footballer
*[[1982]] – [[Boban Grnčarov]], Macedonian footballer
* 1982 – [[Alexandros Tzorvas]], Greek footballer
*[[1983]] – [[Klaas-Jan Huntelaar]], Dutch footballer
* 1983 – [[Kléber Giacomance de Souza Freitas]], Brazilian footballer
* 1983 – [[Manoa Vosawai]], Italian rugby player
*[[1984]] – [[Bryan Pata]], American football player (d. 2006)
*[[1985]] – [[Danny Graham (footballer)|Danny Graham]], English footballer
* 1985 – [[Franck Moutsinga]], German rugby player
*[[1986]] – [[Andrei Agius]], Maltese footballer
* 1986 – [[Kyle Arrington]], American football player
*[[1987]] – [[Vanessa Watts]], West Indian cricketer
*[[1988]] – [[Tyson Fury]], English boxer
* 1988 – [[Matt Gillett]], Australian rugby league player
*[[1989]] – [[Tom Cleverley]], English footballer
* 1989 – [[Hong Jeong-ho]], South Korean footballer
* 1989 – [[Sunye]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite book |author=Mark Russell |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |date=29 April 2014 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1 |page=80}}</ref>
*[[1990]] – [[Mario Balotelli]], Italian footballer
* 1990 – [[Marvin Zeegelaar]], Dutch footballer
* 1990 – [[Martin Zurawsky]], German footballer
*[[1991]] – [[Jesinta Campbell]], Australian model
* 1991 – [[Sam Hoare (rugby league, born 1991)|Sam Hoare]], Australian rugby league player
* 1991 – [[Khris Middleton]], American basketball player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Khris Middleton |url=https://www.nba.com/player/203114/khris-middleton |access-date=12 April 2024 |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]]}}</ref>
* 1991 – [[LaKeith Stanfield]], American actor and musician<ref name="AP"></ref>
*[[1992]] – [[Cara Delevingne]], English model and actress<ref>{{cite web |last=Haynes |first=Gavin |date=10 April 2013 |title=A Moron's Guide to Cara Delevingne |url=https://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-morons-guide-to-cara-delevingne |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503200227/http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/a-morons-guide-to-cara-delevingne |archive-date=3 May 2014 |access-date=3 May 2014 |work=Vice}}</ref>
* 1992 – [[Jacob Loko]], Australian rugby player
* 1992 – [[Teo Gheorghiu]], Swiss pianist and actor
*[[1993]] – [[Ewa Farna]], Czech singer-songwriter
* 1993 – [[Luna (South Korean singer)|Luna]], South Korean singer, actress and presenter<ref>{{cite book |last=Russell |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |date=April 29, 2014 |publisher=[[Tuttle Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1 |page=93 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
*[[1996]] – [[Choi Yu-jin (singer)|Choi Yu-jin]], South Korean singer and actress<ref>{{cite web |last=Moon |first=Wan-sik |date=March 13, 2015 |script-title=ko:큐브 新걸그룹 씨엘씨 '비율종결자' 최유진 프로필 공개 |trans-title=Cube's new girl group CLC's 'Ratio Finalist' Choi Yoo-jin's profile revealed |url=https://star.mt.co.kr/stview.php?no=2015031310224714859&type=1&outlink=1 |access-date=July 25, 2021 |work=Star News |language=ko}}</ref>
* 1996 – [[Julio Urías]], Mexican baseball player
* 1996 – [[Arthur Melo]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2017: List of Players: Grêmio FBPA |url=http://www.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2017/pdf/FCWC_2017_Squadlists.pdf |publisher=FIFA |page=4 |date=29 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043355/http://www.fifadata.com/documents/FCWC/2017/pdf/FCWC_2017_Squadlists.pdf |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1996 – [[Samuel Moutoussamy]], Congolese footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Samuel Moutoussamy |url= https://www.fcnantes.com/groupepro/20212022/fiche.php?numjoueur=189 |publisher= FC Nantes |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220725165652/https://www.fcnantes.com/groupepro/20212022/fiche.php?numjoueur=189 |archive-date=25 July 2022 }}</ref>
*[[1998]] – [[Stefanos Tsitsipas]], Greek tennis player
*[[1999]] – [[Matthijs de Ligt]], Dutch footballer
* 1999 – [[Dream (YouTuber)|Dream]], American YouTuber<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/minecraft-megastar-admits-to-cheating-after-months-of-d-1847009623|access-date=31 July 2021|title=Minecraft Megastar Admits to Cheating After Months of Denial, Death Threats|date=June 2021 }}</ref>
* 1999 – [[Jule Niemeier]], German tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/325940/jule-niemeier|title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Jule Niemeier|publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]]|access-date=17 October 2022}}</ref>
*[[2000]] – [[Tristan Charpentier]], French racing driver<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indylights.com/teams-drivers/current-drivers/tristan-charpentier|title=Tristan Charpentier|access-date=21 April 2020|archive-date=11 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811035731/https://www.indylights.com/teams-drivers/current-drivers/tristan-charpentier|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[2001]] – [[Dixie D'Amelio]], American social media personality and singer<ref>{{Cite web|last=Grant|first=Stacey|date=July 16, 2020|title=Everything You Need to Know About Dixie D'Amelio, Charli's Older Sister|url=https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/celebrity-couples/g31816740/who-is-dixie-d-amelio/|url-status=live|access-date=June 8, 2021|website=Seventeen|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325215333/https://www.seventeen.com/celebrity/celebrity-couples/g31816740/who-is-dixie-d-amelio/ |archive-date=2020-03-25 }}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
*[[30 BC]] – [[Cleopatra]], Egyptian queen (b. 69 BC)
* [[792]] – [[Jænberht]], archbishop of Canterbury
* [[875]] – [[Louis II of Italy|Louis II]], Holy Roman Emperor (b. 825)
* [[960]] – [[Li Gu (Later Zhou)|Li Gu]], chancellor of Later Zhou (b. 903)
* [[961]] – [[Li Jing (Southern Tang)|Yuan Zong]], emperor of Southern Tang (b. 916)
*[[1222]] – [[Vladislaus III, Duke of Bohemia|Vladislaus III]], duke of Bohemia
*[[1295]] – [[Charles Martel of Anjou|Charles Martel]], king of Hungary (b. 1271)
*[[1319]] – [[Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria|Rudolf I]], duke of Bavaria (b. 1274)
*[[1315]] – [[Guy de Beauchamp, 10th Earl of Warwick]], English nobleman
*[[1335]] – [[Prince Moriyoshi]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1308)
*[[1399]] – [[Demetrius I Starshy]], Prince of Trubczewsk (in battle) (b. 1327)
*[[1424]] – [[Yongle Emperor|Yongle]], emperor of the Ming Empire (b. 1360)
*[[1484]] – [[Pope Sixtus IV|Sixtus IV]], pope of the Catholic Church (b. 1414)<ref>{{cite web |title=Sixtus IV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sixtus-IV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=26 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1546]] – [[Francisco de Vitoria]], Spanish theologian (b. 1492)
*[[1577]] – [[Thomas Smith (diplomat)|Thomas Smith]], English scholar and diplomat (b. 1513)
*[[1588]] – [[Alfonso Ferrabosco the elder]], Italian-English composer (b. 1543)
===1601–1900===
*[[1602]] – [[Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak]], Mughal vizier and historian (b. 1551)
*[[1612]] – [[Giovanni Gabrieli]], Italian organist and composer (b. 1557)
*[[1638]] – [[Johannes Althusius]], German jurist and philosopher (b. 1557)
*[[1674]] – [[Philippe de Champaigne]], Belgian-French painter and educator (b. 1602)
*[[1689]] – [[Pope Innocent XI]] (b. 1611)
*[[1778]] – [[Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven]], English general and politician, [[Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire]] (b. 1714)
*[[1809]] – [[Mikhail Kamensky]], Russian field marshal (b. 1738)
*[[1810]] – [[Étienne Louis Geoffroy]], French pharmacist and entomologist (b. 1725)
*[[1822]] – [[Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh]], Irish-English politician, [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK)|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]] (b. 1769)
*[[1827]] – [[William Blake]], English poet and painter (b. 1757)
*[[1829]] – [[Charles Sapinaud de La Rairie]], French general (b. 1760)
*[[1848]] – [[George Stephenson]], English engineer and academic (b. 1781)
*[[1849]] – [[Albert Gallatin]], Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, and politician, 4th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (b. 1761)
*[[1861]] – [[Eliphalet Remington]], American inventor and businessman, founded [[Remington Arms]] (b. 1793)
*[[1864]] – [[Sakuma Shōzan]], Japanese scholar and politician (b. 1811)
*[[1865]] – [[William Jackson Hooker]], English botanist and academic (b. 1785)
*[[1891]] – [[James Russell Lowell]], American poet and critic (b. 1819)
*[[1896]] – [[Thomas Chamberlain (soldier)|Thomas Chamberlain]], American colonel (b. 1841)
*[[1900]] – [[Wilhelm Steinitz]], Austrian chess player and theoretician (b. 1836)
===1901–present===
*[[1901]] – [[Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld]], Finnish-Swedish botanist, geologist, mineralogist, and explorer (b. 1832)
*[[1904]] – [[William Renshaw]], English tennis player (b. 1861)
*[[1914]] – [[John Philip Holland]], Irish engineer, designed {{HMS|Holland 1}} (b. 1840)
*[[1918]] – [[William Thompson (archer)|William Thompson]], American archer (b. 1848)
*[[1921]] – [[Pyotr Boborykin]], Russian playwright and journalist (b. 1836)
*[[1922]] – [[Arthur Griffith]], Irish journalist and politician, 3rd [[President of Dáil Éireann]] (b. 1871)
*[[1924]] – [[Sándor Bródy (writer)|Sándor Bródy]], Hungarian journalist and author (b. 1863)
*[[1928]] – [[Leoš Janáček]], Czech composer and educator (b. 1854)
*[[1934]] – [[Hendrik Petrus Berlage]], Dutch architect, designed the [[Beurs van Berlage]] (b. 1856)
*[[1935]] – [[Friedrich Schottky]], German mathematician and academic (b. 1851)
*[[1940]] – [[Nikolai Triik]], Estonian painter, illustrator, and academic (b. 1884)
*[[1941]] – [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon]], English soldier and politician, 56th [[Governor General of Canada]] (b. 1866)
* 1941 – [[Bobby Peel]], English cricketer and umpire (b. 1857)
*[[1943]] – [[Vittorio Sella]], Italian photographer and mountaineer (b. 1859)
*[[1944]] – [[Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.]], American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1915)
*[[1952]] – [[David Bergelson]], Ukrainian author and playwright (b. 1884)
*[[1955]] – [[Thomas Mann]], German author and critic, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1875)
* 1955 – [[James B. Sumner]], American chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1887)
*[[1959]] – [[Mike O'Neill (baseball)|Mike O'Neill]], Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1877)
*[[1964]] – [[Ian Fleming]], English spy, journalist, and author (b. 1908)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ian Fleming {{!}} Biography, Novels, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ian-Fleming |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=9 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1966]] – [[Artur Alliksaar]], Estonian poet and author (b. 1923)
*[[1967]] – [[Esther Forbes]], American historian and author (b. 1891)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kingman|first=Lee|chapter=Forbes, Esther|editor-first=D.L.|editor-last=Kirkpatrick|title=Twentieth-century Children's Writers|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=978-0-33323-414-3|page=466}}</ref>
*[[1973]] – [[Walter Rudolf Hess]], Swiss physiologist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1881)
* 1973 – [[Karl Ziegler]], German chemist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1898)
*[[1976]] – [[Tom Driberg]], British politician/journalist (b. 1905)<ref name= Hines>{{cite ODNB|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31047|title= Tom Driberg|last=Davenport-Hines|first=Richard|year=2004|doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/31047|access-date=12 February 2010}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
*[[1978]] – [[John Williams (motorcyclist)|John Williams]], English motorcycle racer (b. 1946)
*[[1979]] – [[Ernst Boris Chain]], German-Irish biochemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1906)
*[[1982]] – [[Henry Fonda]], American actor (b. 1905)
* 1982 – [[Salvador Sánchez]], Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
*[[1983]] – [[Theodor Burchardi]], German admiral (b. 1892)
*[[1984]] – [[Ladi Kwali]], Nigerian potter (b. 1925)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thistrend.com.ng/2017/03/15-facts-about-ladi-kwali-pottery-woman.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317101452/http://www.thistrend.com.ng/2017/03/15-facts-about-ladi-kwali-pottery-woman.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-03-17|title=15 Facts about Ladi Kwali: The Pottery Woman on N20 Note - ThisTrend Blog|date=2017-03-17|access-date=2018-08-06}}</ref>
*[[1985]] – [[Kyu Sakamoto]], Japanese singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
* 1985 – [[Manfred Winkelhock]], German race car driver (b. 1951)
*[[1986]] – [[Evaline Ness]], American author and illustrator (b. 1911)
*[[1988]] – [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], American painter (b. 1960)
*[[1989]] – [[Aimo Koivunen]], Finnish soldier and corporal (b. 1917)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.sotapolku.fi/henkilot/koivunen_aimo-allan_1917-11-14_alastaro/|title= Aimo Allan Koivunen|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 2016|website= www.sotapolku.fi|publisher= |access-date= 19 October 2018|language=fi}}</ref>
* 1989 – [[William Shockley]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1910)
*[[1990]] – [[Dorothy Mackaill]], English-American actress (b. 1903)
*[[1992]] – [[John Cage]], American composer and theorist (b. 1912)
*[[1996]] – [[Victor Ambartsumian]], Georgian-Armenian astrophysicist and academic (b. 1908)
* 1996 – [[Mark Gruenwald]], American author and illustrator (b. 1953)
*[[1997]] – [[Jack Delano]], American photographer and composer (b. 1914)
*[[1999]] – [[Jean Drapeau]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th [[Mayor of Montreal]] (b. 1916)
*[[2000]] – [[Gennady Lyachin]], Russian captain (b. 1955)
* 2000 – [[Loretta Young]], American actress (b. 1913)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC News {{!}} AMERICAS {{!}} Elegant beauty Loretta Young dies |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/849409.stm |website=news.bbc.co.uk |access-date=26 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[2002]] – [[Enos Slaughter]], American baseball player and manager (b. 1916)
*[[2004]] – [[Godfrey Hounsfield]], English biophysicist and engineer, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1919)
*[[2005]] – [[John Loder (sound engineer)|John Loder]], English sound engineer and producer, founded [[Southern Studios]] (b. 1946)
*[[2006]] – [[Victoria Gray Adams]], American civil rights activist (b. 1926)
*[[2007]] – [[Merv Griffin]], American actor, singer, and producer, created ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' and ''[[Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' (b. 1925)
* 2007 – [[Mike Wieringo]], American author and illustrator (b. 1963)
*[[2008]] – [[Christie Allen]], English-Australian singer (b. 1954)
* 2008 – [[Helge Hagerup]], Norwegian playwright, poet and novelist (b. 1933)
*[[2009]] – [[Les Paul]], American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1915)
*[[2010]] – [[Isaac Bonewits]], American [[Druid]], author, and activist; founded [[Ár nDraíocht Féin]] (b. 1949)
* 2010 – [[Guido de Marco]], Maltese lawyer and politician, 6th [[President of Malta]] (b. 1931)
* 2010 – [[Richie Hayward]], American drummer and songwriter (b. 1946)
* 2010 – [[André Kim]], South Korean fashion designer (b. 1935)
*[[2011]] – [[Robert Robinson (broadcaster)|Robert Robinson]], English journalist and author (b. 1927)
*[[2012]] – [[Jimmy Carr (American football)|Jimmy Carr]], American football player and coach (b. 1933)
* 2012 – [[Jerry Grant]], American race car driver (b. 1935)
* 2012 – [[Joe Kubert]], Polish-American illustrator, founded [[The Kubert School]] (b. 1926)
* 2012 – [[Édgar Morales Pérez]], Mexican engineer and politician
* 2012 – [[Alf Morris]], English politician and activist (b. 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Lord Morris of Manchester obituary {{!}} Politics |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2012/aug/14/lord-morris-of-manchester |website=The Guardian |access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref>
*[[2013]] – [[Tereza de Arriaga]], Portuguese painter (b. 1915)
* 2013 – [[Hans-Ekkehard Bob]], German soldier and pilot (b. 1917)
* 2013 – [[Pauline Maier]], American historian and academic (b. 1938)
* 2013 – [[David McLetchie]], Scottish lawyer and politician (b. 1952)
* 2013 – [[Vasiliy Mihaylovich Peskov]], Russian ecologist and journalist (b. 1930)
*[[2014]] – [[Lauren Bacall]], American model, actress, and singer (b. 1924)
* 2014 – [[Futatsuryū Jun'ichi]], Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1950)
* 2014 – [[Kongō Masahiro]], Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1948)
*[[2015]] – [[Jaakko Hintikka]], Finnish philosopher and academic (b. 1929)
* 2015 – [[Stephen Lewis (actor)|Stephen Lewis]], English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
* 2015 – [[Meshulim Feish Lowy]], Hungarian-Canadian rabbi and author (b. 1921)
* 2015 – [[John Scott (organist)|John Scott]], English organist and conductor (b. 1956)
*[[2016]] – [[Juan Pedro de Miguel]], Spanish handball player (b. 1958)
*[[2017]] – [[Bryan Murray (ice hockey)|Bryan Murray]], Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1942)
*[[2019]] – [[DJ Arafat]], Ivorian DJ and singer (b. 1986)
*[[2020]] – [[Bill Yeoman]], American college football player and coach (b. 1927)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/date/2020/august|title=Famous People Who Died in August 2020|website=On This Day|date=August 2020 |access-date=2020-08-23}}</ref>
*[[2021]] – [[Una Stubbs]], English actress, TV personality, and dancer (b. 1937)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chung|first=Gabrielle|date=2021-08-12|title=Sherlock Actress Una Stubbs Dies at 84: 'What a Talent'|url=https://people.com/tv/sherlock-actress-una-stubbs-dead/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814202922/https://people.com/tv/sherlock-actress-una-stubbs-dead/|archive-date=2021-08-14|access-date=2021-08-20|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|language=en}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[Calendar of saints|feast day]]:
** [[Euplius]]
** [[Eusebius (bishop of Milan)|Eusebius of Milan]]
** [[Herculanus of Brescia]]
** [[Pope Innocent XI]]
** [[Jænberht]]
** [[Jane Frances de Chantal]]
** [[Muiredach of Killala|Muiredach (or Murtagh)]]
** [[Porcarius II]]
** [[August 12 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Glorious Twelfth]] ([[United Kingdom]])
* [[Sirikit|HM the Queen Mother's Birthday]] and [[Mother's Day|National Mother's Day]] ([[Thailand]])
* [[International Youth Day]] ([[United Nations]])<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>
* [[Russian Air Force Day]] ([[Russia]])
* [[Public holidays in Russia#List of other public holidays, commemorative and professional days|Russian Railway Troops Day]] ([[Russia]])
* [[Sea Org Day]] ([[Scientology]])
* [[World Elephant Day]] (International)<ref>{{cite web |title=World Elephant Day - August 12 |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/video/tv/world-elephant-day-august-12 |website=National Geographic |access-date=26 June 2020 |language=en-gb |date=16 October 2017}}</ref>
==References==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/12 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=08|day=12}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/august/12 |title=Historical Events on August 12 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}
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