On this day: August 5th
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AD 25 Emperor Guangwu of Han claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.
AD 70 Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are extinguished.
642 Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
910 The last major Danish army to raid Kingdom of England for nearly a century is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhall by the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians.
939 The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of León and Abd-ar-Rahman III at Zamora, Spain in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate of Córdoba.
1068 Byzantine–Norman wars: Italo-Normans begin a Siege of Bari.
1100 Henry I of England is crowned List of English monarchs in Westminster Abbey.
1278 Spanish Reconquista: the forces of the Kingdom of Castile initiate the ultimately futile Siege of Algeciras (1278) against the Emirate of Granada.
1305 First Scottish War of Independence: John de Menteith, the pro-English Sheriff of Dumbarton, successfully manages to capture William Wallace, leading to Wallace's subsequent execution by hanging, evisceration, drawing and quartering, and beheading 18 days later.
1388 The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn, Northumberland.
1460 The Kingdom of Scotland Capture of Roxburgh (1460), one of the last English strongholds in Scotland, following a siege.
1506 The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk.
1583 Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
1600 The John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie # Gowrie conspiracy against James VI and I (later to become King James I of England) takes place at Gowrie House (Perth, Scotland).
1620 The ''Mayflower'' departs from Southampton, England, carrying would-be settlers, on its first attempt to reach North America; it is forced to dock in Dartmouth when its companion ship, the ''Speedwell'', springs a leak.
1689 Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois Lachine massacre Lachine, Quebec in New France.
1716 Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718): One-fifth of a Turkish army and the Grand Vizier are killed in the Battle of Petrovaradin.
1735 Freedom of the press: ''New York Weekly Journal'' writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
1763 Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquet defeat Chief Pontiac's Native Americans in the United States at Battle of Bushy Run.
1772 First Partition of Poland: The representatives of Habsburg monarchy, Prussia, and Russian Empire sign three bilateral conventions condemning the "anarchy" of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and imputing to the three powers "ancient and legitimate rights" to the territories of the Commonwealth. The conventions allow each of the three great powers to annex a part of the Commonwealth, which they proceed to do over the course of the following two months.
1781 The Battle of Dogger Bank (1781) takes place.
1796 The Battle of Castiglione in Napoleon's first Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars results in a French victory.
1816 The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electrical telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.
1824 Greek War of Independence: Konstantinos Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian naval forces in the Battle of Samos (1824).
1858 Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cable after several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
1860 Charles XV of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
1861 American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the Federal government of the United States levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US$800; rescinded in 1872).
1861 The United States Army abolishes Flagellation.
1862 American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge (1862): Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate States of America troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
1864 American Civil War: The Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
1874 Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
1882 Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, today known as ExxonMobil, is established officially. The company would later grow to become the holder of all Standard Oil companies and the entity at the center of the breakup of Standard Oil.
1884 The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Liberty Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
1888 Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
1901 Peter O'Connor (athlete) sets the first World Athletics recognised long jump List of world records in athletics of , a record that would stand for 20 years.
1906 Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
1914 World War I: The German minelayer lays a minefield about off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser .
1914 World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
1914 In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
1916 World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman Empire under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
1925 Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
1926 Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
1939 The Thirteen Roses: Thirteen female members of the Unified Socialist Youth are executed by Francoist forces in Madrid, Spain.
1940 World War II: The Soviet Union formally Soviet occupation of Latvia in 1940 # 1940–1941: The first Soviet occupation Latvia.
1944 World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese people Prisoner of war Cowra breakout; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.
1944 World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gęsiówka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jews prisoners.
1944 World War II: The Nazis begin a Wola massacre of between 40,000 and 50,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
1949 In Ecuador, 1949 Ambato earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
1949 In Montana, 12 smokejumper firefighters and 1 United States Forest Service fire guard are killed in the Mann Gulch fire.
1957 ''American Bandstand'', a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the American Broadcasting Company television network.
1960 Burkina Faso, then known as Republic of Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
1962 Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
1962 American actress Marilyn Monroe is Death of Marilyn Monroe at her home from a drug overdose.
1963 Cold War: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
1964 Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers and bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
1965 The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
1966 A group of Red Guards at Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University in Beijing, including Deng Rong and Liu Pingping, daughters of Deng Xiaoping and Liu Shaoqi respectively, beat the deputy vice principal, Bian Zhongyun, to death with sticks after accusing her of counter-revolutionary revisionism, producing one of the first fatalities of the Cultural Revolution.
1969 The Lonesome Cowboys police raid occurs in Atlanta, Georgia, leading to the creation of the Georgia Gay Liberation Front.
1971 The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
1973 Mars 6 is launched from the USSR.
1974 Watergate scandal: President Richard Nixon, under orders of the Supreme Court of the United States, releases the Nixon White House tapes, recorded on June 23, 1972, clearly revealing his actions in covering up and interfering investigations into the break-in. His political support vanishes completely.
1979 In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake the Bala Hissar uprising against the Leninist government.
1981 President Ronald Reagan Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (1968) 11,359 Strike action air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
1984 A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 Friendship 1984 Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 crash on approach to Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing all 49 people on board.
1995 Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serbs stronghold, is taken by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day (Croatia).
2003 A 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott International killing 12 and injuring 150.
2008 The New England Revolution win the 2008 North American SuperLiga final against the Houston Dynamo.
2010 The 2010 Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately below the ground for 69 days.
2010 Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team 2010 Badakhshan massacre by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province.
2012 The Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting took place in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six victims; the perpetrator committed suicide after being wounded by police.
2015 The Environmental Protection Agency at 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill releases three million gallons of toxic heavy metal and waste water into the Animas River in Colorado.
2019 The Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir of Jammu and Kashmir (state) occurred and the state was bifurcated into two union territories (Jammu and Kashmir (union territory) and Ladakh).
2021 Australia's second most populous state Victoria (state) enters its sixth COVID-19 lockdown, enacting stage four restrictions statewide in reaction to six new COVID-19 cases recorded that morning.
2024 Following the Non-cooperation movement (2024) against the Fifth Hasina ministry, Bangladeshi Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina resigns and flees the country, ending her rule of 15 consecutive years and a total of almost two decades.
79 BC Tullia (daughter of Cicero), Roman daughter of Cicero (d. 45 BC)
1262 Ladislaus IV of Hungary (d. 1290)
1301 Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, English politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1330)
1397 Guillaume Du Fay, Belgian-Italian composer and theorist (d. 1474)
1461 Alexander Jagiellon, Polish king (d. 1506)
1540 Joseph Justus Scaliger, French philologist and historian (d. 1609)
1607 Antonio Barberini, Italian cardinal (d. 1671)
1623 Antonio Cesti, Italian organist and composer (d. 1669)
1626 Richard Ottley, English politician (d. 1670)
1662 James Anderson (lawyer), Scottish lawyer and historian (d. 1728)
1681 Vitus Bering, Danish-born Russian explorer (d. 1741)
1694 Leonardo Leo, Italian composer (d. 1744)
1749 Thomas Lynch Jr., American commander and politician (d. 1779)
1797 Friedrich August Kummer, German cellist and composer (d. 1879)
1802 Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (d. 1829)
1811 Ambroise Thomas, French composer (d. 1896)
1813 Ivar Aasen, Norwegian poet and linguist (d. 1896)
1815 Edward John Eyre, English explorer and politician, List of Governors of Jamaica (d. 1901)
1827 Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazilian field marshal and politician, 1st President of Brazil (d. 1892)
1828 Louise of the Netherlands (d. 1871)
1833 Carola of Vasa (d. 1907)
1843 James Scott Skinner, Scottish violinist and composer (d. 1927)
1844 Ilya Repin, Russian painter and sculptor (d. 1930)
1850 Guy de Maupassant, French short story writer, novelist, and poet (d. 1893)
1860 Louis Wain, English artist (d. 1939)
1862 Joseph Merrick, English man with severe deformities (d. 1890)
1866 Carl Harries, German chemist and academic (d. 1923)
1866 Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917)
1868 Oskar Merikanto, Finnish pianist and composer (d. 1924)
1872 Oswaldo Cruz, Brazilian physician, bacteriologist, and epidemiologist, founded the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (d. 1917)
1874 Wesley Clair Mitchell, American economist and academic (d. 1948)
1874 Horace Rawlins, English golfer (d. 1935)
1876 Mary Ritter Beard, American historian and activist (d. 1958)
1877 Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (d. 1917)
1880 Gertrude Rush, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1962)
1880 Ruth Sawyer, American author and educator (d. 1970)
1882 Anne Acheson, Irish sculptor (d. 1962)
1887 Reginald Owen, English-American actor and singer (d. 1972)
1889 Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (d. 1973)
1890 Naum Gabo, Russian-American sculptor (d. 1977)
1890 Erich Kleiber, Austrian conductor and director (d. 1956)
1897 Roberta Dodd Crawford, American soprano and educator (d. 1954)
1897 Aksel Larsen, Danish lawyer and politician (d. 1972)
1900 Rudolf Schottlaender, German philosopher, classical philologist and translator (d. 1988)
1901 Claude Autant-Lara, French director, screenwriter, and politician (d. 2000)
1904 Kenneth V. Thimann, English-American botanist and microbiologist (d. 1997)
1905 Wassily Leontief, German-American economist and academic, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate (d. 1999)
1906 Joan Hickson, English actress (d. 1998)
1906 John Huston, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1987)
1908 Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1967)
1908 Jose Garcia Villa, Filipino short story writer and poet (d. 1997)
1910 Bruno Coquatrix, French songwriter and manager (d. 1979)
1910 Herminio Masantonio, Argentinian footballer (d. 1956)
1911 Robert Taylor (American actor), American actor and singer (d. 1969)
1912 Abbé Pierre, French priest and humanitarian (d. 2007)
1914 Parley Baer, American actor (d. 2002)
1916 Peter Viereck, American poet and academic (d. 2006)
1918 Tom Drake, American actor and singer (d. 1982)
1918 Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded Canada's National Ballet School (d. 2004)
1919 Rosalind Hicks, British literary guardian and the only child of author, Agatha Christie (d. 2004)
1920 George Tooker, American painter and academic (d. 2011)
1921 Terry Becker, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
1922 L. Tom Perry, American businessman and religious leader (d. 2015)
1922 Frank Stranahan, American golfer (d. 2013)
1923 Devan Nair, Malaysian-Singaporean union leader and politician, 3rd President of Singapore (d. 2005)
1926 Betsy Jolas, French composer
1926 Jeri Southern, American jazz singer and pianist (d. 1991)
1929 Don Matheson, American soldier, police officer, and actor (d. 2014)
1929 John H. Moore II, American lawyer and judge (d. 2013)
1930 Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2012)
1930 Damita Jo DeBlanc, American comedian, actress, and singer (d. 1998)
1930 Richie Ginther, American race car driver (d. 1989)
1930 Michal Kováč, Slovak lawyer and politician, 1st President of Slovakia (d. 2016)
1931 Tom Hafey, Australian footballer and coach (d. 2014)
1932 Tera de Marez Oyens, Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1996)
1932 Vladimir Fedoseyev, Russian conductor
1934 Karl Johan Åström, Swedish engineer and theorist
1934 Wendell Berry, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and essayist
1934 Gay Byrne, Irish radio and television host (d. 2019)
1935 Michael Ballhaus, German director and cinematographer (d. 2017)
1935 Peter Inge, Baron Inge, English field marshal (d. 2022)
1935 Roy Benavidez, American soldier, Medal of Honor Winner (d. 1998)
1936 Nikolai Baturin, Estonian author and playwright (d. 2019)
1936 John Saxon, American actor (d. 2020)
1937 Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 2003)
1937 Brian G. Marsden, English-American astronomer and academic (d. 2010)
1939 Roger Clark (rally driver), English race car driver (d. 1998)
1939 Carmen Salinas, Mexican actress and politician (d. 2021)
1940 Bobby Braddock, American country music songwriter, musician, and producer
1940 Roman Gabriel, American football player, coach, and actor (d. 2024)
1940 Rick Huxley, English bass player (d. 2013)
1941 Bob Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
1941 Leonid Kizim, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2010)
1941 Airto Moreira, Brazilian-American drummer and composer
1942 Joe Boyd, American record producer, founded Hannibal Records
1943 Nelson Briles, American baseball player (d. 2005)
1943 Sammi Smith, American country music singer-songwriter (d. 2005)
1944 Christopher Gunning, English composer (d. 2023)
1945 Loni Anderson, American actress
1946 Bruce Coslet, American football player and coach
1946 Shirley Ann Jackson, American physicist
1946 Rick van der Linden, Dutch keyboard player and songwriter (d. 2006)
1946 Bob McCarthy, Australian rugby league player and coach
1946 Erika Slezak, American actress
1946 Xavier Trias, Spanish pediatrician and politician, 118th Mayor of Barcelona
1947 Angry Anderson, Australian singer and actor
1947 Bernie Carbo, American baseball player
1947 France A. Córdova, American astrophysicist and academic
1947 Rick Derringer, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1947 Greg Leskiw, Canadian guitarist and songwriter
1948 Ray Clemence, English footballer and manager (d. 2020)
1948 Barbara Flynn, English actress
1948 David Hungate, American bass guitarist, producer, and arranger
1948 Shin Takamatsu, Japanese architect and academic
1950 Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian trade union leader and politician (d. 2013)
1950 Mahendra Karma, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1951 Samantha Sang, Australian pop singer
1952 Tamás Faragó, Hungarian water polo player
1952 John Jarratt, Australian actor and producer
1952 Louis Walsh, Irish talent manager
1953 Rick Mahler, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005)
1955 Eddie Ojeda, American guitarist and songwriter
1956 Christopher Chessun, English Anglican bishop
1956 Jerry Ciccoritti, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1956 Maureen McCormick, American actress
1957 Larry Corowa, Australian rugby league player
1957 David Gill (executive), English businessman
1958 Ulla Salzgeber, German equestrian
1959 Pete Burns, English singer-songwriter (d. 2016)
1959 Pat Smear, American guitarist and songwriter
1960 David Baldacci, American lawyer and author
1961 Janet McTeer, English actress
1961 Athula Samarasekera, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
1961 Tim Wilson (comedian), American comedian, singer-songwriter, and guitarist (d. 2014)
1962 Patrick Ewing, Jamaican-American basketball player and coach
1962 Otis Thorpe, American basketball player
1963 Steve Lee (singer), Swiss singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
1963 Ingmar De Vos, Belgian sports administrator
1963 Mark Strong, English actor
1964 Rory Morrison, English journalist (d. 2013)
1964 Adam Yauch, American rapper and director (d. 2012)
1965 Jeff Coffin, American saxophonist and composer
1965 Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese keyboard player and composer
1966 Jennifer Finch, American singer, bass player, and photographer
1966 Jonathan Silverman, American actor and producer
1967 Matthew Caws, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 Terri Clark, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1968 Kendo Kashin, Japanese wrestler and mixed martial artist
1968 Marine Le Pen, French lawyer and politician
1968 Oleh Luzhnyi, Ukrainian footballer and manager
1968 Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (d. 2007)
1968 John Olerud, American baseball player
1969 Jackie Doyle-Price, English politician
1969 Vasbert Drakes, Barbadian cricketer
1969 Venkatesh Prasad, Indian cricketer and coach
1969 Rob Scott (businessman), Australian rower
1970 James Gunn (filmmaker), American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1971 Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Prime Minister of Latvia
1972 Ikuto Hidaka, Japanese wrestler
1972 Aaqib Javed, Pakistani cricketer and coach
1972 Darren Shahlavi, English-American actor and martial artist (d. 2015)
1972 Jon Sleightholme, English rugby player
1972 Theodore Whitmore, Jamaican footballer and manager
1972 Christian Olde Wolbers, Belgian-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1973 Paul Carige, Australian rugby league player
1973 Justin Marshall, New Zealand rugby player and sportscaster
1974 Alvin Ceccoli, Australian footballer
1974 Kajol, Indian film actress
1974 Olle Kullinger, Swedish footballer
1974 Antoine Sibierski, French footballer
1975 Dan Hipgrave, English guitarist and journalist
1975 Josep Jufré, Spanish cyclist
1975 Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist and composer
1976 Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player
1976 Marians Pahars, Latvian footballer and manager
1976 Eugen Trică, Romanian footballer and manager
1977 Eric Hinske, American baseball player and coach
1977 Mark Mulder, American baseball player and sportscaster
1977 Michael Walsh (footballer, born 1977), English footballer
1978 Cosmin Bărcăuan, Romanian footballer and manager
1978 Kim Gevaert, Belgian sprinter
1978 Harel Levy, Israeli tennis player
1979 David Healy (footballer), Irish footballer
1980 Wayne Bridge, English footballer
1980 Salvador Cabañas, Paraguayan footballer
1980 Jason Culina, Australian footballer
1980 Jesse Williams (actor), American actor, director, producer, and political activist
1981 David Clarke (ice hockey), English ice hockey player
1981 Carl Crawford, American baseball player
1981 Maik Franz, German footballer
1981 Erik Guay, Canadian skier
1981 Travie McCoy, American rapper, singer, and songwriter
1981 Anna Rawson, Australian golfer
1981 Rachel Scott, American murder victim, inspired the Rachel's Challenge (d. 1999)
1982 Jamie Houston, English-German rugby player
1982 Lolo Jones, American hurdler
1982 Michele Pazienza, Italian footballer
1982 Jeff Robson, Australian rugby league player
1982 Pete Sell, American mixed martial artist
1984 Steve Matai, New Zealand rugby league player
1985 Laurent Ciman, Belgian footballer
1985 Salomon Kalou, Ivorian footballer
1985 Gil Vermouth, Israeli footballer
1985 Erkan Zengin, Swedish footballer
1986 Paula Creamer, American golfer
1986 Kathrin Zettel, Austrian skier
1988 Michael Jamieson, Scottish-English swimmer
1988 Federica Pellegrini, Italian swimmer
1989 Ryan Bertrand, English footballer
1989 Mathieu Manset, French footballer
1991 Esteban Gutiérrez, Mexican race car driver
1991 Konrad Hurrell, Tongan rugby league player
1991 Daniëlle van de Donk, Dutch footballer
1991 Andreas Weimann, Austrian footballer
1994 Natalia García, Spanish rhythmic gymnast
1995 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Danish footballer
1996 Takakeishō Mitsunobu, Japanese sumo wrestler
1996 Cho Seung-youn, South Korean singer-songwriter and rapper
1997 Jack Cogger, Australian rugby league player
1997 Olivia Holt, American actress and singer
1997 Wang Yibo, Chinese dancer, singer and actor
1997 Yungblud, English musician and actor
1998 Adam Doueihi, Australian-Lebanese rugby league player
2000 Tom Gilbert (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
2001 Anthony Edwards (basketball), American basketball player
2003 Toni Shaw, British Paralympic swimmer
2004 Gavi (footballer), Spanish footballer
553 Xiao Ji, prince of the Liang dynasty (b. 508)
642 Eowa of Mercia, king of Mercia
642 Oswald of Northumbria, king of Kingdom of Northumbria
824 Emperor Heizei, Japanese emperor (b. 773)
877 Ubayd Allah ibn Yahya ibn Khaqan, Abbasid vizier
882 Louis III of France, Frankish king (b. 863)
890 Ranulf II of Aquitaine, duke of Duchy of Aquitaine (b. 850)
910 Eowils and Halfdan, joint kings of Northumbria
910 Ingwær, king of Northumbria
917 Euthymius I of Constantinople (b. 834)
940 Li Decheng, Chinese general (b. 863)
1063 Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Gwynedd
1364 Emperor Kōgon, Japanese emperor (b. 1313)
1415 Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (b. 1375)
1415 Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (b. 1370)
1447 John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (b. 1395)
1579 Stanislaus Hosius, Polish cardinal (b. 1504)
1600 John Ruthven, 3rd Earl of Gowrie, Scottish conspirator (b. 1577)
1610 Alonso García de Ramón, Spanish soldier and politician, Royal Governor of Chile (b. 1552)
1633 George Abbot (bishop), English archbishop and academic (b. 1562)
1678 Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican tenor and composer (b. 1619)
1729 Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine (b. 1664)
1743 John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English courtier and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (b. 1696)
1778 Charles Clémencet, French historian and author (b. 1703)
1778 Thomas Linley the younger, English composer (b. 1756)
1792 Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1732)
1799 Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, English admiral and politician (b. 1726)
1868 Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1788)
1877 Robert Williams (Trebor Mai), Welsh poet (b. 1830)
1880 Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Austrian physician and dermatologist (b. 1816)
1881 Spotted Tail, American tribal chief (b. 1823)
1895 Friedrich Engels, German philosopher (b. 1820)
1901 Victoria, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom and German Empress (b. 1840)
1904 George Dibbs, Australian politician, 10th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1834)
1911 Bob Caruthers, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1864)
1916 George Butterworth, British composer (b. 1885)
1921 Dimitrios Rallis, Greek lawyer and politician, 78th List of Prime Ministers of Greece (b. 1844)
1929 Millicent Fawcett, English trade union leader and activist (b. 1847)
1933 Charles Harold Davis, American painter and academic (b. 1856)
1935 David Townsend (art director), American art director and set designer (b. 1891)
1939 Béla Jankovich, Hungarian economist and politician, Minister of Education of Hungary (b. 1865)
1944 Maurice Turnbull, Welsh cricketer and rugby player (b. 1906)
1946 Wilhelm Marx, German lawyer and politician, 17th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1863)
1948 Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (b. 1871)
1952 Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917)
1955 Carmen Miranda, Portuguese-Brazilian actress and singer (b. 1909)
1957 Heinrich Otto Wieland, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1877)
1959 Edgar Guest, English-American journalist and poet (b. 1881)
1960 Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
1963 Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
1964 Moa Martinson, Swedish author (b. 1890)
1964 Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1886)
1968 Luther Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1928)
1978 Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (b. 1893)
1980 Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
1983 Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (b. 1913)
1983 Joan Robinson, English economist and author (b. 1903)
1984 Richard Burton, Welsh actor (b. 1925)
1985 Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (b. 1898)
1987 Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1910)
1991 Paul Brown, American football player and coach (b. 1908)
1991 Soichiro Honda, Japanese engineer and businessman, founded Honda (b. 1906)
1992 Robert Muldoon, New Zealand politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1921)
1994 Menachem Avidom, Israeli composer (b. 1908)
1994 Alain de Changy, Belgian race car driver (b. 1922)
1998 Otto Kretschmer, German commander (b. 1912)
1998 Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian commander and politician, 36th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1911)
2000 Otto Buchsbaum, Austrian-Brazilian journalist and activist (b. 1920)
2000 Tullio Crali, Montenegrin-Italian pilot and painter (b. 1910)
2000 Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer (b. 1911)
2000 Alec Guinness, English actor (b. 1914)
2001 Otema Allimadi, Ugandan politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Uganda (b. 1929)
2001 Christopher Skase, Australian-Spanish businessman (b. 1948)
2002 Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (b. 1982)
2002 Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (b. 1916)
2002 Franco Lucentini, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)
2002 Darrell Porter, American baseball player (b. 1952)
2002 Matt Robinson (actor), American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1937)
2005 Polina Astakhova, Russian gymnast and coach (b. 1936)
2005 Jim O'Hora, American football player and coach (b. 1915)
2005 Raul Roco, Filipino lawyer and politician, 31st Secretary of Education (Philippines) (b. 1941)
2005 Eddie Jenkins (footballer, born 1909), Welsh footballer (b. 1909)
2007 Jean-Marie Lustiger, French cardinal (b. 1926)
2007 Florian Pittiș, Romanian actor, singer, director, and producer (b. 1943)
2008 Neil Bartlett (chemist), English-American chemist and academic (b. 1932)
2008 Reg Lindsay, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1929)
2009 Budd Schulberg, American author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1914)
2011 Andrzej Lepper, Polish farmer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1954)
2011 Aziz Shavershian, Australian bodybuilder (b. 1989)
2012 Erwin Axer, Polish director and screenwriter (b. 1917)
2012 Michel Daerden, Belgian lawyer and politician (b. 1949)
2012 Fred Matua, American football player (b. 1984)
2012 Martin E. Segal, Russian-American businessman, co-founded Film Society of Lincoln Center (b. 1916)
2012 Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1919)
2012 Roland Charles Wagner, French author and translator (b. 1960)
2013 Ruth Asawa, American sculptor and educator (b. 1926)
2013 Shawn Burr, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1966)
2013 Willie Dunn, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1942)
2013 Roy Rubin (basketball), American basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
2013 May Song Vang, American activist (b. 1951)
2013 Rob Wyda, American commander and judge (b. 1959)
2014 Harold J. Greene, American general (b. 1962)
2014 Vladimir Orlov (author), Russian author (b. 1936)
2014 Chapman Pincher, Indian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1914)
2014 Jesse Leonard Steinfeld, American physician and academic, 11th Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1927)
2015 Arthur Walter James, English journalist and politician (b. 1912)
2015 Tony Millington, Welsh footballer (b. 1943)
2018 Alan Rabinowitz, American zoologist (b. 1953)
2019 Toni Morrison, American author, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1931).
2020 Hawa Abdi, Somali people human rights activist and physician (b. 1947)
2022 Judith Durham, Australian singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
2022 Cherie Gil, Filipino actress (b. 1963)
2022 Ali Haydar (Syrian army officer), Syrian army officer (b. 1932)
2022 Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer (b. 1938)
2022 Dillon Quirke, Irish hurler (b. 1998)
Christian Calendar of saints:
- Abel of Reims
- Thaddeus of Edessa
- Saint Afra
- Cassian of Autun
- Dedication of the Basilica of St Mary Major (Catholic Church)
- Emygdius
- Saint Memmius
- Oswald of Northumbria
- August 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Independence Day (Burkina Faso)
Victory Day (Croatia) (Croatia)