August 25

August 25 is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 128 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 357 – Battle of Strasbourg: Julian, Caesar (deputy emperor) and supreme commander of the Roman army in Gaul, wins an important victory against the Alemanni at Strasbourg (Argentoratum).
• 766 – Emperor Constantine V humiliates nineteen high-ranking officials, after discovering a plot against him. He executes the leaders, Constantine Podopagouros and his brother Strategios.
• 1248 – The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III, the Archbishop of Utrecht.
• 1258 – Regent George Mouzalon and his brothers are killed during a coup headed by the aristocratic faction under, paving the way for its leader, Michael VIII Palaiologos, to ultimately usurp the throne of the Empire of Nicaea.
• 1537 – The Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior, is formed.
• 1580 – Battle of Alcântara. Spain defeats Portugal.
• 1609 – Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
• 1630 – Portuguese forces are defeated by the Kingdom of Kandy at the Battle of Randeniwela in Sri Lanka.
• 1758 – Seven Years' War: Frederick II of Prussia defeats the Russian army at the Battle of Zorndorf.
• 1768 – James Cook begins his first voyage.
• 1825 – Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
• 1830 – The Belgian Revolution begins.
• 1835 – The New York Sun perpetrates the Great Moon Hoax.
• 1875 – Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, traveling from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
• 1883 – France and Viet Nam sign the Treaty of Huế, recognizing a French protectorate over Annam and Tonkin.
• 1894 – Kitasato Shibasaburō discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet.
• 1898 – Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob in Heraklion, Greece.
• 1912 – The Kuomintang, the Chinese nationalist party, is founded.
• 1914 – World War I: The library of the Catholic University of Leuven is deliberately destroyed by the German Army. Hundreds of thousands of irreplaceable volumes and Gothic and Renaissance manuscripts are lost.
• 1916 – The United States National Park Service is created.
• 1920 – Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, which began on August 13, ends with the Red Army's defeat.
• 1921 – The first skirmishes of the Battle of Blair Mountain occur.
• 1933 – The Diexi earthquake strikes Mao County, Sichuan, China and kills 9,000 people.
• 1939 – The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
• 1942 – World War II: Battle of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
• 1942 – World War II: second day of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. A Japanese naval transport convoy headed towards Guadalcanal is turned-back by an Allied air attack, losing one destroyer and one transport sunk, and one light cruiser heavily damaged.
• 1944 – World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
• 1945 – Ten days after World War II ends with Japan announcing its surrender, armed supporters of the Chinese Communist Party kill U.S. intelligence officer John Birch, regarded by some of the American right as the first victim of the Cold War.
• 1948 – The House Un-American Activities Committee holds first-ever televised congressional hearing: "Confrontation Day" between Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss.
• 1950 – President Harry Truman orders the U.S. Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
• 1961 – President Jânio Quadros of Brazil resigns after just seven months in power, initiating a political crisis that culminates in a military coup in 1964.
• 1967 – George Lincoln Rockwell is assassinated.
• 1980 – Zimbabwe joins the United Nations.
• 1981 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Saturn
• 1988 – The Chiado area in Lisbon is partially destroyed by a fire.
• 1989 – Voyager 2 spacecraft makes its closest approach to Neptune, the second to last planet in the Solar System at the time.
• 1989 – Mayumi Moriyama becomes Japan's first female Cabinet Secretary.
• 1991 – Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union
• 1991 – The Battle of Vukovar begins. An 87-day siege of a Croatian city by the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), supported by various Serbian paramilitary forces, between August–November, during the Croatian War of Independence
• 1991 – Linus Torvalds announces the first version of what will become Linux.
• 1997 – Egon Krenz, the former East German leader, is convicted of a shoot-to-kill policy at the Berlin Wall.
• 2003 – The Tłı̨chǫ land claims agreement is signed between the Dogrib First Nations and the Canadian federal government in Rae-Edzo (now called Behchoko).
• 2012 – Voyager 1 spacecraft enters interstellar space becoming the first man-made object to do so.
• 2013 – Six people die and 22 are injured when a train derails in Huimanguillo, Tabasco, Mexico.

Births

• 1530 – Ivan the Terrible, Russian ruler (d. 1584)
• 1561 – Philippe van Lansberge, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (d. 1632)
• 1624 – François de la Chaise, French priest (d. 1709)
• 1662 – John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, academic, and politician (d. 1724)
• 1707 – Louis I of Spain (d. 1724)
• 1719 – Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (d. 1795)
• 1724 – George Stubbs, English painter and academic (d. 1806)
• 1741 – Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and author (d. 1792)
• 1744 – Johann Gottfried Herder, German poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 1803)
• 1758 – Franz Teyber, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1810)
• 1767 – Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, French soldier and politician (d. 1794)
• 1776 – Thomas Bladen Capel, English admiral (d. 1853)
• 1786 – Ludwig I of Bavaria (d. 1868)
• 1796 – James Lick, American carpenter and piano builder (d. 1876)
• 1802 – Nikolaus Lenau, Romanian-Austrian poet and author (d. 1850)
• 1803 – Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias (d. 1880)
• 1817 – Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun and saint, founded the Religious of the Assumption (d. 1898)
• 1819 – Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective and spy (d. 1884)
• 1829 – Carlo Acton, Italian pianist and composer (d. 1909)
• 1836 – Bret Harte, American author and poet (d. 1902)
• 1840 – George C. Magoun, American businessman (d. 1893)
• 1841 – Emil Theodor Kocher, Swiss physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1917)
• 1845 – Ludwig II of Bavaria (d. 1886)
• 1850 – Charles Richet, French physiologist and occultist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
• 1867 – James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (d. 1951)
• 1869 – Tom Kiely, Irish decathlete (d. 1951)
• 1878 – Ted Birnie, English footballer and manager (d. 1935)
• 1882 – Seán T. O'Kelly, Irish journalist and politician, 2nd President of Ireland (d. 1966)
• 1891 – David Shimoni, Belarusian-Israeli poet and translator (d. 1956)
• 1893 – Henry Trendley Dean, American dentist (d. 1962)
• 1898 – Helmut Hasse, German mathematician and academic (d. 1975)
• 1898 – Arthur Wood, English cricketer (d. 1973)
• 1899 – Paul Herman Buck, American historian and author (d. 1978)
• 1900 – Hans Adolf Krebs, German physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
• 1902 – Stefan Wolpe, German-American composer and educator (d. 1972)
• 1903 – Arpad Elo, Hungarian-American chess player, created the Elo rating system (d. 1992)
• 1905 – Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (d. 1938)
• 1906 – Jim Smith, English cricketer (d. 1979)
• 1909 – Michael Rennie, English actor and producer (d. 1971)
• 1910 – George Cisar, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1910 – Ruby Keeler, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1993)
• 1910 – Dorothea Tanning, American painter, sculptor, and poet (d. 2012)
• 1911 – Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (d. 2013)
• 1912 – Erich Honecker, German soldier and politician (d. 1994)
• 1913 – Don DeFore, American actor and singer (d. 1993)
• 1913 – Walt Kelly, American illustrator and animator (d. 1973)
• 1915 – Walter Trampler, American viola player and educator (d. 1997)
• 1916 – Van Johnson, American actor and singer (d. 2008)
• 1916 – Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2003)
• 1916 – Saburō Sakai, Japanese lieutenant and pilot (d. 2000)
• 1917 – Mel Ferrer, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2008)
• 1917 – Lisbeth Movin, Danish actress and director (d. 2011)
• 1917 – Lou van Burg, Dutch-German singer and game show host (d. 1986)
• 1918 – Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1990)
• 1918 – Richard Greene, English actor (d. 1985)
• 1919 – William P. Foster, American bandleader and educator (d. 2010)
• 1919 – George Wallace, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (d. 1998)
• 1921 – Monty Hall, Canadian-American actor, singer, and game show host
• 1921 – Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, 20th Canadian Minister of Labour (d. 1999)
• 1921 – Brian Moore, Irish-Canadian author and screenwriter (d. 1999)
• 1923 – Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Allyre Sirois, Canadian lawyer and judge (d. 2012)
• 1925 – Thea Astley, Australian journalist and author (d. 2004)
• 1925 – Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2001)
• 1927 – Althea Gibson, American tennis player and golfer (d. 2003)
• 1928 – John "Kayo" Dottley, American football player
• 1928 – Darrell Johnson, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2004)
• 1928 – Karl Korte, American composer and academic
• 1928 – Herbert Kroemer, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1930 – Bruce Allpress, New Zealand actor
• 1930 – Sean Connery, Scottish actor and producer
• 1930 – György Enyedi, Hungarian economist and geographer (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Graham Jarvis, Canadian-American actor (d. 2003)
• 1930 – Crispin Tickell, English academic and diplomat, British Permanent Representative to the United Nations
• 1931 – Hal Fishman, American journalist and actor (d. 2007)
• 1931 – Peter Gilmore, German-English actor (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Regis Philbin, American actor, singer, and television host
• 1933 – Patrick F. McManus, American journalist and author
• 1933 – Wayne Shorter, American saxophonist and composer (Miles Davis Quintet and Weather Report)
• 1933 – Tom Skerritt, American actor and director
• 1933 – István Gaál, Hungarian director and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Lise Bacon, Canadian judge and politician, Deputy Premier of Quebec
• 1934 – Eddie Ilarde, Filipino journalist and politician
• 1935 – Charles Wright, American poet and academic
• 1936 – Giridharilal Kedia, Indian businessman, founded the Image Institute of Technology & Management (d. 2009)
• 1937 – Virginia Euwer Wolff, American author
• 1938 – David Canary, American actor (d. 2015)
• 1938 – Frederick Forsyth, English journalist and author
• 1939 – John Badham, English-American actor, director, and producer
• 1939 – John Bardon, English actor (d. 2014)
• 1940 – José van Dam, Belgian actor and singer
• 1940 – Wilhelm von Homburg, German boxer and actor (d. 2004)
• 1941 – Marshall Brickman, Brazilian-American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1941 – Mario Corso, Italian footballer and coach
• 1942 – Nathan Deal, American captain, lawyer, and politician, 82nd Governor of Georgia
• 1942 – Howard Jacobson, English novelist and journalist
• 1943 – Peque Gallaga, Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Harry Manfredini, American composer and conductor
• 1944 – Conrad Black, Canadian historian and author
• 1944 – Jacques Demers, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
• 1944 – Anthony Heald, American actor
• 1944 – Andrew Longmore, English lawyer and judge
• 1945 – Daniel Hulet, Belgian cartoonist (d. 2011)
• 1945 – Hannah Louise Shearer, American screenwriter and producer
• 1946 – Rollie Fingers, American baseball player
• 1946 – Charles Ghigna, American poet and author
• 1946 – Charlie Sanders, American football player and sportscaster (d. 2015)
• 1947 – Michael Kaluta, American author and illustrator
• 1948 – Ledward Kaapana, American singer and guitarist
• 1948 – Nicholas A. Peppas, Greek chemist and biologist
• 1949 – Martin Amis, Welsh-English author and critic
• 1949 – Ross Davidson, Scottish actor (d. 2006)
• 1949 – Rijkman Groenink, Dutch banker and academic
• 1949 – Fariborz Lachini, Iranian-Canadian composer and producer
• 1949 – John Savage, American actor and producer
• 1949 – Gene Simmons, Israeli-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor, (Kiss and Wicked Lester)
• 1950 – Nugzar Bagration-Gruzinsky, Georgian son of Petre Gruzinsky
• 1950 – Willy DeVille, American singer and songwriter (d. 2009)
• 1950 – Charles Fambrough, American bassist, composer, and producer (d. 2011)
• 1951 – Rob Halford, English singer-songwriter (Judas Priest, 2wo, Halford, and Fight)
• 1951 – Bill Handel, Brazilian-American lawyer and radio host
• 1952 – Vijayakanth, Indian actor and politician
• 1952 – Ann Abraham, English public servant
• 1952 – Geoff Downes, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (The Buggles, Yes, and Asia)
• 1952 – Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach
• 1954 – Elvis Costello, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The New Basement Tapes)
• 1954 – Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness, Scottish lawyer and politician, First Minister of Scotland
• 1955 – John McGeoch, Scottish guitarist (Magazine, Visage, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Public Image Ltd, and The Armoury Show) (d. 2004)
• 1955 – Gerd Müller, German businessman and politician
• 1956 – Takeshi Okada, Japanese footballer, coach, and manager
• 1956 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (d. 1986)
• 1957 – Sikander Bakht, Pakistani cricketer and sportscaster
• 1957 – Simon McBurney, English actor and director
• 1957 – Frank Serratore, American ice hockey player and coach
• 1958 – Tim Burton, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1958 – Sterling Harwood, American lawyer, author, and academic
• 1958 – Christian LeBlanc, American actor
• 1959 – Ian Falconer, American author and illustrator
• 1959 – Steve Levy, American lawyer and politician
• 1959 – Lane Smith, American author and illustrator
• 1959 – Ruth Ann Swenson, American soprano and actress
• 1960 – Ashley Crow, American actress
• 1960 – Jane A. Langdale, Professor of Plant Science at the University of Oxford
• 1960 – Georg Zellhofer, Austrian footballer and manager
• 1961 – Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 1961 – Ally Walker, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1962 – Māris Bružiks, Latvian triple jumper
• 1962 – Vivian Campbell, Irish guitarist and songwriter (Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Dio, Thin Lizzy, and Sweet Savage)
• 1962 – Shahid Mahboob, Pakistani cricketer
• 1962 – David Packer, American actor
• 1962 – Michael Zorc, German footballer and manager
• 1963 – Miro Cerar, Slovenian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Slovenia
• 1963 – Shock G, American rapper and producer (Digital Underground)
• 1963 – Tiina Intelmann, Estonian lawyer and diplomat
• 1963 – Christine McGlade, Canadian actress and producer
• 1964 – Azmin Ali, Malaysian mathematician and politician
• 1964 – Maxim Kontsevich, Russian-American mathematician and academic
• 1964 – Vasilios Kotronias, Greek chess player and author
• 1964 – Marti Noxon, American screenwriter and producer
• 1964 – Blair Underwood, American actor, director, and producer
• 1964 – Joanne Whalley, English actress
• 1965 – Cornelius Bennett, American football player
• 1965 – Sanjeev Sharma, Indian cricketer and coach
• 1965 – Mia Zapata, American singer-songwriter (The Gits) (d. 1993)
• 1966 – Albert Belle, American baseball player
• 1966 – Robert Maschio, American actor
• 1966 – Tracy-Ann Oberman, English actress and screenwriter
• 1966 – Derek Sherinian, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Planet X, Dream Theater, and Black Country Communion)
• 1967 – Nobuyuki Hiyama, Japanese voice actor
• 1967 – Tom Hollander, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1967 – Jeff Tweedy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wilco, Loose Fur, and Uncle Tupelo)
• 1968 – Rafet El Roman, Turkish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1968 – Yuri Mitsui, Japanese actress, model, and race car driver
• 1968 – Stuart Murdoch, Scottish singer-songwriter (Belle and Sebastian)
• 1968 – Spider One, American singer-songwriter and producer (Powerman 5000)
• 1968 – Rachael Ray, American chef, author, and television host
• 1968 – Takeshi Ueda, Japanese singer-songwriter and bass player (The Mad Capsule Markets)
• 1969 – Olga Konkova, Norwegian-Russian pianist and composer
• 1969 – Cameron Mathison, Canadian actor
• 1969 – Vivek Razdan, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
• 1969 – Rachel Shelley, English model and actress
• 1969 – Steve Staley, American voice actor and singer
• 1969 – John Witt, American baseball player and actor
• 1970 – Doug Glanville, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1970 – Debbie Graham, American tennis player
• 1970 – Robert Horry, American basketball player and sportscaster
• 1970 – Adrian Lam, Papua New Guinean-Australian rugby player and coach
• 1970 – Jo Dee Messina, American singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Claudia Schiffer, German model and fashion designer
• 1970 – Helena Seger, Swedish model and actress
• 1971 – Felix da Housecat, American DJ and producer
• 1971 – Crash Holly, American wrestler (d. 2003)
• 1972 – Gülben Ergen, Turkish singer and actress
• 1972 – Marvin Harrison, American football player
• 1972 – Bryan Stoltenberg, American football player (d. 2013)
• 1973 – Fatih Akın, German director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Eric Millegan, American actor
• 1974 – Pablo Ozuna, Dominican baseball player
• 1975 – Brad Drew, Australian rugby player
• 1975 – Petria Thomas, Australian swimmer and coach
• 1976 – Jensen Atwood, American actor
• 1976 – Damon Jones, American basketball player and coach
• 1976 – Javed Qadeer, Pakistani cricketer and coach
• 1976 – Alexander Skarsgård, Swedish-American actor
• 1977 – Masumi Asano, Japanese voice actress and producer
• 1977 – Sophie Cadieux, Canadian actress and screenwriter
• 1977 – Diego Corrales, American boxer (d. 2007)
• 1977 – Andy McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Ramil Safarov, Azerbaijani murderer
• 1977 – Jonathan Togo, American actor
• 1978 – Kel Mitchell, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1978 – Robert Mohr, German rugby player
• 1979 – Marlon Harewood, English footballer
• 1979 – Philipp Mißfelder, German historian and politician (d. 2015)
• 1979 – Deanna Nolan, American basketball player
• 1979 – Masato Wada, Japanese actor and singer (D-Boys)
• 1980 – Neal Musser, American baseball player
• 1981 – Rachel Bilson, American actress
• 1981 – Jan-Berrie Burger, Namibian cricketer
• 1981 – Jean-Julien Rojer, Curaçaoan-Dutch tennis player
• 1981 – Clare Oliver, Australian activist (d. 2007)
• 1981 – Camille Pin, French tennis player
• 1982 – Jung Jung-suk, South Korean footballer
• 1983 – James Rossiter, English race car driver
• 1984 – Florian Mohr, German footballer
• 1984 – Hendra Setiawan, Indonesian badminton player
• 1986 – Rona Nishliu, Kosovo-Albanian singer-songwriter
• 1987 – Stacey Farber, Canadian actress
• 1987 – Ollie Hancock, English race car driver
• 1987 – Velimir Jovanović, Serbian footballer
• 1987 – Blake Lively, American model and actress
• 1987 – Amy Macdonald, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 – Logan Morrison, American baseball player
• 1987 – Luka Šulić, Slovenian-Croatian cellist (2Cellos)
• 1987 – Justin Upton, American baseball player
• 1987 – James Wesolowski, Australian footballer
• 1987 – Liu Yifei, Chinese-American actress and singer
• 1988 – Alexandra Burke, English singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Angela Park, Brazilian-American golfer
• 1988 – Ray Quinn, English actor, singer, and dancer
• 1989 – Keegan Joyce, Australian actor
• 1989 – Amber Le Bon, English model
• 1989 – Hiram Mier, Mexican footballer
• 1990 – Aras Bulut İynemli, Turkish actor
• 1992 – Miyabi Natsuyaki, Japanese singer and actress (Berryz Kobo, Aa!, and Buono!)
• 1992 – Alex Roots, English singer
• 1992 – Ricardo Rodriguez, Swiss footballer
• 1994 – Edmunds Augstkalns, Latvian ice hockey player
• 1994 – Josh Flitter, American actor
• 1998 – Abraham Mateo, Spanish singer-songwriter and actor
• 1998 – China Anne McClain, American actress and singer (McClain)

Deaths

• 79 – Pliny the Elder, Roman commander and philosopher (b. 23)
• 383 – Gratian, Roman emperor (b. 359)
• 1192 – Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1142)
• 1270 – Louis IX of France (b. 1214)
• 1282 – Thomas de Cantilupe, English bishop and saint (b. 1218)
• 1482 – Margaret of Anjou (b. 1429)
• 1554 – Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, English soldier and politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1473)
• 1632 – Thomas Dekker, English author and playwright (b. 1572)
• 1688 – Henry Morgan, Welsh admiral and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica (b. 1635)
• 1699 – Christian V of Denmark (b. 1646)
• 1711 – Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, English politician, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1656)
• 1742 – Carlos Seixas, Portuguese organist and composer (b. 1704)
• 1774 – Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer and educator (b. 1714)
• 1776 – David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher (b. 1711)
• 1794 – Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian diplomat (b. 1727)
• 1798 – Mikiel'Ang Grima, Maltese surgeon (b. 1729)
• 1819 – James Watt, Scottish-English engineer and instrument maker (b. 1736)
• 1822 – William Herschel, German-English astronomer and composer (b. 1738)
• 1867 – Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist (b. 1791)
• 1882 – Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, Estonian physician and author (b. 1803)
• 1886 – Zinovios Valvis, Greek lawyer and politician, 35th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1791)
• 1900 – Friedrich Nietzsche, German philologist, philosopher, and critic (b. 1844)
• 1904 – Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter and lithographer (b. 1836)
• 1908 – Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1852)
• 1921 – Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet and critic (b. 1886)
• 1924 – Mariano Álvarez, Filipino general and politician (b. 1818)
• 1925 – Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, Austrian field marshal (b. 1852)
• 1930 – Frankie Campbell, American boxer (b. 1904)
• 1938 – Aleksandr Kuprin, Russian pilot, explorer, and author (b. 1870)
• 1939 – Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1904)
• 1940 – Prince Jean, Duke of Guise (b. 1874)
• 1942 – Prince George, Duke of Kent (b. 1902)
• 1945 – John Birch, Indian-American soldier and missionary (b. 1918)
• 1950 – Earl Caddock, American wrestler (b. 1888)
• 1956 – Alfred Kinsey, American biologist and academic (b. 1894)
• 1965 – Moonlight Graham, American baseball player and physician (b. 1879)
• 1967 – Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
• 1967 – Oscar Cabalén, Argentine racing driver (b. 1928)
• 1967 – Paul Muni, Ukrainian-American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 1967 – George Lincoln Rockwell, American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (b. 1918)
• 1968 – Stan McCabe, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1910)
• 1970 – Tachū Naitō, Japanese architect and engineer, designed the Tokyo Tower (b. 1886)
• 1971 – Ted Lewis, American singer and clarinet player (b. 1890)
• 1973 – Dezső Pattantyús-Ábrahám, Hungarian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1875)
• 1976 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1977 – Károly Kós, Hungarian architect, ethnologist, and politician (b. 1883)
• 1979 – Stan Kenton, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1911)
• 1980 – Gower Champion, American actor, director, and choreographer (b. 1919)
• 1981 – Nassos Kedrakas, Greek actor and cinematographer (b. 1915)
• 1984 – Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1984 – Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (b. 1921)
• 1984 – Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1899)
• 1985 – Samantha Smith, American actress and activist (b. 1972)
• 1988 – Art Rooney, American businessman, founded the Pittsburgh Steelers (b. 1901)
• 1990 – Morley Callaghan, Canadian author and playwright (b. 1903)
• 1995 – Doug Stegmeyer, American bass player and producer (b. 1951)
• 1997 – Camilla Spira, German actress (b. 1906)
• 1998 – Lewis F. Powell, Jr., American lawyer and jurist (b. 1907)
• 1999 – Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (Naked Eyes and Climie Fisher) (b. 1956)
• 2000 – Carl Barks, American author and illustrator (b. 1901)
• 2000 – Frederick C. Bock, American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
• 2000 – Jack Nitzsche, American pianist, composer, and producer (The Wrecking Crew and Crazy Horse) (b. 1937)
• 2000 – Allen Woody, American bass player and songwriter (The Allman Brothers Band and Gov't Mule) (b. 1955)
• 2001 – Aaliyah, American singer, dancer, and actress (b. 1979)
• 2001 – Carl Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 2001 – Üzeyir Garih, Turkish engineer and businessman, co-founded Alarko Holding (b. 1929)
• 2001 – Philippe Léotard, French actor and singer (b. 1940)
• 2001 – Ken Tyrrell, English race car driver and businessman, founded Tyrrell Racing (b. 1924)
• 2002 – Giannis Gionakis, Greek actor (b. 1922)
• 2002 – Dorothy Hewett, Australian author and poet (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Tom Feelings, American author and illustrator (b. 1933)
• 2005 – Peter Glotz, Czech-German academic and politician (b. 1939)
• 2005 – Moondog King, Canadian wrestler and politician (b. 1949)
• 2006 – Noor Hassanali, Trinidadian-Tobagonian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Benjamin Aaron, American lawyer and scholar (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Ray Jones, English footballer (b. 1988)
• 2008 – Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (b. 1964)
• 2008 – Pavle Kozjek, Slovenian mountaineer and photographer (b. 1959)
• 2009 – Ted Kennedy, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1932)
• 2009 – Mandé Sidibé, Malian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (b. 1940)
• 2010 – Esther Earl, American blogger and activist (b. 1994)
• 2012 – Florencio Amarilla, Paraguayan footballer, coach, and actor (b. 1935)
• 2012 – Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Vesna Girardi-Jurkić, Croatian archeologist and museologist (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Roberto González Barrera, Mexican banker and businessman (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Donald Gorrie, Scottish educator and politician (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Angkarn Kalayanapong, Thai poet and painter (b. 1926)
• 2013 – Ciril Bergles, Slovene poet and translator (b. 1934)
• 2013 – António Borges, Portuguese economist and banker (b. 1949)
• 2013 – William Froug, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Liu Fuzhi, Chinese academic and politician, 3rd Minister of Justice for China (b. 1917)
• 2013 – Bobby Hoff, American poker player (b. 1939)
• 2013 – Raghunath Panigrahi, Indian singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Brazilian footballer (b. 1930)
• 2014 – William Greaves, American director and producer (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Marcel Masse, Canadian educator and politician, 29th Canadian Minister of National Defence (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Nico M. M. Nibbering, Dutch chemist and academic (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Uziah Thompson, Jamaican-American drummer and producer (The Revolutionaries and Black Uhuru) (b. 1936)
• 2014 – Enrique Zileri, Peruvian journalist and publisher (b. 1931)
• 2015 – José María Benegas, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
• 2015 – James "Red" Duke, American surgeon and academic (b. 1928)
• 2015 – Colin Fry, English medium and television host (b. 1962)
• 2015 – Francis Sejersted, Norwegian historian and academic (b. 1936)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Æbbe of Coldingham
  • Aredius
  • Genesius of Arles
  • Gregory of Utrecht
  • Joseph Calasanz
  • Louis IX of France
  • Menas of Constantinople
  • Patricia of Naples
• Earliest day on which Father's Day can fall, while August 31 is the latest; celebrated on the last Monday in August. (South Sudan)
• Earliest day on which La Tomatina can fall, while August 31 is the latest; celebrated on the last Wednesday in August. (Buñol)
• Day of Songun (North Korea)
• Independence Day (Uruguay), celebrates the independence of Uruguay from Brazil in 1825.
• Liberation Day (Paris)
• National Banana Split Day (United States)
• National Whiskey Sour Day (United States)
• Opiconsivia (Ancient Rome)
• Soldier's Day (Brazil)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada