Day of the year
August 31 is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 122 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1907 – Russia and the United Kingdom sign the Anglo-Russian Convention , by which the UK recognizes Russian preeminence in northern Persia, while Russia recognizes British preeminence in southeastern Persia and Afghanistan. Both powers pledge not to interfere in Tibet.
1918 – World War I : Start of the Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin , a successful assault by the Australian Corps during the Hundred Days Offensive .
1920 – Polish–Soviet War : A decisive Polish victory in the Battle of Komarów .
1933 – The Integral Nationalist Group wins the 1933 Andorran parliamentary election , the first election in Andorra held with universal male suffrage .[4]
1935 – In an attempt to stay out of the growing tensions concerning Germany and Japan, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts .
1936 – Radio Prague , now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
1939 – Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station , creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War II in Europe .
1940 – Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia . The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
1941 – World War II : Serbian paramilitary forces defeat Germans in the Battle of Loznica .
1943 – USS Harmon , the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
1949 – The retreat of the Democratic Army of Greece into Albania after its defeat on Gramos mountain marks the end of the Greek Civil War .
1950 – TWA Flight 903 crashes near Itay El Barud , Egypt, killing all 55 aboard.[5]
1957 – The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia ) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1959 – A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu , younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm , fails to kill King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia .
1962 – Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
1963 – Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah ) achieves self governance .
1972 – Aeroflot Flight 558 crashes in the Abzelilovsky District in Bashkortostan , Russia (then the Soviet Union), killing all 102 people aboard.[6]
1986 – Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee over Cerritos, California , killing 67 in the air and 15 on the ground.
1986 – The Soviet passenger liner Admiral Nakhimov sinks in the Black Sea after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev , killing 423.
1987 – Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket , Thailand, killing all 83 aboard.
1988 – Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 crashes during takeoff from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport , killing 14.[7]
1988 – CAAC Flight 301 overshoots the runway at Kai Tak Airport and crashes into Kowloon Bay , killing seven people.[8]
1991 – Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union .
1993 – Russia completes removing its troops from Lithuania .
1994 – Russia completes removing its troops from Estonia .
1996 – Saddam Hussein 's troops seized Irbil after the Kurdish Masoud Barzani appealed for help to defeat his Kurdish rival PUK .
1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales , her partner, Dodi Fayed , and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.[9]
1999 – The first of a series of bombings in Moscow kills one person and wounds 40 others.
1999 – A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires , killing 65, including two on the ground.
2002 – Typhoon Rusa , the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, made landfall, killing at least 236 people.[10] [11]
2005 – The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 953 people.
2006 – Edvard Munch 's famous painting, The Scream , stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
2016 – Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is impeached and removed from office.
2019 – A sightseeing helicopter crashes in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta Municipality in Northern Norway killing all 6 occupants.[12]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1652 – Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga , Italian nobleman (d. 1708)[16]
1663 – Guillaume Amontons , French physicist and instrument maker (d. 1705)
1721 – George Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol , English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1775)
1741 – Jean-Paul-Égide Martini , French composer and educator (d. 1816)
1748 – Jean-Étienne Despréaux , French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, and playwright (d. 1820)
1767 – Henry Joy McCracken , Irish businessman and activist, founded the Society of United Irishmen (d. 1798)
1775 – Agnes Bulmer , English poet and author (d. 1836)
1797 – Ramón Castilla , Peruvian military leader and politician, President of Peru (d. 1867)[17]
1797 – Stephen Geary , English architect, inventor and entrepreneur (d. 1854)
1802 – Husein Gradaščević , Ottoman general (d. 1834)
1811 – Théophile Gautier , French poet and critic (d. 1872)[18]
1821 – Hermann von Helmholtz , German physician and physicist (d. 1894)
1823 – Galusha A. Grow , American lawyer and politician, 28th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1907)
1834 – Amilcare Ponchielli , Italian composer and educator (d. 1886)
1842 – Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin , American journalist, publisher, and activist (d. 1924)
1843 – Georg von Hertling , German academic and politician, 7th Chancellor of the German Empire (d. 1919)
1870 – Maria Montessori , Italian physician and educator (d. 1952)
1871 – James E. Ferguson , American banker and politician, 26th Governor of Texas (d. 1944)
1875 – Rosa Lemberg , Namibian-born Finnish American teacher, singer and choral conductor (d. 1959)[19]
1878 – Frank Jarvis , American sprinter and lawyer (d. 1933)
1879 – Alma Mahler , Austrian-American composer and author (d. 1964)
1879 – Taishō , Emperor of Japan (d. 1926)
1880 – Wilhelmina , queen of the Netherlands (d. 1962)
1884 – George Sarton , Belgian-American historian of science (d. 1956)
1885 – DuBose Heyward , American author and playwright (d. 1940)
1890 – August Alle , Estonian poet and author (d. 1952)
1890 – Nätti-Jussi , Finnish lumberjack and forest laborer (d. 1964)[20]
1893 – Lily Laskine , French harp player (d. 1988)
1894 – Albert Facey , Australian soldier and author (d. 1982)
1896 – Brian Edmund Baker , English Air Marshal (d. 1979)
1896 – Félix-Antoine Savard , Canadian priest and author (d. 1982)
1897 – Fredric March , American actor (d. 1975)
1900 – Gino Lucetti , Italian anarchist, attempted assassin of Benito Mussolini (d. 1943)
1901–present
1902 – Géza Révész , Hungarian general and politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (d. 1977)
1903 – Arthur Godfrey , American radio and television host (d. 1983)
1903 – Vladimir Jankélévitch , French musicologist and philosopher (d. 1985)
1905 – Robert Bacher , American physicist and academic (d. 2004)
1905 – Sanford Meisner , American actor and educator (d. 1997)
1907 – Valter Biiber , Estonian footballer (d. 1977)
1907 – Augustus F. Hawkins , American lawyer and politician (d. 2007)
1907 – Ramon Magsaysay , Filipino captain, engineer, and politician, 7th President of the Philippines (d. 1957)
1907 – William Shawn , American journalist (d. 1992)
1907 – Altiero Spinelli , Italian theorist and politician (d. 1986)
1908 – William Saroyan , American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (d. 1981)
1909 – Ferenc Fejtő , Hungarian-French journalist and political scientist (d. 2008)
1911 – Edward Brongersma , Dutch journalist and politician (d. 1998)
1911 – Arsenio Rodríguez , Cuban-American tres player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1970)
1913 – Helen Levitt , American photographer and cinematographer (d. 2009)
1913 – Bernard Lovell , English physicist and astronomer (d. 2012)
1914 – Richard Basehart , American actor (d. 1984)
1915 – Pete Newell , American basketball player and coach (d. 2008)
1916 – Danny Litwhiler , American baseball player and coach (d. 2011)
1916 – Daniel Schorr , American journalist and author (d. 2010)
1916 – John S. Wold , American geologist and politician (d. 2017)
1918 – Alan Jay Lerner , American songwriter and composer (d. 1986)
1919 – Amrita Pritam , Indian poet and author (d. 2005)
1921 – Otis G. Pike , American judge and politician (d. 2014)
1921 – Raymond Williams , Welsh author and academic (d. 1988)
1924 – John Davidson , American physician and politician (d. 2012)
1924 – Buddy Hackett , American actor and singer (d. 2003)[21]
1924 – Herbert Wise , Austrian-English director and producer (d. 2015)
1925 – Moran Campbell , English-Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (d. 2004)
1925 – Maurice Pialat , French actor and director (d. 2003)
1928 – James Coburn , American actor (d. 2002)[21]
1928 – Jaime Sin , Filipino cardinal (d. 2005)
1930 – Big Tiny Little , American pianist (d. 2010)
1931 – Jean Béliveau , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2014)
1931 – Rolf Just Nilsen , Norwegian singer and actor (d. 1981)[22]
1931 – Noble Willingham , American actor (d. 2004)
1932 – Allan Fotheringham , Canadian journalist (d. 2020)
1932 – Roy Castle , English dancer, singer, comedian, actor, television presenter and musician (d. 1994)
1935 – Eldridge Cleaver , American activist and author (d. 1998)[21]
1935 – Bryan Organ , English painter
1935 – Frank Robinson , American baseball player and manager (d. 2019)[21]
1936 – Vladimir Orlov , Russian journalist and author (d. 2014)
1937 – Warren Berlinger , American actor (d. 2020)
1937 – Bobby Parker , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1938 – Martin Bell , English journalist and politician
1939 – Jerry Allison , American drummer and songwriter (d. 2022)[23]
1940 – Robbie Basho , American guitarist, pianist, and composer (d. 1986)
1940 – Wilton Felder , American saxophonist and bass player (d. 2015)
1940 – Larry Hankin , American actor, director, and producer
1940 – Roger Newman , English-American actor and screenwriter (d. 2010)
1940 – Jack Thompson , Australian actor
1941 – William DeWitt, Jr. , American businessman
1941 – Emmanuel Nunes , Portuguese-French composer and educator (d. 2012)
1942 – Isao Aoki , Japanese golfer
1943 – Leonid Ivashov , Russian general
1944 – Roger Dean , English illustrator and publisher
1944 – Liz Forgan , English journalist
1944 – Christine King , English historian and academic
1944 – Clive Lloyd , Guyanese cricketer
1945 – Van Morrison , Northern Irish singer-songwriter[23]
1945 – Itzhak Perlman , Israeli-American violinist and conductor[23]
1945 – Bob Welch , American singer and guitarist (d. 2012)[21]
1946 – Ann Coffey , Scottish social worker and politician
1946 – Jerome Corsi , American conspiracy theorist and author
1946 – Tom Coughlin , American football player and coach
1947 – Luca Cordero di Montezemolo , Italian businessman
1947 – Yumiko Ōshima , Japanese author and illustrator
1947 – Somchai Wongsawat , Thai lawyer and politician, 26th Prime Minister of Thailand
1948 – Harald Ertl , Austrian race car driver and journalist (d. 1982)
1948 – Lowell Ganz , American screenwriter and producer
1948 – Ken McMullen , English director, producer, and screenwriter
1948 – Holger Osieck , German footballer and manager
1948 – Rudolf Schenker , German guitarist and songwriter[23]
1949 – Richard Gere , American actor and producer[23]
1949 – Stephen McKinley Henderson , American actor[23]
1949 – Hugh David Politzer , American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1949 – Rick Roberts , American country-rock singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Grant Batty , New Zealand rugby player
1952 – Kim Kashkashian , American viola player and educator
1952 – Herbert Reul , German politician
1953 – Marcia Clark , American attorney and author[21]
1953 – Miguel Ángel Guerra , Argentinian race car driver
1953 – György Károly , Hungarian poet and author (d. 2018)
1953 – Pavel Vinogradov , Russian astronaut and engineer
1954 – Julie Brown , American actress and screenwriter
1955 – Aleksander Krupa , Polish-American actor
1955 – Julie Maxton , Scottish lawyer and academic
1955 – Edwin Moses , American hurdler[21]
1955 – Anthony Thistlethwaite , English saxophonist and bass player
1955 – Gary Webb , American journalist and author (d. 2004)
1956 – Mária Balážová , Slovak painter and illustrator
1956 – Kent Nilsson , Swedish ice hockey player[24]
1956 – Masashi Tashiro , Japanese singer, actor, and director
1956 – Tsai Ing-wen , Taiwanese politician and the President of the Republic of China [25]
1957 – Colm O'Rourke , Irish footballer and sportscaster
1957 – Gina Schock , American drummer[23]
1957 – Glenn Tilbrook , English singer-songwriter and guitarist[23]
1958 – Serge Blanco , Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman
1958 – Stephen Cottrell , English bishop
1959 – Ralph Krueger , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1959 – Jessica Upshaw , American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1960 – Vali Ionescu , Romanian long jumper
1960 – Chris Whitley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
1960 – Hassan Nasrallah , Lebanese politician, 3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah
1961 – Kieran Crowley , New Zealand rugby player
1961 – Magnus Ilmjärv , Estonian historian and author
1962 – Dee Bradley Baker , American voice actor
1963 – Reb Beach , American guitarist
1963 – Rituparno Ghosh , Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1963 – Sonny Silooy , Dutch footballer and manager
1964 – Raymond P. Hammond , American poet and critic
1965 – Zsolt Borkai , Hungarian gymnast and politician
1965 – Susan Gritton , English soprano and actress
1966 – Lyuboslav Penev , Bulgarian footballer and manager
1967 – Gene Hoglan , American drummer
1967 – Anita Moen , Norwegian skier
1968 – Valdon Dowiyogo , Nauruan politician (d. 2016)
1968 – Hideo Nomo , Japanese baseball player
1968 – Jolene Watanabe , American tennis player (d. 2019)
1969 – Nathalie Bouvier , French skier
1969 – Jonathan LaPaglia , Australian actor and physician
1969 – Jeff Russo , American musician[23]
1969 – Javagal Srinath , Indian cricketer and referee
1970 – Debbie Gibson , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress[23]
1970 – Nikola Gruevski , Macedonian economist and politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
1970 – Greg Mulholland , English politician
1970 – Queen Rania of Jordan [26]
1970 – Arie van Lent , Dutch-German footballer and manager
1970 – Zack Ward , Canadian actor and producer[23]
1971 – Kirstie Allsopp , British TV presenter
1971 – Pádraig Harrington , Irish golfer
1971 – Vadim Repin , Belgian-Russian violinist
1971 – Chris Tucker , American comedian and actor[23]
1973 – Scott Niedermayer , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1974 – Andriy Medvedev , Ukrainian-Monégasque tennis player
1975 – Craig Cumming , New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster
1975 – John Grahame , American ice hockey player and coach
1975 – Sara Ramirez , Mexican-American actor and musician[27] [28]
1976 – Vincent Delerm , French singer-songwriter and pianist
1976 – Shar Jackson , American actress and singer[21]
1976 – Roque Júnior , Brazilian footballer and manager
1976 – Radek Martínek , Czech ice hockey player
1977 – Jeff Hardy , American wrestler and singer
1977 – Ian Harte , Irish footballer
1977 – Craig Nicholls , Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
1977 – Arzu Yanardağ , Turkish actress and model
1978 – Philippe Christanval , French footballer
1978 – Ido Pariente , Israeli mixed martial artist and trainer
1978 – Jennifer Ramírez Rivero , Venezuelan model[29]
1978 – Craig Stapleton , Australian rugby league player
1978 – Sandis Valters , Latvian basketball player
1978 – Morten Qvenild , Norwegian pianist and composer
1979 – Clay Hensley , American baseball player
1979 – Mark Johnston , Canadian swimmer
1979 – Yara Martinez , Puerto Rican-American actress[21]
1979 – Simon Neil , Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1979 – Yuvan Shankar Raja , Indian Tamil singer-songwriter and producer
1979 – Ramón Santiago , Dominican baseball player
1979 – Mickie James , American wrestler
1980 – Joe Budden , American broadcaster and former rapper
1981 – Ahmad Al Harthy , Omani race car driver
1981 – Dwayne Peel , Welsh rugby player
1981 – Steve Saviano , American ice hockey player
1982 – Ian Crocker , American swimmer
1982 – Chris Duhon , American basketball player
1982 – Lien Huyghebaert , Belgian sprinter
1982 – Christopher Katongo , Zambian footballer
1982 – Josh Kroeger , American baseball player
1982 – Alexei Mikhnov , Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
1982 – Pepe Reina , Spanish footballer
1982 – Michele Rugolo , Italian race car driver
1982 – G. Willow Wilson , American journalist and author
1983 – Deniz Aydoğdu , German-Turkish footballer
1983 – Milan Biševac , Serbian footballer
1983 – Larry Fitzgerald , American football player
1984 – Matti Breschel , Danish cyclist
1984 – Ryan Kesler , American ice hockey player
1984 – Ted Ligety , American skier[21]
1984 – Charl Schwartzel , South African golfer
1985 – Rolando , Portuguese footballer
1985 – Andrew Foster , Australian footballer
1985 – Mabel Matiz , Turkish singer
1985 – Mohammed bin Salman , Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia [30]
1986 – Ryan Kelley , American actor[21]
1986 – Johnny Wactor , American actor (d. 2024)[31]
1986 – Blake Wheeler , American ice hockey player[32]
1987 – Xavi Annunziata , Spanish footballer
1987 – Petros Kravaritis , Greek footballer
1987 – Ondřej Pavelec , Czech ice hockey player
1988 – Matt Adams , American baseball player[33]
1988 – Trent Hodkinson , Australian rugby league player
1988 – David Ospina , Colombian footballer
1988 – Ember Moon , American wrestler
1989 – Dezmon Briscoe , American football player
1990 – Tadeja Majerič , Slovenian tennis player
1991 – António Félix da Costa , Portuguese race car driver
1991 – Cédric Soares , Portuguese footballer
1992 – Holly Earl , British actress
1992 – Tyler Randell , Australian rugby league player
1993 – Pablo Marí , Spanish football player
1993 – Ilnur Alshin , Russian football player
1993 – Anna Karnaukh , Russian water polo player
1994 – Alex Harris , Scottish footballer
1994 – Can Aktav , Turkish football player
1996 – Jalen Brunson , American basketball player[34]
1998 – Jaylen Barron , American actress[21]
2000 – Sauce Gardner , American football player[35]
2001 – Amanda Anisimova , American tennis player[36]
2004 – Jang Won-young , South Korean singer and model[37]
Deaths
Pre-1600
318 – Liu Cong , emperor of the Xiongnu state
577 – John Scholasticus , Byzantine patriarch and saint
651 – Aidan of Lindisfarne , Irish bishop and saint[38]
731 – Ōtomo no Tabito , Japanese poet (b. 665)
894 – Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Ta'i , Muslim governor
1054 – Kunigunde of Altdorf , Frankish noblewoman (b. c. 1020)
1056 – Theodora , Empress of the Eastern Roman Empire (b. 981)
1115 – Turgot of Durham (b.c. 1050)[39]
1158 – Sancho III of Castile (b. 1134)
1234 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (b. 1212)
1287 – Konrad von Würzburg , German poet
1324 – Henry II of Jerusalem (b. 1271)
1372 – Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford , English soldier (b. 1301)
1422 – Henry V of England (b. 1386)
1450 – Isabella of Navarre, Countess of Armagnac (b. 1395)
1502 – Thomas Wode , Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
1528 – Matthias Grünewald , German artist (b. 1470)
1601–1900
1645 – Francesco Bracciolini , Italian poet (b. 1566)
1654 – Ole Worm , Danish physician and historian (b. 1588)
1688 – John Bunyan , English preacher, theologian, and author (b. 1628)
1730 – Gottfried Finger , Czech-German viol player and composer (b. 1660)
1741 – Johann Gottlieb Heineccius , German academic and jurist (b. 1681)
1772 – William Borlase , English geologist and historian (b. 1695)
1795 – François-André Danican Philidor , French-English chess player and composer (b. 1726)
1799 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin , French architect and academic, designed the Bernstorff Palace and Marienlyst Castle (b. 1720)
1811 – Louis Antoine de Bougainville , French admiral and explorer (b. 1729)
1814 – Arthur Phillip , English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (b. 1738)
1817 – Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet , English admiral and politician, 39th Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (b. 1747)
1818 – Robert Calder , Scottish admiral (b. 1745)[40]
1858 – Chief Oshkosh , Menominee chief (b. 1795)[41]
1867 – Charles Baudelaire , French poet and critic (b. 1821)
1864 – Ferdinand Lassalle , Prussian-German jurist and philosopher (b. 1825)[42]
1869 – Mary Ward , Irish astronomer and entomologist (b. 1827)
1884 – Robert Torrens , Irish-Australian politician, 3rd Premier of South Australia (b. 1814)
1901–present
1908 – Leslie Green , English architect (b. 1875)
1910 – Emīls Dārziņš , Latvian composer, conductor, and music critic (b. 1875)
1912 – Jean, duc Decazes , French sailor (b. 1864)
1920 – Wilhelm Wundt , German physician, psychologist, and philosopher (b. 1832)
1924 – Todor Aleksandrov , Bulgarian soldier (b. 1881)
1927 – Andranik , Armenian general (b. 1865)
1937 – Ruth Baldwin , British socialite (b. 1905)[43]
1940 – Georges Gauthier , Canadian archbishop (b. 1871)
1940 – DeLancey W. Gill , American painter (b. 1859)[44]
1941 – Thomas Bavin , New Zealand-Australian politician, 24th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1874)
1941 – Marina Tsvetaeva , Russian poet and author (b. 1892)
1945 – Stefan Banach , Polish mathematician (b. 1892)[45]
1948 – Andrei Zhdanov , Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1896)
1951 – Paul Demel , Czech actor (b. 1903)
1952 – Henri Bourassa , Canadian publisher and politician (b. 1868)
1954 – Elsa Barker , American author and poet (b. 1869)
1963 – Georges Braque , French painter and sculptor (b. 1882)
1965 – E. E. Smith , American engineer and author (b. 1890)
1967 – Ilya Ehrenburg , Russian journalist and author (b. 1891)
1968 – John Hartle , English motorcycle racer (b. 1933)
1969 – Rocky Marciano , American boxer (b. 1923)
1973 – John Ford , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
1974 – William Pershing Benedict , American soldier and pilot (b. 1918)
1974 – Norman Kirk , New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1923)
1978 – John Wrathall , Rhodesian accountant and politician, 2nd President of Rhodesia (b. 1913)
1979 – Sally Rand , American actress and dancer (b. 1904)
1979 – Tiger Smith , English cricketer and coach (b. 1886)
1984 – Audrey Wagner , American baseball player, obstetrician, and gynecologist (b. 1927)
1985 – Frank Macfarlane Burnet , Australian virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1986 – Elizabeth Coatsworth , American author and poet (b. 1893)
1986 – Urho Kekkonen , Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (b. 1900)
1986 – Henry Moore , English sculptor and illustrator (b. 1898)
1990 – Nathaniel Clifton , American basketball player and coach (b. 1922)
1991 – Cliff Lumsdon , Canadian swimmer and coach (b. 1931)
1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales (b. 1961)[46]
1997 – Dodi Fayed , Egyptian film producer (b. 1955)[47]
2000 – Lucille Fletcher , American screenwriter (b. 1912)
2000 – Dolores Moore , American baseball player and educator (b. 1932)
2002 – Lionel Hampton , American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1908)
2002 – Farhad Mehrad , Persian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist (b. 1944)
2002 – George Porter , English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
2005 – Joseph Rotblat , Polish-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
2006 – Mohamed Abdelwahab , Egyptian footballer (b. 1983)
2006 – Tom Delaney , English race car driver and businessman (b. 1911)
2007 – Gay Brewer , American golfer (b. 1932)
2007 – Jean Jacques Paradis , Canadian general (b. 1928)
2007 – Sulev Vahtre , Estonian historian and academic (b. 1926)
2008 – Ken Campbell , English actor and screenwriter (b. 1941)
2008 – Ike Pappas , American journalist (b. 1933)
2008 – Victor Yates , New Zealand rugby player (b. 1939)
2010 – Laurent Fignon , French cyclist (b. 1960)
2011 – Wade Belak , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1976)
2012 – Max Bygraves , English actor (b. 1922)
2012 – Joe Lewis , American martial artist and actor (b. 1944)
2012 – Carlo Maria Martini , Italian cardinal (b. 1927)
2012 – Kashiram Rana , Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1938)
2012 – John C. Shabaz , American judge and politician (b. 1931)
2012 – Sergey Sokolov , Russian commander and politician, 6th Minister of Defence for The Soviet Union (b. 1911)
2013 – Alan Carrington , English chemist and academic (b. 1934)
2013 – David Frost , English journalist and game show host (b. 1939)
2013 – Jimmy Greenhalgh , English footballer and manager (b. 1923)
2013 – Jan Camiel Willems , Belgian mathematician and theorist (b. 1939)
2014 – Bapu , Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1933)[48]
2014 – Ștefan Andrei , Romanian politician, 87th Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1931)
2014 – Stan Goldberg , American illustrator (b. 1932)
2014 – Carol Vadnais , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1945)[49]
2015 – Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu , English politician, founded the National Motor Museum (b. 1926)[50]
2015 – Tom Scott , American football player (b. 1930)[51]
2018 – Carole Shelley , British-American actress (b. 1939)[52]
2019 – Anthoine Hubert , French race car driver (b. 1996)[53]
2019 – Alec Holowka , Canadian game developer (b. 1983)[54]
2020 – Pranab Mukherjee , Former President of India (b. 1935)[55]
2020 – Tom Seaver , American baseball player (b. 1944)[56]
2021 – Mahal , Filipino comedian and actress (b. 1974)[57]
2021 – Francesco Morini , Italian footballer (b. 1944)[58]
2021 – Michael Constantine , Greek-American actor (b. 1927)[59]
2021 – Geronimo , British alpaca (b. 2013)[60]
Holidays and observances
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