26 of August

August 26 is the 238th (two hundred and thirty-eighth) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar and the 239th in leap years. There are 127 days left to end the year.

Events

• 1071: near Muş, Alp Arslan, sultan of the Seljucida dynasty, defeats the Roman basil IV Diogenes, emperor of Byzantium, in the Battle of Manzikert.
• 1272: In Montpellier, Jaime I of Aragon, he ratified in testament the donations to his sons Pedro and Jaime: the Baronía de Ayerbe for the first, and that of Jérica for the second.
• 1346: In the framework of the Hundred Years War the battle of Crécy takes place, with decisive English victory over the French.
• 1542: In the framework of the Spanish Colonization of America, the expedition of the Spanish military Francisco de Orellana arrives at the mouth of the Amazon River.
• 1549: In the context of the Conquest of Chile, by orders of the Spanish governor Pedro de Valdivia, Captain Francisco de Aguirre consolidates the city of La Serena.
• 1665: In Germany, the amateur astronomer Abraham Ihle discovered the star cluster M22 in the constellation of Sagittarius.
• 1702: In the framework of the Spanish War of Succession, an Anglo-Dutch Expeditionary Corps disembarked in Rota (Cádiz) and plundered several populations of the province.
• 1789: In France, in the framework of the French Revolution, the National Constituent Assembly approves the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.
• 1810: In the framework of the Independence of Argentina, the former viceroy of the Rio de la Plata, Santiago de Liniers, is shot, after the failure of the Counterrevolution of Córdoba.
• 1813: In the context of the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon Bonaparte's troops defeat the Sixth Coalition forces in the battle of Dresden.
• 1883: In Indonesia the violent eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, which will explode in the morning of 27 August, will continue, leaving a balance of 36,417 fatalities.
• 1896: In the Philippines the rebellion of the Katipunan against Spain, then colonial power.
• 1914: in São Paulo, Brazil, the Sportiva Palmeiras Society is founded.
• 1920: The Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution is adopted in the United States and women gain the right to vote.
• 1922: In the framework of the Greek-Turkish War, the Turks defeat the Greek army in the battle of Dumlupinar.
• 1936: In London, UK, the BBC makes the first world television broadcast.
• 1937: In the framework of the Spanish Civil War, the city of Santander surrenders to the Francoist troops.
• 1940: in San José, Costa Rica, the University of Costa Rica was founded.
• 1945: In the framework of the Second World War, the battle of Luzon ended between the forces of Japanese commander Tomoyuki Yamashita and those of American general Douglas MacArthur.
• 1946: The United States accepts the mandatory jurisdiction of the Permanent International Court of Justice, which will cease to accept in 1986 (by being convicted of the Nicaraguan case against the United States).
• 1947: In New York, the United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 32 condemning the acts of violence of the Indonesian National Revolution.
• 1952: a British reaction plane takes place for the first time in a day the round trip flight over the Atlantic Ocean.
• 1957: In Algiers (Algeria)—in the framework of the war against France—two members of the National Liberation Front fall after fighting 12 hours against 500 French invaders in charge of Marcel Bigeard (Algiers' battle).
• 1961: Burma becomes the first Buddhist republic in the world.
• 1966: In Omugulugwombashe (South-West Africa, Namibia today), the South African Defence Forces attack a command of the People ' s Liberation Army of Namibia, armed arm of the South-West African People ' s Organization (SWAPO). Starting the Namibian Liberation War.
• 1976: in Amsterdam (Netherlands) the letters show that the American company Lockheed bribed Prince Consort Bernard of Lippe-Biesterfeld with $1.1 million are published. Queen Juliana threatens the Dutch people to abdicate if her husband was judged.
• 1977: In West Berlin, the athlete Rosemarie Ackermann becomes the first woman to exceed 2 meters in the high jump test.
• 1978: In Vatican City, John Paul I is elected Pope number 263 of the Catholic Church. He'll die a month later.
• 1983: the Basque Country suffers from one of its biggest floods, in which dozens of people perish.
• 1988: In Peru, at 18:50 p.m., the submarine "Pacocha" sinks after impacting on the ship Kiowa Maru.
• 1990: the massacre of Puerto Hurraco, in which nine people were killed and twelve were wounded.
• 1991: In Finland, the student Linus Torvalds posts a message in the USENET news group comp.os.minix about the new Linux kérnel he has been developing.
• 1999: at the World Championship of Athleticism in Seville (Spain), the American velocist Michael Johnson imposes new world record on the specialty of the 400 m planes after chronomerate a mark of 43.18 seconds, which was in effect until 2016, when Wayde van Niekerk did it in 43.03 seconds
• 2003: the Puerto Rican singer Chayanne launches his 12th studio album entitled Sincere.
• 2007: In England, guitarist John Frusciante gives his latest concert with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
• 2008: Puerto Rican singer, songwriter and music producer Luis Fonsi, released his seventh studio album and sixth album in Spanish, entitled Words of silence.
• 2017: in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, the fight between the undefeated American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and the Irish MMA fighter and UFC Lightweight champion Conor McGregor. This marked Mayweather's final retirement in professional boxing, breaking the record of 50 consecutive wins and 0 defeats.

Births

• 1469: Fernando II, Neapolitan king (f. 1496).
• 1540: Magnus of Holstein, aristocrat Danish (f. 1583).
• 1548: Bernardino Poccetti, Italian painter (f. 1612).
• 1562: Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola, Spanish poet and historian (f. 1631).
• 1596: Federico V del Palatinado, Czech king (f. 1632).
• 1659: Andrea Fantoni, Italian sculptor (n. 1734).
• 1676: Robert Walpole, British politician (f. 1745).

Pedro Agustín de Valencia.

• 1710: Pedro Agustín de Valencia, entrepreneur and philanthropist neogranadino (f. 1788).
• 1727: Luis de Misón, Spanish flautist (f. 1766).

Johann Heinrich Lambert.

• 1728: Johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician and Franco-German astronomer (f. 1777).
• 1740: Joseph Montgolfier, French inventor (f. 1810).
• 1743: Antoine Lavoisier, a French chemist (f. 1794).
• 1751: Manuel Abad Queipo, a Spanish religious (f. 1751).
• 1776: Juan María Céspedes, priest and scientist who participated in the independence of Colombia (f. 1848).
• 1789: Abbas Mirza, Persian aristocrat (f. 1833).
• 1792: Manuel Oribe, Uruguayan military and political (f. 1857).
• 1797: Inocence of Alaska, Russian Orthodox Archbishop (f. 1879).
• 1802: Ludwig Schwanthaler, German sculptor (f. 1848).
• 1807: Luis Daniel Beauperthuy, a French physician and naturalist based in Venezuela, discoverer of the yellow fever transmitter (f. 1871).
• 1817: Mary Eugenia of Jesus, French religious (f. 1898).
• 1818: Ignacio de la Llave, Mexican military (f. 1863).
• 1819: Alberto de Saxony-Coburg-Gotha, British aristocrat, husband of Queen Victoria (f. 1861).
• 1837: Manuel Cassola, a Spanish military officer (f. 1890).
• 1844: José Villegas Cordero, a Spanish painter (f. 1921).
• 1845: Mary Ann Nichols, British woman, first victim of Jack the Ripper (f. 1888).
• 1848: Juan Rius Rivera, Puerto Rican general of the Libertador Army of Cuba (Mambí Army) (f. 1924).
• 1851: Emile Boirac, French philosopher and psychic (f. 1917).
• 1858: Fray Mocho, Argentine writer and journalist (f. 1903).
• 1860: Luis Siret, Spanish archaeologist (f. 1934).
• 1860: Julia Wernicke, Argentine painter and engraver (f. 1932).
• 1868: Juan B. Delgado, Mexican poet (f. 1929).
• 1873: Lee De Forest, American inventor (f. 1961).
• 1875: John Buchan, Scottish novelist and politician (f. 1940).

Guillaume Apollinaire.

• 1880: Guillaume Apollinaire, French writer (f. 1918).
• 1882: James Franck, a German-American physicist and chemist, a nobel physics award in 1925 (f. 1964).
• 1885: Jules Romains, French writer (f. 1972).
• 1886: Rudolf Belling, German sculptor (f. 1972).
• 1886: Ceferino Namuncurá, beato argentina (f. 1905).
• 1887: Luis Abraham Delgadillo, a Nicaraguan composer (f. 1961).
• 1888: Jesús López Lira, Mexican military (f. 1961).
• 1889: César Atahualpa Rodríguez, Peruvian poet (f. 1972).
• 1889: Federico Ponce Vaides, a Guatemalan politician (f. 1956).
• 1890: Alvaro Retana, writer, sketch artist and Spanish composer (f. 1970).
• 1892: Gaetano Belloni, Italian cyclist (f. 1980).
• 1892: Ruth Roland, American actress (f. 1937).
• 1892: Jorge Volio Jiménez, priest, military and political Costa Rican (f. 1955).
• 1896: Besse Cooper, U.S. Supercentenary (f. 2012).
• 1896: Juan Subercaseaux Errázuriz, Chilean priest (f. 1942).
• 1897: Yun Bo-seon, a South Korean politician (f. 1990).

Peggy Guggenheim.

• 1898: Peggy Guggenheim, art collector and American patrons (f. 1979).
• 1899: Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter (f. 1991).
• 1900: Jorge Galina, an Argentine politician (f. 1973).
• 1900: Alejandro Garretón, Chilean doctor (f. 1980).
• 1901: Hans Kammler, Nazi German engineer, SS officer (f. 1945).
• 1901: Maxwell D. Taylor, American general and diplomat (f. 1987).
• 1901: Jimmy Rushing, American singer, of the band Oklahoma City Blue Devils (f. 1972).
• 1901: Chen Yi, Chinese military and political (f. 1972).
• 1904: Christopher Isherwood, British writer (f. 1986).
• 1905: Helen Katherine Sharsmith, American biologist (f. 1982).
• 1906: Albert Sabin, Polish-American virologist (f. 1993).
• 1909: Jim Davis, American actor (f. 1981).
• 1910: Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Albanian Catholic nun (f. 1997).
• 1911: Otto Binder, American writer (f. 1974).
• 1912: Julio Philippi Izquierdo, a Chilean writer and politician (f. 1997).
• 1913: Boris Pahor, Slovenian writer.
• 1914: Julio Cortázar, writer, translator and Argentine intellectual (f. 1984).
• 1914: Atilio García, Argentine footballer (f. 1973).
• 1916: Fernando Schwalb López-Aldana, Peruvian lawyer, diplomat and politician (f. 2002).
• 1917: Enrique Tola Mendoza, Peruvian engineer and politician (f. 1996).
• 1918: Katherine Johnson, Physics, Space Science and American Mathematical (f. 2020).
• 1918: Ripsimé Djanpoladián, armenologa, epigrafist and Soviet archaeologist of Armenian origin (f. 2004)
• 1920: Ernesto Aramburú Menchaca, Peruvian architect (f. 2010).
• 1920: Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai politician and military (f. 2019).
• 1921: Benjamin Bradlee, American journalist and publicist (f. 2014).
• 1921: Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, Spanish filmmaker (f. 2012).
• 1923: Wolfgang Sawallisch, director of German orchestra and pianist (f. 2013).
• 1924: Rosa Reyna, Mexican dancer (f. 2006).
• 1925: Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt, Chilean composer (f. 2010).
• 1925: Juan Héctor Hunziker, Argentine botanist (f. 2003).
• 1925: Alain Peyrefitte, a French politician (f. 1999).
• 1929: Roberto Capablanca, Uruguayan humorist (f. 2013).
• 1929: Jorge Presno, lawyer and Uruguayan politician (f. 2010).
• 1929: José Carlos Trigo, footballer and Bolivian coach.
• 1931: Kálmán Markovits, Hungarian waterpolist (f. 2009).
• 1932: Lygia Bojunga Nunes, Brazilian writer.
• 1932: Luis Salvadores, Chilean basketball player.
• 1934: Ricardo Claro, Chilean businessman (f. 2008).
• 1934: Tom Heinsohn, basketball player and American coach.
• 1935: Luis Barrios Tassano, Uruguayan politician (f. 1991).
• 1935: Geraldine Ferraro, US policy (f. 2011).
• 1935: José Ramos Delgado, Argentine footballer (f. 2010).
• 1936: Hisako ⋅ishi, a Japanese politician (f. 2012).
• 1936: Milagros Ortiz Bosch, Dominican policy.
• 1936: Bruno Sivilotti, Italian cyclist.
• 1937: Blanca Rosa Gil, Cuban singer of boleros.
• 1937: Gennadi Yanáyev, Soviet politician (f. 2010).
• 1938: Marcello Gandini, Italian car designer.
• 1939: John Biehl, a Chilean politician and diplomat.
• 1940: Nik Turner, British musician (f. 2022).
• 1941: Barbet Schroeder, French filmmaker.
• 1943: Héctor Manuel Vidal, director of theatre and Uruguayan actor (f. 2014).
• 1946: Artemio Alisio, artist and Argentine artist (f. 2006).
• 1944: Richard of Gloucester, British aristocrat.
• 1945: Payo Grondona, Chilean musician.
• 1945: Tom Ridge, American politician.
• 1945: Javier Tusell, Spanish historian (f. 2005).
• 1945: Jo Freeman, a politician, a writer and a feminist American lawyer.
• 1946: Manuel Callau, Argentine actor.
• 1946: Zhou Ji, Chinese politician.
• 1946: Valerie Simpson, American singer, Ashford & Simpson.
• 1946: Mark Snow, American composer.
• 1947: Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer (f. 2007).
• 1948: Robert Trump, American real estate developer (f. 2020).
• 1948: Clarita Parra, Chilean musician.
• 1949: Virginia Vallejo, Colombian journalist.
• 1950: Benjamin Hendrickson, American actor (f. 2006).
• 1950: Felipe Lamarca, a Chilean businessman and economist.
• 1951: Edward Witten, American physicist and mathematician.
• 1952: Jorge Coscia, filmmaker and Argentine politician.
• 1952: Michael Jeter, American actor.
• 1954: Scott Henderson, American guitarist.
• 1956: Brett Cullen, American actor.

Dr. Alban.

• 1957: Dr. Alban, Nigerian-Swedish producer and musician.
• 1957: Franco Giordano, Italian politician.
• 1958: Juan Señor, Spanish footballer.
• 1959: Oscar López Goldaracena; politician, lawyer and Uruguayan writer.
• 1959: Stan Van Gundy, American basketball coach.
• 1960: Branford Marsalis, American saxophoneist and composer, of the band Buckshot Le Fonque.
• 1960: Ola Ray, American actress and model.
• 1960: Alejandro Sánchez Camacho, Mexican politician.
• 1961: Jorge Ferraresi, Argentine engineer.
• 1962: Roger Kingdom, American athlete.
• 1962: Vicky Larraz, Spanish singer.
• 1963: Stephen J. Dubner, American writer and journalist.
• 1964: Aurora Beltrán, Spanish music, Tahures Zurdos band.
• 1964: Silvia Espigado, Spanish actress.
• 1965: Carolina Arregui, Chilean actress.
• 1965: Carlos Quintana, Venezuelan baseball player.
• 1965: Marcus du Sautoy, British mathematician.

Shirley Manson.

• 1966: Shirley Manson, British singer, of the Garbage band.
• 1967: Aleksandar Đorđević, Serbian basketball.
• 1967: Oleg Taktarov, Russian retired actor and fighter.
• 1968: Chris Boardman, British cyclist.
• 1969: Jorge Sanz, Spanish actor.
• 1970: Claudia Amura, Argentinean chess.
• 1970: Omar González Onostre, Bolivian singer, of the band Octavia.
• 1970: Velko Iotov, Bulgarian footballer.
• 1970: Melissa McCarthy, American actress and writer.
• 1970: Rafael Romero Valcárcel, Peruvian poet.

Thalía.

• 1971: Thalía, singer, actress and Mexican businesswoman.
• 1971: Lisard González, Spanish basketball player.
• 1971: Giuseppe Pancaro, Italian footballer.
• 1972: Roberto Matute Puras, Spanish footballer.
• 1972: Leslie Stewart, Peruvian actress.
• 1974: Kelvin Cato, American basketball player.
• 1974: Joaquín Furriel, Argentine actor.
• 1976: Kiko Hernández, Spanish television celebrity.
• 1976: Zemfira, Russian singer.
• 1976: Amaia Montero, Spanish singer.
• 1977: Barbie Almalbis, Filipino singer and guitarist.
• 1977: Therese Alshammar, Swedish swimmer.
• 1977: Morris Peterson, American basketball player.
• 1978: Hestrie Cloete, South African athlete.
• 1978: Pablo Guiñazú, Argentine footballer.
• 1978: Juan Pablo Ramírez, Colombian footballer.
• 1979: Christian Mora, Ecuadorian footballer.
• 1979: Weligton Robson de Oliveira, Brazilian footballer.
• 1979: Allison Robertson, American guitarist, The Donnas band.
• 1979: Lito MC Cassidy (Rafael Sierra Pascual), Puerto Rican rapper.

Macaulay Culkin.

• 1980: Macaulay Culkin, American actor.
• 1980: Manolis Papamakarios, Greek basketball player.

Chris Pine.

• 1980: Chris Pine, American actor.
• 1981: Andreas Glyniadakis, Greek basketball player.
• 1981: Vangelis Moras, Greek footballer.
• 1981: Alvaro Solís, Colombian footballer.
• 1981: Petey Williams, Canadian fighter.
• 1982: John Mulaney, American comedian.
• 1983: Mattia Cassani, Italian footballer.
• 1983: Federico Nieto, Argentine soccer player.
• 1983: Félix Porteiro, Spanish racing pilot.
• 1984: Cícero Santos, Brazilian footballer.
• 1984: Carla Jara, Chilean actress.
• 1984: Alvaro Lara, a Chilean footballer (f. 2011).
• 1985: David Price, American baseball player.
• 1985: Danilo Wyss, Swiss cyclist.
• 1985: Agustina Casanova, an Argentine journalist.
• 1986: Colin Kazim-Richards, Anglo-Turkish footballer.
• 1986: Cassie Ventura, American actress and singer.
• 1987: Aleksandr Martynovich, Belarusian footballer.
• 1988: Elvis Andrus, Venezuelan baseball player.
• 1988: Danielle Savre American actress.
• 1989: James Harden, American basketball player.
• 1989: Luis Cepeda, Spanish singer.
• 1990: Lil' Chris, British actor and singer (f. 2015).
• 1990: Mateo Musacchio, Argentine footballer.
• 1990: Viviana Serna, Colombian actress.
• 1991: Arnaud Démare, French cyclist.
• 1991: Dylan O'Brien, American actor.
• 1992: Hayley Hasselhoff American actress.
• 1992: Tomáš Koubek, Czech footballer.
• 1993: Keke Palmer, American actress and singer.
• 1993: Lucic Kardeck, Italian footballer.
• 1993: Marko Livaja, Croatian footballer.
• 1994: Guillermo Andrés Méndez, Uruguayan footballer.
• 1995: Herman Stengel, Norwegian footballer.
• 1998: Soyeon, South Korean rapper, group leader (G)I-dle.
• 1998: Charlie Gillespie is a Canadian actor and musician.

Deaths

Theodoric the Great.

• 526: The Great Theodoric, Ostrogod king (n. 454).
• 887: Kōkō, Japanese emperor (n. 830).
• 1278: Otokar II, monarch bohemian (n. 1230).
• 1346: Charles II of Alençon, French aristocrat (n. 1297).
• 1346: Louis I of Flanders, French aristocrat (n. 1304).
• 1346: John I, king Bohemian (n. 1296).
• 1349: Thomas Bradwardine, British Archbishop (n. 1290).
• 1551: Margaret Leijonhufvud, queen consorte sueca (n. 1516).
• 1572: Pierre de la Ramée, French humanist (n. 1515).
• 1595: Antonio, prior of Crato, Portuguese aristocrat (n. 1531).

Frans Hals.

• 1666: Frans Hals, a Dutch Baroque painter (n. 1580).
• 1693: Johann Christoph Bach, violinist and German composer (n. 1645).
• 1723: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch biologist (n. 1632).
• 1785: Ventura Rodríguez, Spanish architect (n. 1717).
• 1786: George Germain, British politician and military (n. 1716).
• 1791: José Iglesias de la Casa, a Spanish poet (n. 1748).
• 1795: Cagliostro (Giuseppe Balsamo), Mason, charlatan and alchemist Italian (n. 1743).
• 1810: Juan Gutiérrez de la Concha, marine and military Spanish (n. 1760).

Santiago de Liniers.

• 1810: Santiago de Liniers, militar y virrey del Río de la Plata (n. 1753).
• 1816: Charles Hubert Millevoye, French poet (n. 1782).
• 1816: Vicente Joaquín Osorio de Moscoso y Guzmán, aristocrat Spaniard (n. 1756).
• 1825: Jorge Bessières, French military (n. 1780).
• 1830: Carl Fredrik Fallén, Swedish botanist (n. 1764).
• 1836: William Elford Leach, a British biologist (n. 1790).
• 1850: Luis Felipe I, French aristocrat (n. 1773).
• 1857: Adolf von Schlagintweit, botanist and German explorer (n. 1829).
• 1865: Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer (n. 1791).
• 1874: Julie-Victoire Daubié, a French journalist (n. 1824).
• 1886: Antonio Plaza Llamas, a Mexican military and journalist (n. 1830).
• 1892: July of Vedia. Argentinian military (n. 1826).
• 1895: Friedrich Miescher, Swiss biologist and doctor (n. 1844).
• 1897: Teresa of Jesus Jornet and Ibars, a Spanish nun (n. 1843).
• 1902: Hermógenes Pérez de Arce Lopetegui, a Spanish politician and journalist (n. 1845).
• 1910: William James, American psychologist and philosopher (n. 1842).
• 1912: José María Velasco, Mexican landscape painter (n. 1840).
• 1915: John Bunny, American comedian (n. 1863).
• 1921: Sándor Wekerle, Hungarian politician (n. 1848).
• 1923: Ricardo Codorníu and Stárico, Spanish engineer (n. 1846).
• 1924: Eugenio Py, filmmaker and Argentine photographer (n. 1859).
• 1930: Lon Chaney, American actor (n. 1883).
• 1931: Hamaguchi Osachi, a Japanese politician (n. 1870).
• 1931: Myriam Stefford, Argentine actress (n. 1905).
• 1933: Augusto Orrego Luco, Chilean psychiatrist (n. 1849).
• 1935: José Yves Limantour, Mexican politician (n. 1854).
• 1937: Andrew Mellon, American banker (n. 1855).
• 1944: Adam von Trott zu Solz, German jurist and diplomat (n. 1909).
• 1945: Pio Collivadino, Argentine painter (n. 1869).
• 1945: Franz Werfel, novelist, playwright and Czech poet (n. 1890).
• 1946: Jeanie MacPherson, American actress (n. 1887).
• 1951: Adelardo Covarsi, painter, teacher and historian of Spanish Art (n. 1885).
• 1953: Manuel Lorenzo Pardo, politician and Spanish photographer (n. 1881).
• 1955: Gregorio Aráoz Alfaro, a Spanish doctor (n. 1870).

Ralph Vaughan Williams.

• 1958: Ralph Vaughan Williams, British composer (n. 1872).
• 1964: Sixtus Tecedor Chamber, Spanish mathematician (n. 1878).
• 1967: Carlos J. Rodríguez, Argentine politician (n. 1875).
• 1967: Andrés Sas, Peruvian composer (n. 1900).
• 1968: Kay Francis, American actress (n. 1899).
• 1969: Manuel Menchaca, doctor and politician of Argentina (n. 1876).
• 1971: Jorge de la Vega, Argentine painter (n. 1930).
• 1973: Mercedes Negrón Muñoz, Puerto Rican poet (n. 1895).

Charles Lindbergh.

• 1974: Charles Lindbergh, American aviator and engineer (n. 1902).
• 1976: Lotte Lehmann, German singer (n. 1888).
• 1977: H.A. Rey, a French writer known for his book saga Jorge the curious (n.1898).
• 1978: Charles Boyer, French actor (n. 1916).
• 1978: José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (n. 1908).
• 1978: José Expósito Leiva, anarchist Spanish journalist (n. 1918).
• 1979: Mika Waltari, Finnish writer (n. 1908).
• 1980: Tex Avery, American cartoonist and animator (n. 1908).
• 1981: Roger Nash Baldwin, American social activist (n. 1884).
• 1985: Leopoldo Querol, Spanish pianist (n. 1899).
• 1986: Ted Knight, American actor (n. 1923).
• 1987: Vern Gardner, American basketball player (n. 1925).
• 1987: Georg Wittig, German chemist (n. 1897).
• 1988: Carlos Paião, Portuguese singer (n. 1957).
• 1989: Andrés Sabella, a Chilean writer and painter (n. 1912).
• 1989: Irving Stone, American writer (n. 1903).
• 1990: Vicente Flores Navarro, a Spanish artist (n. 1911).
• 1990: Minoru Honda, Japanese astronomer (n. 1913).
• 1992: José María Angelat, Spanish actor (n. 1921).
• 1992: Carlos Burone, Argentine journalist (n. 1924).
• 1992: Arturo Martínez, Mexican actor (f. 1918).
• 1992: Bob de Moor, a Belgian illustrator and writer (n. 1925).
• 1992: Porfirio Martínez Peñaloza, Mexican writer (n. 1916).
• 1993: Reima Pietilä, Finnish architect (n. 1923).
• 1994: Jesus Otero, Spanish sculptor (n. 1923).
• 1995: John Brunner, British writer (n. 1934).
• 1995: Josep Pi-Sunyer, Catalan politician (n. 1913).
• 1996: Alejandro Lanusse, Argentine military (n. 1918).
• 1998: Frederick Reines, U.S. physicist, nobel physics award in 1995 (n. 1918).
• 2001: Marita Petersen, Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (n. 1940).
• 2002: Miguel Querol Gavalda, Spanish composer (n. 1912).
• 2003: José Delarra, Cuban sculptor (n. 1938).
• 2004: Laura Branigan, American singer (n. 1952).
• 2005: Denis D'Amour, Canadian guitarist, Voivod band (n. 1960).
• 2006: Rainer Barzel, a German politician (n. 1924).
• 2006: Miguel Bebán, Argentine actor (n. 1918).
• 2006: Liliana Durán. Spanish actress (n. 1935).
• 2007: Domingo Onofrio, Argentine artist (n. 1925).
• 2007: Gaston Thorn, a Lebanese politician (n. 1928).
• 2010: Raimon Panikkar, philosopher, theologian and Spanish writer (n. 1918).
• 2010: Miguel Angel Castanedo, Spanish entrepreneur (n. 1948).
• 2011: Lorenzo Morales, Colombian singer (n. 1914).
• 2011: Alejandro Parodi, Mexican actor (n. 1928).
• 2011: Manuel Saavedra, Chilean footballer (n. 1941).
• 2012: A. K. Hangal, Indian actor (n. 1917).
• 2016: Marta Portal, writer, critic and Spanish journalist (n. 1930).
• 2017: Alicia Juárez, Mexican actress and singer (n. 1950).
• 2019: Pal Benko, a Hungarian American chessman (n. 1928).
• 2019: Colin Clark, American footballer (n. 1984).
• 2019: Max Berliner, actor, author and film and theatre director of Polish origin (n. 1919).
• 2020: José Lamiel, Spanish painter and sculptor (n. 1924).
• 2020: Gerald Carr, American astronaut and aviation engineer (n. 1932).
• 2020: André-Paul Duchâteau, writer of comics and Belgian novelist (n. 1925).
• 2020: Ronald E. Rosser, American military (n. 1929).
• 2021: Juana Ginzo, Spanish radio actress (n. 1922).

Celebrations

• International Day against Dengue.
• International Actor Day.
• Argentina: National Day of Solidarity, in honor of Mother Teresa of Calcutta.
• BoliviaBolivia: Day of Dignity of Older Persons.
• NamibiaNamibia: Independence Day
• Uruguay Uruguay: National Day to Combat Bulimia and Nervous Anorexia

Catholic saints list

• St. Melchizedek of Salem, king and priest;
• Saint Maximilian of Rome, martyr;
• San Anastasio de Salona, batanero and martyr (s. III);
• St. Victor de Cesarea, martyr (s. III);
• Saint Alexander of Bergamo, martyr (s. III);
• St. Eleuterio de Auxerre, bishop (s. VI);
• Blessed Jacobo Retouret, priest and martyr (f. 1794);
• Saint Jeanne-Elisabeth Bichier des Ages, holy and religious (f. 1838);
• Blessed Mary Baouardy, holy and nun (f. 1878);
• Saint Teresa of Jesus Jornet Ibars, religious (f. 1897);
• Blessed Luis Valls Matamales, priest and martyr (f. 1936);
• Blessed Alexander Mas Ginester, priest and martyr (f. 1936);
• Blessed Felix Vivet Trabal, religious and martyr (f. 1936);
• Blessed Leocadia Harasymiv, virgin and martyr (f. 1952);
• Beato Ceferino Namuncurá (f. 1905).
• Blessed John Paul I, Pope (f. 1978).