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August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays July 1 - Canada Day ( Canada) July 1 - July Morning ( Bulgaria) International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Events 8 - Roman Empire General Tiberius defeats Dalmatians on the river Bathinus. Events 70 - The Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans. Events 642 - Battle of Maserfield - Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Bernicia. Events 1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great. Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Events 48 BC - Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus Events 612 BC - Killing of Sinsharishkun, King of Assyrian Empire Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Events 293 BC - The oldest known Roman temple to Venus is founded starting the institution of Vinalia Rustica. Events 43 BC - Octavian, later known as Augustus compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Events 1071 - Battle of Manzikert: The Seljuk Turks defeat the Byzantine Army at Manzikert. Events 479 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius are routed by Pausanias, the Spartan Events 475 - The Roman General Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his Capital Events 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan August 2007 is the eighth month of that year It began on a Wednesday and 31 days later ended on a Friday. August 2006 was a month with thirty-one days On August 10, an alleged plot to detonate ten Airliners over the Atlantic Ocean was revealed to PortalCurrent events News collections and sources WikipediaNews collections and sources. August 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - See also August 11 2003 - August 2003 - August 13 2003 ---- War on Terrorism: An exclusive BBC report says a joint August 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September August 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September August 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 141 days remaining until the end of the year.

It is the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. The Perseids (ˈpɝsiːɨdz pûr'sē-ĭdz is a prolific Meteor shower associated with the Comet Swift-Tuttle. It is also known as the "Glorious Twelfth" in the UK, as it marks the traditional start of the grouse shooting season. The Glorious Twelfth is usually used to refer to August 12, the start of the Shooting season for Red Grouse ( Lagopus lagopus scoticus) and to The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Grouse are a group of birds from the order Galliformes. Often considered a family Tetraonidae, the American Ornithologists' Union

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 30 BC - Cleopatra commits suicide after her lover, Mark Antony's defeat at the battle of Actium. Year 30 BC was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Cleopatra VII Philopator (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ; January 69 BC &ndash 30 BC was a Hellenistic ruler of Egypt
• 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces under Al-Afdal Shahanshah. The First Crusade was launched in 1095 by Pope Urban II with the dual goals of conquering the sacred city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and freeing The Battle of Ascalon took place on August 12, 1099, and is often considered the last action of the First Crusade. Godfrey of Bouillon (c 1060 Boulogne-sur-Mer &ndash 18 July 1100, Jerusalem) was a medieval knight who was a leader of the First al-Malik al-Afdal ibn Badr al-Jamali Shahanshah (1066 &ndash December 11, 1121) (الأفضل شاهنشاه بن بدر الجمالي was a Vizier of Considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.
• 1121 - Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David the Builder won a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi. The battle of Didgori was fought between the armies of the Kingdom of Georgia and the crumbling Great Seljuq Empire at the place of Didgori, 40 km Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between David IV, also known as David II or David III, or David the Builder ( Georgian: დავით აღმაშენებელი The Seljuq (also Seljuq Turks, Seldjuks, Seldjuqs, Seljuks; in Turkish Selçuklular; in Ṣaljūqīyān; in Najm ad-Din Ilghazi ibn Artuq (died November 8, 1122) was the Turkish Artukid ruler of Mardin from 1107 to 1122
• 1164 - Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch. The Battle of Harim was fought on August 12, 1164 between the forces of Nur ad-Din and a combined army from the County of Tripoli, the Principality The Crusades were a series of military campaigns of a religious character waged by much of Christian Europe against external and internal opponents The County of Tripoli (1109–1289 was the last Crusader state founded in the Levant, located in what today is known as northern Lebanon The Principality of Antioch, including parts of modern-day Turkey and Syria, was one of the Crusader states created during the First Crusade
• 1281 - The fleet of Qubilai Khan is destroyed by a typhoon while approaching Japan. Early years Kublai Khan studied Chinese culture and became enamoured of it For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.
• 1323 - Treaty of Nöteborg - Sweden and Novgorod (Russia) regulates the border for the first time. Treaty of Nöteborg, also known as Treaty of Oreshek, is a conventional name for the peace treaty that was signed at Orekhovets (Nöteborg on August 12 "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Veliky Novgorod (Вели́кий Но́вгород is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia and the administrative center of Novgorod Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending
• 1332 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor - Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar routed by Edward Balliol. The Wars of Scottish Independence were a series of military campaigns fought between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England in the late 13th Battle of Dupplin Moor was fought between supporters of the infant David II, the son of Robert the Bruce, and rebels supporting the Balliol claim in Domhnall II of Mar (or Donald II of Mar (c 1302 in Saline, Fife &ndash August 11 1332) was Regent of Scotland for just Edward de Balliol (c 1282&ndash1364 was the short-lived King of Scotland during the simultaneous reign of King David II.
• 1480 - Battle of Otranto - Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam. In 1480 and 1481 the city and fort of Otranto, in Apulia, southern Italy, were held by Ottoman troops
• 1499 - First act of the Battle of Zonchio between Venetian and Ottoman fleets. The naval Battle of Zonchio (also known as the Battle of Sapienza or the First Battle of Lepanto) took place on four separate days August 12 20 22 and 25 The Most Serene Republic of Venice ((Serenìsima Repùblica Vèneta or Repùblica de Venesia Serenissima Repubblica The Ottoman Turks were the subdivision of the Ottoman Muslim Millet that dominated the ruling class of the Ottoman Empire.
• 1676 - Praying Indian John Alderman shot and killed Metacomet the Wampanoag war chief, ending King Philip's War. Praying Indian is a 17th century term referring to Native Americans of New England who converted to Christianity. John Alderman was a Praying Indian who shot and killed Metacomet (also known as King Philip in 1676 as part of an expedition led by Captain Benjamin Metacomet (c 1639 - August 12, 1676) also known as King Philip or Metacom, was a war chief or Sachem of the Wampanoag King Philip's War, sometimes called Metacom 's War or Metacom's Rebellion was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of
• 1687 - Charles of Lorraine defeats the Ottomans at the Battle of Mohács. Charles Léopold Nicolas Sixte ( April 3 1643 – April 18 1690) son of Nicholas II Duke of Lorraine and Claude of Lorraine The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The Second Battle of Mohács was fought between the forces of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV, commanded by Süleyman Paşa and the forces of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold
• 1793 - The Rhône department was created when the former département of Rhône-et-Loire was split into two departments: Rhône and Loire (Lêre). Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Rhône-et-Loire was a département of France whose Préfecture (capital was Lyon. Loire ( Arpitan: Lêre, Occitan: Léger) is an administrative department in the east-central part of France occupying the
• 1806 - Santiago de Liniers re-takes the city of Buenos Aires after the first British invasion. Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jacques de Liniers (b 25 July, 1753 Niort, France - d 28 August, 1810, Cabeza de Tigre Argentina) was a Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern The British invasions of the Río de la Plata (Invasiones Inglesas del Río de la Plata were a series of unsuccessful British attempts to seize control of the Spanish
• 1833 - Chicago was founded. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
• 1851 - Isaac Singer granted a patent for his sewing machine. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Isaac Merritt Singer ( October 27, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an Inventor, Actor, and Entrepreneur. A sewing machine is a textile machine used to stitch Fabric or other material together with Thread.
• 1877 - Asaph Hall discovers Deimos. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Asaph Hall ( October 15, 1829 &ndash November 22, 1907) was an American astronomer who is most famous for having discovered TemplateInfobox Planet.--> Deimos (ˈdaɪməs; also /ˈdiːməs/
• 1883 - The last quagga dies at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The quagga is an extinct subspecies of the Plains zebra, which was once found in great numbers in South Africa 's Cape Province and the southern Natura Artis Magistra ( Latin for "Nature is the teacher of art" commonly known simply as Artis, is a Zoo in the centre of Amsterdam Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west
• 1898 - Armistice ends the Spanish-American War. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
• 1898 - The Hawaiian flag is lowered from Iolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the American flag to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic of Hawai`i to the United States. The flag of Hawaii ( Hawaiian: Ka Hae Hawaii) is the official standard symbolizing Hawaii as a U Iolani Palace, situated in the capitol district of Downtown Honolulu in the U The Republic of Hawaii was the formal name of the government that controlled Hawai{{okina}}i from 1894 to 1898 when it was run as a Republic The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1908 - First Model T Ford built. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and also the Flivver) was an Automobile produced by Henry Ford 's Ford Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following
• 1914 - World War I - Britain declares war on Austria-Hungary; British Empire countries automatically included. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
• 1925 - The first cast of Alpha Psi Omega, drawn from The Masquers of Fairmont College, West Virginia, was initiated. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alpha Psi Omega ( ΑΨΩ) is an American recognition honor society recognizing participants in collegiate theatre West Virginia ( is a state in the Appalachian Upland South, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, bordered by
• 1943 - Alleged date of the first Philadelphia Experiment test on United States Navy ship USS Eldridge. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Philadelphia Experiment was an alleged naval military experiment at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, sometime around October Conspiracy theory The USS Eldridge is part of many conspiracy theories in which it is involved in time or space travel inspiring numerous theories stories and several
• 1944 - Waffen SS troops massacre more than 500 civil people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Waffen-SS ( German for "Armed SS" literally "Weapons SS" was the Combat arm of the Schutzstaffel ("Protective Squadron" Sant'Anna di Stazzema is a village in Tuscany in central Italy
• 1944 - Alençon liberated by General Leclerc, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces. Alençon is a town and commune in Normandy, France, préfecture (capital of the Orne department. Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque ( November 22, 1902 – November 28, 1947) was a French general during World War II Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German
• 1952 - The Night of the Murdered Poets - Thirteen most prominent Jewish intellectuals were murdered in Moscow. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Night of the Murdered Poets (Ночь казнённых поэтов refers to the night of 12 to 13 August 1952, when thirteen of the most prominent Yiddish
• 1953 - Nuclear testing: The Soviet atomic bomb project proceeded with the detonation of Joe 4, the first Soviet thermonuclear weapon. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness yield and explosive capability of Nuclear weapons Throughout the twentieth century most nations The Soviet project to develop an atomic bomb began during World War II in the Soviet Union. Joe 4 (Warhead name RDS-6s ( Reaktivnyi Dvigatel Stalina; Stalin's Reaction Engine was an American nickname for the first Soviet test of a Thermonuclear The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Nuclear weapon designs are physical chemical and engineering arrangements that cause the physics package of a nuclear weapon to detonate
• 1960 - Echo I, the first communications satellite, launched. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Echo satellites were NASA 's first passive Communications satellite experiment A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial Satellite stationed in space for the purposes of Telecommunications.
• 1964 - South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to its racist policy. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games
• 1964 - Ian Fleming dies of a heart attack in Canterbury, Kent, England. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Ian Lancaster Fleming ( May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, Journalist and Second World War Canterbury ( ˈkæntəbɹ̩i is a City in eastern Kent in the South East region of England. KENT (1400 AM) is a Radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• 1964 - Charlie Wilson, one of the Great Train Robbers escapes from Winson Green Prison in Birmingham, England. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Charles Wilson may refer toPoliticians Charles Wilson (Texas politician (born 1933 U The Great Train Robbery is the name given to a £26 million Train robbery committed on 8 August 1963 at Bridego Railway Bridge Ledburn near HM Prison Birmingham, known locally as Winson Green Prison is a Victorian local Prison in the Winson Green area of Birmingham, Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
• 1969 - Battle of the Bogside, Catholic community of Derry engage in two-day battle with the Royal Ulster Constabulary
• 1972 - The last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Battle of the Bogside was a very large communal Riot between the mostly unarmed residents of the Bogside area of Derry city in Northern Ireland allied The Royal Ulster Constabulary GC was the name of the Police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001 Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
• 1977 - The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The Space Shuttle Enterprise ( NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101 was the first Space Shuttle built for NASA.
• 1978 - Japan and the People's Republic of China sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES The Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China was concluded on August 12, 1978.
• 1980 - Signing of the Montevideo Treaty, which established the Latin American Integration Association. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Signed on August 12th, 1980, the Montevideo Treaty is an international legal framework that establishes and governs the Latin American Integration Association The Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración (the Latin American Integration Association; known as ALADI or occasionally by the English acronym LAIA
• 1981 - The IBM Personal Computer is released. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981
• 1982 - Mexico announces it is unable to pay its enormous external debt, marking the beginning of a debt crisis that spread to all of Latin America and the Third World. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Third World is a name given to nations that are generally considered to be underdeveloped economically
• 1985 - Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Mount Ogura in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Japan Airlines Flight 123 was a Japan Airlines domestic flight from Tokyo International Airport (Haneda to Osaka International Airport (Itami WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines --> is a prefecture of Japan located in the northwest corner of the Kantō region on For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. It is the worst single-plane air disaster.
• 1990 - Sue, the most complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex, is discovered near Faith, South Dakota. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The Field Museum of Natural History is located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. In Biology, the skeleton is a strong and often a rigid framework that supports the body of an animal holding it upright and giving it shape and strength (Also skeletal Tyrannosaurus ( or, meaning 'tyrant lizard' is a Genus of Theropod Dinosaur. Faith is a city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. South Dakota ( is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America.
• 1992 - Canada, Mexico, and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)
• 1994 - Major League Baseball players go on strike. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The 1994 Major League baseball strike was the eighth work stoppage in Baseball history as well as the fourth in-season work stoppage The work stoppage forces the cancellation of the 1994 World Series. The 1994 World Series was cancelled on September 14 of that year due to an ongoing strike by the Major League Baseball Players
• 2000 - The Oscar class submarine K-141 Kursk of the Russian Navy exploded and sank in the Barents Sea during a military exercise. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Oscar-I Two Oscar-I submarines were built at Severodvinsk and assigned to the Soviet Northern Fleet: K-525 ''Arkhangelsk'', laid down Background Work on building the Kursk began in 1992 at Severodvinsk, near Arkhangelsk. The Russian Navy or VMF ( Russian: Военно-Морской Флот (ВМФ России- Voyenno-Morskoy Flot Rossii (VMF or literally Military Maritime On August 12, 2000, the Russian Oscar II class Submarine, ''Kursk'' sank in the Barents The Barents Sea (Barentshavet Баренцево море is a part of the Arctic Ocean located north of Norway and Russia. A military exercise (also called war game in American English) is the employment of military resources in training for Military operations either exploring
• 2004 - New Jersey Gov. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. James McGreevey comes out publicly as a gay man. James Edward "Jim" McGreevey (born August 6, 1957) is an American Democratic politician
• 2005 - Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE sniper at his home. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island Sri Lankabhimanya Lakshman Kadirgamar PC ( April 12, 1932 &ndash August 12, 2005) was a Sri Lankan Diplomat "LTTE" redirects here For the Led Zeppelin bootleg see Listen to This Eddie.
• 2005 - An F2 tornado strikes the coal mining town of Wright, Wyoming, destroying nearly 100 homes and killing two people. The Fujita scale ( F-Scale) or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating Tornado intensity based on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures Wright is a town in Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1347 at the 2000 census.
• 2005 - Civil unrest provoked in the Maldives
• 2005 - An F1 tornado strikes Glen Cove, New York, a rare event on Long Island
• 2007 - Bulk carrier M/V New Flame collides with oil tanker Torm Gertrud at the southernmost tip of Gibraltar, ending up partially submerged. On August 12, 2005, civil unrest broke out in Malé, Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll and Addu Atoll of the Maldives. The Maldives ( or, or Maldive Islands) officially the Republic of Maldives, is an Island nation consisting of a group of atolls stretching The Fujita scale ( F-Scale) or Fujita-Pearson scale, is a scale for rating Tornado intensity based on the damage tornadoes inflict on human-built structures A tornado is a violent rotating column of air which is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a Cumulonimbus cloud or in rare cases the base of a Cumulus Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Definition There are various ways to define the term bulk carrier M/V New Flame was a Panamanian bulk-carrier Cargo ship. It collided with an oil tanker off Europa Point, the southernmost tip History The technology of oil transportation has evolved alongside the oil industry Gibraltar (dʒɨˈbrɒltər is a British overseas territory located near the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar

Births

• 1503 - Christian III of Denmark and Norway (d. Christian III ( August 12, 1503 &ndash January 1, 1559) king of Denmark and Norway, was the son of Frederick 1559)
• 1566 - Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain (d. 1633)
• 1604 - Tokugawa Iemitsu, Japanese shogun (d. Tokugawa Iemitsu (徳川 家光 August 12, 1604 — June 8, 1651) sometimes 1651)
• 1629 - Tsar Alexei I of Russia (d. Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Romanov (Алексей Михайлович ( March 9, 1629 (O 1676)
• 1643 - King Afonso VI of Portugal (d. Ancestors 1683)
• 1644 - Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Bohemian composer (d. Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (August 12 1644 &ndash May 3 1704 was a Bohemian Austrian Composer and Violinist. 1704)
• 1647 - Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (d. Year 1704 ( MDCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Johann Heinrich Acker ( 12 August 1647 &ndash 21 September 1719) was a German Writer. 1719)
• 1686 - John Balguy, English philosopher (d. Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Balguy ( August 12, 1686 &mdash September 21, 1748) was an English divine and Philosopher. 1748)
• 1696 - Maurice Greene, English composer (d. Year 1748 ( MDCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Maurice Greene (12 August 1696 - 1 December 1755 was an English Composer and organist. 1755)
• 1720 - Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. Year 1755 ( MDCCLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Konrad Ekhof (born August 12, 1720 in Hamburg, Germany; died June 16, 1778) was a German Actor. 1778)
• 1762 - King George IV of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1830)
• 1774 - Robert Southey, English poet and biographer (d. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Robert Southey ( August 12, 1774 &ndash March 21, 1843) was an English Poet of the Romantic school one 1843)
• 1856 - "Diamond Jim" Brady, American financier (d. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year James Buchanan Brady ( 12 August 1856 &ndash 13 April 1917) also known as Diamond Jim Brady, was an American businessman 1917)
• 1859 - Katharine Lee Bates, American poet (d. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Katharine Lee Bates, ( August 12 1859 – March 28, 1929) is remembered as the author of the words to the anthem " America 1929)
• 1866 - Jacinto Benavente, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jacinto Benavente y Martínez ( August 12, 1866 – July 14, 1954) was one of the foremost Spanish dramatists of the 20th century The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1954)
• 1867 - Edith Hamilton, German classicist (d. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1867 ( MDCCCLXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Edith Hamilton ( August 12, 1867 - May 31, 1963) was a German-American classicist, Educator, and Writer 1963)
• 1872 - Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (d. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Princess Marie Louise (Franziska Josepha Louise Augusta Marie Christina Helena formerly Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein 12 August 1872 - 8 December 1956)
• 1876 - Mary Roberts Rinehart, American author (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Mary Roberts Rinehart ( August 12, 1876 - September 22, 1958) was a prolific Author often called the American Agatha 1958)
• 1880 - Radclyffe Hall, British author (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Radclyffe Hall (August 12 1880 - October 7 1943 (born Marguerite Radclyffe-Hall) was an English poet and author of eight novels including the Lesbian classic 1943)
• 1880 - Christy Mathewson, American baseball player (d. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Christopher "Christy" Mathewson ( August 12 1880 &ndash October 7 1925) nicknamed "Big Six" "The Christian Gentleman" 1925)
• 1881 - Cecil B. DeMille, American director (d. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Cecil Blount DeMille ( August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an Academy Award -winning American Film director 1959)
• 1883 - Pauline Frederick, American actress (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pauline Frederick ( August 12, 1883, Boston - September 19, 1938, Beverly Hills California) was an actress 1938)
• 1885 - Jean Cabannes, French physicist (d. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jean Cabannes (b Marseille August 12 1885 - d Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer October 31 1959) was a French Physicist 1959)
• 1885 - Marion Lorne, American actress (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marion Lorne MacDougall ( August 12, 1883 - May 9, 1968) was an American Emmy Award -winning Character actress. 1968)
• 1886 - Sir Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist and newspaper owner (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch ( August 12, 1885 - October 4, 1952) was an Australian Journalist and the father of Rupert 1952)
• 1887 - Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1961)
• 1889 - Zerna Sharp, American writer and educator (Dick and Jane) (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Zerna Addis Sharp ( August 12, 1889 - June 17, 1981) US Author, writer and teacher 1981)
• 1892 - Alfred Lunt, American actor (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Alfred Lunt (August 12 1892 – August 3 1977 was an American Tony Award -winning stage director and actor 1977)
• 1902 - Mohammad Hatta, Vice President of Indonesia 1945-1956 (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1902 ( MCMII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Mohammad Hatta ( August 12, 1902 - March 14, 1980) was born in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Dutch East Indies (now 1980)
• 1904 - Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia, only son of Emperor Nicholas II of Russia (d. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov (Цесаревич Алексей Николаевич full title Heir Tsarevich and Grand Duke (Наследник-Цесаревич 1918)
• 1906 - Harry Hopman, Australian-born tennis player and coach (d. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Henry ("Harry" Christian Hopman, CBE ( 12 August 1906 &ndash 27 December 1985) was a world-acclaimed Tennis 1985)
• 1906 - Tedd Pierce, American animator (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Edward Stacey "Tedd" Pierce III ( August 12, 1906 &mdash February 19, 1972) was an American Animated cartoon 1972)
• 1907 - Joe Besser, American actor and comedian (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Joe Besser ( August 12, 1907 &ndash March 1, 1988) was an American comedian known for his impish humor and is now best remembered for his 1988)
• 1909 - Richard Bare, American director
• 1910 - Jane Wyatt, American actress (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Richard L Bare (born August 12, 1909) was an American director of Television shows and Short films. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Jane Waddington Wyatt ( August 12, 1910 &ndash October 20, 2006) was a three-time Emmy -winning American actress 2006)
• 1910 - Yusof bin Ishak, first President of Singapore (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Yusof bin Ishak (ˈjʊsɒf bɪn ˈɪshɑːk ''YOO-sof bɪn ΙS-haak'') ( 12 August 1910 &ndash 23 November 1970)
• 1911 - Cantinflas, Mexican actor (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes ( August 12, 1911 &ndash April 20, 1993) was a Mexican comedian and actor 1993)
• 1912 - Samuel Fuller, American film director (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting See Samuel Fuller (Mayflower physician for the Mayflower doctor 1997)
• 1914 - Gerd Buchdahl, German philosopher (d. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Gerd Buchdahl ( August 12[[ 914]] &ndash May 17 2001) was a German-Jewish philosopher of science born in Mainz. 2001)
• 1914 - Ruth Lowe, Canadian pianist and composer (I'll Never Smile Again) (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Ruth Lowe ( August 12, 1914 &ndash January 4, 1981) was a Canadian Pianist and songwriter " I'll Never Smile Again " is a popular Song written by Ruth Lowe in 1939. 1981)
• 1915 - Michael Kidd, American choreographer (d. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Michael Kidd ( August 12 1915 &ndash December 23 2007) was an American Film and stage Choreographer 2007)
• 1918 - Guy Gibson, British aviator, awarded Victoria Cross (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson VC, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, RAF ( 12 August 1918 – See below the section "Separate Commonwealth awards" Note that since 1944)
• 1919 - Vikram Sarabhai, Indian physicist (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai ( August 12, 1919 – December 31, 1971) was an Indian Physicist. 1971)
• 1924 - Derek Shackleton, English cricketer (d. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Derek Shackleton ( August 12, 1924 &ndash 28 September, 2007) was a Hampshire and England bowler. 2007)
• 1924 - Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, leader of Pakistan (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq ( Arabic: محمد ضياء الحق) (b 1988)
• 1925 - Norris McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Norris Dewar McWhirter, CBE ( August 12 1925 – April 19 2004) was a Writer, political activist, co-founder Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U 2004)
• 1925 - Ross McWhirter, Scottish co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records (d. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Alan Ross McWhirter ( 12 August, 1925 – 27 November, 1975) known as Ross McWhirter was with his identical twin brother Norris McWhirter Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U 1975)
• 1925 - George Wetherill, American scientist (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Wetherill ( August 12, 1925 -- July 19, 2006) was the Director Emeritus Department of Terrestrial Magnetism Carnegie Institution 2006)
• 1926 - John Derek, American actor (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Derek ( August 12, 1926 – May 22, 1998) was an American Actor, director and Photographer 1998)
• 1926 - Joe Jones, American R&B singer (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Joe Jones ( 12 August 1926, New Orleans, Louisiana &ndash 27 November 2005, Los Angeles, California 2005)
• 1926 - Wallace Markfield, American writer (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Wallace Markfield ( August 12, 1926, Brooklyn New York, USA — May 24, 2002, Roslyn New York) was an American 2002)
• 1927 - Porter Wagoner, American singer (d. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Porter Wayne Wagoner ( August 12, 1927 &ndash October 28, 2007) was an American Country music singer 2007)
• 1928 - Charles Blackman, Australian artist
• 1928 - Bob Buhl, American baseball player (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Blackman (born August 12, 1928) is an Australian artist perhaps best known for his famous Schoolgirl and Alice in Wonderland series Robert Ray Buhl ( August 12 1928 - February 16 2001) was an American right-handed Starting pitcher in Major League 2001)
• 1928 - Dan Curtis, film and television producer and director
• 1929 - Buck Owens, American singer (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. R Daniel Curtis ( August 12 1927 &ndash March 27 2006) was an American director and producer of television and film probably Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alvis Edgar "Buck" Owens Jr, (August 12 1929 – March 25 2006 was an American Singer and Guitarist, with 20 number-one hits on the 2006)
• 1930 - George Soros Hungarian-American financier and political activist
• 1930 - Jacques Tits, Belgian mathematician
• 1931 - William Goldman, American screenwriter
• 1932 - Charlie O'Donnell, American game show announcer
• 1932 - Somdej Phra Nangchao Sirikit Phra Boromarajininat HM Queen Sirikit of Thailand
• 1933 - Parnelli Jones, American race car driver and team owner
• 1935 - John Cazale, Italian-American actor (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Soros (ˈsɔroʊs or /ˈsɔrəs/ Hungarian ˈʃoroʃ (born August 12, 1930, in Budapest, Hungary, as György Schwartz) is Jacques Tits (born August 12, 1930 in Uccle) is a French (and formerly Belgian) Mathematician. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the screenwriter/novelist For the mathematician see William Goldman (professor. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Charlie O'Donnell (born August 12, 1932 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American television Announcer best known for his work on Title and ranks Her formal name and title is Somdej Phra Nang Chao Sirikit Phra Borommarachininat ( th สมเด็จพระนางเจ้าสิริกิติ์ Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rufus Parnell "Parnelli" Jones (born August 12, 1933 in Texarkana Arkansas) is a retired American racing driver and racecar owner Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Holland Cazale ( August 12, 1935 – March 12, 1978) was a distinguished Golden Globe Award nominated American 1978)
• 1937 - Walter Dean Myers, African-American author
• 1938 - Jean-Paul L'Allier, Canadian Mayor of Quebec
• 1939 - George Hamilton, American actor
• 1939 - Roy Romanow, Canadian politician
• 1939 - Michael D. Antonovich, American politician
• 1941 - Réjean Ducharme, Quebec novelist and playwright
• 1943 - Deborah Walley, American actress (d. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Walter Dean Myers (born Walter Myers August 12, 1937, West Virginia, raised in Harlem) is an African American author of Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean-Paul L'Allier (born August 12, 1938) was a Canadian politician a two-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA and a four-term Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Hamilton (born in Memphis Tennessee on August 12, 1939) is an American Film and Television Actor and occasional Roy John Romanow PC OC QC SOM (born August 12, 1939 in Saskatoon Saskatchewan) is a Canadian Michael Dennis Antonovich (born August 12 1939, in Los Angeles California) is a Republican member of the Los Angeles County Board Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Réjean Ducharme (born August 12 1941) is a Quebec Novelist and Playwright who currently resides in Montreal. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Deborah Walley ( August 12, 1943 &ndash May 10, 2001) was an American Actress. 2001)
• 1944 - Peter Hofmann, German tenor
• 1947 - Ron Mael, American musician (Sparks)
• 1947 - Sam Rosen, American sportscaster
• 1949 - Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek politician
• 1949 - Mark Knopfler OBE, Scottish guitarist (Dire Straits)
• 1950 - Jim Beaver, American actor and writer
• 1951 - Willie Horton, American murderer and rapist
• 1952 - Chen Kaige, Chinese film director
• 1954 - Sam J. Jones, American actor
• 1954 - Pat Metheny, American guitarist
• 1955 - Ann M. Martin, American author
• 1955 - Terry Taylor, American retired professional wrestler
• 1956 - Bruce Greenwood, Canadian actor
• 1959 - Amanda Redman, English actress
• 1960 - Laurent Fignon, French cyclist
• 1961 - Roy Hay, British guitarist and keyboardist (Culture Club)
• 1961 - Lawrence Hayward, English musician (Felt, Denim, Go Kart Mozart)
• 1962 - Miss Cleo, American psychic
• 1963 - Sir Mix A Lot, American rapper
• 1965 - Peter Krause, American actor
• 1966 - Les Ferdinand, English footballer
• 1967 - Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer
• 1967 - Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker
• 1967 - Andy Hui, Hong Kong actor and singer
• 1968 - Andras Jones, American actor
• 1969 - Aga Muhlach, Filipino actor
• 1970 - Anthony Swofford, American novelist
• 1970 - Jim Schlossnagle, baseball coach
• 1970 - Charles Mesure, British actor
• 1971 - Michael Ian Black, American comedian
• 1971 - Rebecca Gayheart, American actress
• 1971 - Pete Sampras, American tennis player
• 1972 - Mark Kinsella, Irish footballer
• 1972 - Takanohana, Sumo yokozuna
• 1973 - Joseba Beloki, Spanish cyclist
• 1973 - Jonathan Coachman, American professional wrestler and executive
• 1973 - Todd Marchant, American ice hockey player
• 1973 - Richard Reid (shoe bomber)
• 1973 - Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress
• 1973 - Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr - son of Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr
• 1973 - Grey DeLisle, American voice actress
• 1974 - Matt Clement, American baseball player
• 1975 - Casey Affleck, American actor
• 1975 - David Filmore, American actor
• 1976 - Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindström, Finnish guitarist
• 1976 - Antoine Walker, American basketball player
• 1976 - Wednesday 13, American musician (Wednesday 13, Murderdolls)
• 1976 - Brad Lukowich, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 - Richard McCourt, English children's television presenter
• 1976 - Henry Tuilagi, Samoan rugby player
• 1977 - Plaxico Burress, American football player
• 1977 - Jesper Grønkjær, Danish footballer
• 1977 - Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor and singer
• 1978 - Hayley Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1978 - Chris Chambers, American football player
• 1979 - D.J. Houlton, American baseball player
• 1979 - Cindy Klassen, Canadian speed skater
• 1980 - Maggie Lawson, American actress
• 1980 - Dominique Swain, American actress
• 1980 - Matt Thiessen, Canadian-born musician (Relient K)
• 1980 - Jade Villalon, American singer/songwriter
• 1981 - Tony Capaldi, Northern Ireland footballer
• 1981 - Djibril Cissé, French footballer
• 1982 - Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer
• 1983 - Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
• 1984 - Marian Rivera, Filipino actress
• 1988 - Leah Pipes, American actress

Deaths

• 30 BC - Cleopatra (b. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Hofmann (b 22 August 1944, Marienbad)is a German Operatic Tenor. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ron Mael (born Ronald David Mael, August 12 1948, Culver City, California) is an American Musician and Sparks is an American rock and Pop music band formed in Los Angeles in 1970 by brothers Ron (keyboards and Russell Mael (vocals Sam Rosen (born April 4, 1948 in Ulm, Germany) is the primary Play-by-play announcer for the New York Rangers ( NHL Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Admiral Panagiotis Chinofotis ( Greek Παναγιώτης Χηνοφώτης, also transliterated Panayiotis Mark Knopfler OBE (born August 12 1949 Glasgow, Scotland) is a British Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter, The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Dire Straits was a British rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals his brother David Knopfler (guitar Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Norman Beaver Jr (born August 12, 1950) is an American stage film and television actor a playwright screenwriter and film historian who uses Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January William R Horton (born August 12, 1951 in Chesterfield, South Carolina) is a convicted Felon who was the subject of a Massachusetts Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chen Kaige ( (born August 12, 1952) is a Chinese Film director and a leading figure of the fifth generation of Chinese cinema. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Sam J Jones (born Samuel Gerald Jones on August 12, 1954 in Chicago) is an American actor often credited as Sam Jones Patrick Bruce Metheny (born August 12, 1954 in Lee's Summit Missouri) is an American Jazz Guitarist and Composer Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) For the journalist of the same name see Ann Martin (journalist. Terry Taylor (born Paul W Taylor III on August 12 1955) is an American retired professional wrestler Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stuart Bruce Greenwood (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Amanda Redman (born 12 August 1959) is an English actress, perhaps best known for her role as Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman in New Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Laurent Fignon (born August 12, 1960 in Tournan-en-Brie France) is a French former professional Road bicycle racer, who won the Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Culture Club were a Grammy Award -winning British pop group that formed in the early 1980s Lawrence Hayward (born August 12, 1961, known simply as Lawrence, his surname never used in credits or press is best known as the enigmatic Singer Felt were a 1980s British Alternative rock band named after the way Tom Verlaine enunciated the word "felt" in the Television The original and currently active band Denim is an Austin Texas based group with published recordings spanning 30+ years Go Kart Mozart is a band from Birmingham founded by Lawrence, originally of the bands Felt and Denim. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Youree Dell Harris (born August 12, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) better known as Miss Cleo Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Mix-a-Lot or Sir Mixalot (born Anthony Ray, August 12, 1963) is a Grammy Award -winning rapper and producer Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Peter William Krause (ˈkraʊzə born August 12 1965) is a Emmy - and Golden Globe Award -nominated and Screen Actors Guild Award -winning Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Leslie "Les" Ferdinand MBE (born 8 December 1966 in Paddington, London) is a former English footballer Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Regilio Benito Tuur (born August 12, 1967 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a former boxer from The Netherlands who made his Andrey Plotnikov (Russian Андрей Плотников, born 12 August 1967) is a Russian race walker, who won the bronze medal Andy Hui Chi-On is a Hong Kong popstar and a movie actor He is the First Runner-up in the 5th Annual New Talent Singing Awards in 1986 Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andras Jones (born August 12, 1968) is an American Actor who has worked in movies and in television Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ariel Aquino Muhlach (born on August 12, 1969) commonly known as Aga Muhlach, is a 2-time Gawad Urian and FAMAS award-winning Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Anthony Swofford (born 12 August 1970 in Fairfield California) is a former United States Marine and author of the book Jarhead Jim Schlossnagle (born August 12, 1970 in Hagerstown Maryland) is currently the head Baseball coach at Texas Christian University Charles Mesure (born on August 12, 1970 in Somerset, England) is an actor Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Michael Ian Black (born Michael Ian Schwartz; August 12, 1971) is an American Comedian, Actor, and Writer. Rebecca Gayheart (born August 12, 1971) is an American Television and Film Actress. Petros “Pete” Sampras (born August 12, 1971) is a former World No Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mark Kinsella (born 12 August, 1972) is a Irish professional football coach is a former Sumo wrestler from Suginami Tokyo, Japan. He was the 65th man in history to reach sumo's highest rank of yokozuna, and he or ( is the top division of professional Sumo. Its size is fixed at 42 wrestlers ordered into five ranks according to their ability as defined by their performance in previous tournaments Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (born August 12, 1973 in Lazkao, Basque Country) is a Spanish former professional Road bicycle racer Jonathan William Coachman After this he would have an on-screen role as the "lackey" to then General Manager of Raw Eric Bischoff. Todd Marchant (born August 12, 1973 in Buffalo New York, US) is a professional Ice hockey player who is currently playing Background A British citizen born in Bromley, South London and educated at Thomas Tallis School in Kidbrooke, London Yvette Nicole Brown (born August 12, 1973) is an American actress Hojatoleslam Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr or Moktada al Sadr ( ar سيد مقتدى الصدر Muqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr) (born August 12, Ayatollah ( Persian: آيت‌الله, âyato-llâh, from Arabic: آية الله, āyatu 'llāh, meaning 'the sign of Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr ( Arabic: محمد محمّد صادق الصدر; Muḥammad Grey DeLisle (born Erin Grey Van Oosbree on August 24, 1973) is a Grammy -winning American Singer-songwriter, and voice actress Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Matthew Paul Clement (born August 12, 1974 in McCandless Township, Pennsylvania) is a Major League Baseball Starting pitcher Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Casey Affleck (born August 12, 1975) is an Academy Award - SAG Award- and Golden Globe -nominated American Actor David Filmore (born David Leonard on August 12 1975 is an Australian born writer director filmmaker and venture philanthropist best known for minor roles in the Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mikko Viljami Lindström (born 12 August 1976 is the lead guitarist of the Finnish rock band HIM. Antoine Devon Walker (born August 12 1976 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) is an American professional Basketball player with the Joseph Poole, better known as Wednesday 13 (born August 12, 1976) is a rock musician from Charlotte North Carolina. This article is about the band "Wednesday 13" For its lead singer who goes by the same name see Wednesday 13. The Murderdolls are an American Horror punk band founded during 2002 in Hollywood CA, California. Brad Lukowich (born August 12, 1976 in Surrey, British Columbia) is a Canadian Ice hockey defenceman who Richard McCourt ( Dick) (born 12 August 1976 in Sheffield) is an English Actor and Presenter of Radio and Television Henry Tuilagi (born August 12 1976) is a Samoan Rugby union footballer Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Plaxico Burress (Plax-ico (born August 12 1977 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American football Wide receiver for the New York Giants Jesper Grønkjær (born 12 August, 1977 in Nuuk, Greenland) is a Danish professional football player who currently plays Park Yong-ha is a Korean Actor and Singer. He was born on August 12 1977. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Hayley Wickenheiser is a women's Ice hockey player for Canada Chris Chambers may also refer to a B-side track on the Stereophonics 1997 single Traffic Christopher J Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Dennis Sean "D J" Houlton Jr (born August 12, 1979 in Fullerton California) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher Cindy Klassen (born August 12, 1979 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian skater and Canada's all-time most decorated Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Dominique Ariane Swain (born August 12, 1980) is an American film actress. Matthew Arnold Thiessen (born on August 12 1980 in St Catharines Ontario, Canada) is the lead Singer, Rhythm guitarist Relient K is an American rock band formed in Canton Ohio Jade Valerie Villalon also known by her stage name Jade Valerie (born August 12 1980) is an American pop Singer, Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Anthony Charles "Tony" Capaldi (born 12 August 1981 in Porsgrunn, Telemark) is a Norwegian -born Northern Irish Djibril Cissé (born 12 August 1981, in Arles, France) is a French international football player of Ivorian Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Alexandros Tzorvas (born August 12 1982 in Athens) is a Greek Goalkeeper currently playing for OFI Crete. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (born August 12 1983 is a Dutch footballer who plays as a Striker for AFC Ajax and the Netherlands. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Leah Marie Pipes (born August 12, 1988 in Los Angeles California) is an American actress. Year 30 BC was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Julian calendar. Cleopatra VII Philopator (in Greek, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ; January 69 BC &ndash 30 BC was a Hellenistic ruler of Egypt 69 BC)
• 875 - Louis II Holy Roman Emperor (b. Year 69 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus Events By Place Europe December 29 — Charles the Bald, king of West Francia, is crowned emperor Louis II the Younger (825 &ndash 12 August 875) was the King of Italy from 844 and then Emperor from 855 until his death 825)
• 1424 - Yongle, Emperor of China (b. Events By Place Europe Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia at Ellandun. The Yongle Emperor ( Wade-Giles: Yung-lo May 2, 1360 &ndash August 12, 1424) born Zhu Di ( Chu Ti The Emperor of China ( refers to any sovereign of Imperial China reigning since the founding of the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC until the fall of 1460)
• 1484 - George of Trebizond, Greek philosopher (b. George of Trebizond (1395 &ndash 1486 Greek Philosopher and scholar one of the pioneers of the Renaissance, was born on the island of Crete, and derived 1395)
• 1484 - Pope Sixtus IV (b. Pope Sixtus IV ( July 21, 1414 &ndash August 12, 1484) born Francesco Della Rovere, was Pope from 1471 to 1484 1414)
• 1512 - Alessandro Achillini, Italian philosopher (b. Alessandro Achillini ( October 20, 1463 - August 2, 1512) was an Italian Philosopher and Physician. 1463)
• 1577 - Thomas Smith, English diplomat and scholar (b. Sir Thomas Smith ( December 23, 1513 &ndash August 12, 1577) was an English scholar and Diplomat. 1513)
• 1588 - Alfonso Ferrabosco (I), Italian composer (b. Alfonso Ferrabosco ( Alfonso Ferrabosco (I; his son Alfonso Ferrabosco the younger was also a composer (baptized January 18, 1543 &ndash 1543)
• 1612 - Giovanni Gabrieli, Italian composer
• 1633 - Jacopo Peri, Italian composer (b. Giovanni Gabrieli (c 1554/1557 &ndash August 12 1612 was an Italian Composer and organist. Jacopo Peri ( August 20 1561 &ndash August 12 1633) was an Italian Composer and singer of the transitional period between 1561)
• 1638 - Johannes Althusius, German writer (b. Johannes Althusius ( 1563 - August 12, 1638) was a Calvinist philosopher and theologian 1557)
• 1648 - Ibrahim I, Ottoman Sultan (b. Ibrahim I (in Arabic ابراهيم الأول ( November 5, 1615 August 12, 1648) was the Sultan of the Ottoman The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with 1615)
• 1674 - Philippe de Champaigne, French painter (b. Philippe de Champaigne ( 26 May 1602 - 12 August 1674) was a Baroque era painter of the French school. 1602)
• 1689 - Pope Innocent XI (b. Pope Innocent XI ( May 16 1611 &ndash August 12 1689) born Benedetto Odescalchi, was Pope of the Roman Catholic 1611)
• 1778 - Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, British general and politician (b. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or General Peregrine Bertie 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven PC (1714 &ndash August 12 1778) was the son of Peregrine Bertie 2nd Duke of Ancaster 1714)
• 1809 - Mikhail Kamensky, Russian field marshal (b. Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Count Mikhail Fedotovich Kamensky (Михаи́л Федо́тович Ка́менский ( May 8, 1738 &ndash August 12, 1809) 1738)
• 1810 - Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (b. Year 1738 ( MDCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Étienne Louis Geoffroy ( October 12, 1725 &ndash August 12, 1810) was a French Entomologist. 1725)
• 1822 - Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, English politician and statesman (b. Year 1725 ( MDCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Robert Stewart 2nd Marquess of Londonderry, KG, GCH, PC (18 June 1769 in Dublin &ndash 12 August 1822 at Loring Hall, Kent 1769)
• 1827 - William Blake, English poet and artist (b. Year 1769 ( MDCCLXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827 was an English poet, painter, and Printmaker. 1757)
• 1848 - George Stephenson, British locomotive designer (b. Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap George Stephenson ( 9 June 1781 &ndash 12 August 1848) was an English Civil engineer and mechanical engineer 1781)
• 1861 - Eliphalet Remington, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle (b. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Eliphalet Remington ( October 28 1793 &ndash August 12 1861) designed the Remington rifle. 1793)
• 1864 - Sakuma Shōzan, Japanese reformer (b. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year sometimes called Sakuma Zōzan, was a Japanese politician and scholar of the Edo era. 1811)
• 1865 - William Jackson Hooker, English botanist (b. Year 1811 ( MDCCCXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sir William Jackson Hooker, FRS ( July 6, 1785 &mdash August 12, 1865) was an English botanist. 1785)
• 1891 - James Russell Lowell, American poet and essayist (b. Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common James Russell Lowell (February 22 1819 – August 12 1891 was an American Romantic poet critic editor and Diplomat. 1819)
• 1896 - Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg
• 1900 - Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (b. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Thomas Davee Chamberlain (April 29 1841 &ndash August 12 1896 was an officer in the 20th Maine Infantry during the American Civil War, the brother of Union general Background and movement to battle See also [[Gettysburg Campaign]] [[Gettysburg Battlefield]] [[Gettysburg Confederate order of battle]] [[Confederate order of battle]] Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Wilhelm (later William) Steinitz ( May 17, 1836 – August 12, 1900) was an Austrian - American 1836)
• 1901 - Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Baron (Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, also known as A E Nordenskioeld (November 18 1832 Helsinki, Finland &mdash August 12 1901 Dalby Skåne 1832)
• 1914 - John Philip Holland, Irish submarine designer (b. Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year John Philip Holland (Seán Pilib Ó Maolchalann ( 29 February, 1840 &ndash 12 August, 1914) was an Engineer who developed the first 1840)
• 1918 - Anna Held, Polish-born actress and singer (b. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Helene Anna Held ( March 8, 1872 &ndash August 12, 1918) was a Polish -born stage performer most often associated with Impresario 1872)
• 1922 - Arthur Griffith, President of Ireland (b. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Arthur Griffith (Art Ó Gríobhtha 31 March 1872 &ndash 12 August 1922 was the founder and third leader of Sinn Féin. The President of Ireland (Uachtarán na hÉireann n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ is the Head of state of Ireland. 1871)
• 1928 - Leoš Janáček, Czech composer (b. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leoš Janáček ( (July 3 1854 &ndash August 12 1928 was a Czech Composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher 1854)
• 1934 - Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Dutch architect (b. Year 1854 ( MDCCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1856)
• 1935 - Friedrich Schottky, German mathematician (b. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Friedrich Hermann Schottky ( July 24, 1851 - August 12, 1935) was a German mathematician who worked on elliptic, abelian 1851)
• 1943 - Bobby Peel, English cricketer (b. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Robert ("Bobby" Peel ( February 12, 1857 in Leeds – August 12, 1943 in Leeds was a Yorkshire and England 1857)
• 1944 - Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., brother of President John F. Kennedy (b. Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr (July 25 1915 &ndash August 12 1944 was the oldest of the nine children born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29 1917&ndashNovember 22 1963 often referred to by his initials JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of 1915)
• 1948 - Harry Brearley, English inventor (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harry Brearley ( February 18, 1871 &ndash August 12, 1948) was the inventor of "rustless steel" (later to be called " Stainless 1871)
• 1952 - David Bergelson, Yiddish language writer (b. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David (or Dovid) Bergelson (דוד בערגעלסאָן ( August 12, 1884 &ndash August 12, 1952) was a Yiddish language 1884)
• 1955 - Thomas Mann, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Paul Thomas Mann ( June The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1875)
• 1955 - James B. Sumner, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1875 ( MDCCCLXXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common James Batcheller Sumner ( November 19, 1887 &ndash August 12, 1955) was an American Chemist. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1887)
• 1959 - Mike O'Neill, Irish-born American baseball player (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Joyce (Mike O'Neill ( September 7, 1877 - August 12, 1959) was a Starting pitcher and Left fielder in Major 1877)
• 1964 - Ian Fleming, English novelist (James Bond) (b. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Ian Lancaster Fleming ( May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, Journalist and Second World War James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story 1908)
• 1968 - Esther Forbes, American novelist (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Esther Forbes ( June 28 1891 - August 12, 1967) was an American Novelist and Children's writer who received the 1891)
• 1973 - Walter Rudolf Hess, Swiss physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Walter Rudolf Hess ( March 17, 1881 &ndash August 12, 1973 was a Swiss physiologist who won the Nobel Prize in The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1881)
• 1973 - Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Karl Waldemar Ziegler ( November 26, 1898 &ndash August 12 1973) was a German Chemist who won the Nobel Prize The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1898)
• 1979 - Ernst Boris Chain, German-born biochemist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Sir Ernst Boris Chain ( June 19, 1906 &ndash August 12, 1979) was a German -born British biochemist and a 1945 co-recipient The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1906)
• 1982 - Henry Fonda, American actor (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Henry Jaynes Fonda ( May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was an American Academy Award -winning Film and 1905)
• 1982 - Salvador Sanchez, Mexican boxer (b. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Salvador Sánchez Narvaez ( January 26, 1959 - August 12, 1982) was a Mexican boxer born in the town of Santiago Tianguistenco 1959)
• 1982 - Varlam Shalamov, Russian writer (b. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov (Варлам Тихонович Шаламов July 1, 1907 &ndash January 17, 1982) was a Russian Writer 1907)
• 1985 - Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer (plane crash) (b. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) was a Japanese singer and actor He is ranked at number 18 in a list of Japan's top 100 influential musicians by HMV. 1941)
• 1985 - Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Manfred Winkelhock ( October 6, 1951 - August 12, 1985) was a German Racing driver. 1951)
• 1988 - Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haitian-American artist (b. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Jean-Michel Basquiat ( December 22 1960 - August 12, 1988) was an American Artist. 1960)
• 1989 - William Shockley, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) William Bradford Shockley ( February 13, 1910 &ndash August 12, 1989) was a British -born American Physicist The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1910)
• 1989 - Samuel Okwaraji, Nigerian footballer (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Samuel Sochukwuma Okwaraji ( 1964 - August 12, 1989) was a professional footballer who played internationally for Nigeria. 1964)
• 1990 - B. Kliban, American cartoonist (b. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Bernard "Hap" Kliban ( January 1, 1935 – August 12, 1990) was an influential Cartoonist born in New York. 1935)
• 1990 - Dorothy Mackaill, British-born American actress (b. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dorothy Mackaill ( March 4, 1903 - August 12, 1990) was a British -born American actress most notably of the Silent 1903)
• 1992 - John Cage, American composer (b. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> John Milton Cage Jr 1912)
• 1996 - Robert Gravel, French Canadian actor and theatrical director (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Robert Gravel (1945 – 12 August 1996) was an actor dramatist theatrical director and teacher 1945)
• 1996 - Mark Gruenwald, American comic book writer and editor (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Mark E Gruenwald ( June 18 1953 - August 12 1996) was an American Comic book writer and editor 1953)
• 1997 - Luther Allison, American musician (b. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Luther Allison ( August 17 1939 — August 12 1997) was an American Blues Guitarist. 1939)
• 1999 - Jean Drapeau, Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (b. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Jean Drapeau CC, GOQ ( 18 February 1916 &ndash 12 August 1999) was a Canadian Lawyer and 1916)
• 2000 - Loretta Young, American actress (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Loretta Young ( January 6, 1913 &ndash August 12, 2000) was an American actress 1913)
• 2002 - Enos Slaughter, American baseball player (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Enos Bradsher Slaughter ( April 27 1916 - August 12 2002) was an American Right fielder in Major League Baseball 1916)
• 2004 - Sir Godfrey Hounsfield, English electrical engineer and inventor, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Sir Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield CBE FRS, ( 28 August 1919 &ndash 12 August 2004) was an English Electrical engineer The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1919)
• 2004 - Peter Woodthorpe, British actor (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Peter Woodthorpe ( September 25, 1931 – August 12, 2004) was an English movie, Television and Voice actor 1931)
• 2005 - John Loder, co-founder of the anarcho-punk band CRASS (b. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Loder ( April 7 1946 - August 12 2005) was a British sound engineer, Record producer and founder of For information about the Anarchist writer see Chris Crass Crass were an English Anarcho-punk band formed 1946)
• 2007 - Merv Griffin, American television host and game show creator (b. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Mervyn Edward "Merv" Griffin Jr ( July 6, 1925 &ndash August 12, 2007) was an American Television host and 1925)
• 2007 - Mike Wieringo, American comic book artist (b. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Lance "Mike" Wieringo ( June 24, 1963 &ndash August 12, 2007) who sometimes signed his work under the name ' Ringo 1963)

Holidays and observances

• United Nations - International Youth Day (since 1999)
• Glorious Twelfth at the Yorkshire Dales
• Thailand - The Queen's Birthday, Mother's Day
• RC Saints

• Saint Euplus, deacon, martyr [Cologne, Paderborn, Trier]
• Saint Herculanus of Brescia

External links

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

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Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This is not a list of National Days commemorative days, or days which have some significance in one or a very small number of countries International Youth Day (IYD is an awareness day designated by the United Nations. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) The Glorious Twelfth is usually used to refer to August 12, the start of the Shooting season for Red Grouse ( Lagopus lagopus scoticus) and to The Yorkshire Dales (also known as The Dales) is the name given to an upland area in Northern England. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj Title and ranks Her formal name and title is Somdej Phra Nang Chao Sirikit Phra Borommarachininat ( th สมเด็จพระนางเจ้าสิริกิติ์ Mother's Day is a day honoring Mothers celebrated on various days in many places around the world The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints Saint Euplius (Euplus (Sant' Euplo Sant' Euplio (d ca AD 304 is venerated as a Martyr and Saint by the Catholic Church. Saint Herculanus of Brescia (d ca 550 AD was a Bishop of Brescia.

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