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Events

• 982 - Otto II is defeated in Calabria by the Saracens, Pandulf II of Salerno and Landulf IV of Benevento killed in battle.
• 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key Rebellion in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England of England.
• 1558 - Battle of Gravelines (1558): In France, Spain forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines.
• 1573 - Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.
• 1643 - English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down - In England, Lord Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Cavalier forces, wins a crushing victory over the Roundhead Sir William Waller.
• 1772 - HMS Resolution (Cook), under the command of Captain James Cook, sets sail from Plymouth, England.
• 1787 - The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
• 1794 - Battle of the Vosges between France forces and those of Prussia and Austria
• 1822 - History of Ottoman Greece#The War of Independence: Greece defeat Ottoman Empire forces at Thermopylae.
• 1830 - Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengal Renaissance is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
• 1832 - The source of the Mississippi River is discovered, by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.
• 1837 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom moves into the first Buckingham Palace in London and is the first United Kingdom monarch to live there.
• 1854 - In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon.
• 1863 - New York Draft Riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
• 1878 - Treaty of Berlin, 1878: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman empire.
• 1900 - Boxer Rebellion: In China, Tientsin is retaken by European Allies from the rebelling Boxing.
• 1908 - Women compete in modern Olympic Games for the first time.
• 1909 - Gold discovered near Cochrane, Ontario.
• 1912 - Leader of the Indian freedom movement and scholar, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad brought out his noted Urdu news journal, al-Hilal.
• 1914 - Simone Pianetti's mass murder action in Camerata Cornello, Italy
• 1919 - The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic Ocean in 182 hours of flight.
• 1923 - The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.
• 1936 - A heat wave strikes the Midwestern United States. The all-time highest temperatures for the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana are all recorded on this date.
• 1941 - World War II: Montenegro start popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak).
• 1942 - World War II: Germany U-Boats sink three more merchant ships in Gulf of St. Lawrence.
• 1948 - The Coptic Christianity and Ethiopian Churches reach an agreement leading to the promotion of the Ethiopian church to the rank of an autocephalous Patriarchate.
• 1973 - Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the Nixon tapes to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate scandal.
• 1977 - The New York City Blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours and results in looting and other disorder.
• 1978 - Ford Motor Company President Lee Iacocca is fired by chairman Henry Ford II, ending a long dispute between the men.
• 1985 - The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow.
• 1985 - Vice President George H.W. Bush became the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan underwent surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
• 2002 - A lightning strike sets off the Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which had burned 499,570 acres (2,020 km²) when finally contained on September 5.
• 2005 - Three trains collide in the Ghotki rail crash in Ghotki, Pakistan, killing over 150 people.

Births

• 100 BC - Julius Caesar, Roman military and political leader (d. 44 BC) (born either July 12 or July 13)
• 40 AD - Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (d. 93 AD)
• 1527 - John Dee, English scientist (d. 1609)
• 1579 - Arthur Dee, English physician (d. 1651)
• 1590 - Pope Clement X (d. 1676)
• 1607 - Václav Hollar, Czech-born artist (d. 1677)
• 1608 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657)
• 1745 - Robert Calder, British naval officer (d. 1818)
• 1770 - Alexander Balashov, Russian general (d. 1837)
• 1793 - John Clare, English poet (d. 1864)
• 1808 - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (d. 1893)
• 1821 - Nathan Bedford Forrest, American founder of the original Ku Klux Klan (not the current one) (d. 1877)
• 1841 - Otto Wagner, Austrian architect (d. 1918)
• 1858 - Stewart Culin, American ethnographer (d. 1929)
• 1859 - Sidney Webb, British socialist (d. 1947)
• 1864 - John Jacob Astor IV, American entrepreneur (d. 1912)
• 1894 - Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (d. 1940)
• 1895 - Sidney Blackmer, American actor (d. 1973)
• 1896 - Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (d. 1992)
• 1898 - Julius Schreck, member of the Nazi party (d. 1936)
• 1900 - George Lewis (clarinetist), American musician (d. 1969)
• 1901 - Eric Portman, English stage and film actor (d. 1969)
• 1913 - Dave Garroway, American television host (d. 1982)
• 1918 - Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1955)
• 1920 - Bill Towers, English footballer (d. 2000)
• 1921 - Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (d. 1999)
• 1921 - Friedrich Peter, Austrian poltitician (d. 2005)
• 1921 - Git Gay, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2007)
• 1922 - Ken Mosdell, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
• 1924 - Carlo Bergonzi, Italian singer
• 1924 - Michel Constantin, French film actor (d. 2003)
• 1927 - Simone Veil, French politician
• 1928 - Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz bassist
• 1928 - Bob Crane, American actor (d. 1978)
• 1928 - Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian Mafia and pentito (d. 2000)
• 1929 - Alan Civil, English musician (d. 1989)
• 1929 - Sofia Muratova, Soviet gymnast
• 1931 - Frank Ramsey (basketball), American basketball player
• 1932 - Hubert Reeves, Canadian astrophysicist
• 1934 - Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature
• 1934 - Aleksei Yeliseyev, Soviet cosmonaut
• 1935 - Jack Kemp, American football player and politician
• 1936 - Albert Ayler, American musician (d. 1970)
• 1940 - Patrick Stewart, English actor
• 1941 - Robert Forster, American actor
• 1941 - Jacques Perrin, French actor and filmmaker
• 1942 - Harrison Ford, American actor
• 1942 - Roger McGuinn, American musician
• 1944 - Ernő Rubik, Hungarian inventor
• 1946 - Cheech Marin, American actor
• 1948 - Catherine Breillat, French director and screenwriter
• 1950 - George Nelson (astronaut), American astronaut
• 1950 - Ma Ying-jeou, former mayor of Taipei, former chairman of the Kuomintang(KMT)
• 1951 - Rob Bishop, American politician
• 1953 - Mila Mulroney, wife of former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney
• 1954 - Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer
• 1954 - Louise Mandrell, American musician
• 1954 - Rick Chartraw, American ice hockey player
• 1956 - Claude Giroux (wrestler), Canadian midget wrestler
• 1956 - Michael Spinks, American former boxer
• 1957 - Phil Margera, father of Bam Margera
• 1957 - Cameron Crowe, American film director
• 1957 - Thierry Boutsen, Belgian racing driver
• 1959 - Richard Leman, English field hockey player
• 1960 - Ian Hislop, English writer, editor of Private Eye
• 1961 - Tim Watson, Australian rules footballer
• 1961 - Stelios Manolas, Greek footballer and manager
• 1962 - Rhonda Vincent, American singer
• 1962 - Tom Kenny, American voice actor
• 1963 - Neal Foulds, English snooker player
• 1963 - Spud Webb, American basketball player
• 1966 - Gerald Levert, American singer (d. 2006)
• 1967 - Benny Benassi, Italian disc jockey
• 1967 - Sandy Fox, American voice actress
• 1967 - Dean Barnett, American Conservative blogger
• 1968 - Robert Gant, American actor
• 1969 - Oleg Serebrian, Moldovan politician and political scientist
• 1969 - Mark Greenway, British vocalist
• 1969 - Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Georgian-born Greek weightlifter
• 1970 - Barry Pinches, English snooker player
• 1972 - Sean Waltman, American wrestler
• 1973 - Ariel Silvio Zárate, Argentine footballer
• 1974 - Jarno Trulli, Italian race car driver
• 1974 - Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer
• 1975 - Danni Boatwright, American model, sports caster, and Survivor (TV series) contestant
• 1976 - Al Santos, American model and actor
• 1977 - Ashley Scott, American actress
• 1978 - Sheldon Souray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 - Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer
• 1982 - Joost van den Broek, Dutch keyboard player (After Forever)
• 1982 - Simon Clist, English footballer
• 1982 - Christopher Bauman, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
• 1982 - Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1983 - Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdling athlete
• 1985 - Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer
• 1989 - Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
• 1992 - Dylan Patton, American actor
• 1994 - Ridge Canipe, American actor

Deaths

• 939 - Pope Leo VII
• 1189 - Matilda of England, daughter of Henry II of England (b. 1156)
• 1205 - Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England
• 1357 - Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian jurist (b. 1313)
• 1399 - Peter Parler, German architect (b. 1330)
• 1402 - Jianwen Emperor of China (b. 1377)
• 1551 - John Wallop, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1490)
• 1621 - Archduke Albert (1559-1621), Governor of the Low Countries (b. 1559)
• 1626 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (b. 1563)
• 1628 - Robert Shirley, English adventurer (b. 1581)
• 1629 - Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Swedish physician and theologian (b. 1585)
• 1645 - Tsar Michael I of Russia (b. 1596)
• 1683 - Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (b. 1631)
• 1693 - Hendrik Trajectinus, Count of Solms, Dutch lieutenant-general (b. 1636)
• 1705 - Titus Oates, English Protestant conspirator (b. 1649)
• 1755 - Edward Braddock, British general
• 1760 - Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans in the United States (b. 1696)
• 1761 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712)
• 1762 - James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693)
• 1789 - Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (b. 1715)
• 1793 - Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (b. 1743)
• 1807 - Henry Benedict Stuart, Jacobite claimant to the throne of England (b. 1725)
• 1882 - Johnny Ringo, American Gunfighter (b. 1850)
• 1889 - Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (b. 1830)
• 1896 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (b. 1829)
• 1921 - Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourg scientist (b. 1845)
• 1922 - Martin Dies, American politician (b. 1870)
• 1946 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (b. 1864)
• 1951 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer (b. 1874)
• 1954 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (b. 1907)
• 1955 - Ruth Ellis, last woman to get the death sentence in Britain (b. 1926)
• 1960 - Joy Gresham, American writer (b. 1915)
• 1965 - Photios Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer (b. 1895)
• 1967 - Tom Simpson, British cyclist (b. 1937)
• 1973 - Willy Fritsch, German film actor (b. 1901)
• 1974 - Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (b. 1897)
• 1976 - Joachim Peiper, German military leader (b. 1915)
• 1980 - Seretse Khama, first President of Botswana (b. 1921)
• 1983 - Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (b. 1909)
• 1993 - Davey Allison, American race car driver (b. 1961)
• 1995 - Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish toy manufacturer (Lego Group) (b. 1920)
• 1996 - Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (b. 1905)
• 1997 - Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968)
• 2002 - Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born photographer (b. 1908)
• 2003 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (b. 1907)
• 2004 - Arthur Kane, American musician (b. 1951)
• 2004 - Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1930)
• 2006 - Red Buttons, American comedian (b. 1919)

Holidays and observances

• Kiribati - Independence Day, 2nd day (not a holiday)
• Mongolia - Naadam Holiday, 3rd day
• Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Kálimát (Words) - First day of the seventh month of the Bahá'í calendar
• Bon Festival - Buddhist festival to honor the dead (East Japan)

Liturgical observances

• Abd-al-Masih, Christian saint and martyr Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.
• Abel of Tacla Haimonot in the Coptic Church
• Saint Anacletus, pope, martyr France, Franciscans
• Saint Eugenius, bishop of Carthage, and companions, confessors (died 505)
• Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor, confessor (died 1024)
• Saint Silas, apostle northern France
• Saint Willehad, bishop of Bremen, confessor (Ordination) Bremen
• Margaret the Virgin, virgin, martyr common

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Events

• 982 - Otto II is defeated in Calabria by the Saracens, Pandulf II of Salerno and Landulf IV of Benevento killed in battle.
• 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key Rebellion in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England of England.
• 1558 - Battle of Gravelines (1558): In France, Spain forces led by Count Lamoral of Egmont defeat the French forces of Marshal Paul des Thermes at Gravelines.
• 1573 - Eighty Years' War: The Siege of Haarlem ends after seven months.
• 1643 - English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down - In England, Lord Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Cavalier forces, wins a crushing victory over the Roundhead Sir William Waller.
• 1772 - HMS Resolution (Cook), under the command of Captain James Cook, sets sail from Plymouth, England.
• 1787 - The Continental Congress enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery.
• 1794 - Battle of the Vosges between France forces and those of Prussia and Austria
• 1822 - History of Ottoman Greece#The War of Independence: Greece defeat Ottoman Empire forces at Thermopylae.
• 1830 - Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengal Renaissance is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
• 1832 - The source of the Mississippi River is discovered, by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft.
• 1837 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom moves into the first Buckingham Palace in London and is the first United Kingdom monarch to live there.
• 1854 - In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon.
• 1863 - New York Draft Riots: In New York City, opponents of conscription begin three days of rioting which will be later regarded as the worst in United States history.
• 1878 - Treaty of Berlin, 1878: The European powers redraw the map of the Balkans. Serbia, Montenegro and Romania become completely independent of the Ottoman empire.
• 1900 - Boxer Rebellion: In China, Tientsin is retaken by European Allies from the rebelling Boxing.
• 1908 - Women compete in modern Olympic Games for the first time.
• 1909 - Gold discovered near Cochrane, Ontario.
• 1912 - Leader of the Indian freedom movement and scholar, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad brought out his noted Urdu news journal, al-Hilal.
• 1914 - Simone Pianetti's mass murder action in Camerata Cornello, Italy
• 1919 - The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic Ocean in 182 hours of flight.
• 1923 - The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.
• 1936 - A heat wave strikes the Midwestern United States. The all-time highest temperatures for the states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana are all recorded on this date.
• 1941 - World War II: Montenegro start popular uprising against the Axis Powers (Trinaestojulski ustanak).
• 1942 - World War II: Germany U-Boats sink three more merchant ships in Gulf of St. Lawrence.
• 1948 - The Coptic Christianity and Ethiopian Churches reach an agreement leading to the promotion of the Ethiopian church to the rank of an autocephalous Patriarchate.
• 1973 - Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the Nixon tapes to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate scandal.
• 1977 - The New York City Blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours and results in looting and other disorder.
• 1978 - Ford Motor Company President Lee Iacocca is fired by chairman Henry Ford II, ending a long dispute between the men.
• 1985 - The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as other venues such as Sydney and Moscow.
• 1985 - Vice President George H.W. Bush became the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan underwent surgery to remove polyps from his colon.
• 2002 - A lightning strike sets off the Biscuit Fire in Oregon and northern California, which had burned 499,570 acres (2,020 km²) when finally contained on September 5.
• 2005 - Three trains collide in the Ghotki rail crash in Ghotki, Pakistan, killing over 150 people.

Births

• 100 BC - Julius Caesar, Roman military and political leader (d. 44 BC) (born either July 12 or July 13)
• 40 AD - Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain (d. 93 AD)
• 1527 - John Dee, English scientist (d. 1609)
• 1579 - Arthur Dee, English physician (d. 1651)
• 1590 - Pope Clement X (d. 1676)
• 1607 - Václav Hollar, Czech-born artist (d. 1677)
• 1608 - Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1657)
• 1745 - Robert Calder, British naval officer (d. 1818)
• 1770 - Alexander Balashov, Russian general (d. 1837)
• 1793 - John Clare, English poet (d. 1864)
• 1808 - Patrice MacMahon, duc de Magenta, President of France (d. 1893)
• 1821 - Nathan Bedford Forrest, American founder of the original Ku Klux Klan (not the current one) (d. 1877)
• 1841 - Otto Wagner, Austrian architect (d. 1918)
• 1858 - Stewart Culin, American ethnographer (d. 1929)
• 1859 - Sidney Webb, British socialist (d. 1947)
• 1864 - John Jacob Astor IV, American entrepreneur (d. 1912)
• 1894 - Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (d. 1940)
• 1895 - Sidney Blackmer, American actor (d. 1973)
• 1896 - Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (d. 1992)
• 1898 - Julius Schreck, member of the Nazi party (d. 1936)
• 1900 - George Lewis (clarinetist), American musician (d. 1969)
• 1901 - Eric Portman, English stage and film actor (d. 1969)
• 1913 - Dave Garroway, American television host (d. 1982)
• 1918 - Alberto Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1955)
• 1920 - Bill Towers, English footballer (d. 2000)
• 1921 - Ernest Gold, Austrian composer (d. 1999)
• 1921 - Friedrich Peter, Austrian poltitician (d. 2005)
• 1921 - Git Gay, Swedish actress and singer (d. 2007)
• 1922 - Ken Mosdell, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
• 1924 - Carlo Bergonzi, Italian singer
• 1924 - Michel Constantin, French film actor (d. 2003)
• 1927 - Simone Veil, French politician
• 1928 - Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz bassist
• 1928 - Bob Crane, American actor (d. 1978)
• 1928 - Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian Mafia and pentito (d. 2000)
• 1929 - Alan Civil, English musician (d. 1989)
• 1929 - Sofia Muratova, Soviet gymnast
• 1931 - Frank Ramsey (basketball), American basketball player
• 1932 - Hubert Reeves, Canadian astrophysicist
• 1934 - Wole Soyinka, Nigerian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature
• 1934 - Aleksei Yeliseyev, Soviet cosmonaut
• 1935 - Jack Kemp, American football player and politician
• 1936 - Albert Ayler, American musician (d. 1970)
• 1940 - Patrick Stewart, English actor
• 1941 - Robert Forster, American actor
• 1941 - Jacques Perrin, French actor and filmmaker
• 1942 - Harrison Ford, American actor
• 1942 - Roger McGuinn, American musician
• 1944 - Ernő Rubik, Hungarian inventor
• 1946 - Cheech Marin, American actor
• 1948 - Catherine Breillat, French director and screenwriter
• 1950 - George Nelson (astronaut), American astronaut
• 1950 - Ma Ying-jeou, former mayor of Taipei, former chairman of the Kuomintang(KMT)
• 1951 - Rob Bishop, American politician
• 1953 - Mila Mulroney, wife of former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney
• 1954 - Sezen Aksu, Turkish singer
• 1954 - Louise Mandrell, American musician
• 1954 - Rick Chartraw, American ice hockey player
• 1956 - Claude Giroux (wrestler), Canadian midget wrestler
• 1956 - Michael Spinks, American former boxer
• 1957 - Phil Margera, father of Bam Margera
• 1957 - Cameron Crowe, American film director
• 1957 - Thierry Boutsen, Belgian racing driver
• 1959 - Richard Leman, English field hockey player
• 1960 - Ian Hislop, English writer, editor of Private Eye
• 1961 - Tim Watson, Australian rules footballer
• 1961 - Stelios Manolas, Greek footballer and manager
• 1962 - Rhonda Vincent, American singer
• 1962 - Tom Kenny, American voice actor
• 1963 - Neal Foulds, English snooker player
• 1963 - Spud Webb, American basketball player
• 1966 - Gerald Levert, American singer (d. 2006)
• 1967 - Benny Benassi, Italian disc jockey
• 1967 - Sandy Fox, American voice actress
• 1967 - Dean Barnett, American Conservative blogger
• 1968 - Robert Gant, American actor
• 1969 - Oleg Serebrian, Moldovan politician and political scientist
• 1969 - Mark Greenway, British vocalist
• 1969 - Kakhi Kakhiashvili, Georgian-born Greek weightlifter
• 1970 - Barry Pinches, English snooker player
• 1972 - Sean Waltman, American wrestler
• 1973 - Ariel Silvio Zárate, Argentine footballer
• 1974 - Jarno Trulli, Italian race car driver
• 1974 - Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer
• 1975 - Danni Boatwright, American model, sports caster, and Survivor (TV series) contestant
• 1976 - Al Santos, American model and actor
• 1977 - Ashley Scott, American actress
• 1978 - Sheldon Souray, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1979 - Craig Bellamy, Welsh footballer
• 1982 - Joost van den Broek, Dutch keyboard player (After Forever)
• 1982 - Simon Clist, English footballer
• 1982 - Christopher Bauman, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
• 1982 - Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1983 - Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdling athlete
• 1985 - Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican footballer
• 1989 - Sayumi Michishige, Japanese singer (Morning Musume)
• 1992 - Dylan Patton, American actor
• 1994 - Ridge Canipe, American actor

Deaths

• 939 - Pope Leo VII
• 1189 - Matilda of England, daughter of Henry II of England (b. 1156)
• 1205 - Hubert Walter, Archbishop of Canterbury and Justicier of England
• 1357 - Bartolus de Saxoferrato Italian jurist (b. 1313)
• 1399 - Peter Parler, German architect (b. 1330)
• 1402 - Jianwen Emperor of China (b. 1377)
• 1551 - John Wallop, English soldier and diplomat (b. 1490)
• 1621 - Archduke Albert (1559-1621), Governor of the Low Countries (b. 1559)
• 1626 - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, English statesman (b. 1563)
• 1628 - Robert Shirley, English adventurer (b. 1581)
• 1629 - Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Swedish physician and theologian (b. 1585)
• 1645 - Tsar Michael I of Russia (b. 1596)
• 1683 - Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (b. 1631)
• 1693 - Hendrik Trajectinus, Count of Solms, Dutch lieutenant-general (b. 1636)
• 1705 - Titus Oates, English Protestant conspirator (b. 1649)
• 1755 - Edward Braddock, British general
• 1760 - Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania's ambassador to the Native Americans in the United States (b. 1696)
• 1761 - Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (b. 1712)
• 1762 - James Bradley, English Astronomer Royal (b. 1693)
• 1789 - Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (b. 1715)
• 1793 - Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (b. 1743)
• 1807 - Henry Benedict Stuart, Jacobite claimant to the throne of England (b. 1725)
• 1882 - Johnny Ringo, American Gunfighter (b. 1850)
• 1889 - Robert Hamerling, Austrian poet (b. 1830)
• 1896 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz, German chemist (b. 1829)
• 1921 - Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourg scientist (b. 1845)
• 1922 - Martin Dies, American politician (b. 1870)
• 1946 - Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer (b. 1864)
• 1951 - Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer (b. 1874)
• 1954 - Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter (b. 1907)
• 1955 - Ruth Ellis, last woman to get the death sentence in Britain (b. 1926)
• 1960 - Joy Gresham, American writer (b. 1915)
• 1965 - Photios Kontoglou, Greek writer, painter and iconographer (b. 1895)
• 1967 - Tom Simpson, British cyclist (b. 1937)
• 1973 - Willy Fritsch, German film actor (b. 1901)
• 1974 - Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (b. 1897)
• 1976 - Joachim Peiper, German military leader (b. 1915)
• 1980 - Seretse Khama, first President of Botswana (b. 1921)
• 1983 - Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (b. 1909)
• 1993 - Davey Allison, American race car driver (b. 1961)
• 1995 - Godtfred Kirk Christiansen, Danish toy manufacturer (Lego Group) (b. 1920)
• 1996 - Pandro S. Berman, American film producer (b. 1905)
• 1997 - Miguel Ángel Blanco, Spanish politician (b. 1968)
• 2002 - Yousuf Karsh, Turkish-born photographer (b. 1908)
• 2003 - Compay Segundo, Cuban musician (b. 1907)
• 2004 - Arthur Kane, American musician (b. 1951)
• 2004 - Carlos Kleiber, Austrian conductor (b. 1930)
• 2006 - Red Buttons, American comedian (b. 1919)

Holidays and observances

• Kiribati - Independence Day, 2nd day (not a holiday)
• Mongolia - Naadam Holiday, 3rd day
• Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Kálimát (Words) - First day of the seventh month of the Bahá'í calendar
• Bon Festival - Buddhist festival to honor the dead (East Japan)

Liturgical observances

• Abd-al-Masih, Christian saint and martyr Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.
• Abel of Tacla Haimonot in the Coptic Church
• Saint Anacletus, pope, martyr France, Franciscans
• Saint Eugenius, bishop of Carthage, and companions, confessors (died 505)
• Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor, confessor (died 1024)
• Saint Silas, apostle northern France
• Saint Willehad, bishop of Bremen, confessor (Ordination) Bremen
• Margaret the Virgin, virgin, martyr common

References

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

BBC ON THIS DAY | Front Page
Video and audio for this day in history from the BBC news archive 1950-2002.

BBC ON THIS DAY | 13
1985: Live Aid makes millions for Africa. The Live Aid concert for the starving in Africa, the world's biggest rock festival held in London and Philadelphia, raises £30m.

July 13 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
July 13 is the 194th day of the year (195th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 171 days remaining until the end of the year.

July 13 | Aston Villa | History | On This Day
Today in Villa history. ... 1934: Gordon Lee born in Hednesford. Originally signed by Villa in 1955 he had to wait until he had completed National Service before making his debut ...

BBC World Service - Find A Programme - Analysis
India has for the past decade been one of the world's fastest economies but millions of its people have not seen any benefits from the country's progress.

BBC - History - Battle of the Somme: 1 July - 13 November 1916
Article about the Battle of the Somme, which became a byword for the futile and indiscriminate slaughter that took place during World War One.

www.cyclingnews.com presents the 95th Tour de France
Home; Stage details. Stage 1; Stage 2; Stage 3; Stage 4; Stage 5; Stage 6; Stage 7; Stage 8; Stage 9; Stage 10; Stage 11; Stage 12; Stage 13; Stage 14; Stage 15; Stage 16; Stage 17 ...

The Q Daily / July 13, 2008
DUETS Metallica headline our On The Road special; plus Flight Of The Conchords,The Raconteurs and and a very candid Boy George ... all in the new issue

newswireless.net .:. News .:. NewsWireless Sudoku: July 13
Oh, the last two puzzles were far too easy!" wrote our reader. So this week, it's a "hard" one. As before, click on the tiny image to get a big one, which you can then print.

2008 July 13 - Broad Street
Broad Street is Birmingham’s busiest and most popular entertainment and business destination. ... When weak King Henry VI is forced to promise his crown to the House of York, his ...