Historical Anniversaries this Week

August 8

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875 – Artur Bernardes, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 12th President of Brazil (died 1955)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Alija Izetbegovi?, Bosnian lawyer and politician, 1st President of Bosnia and Herzegovina (died 2003)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 – Aziz Sattar, Malaysian actor, comedian, singer and director (died 2014)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 – Mick Moss, English singer-songwriter

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 – Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (born 1928)

August 9

 Events (100 years ago today): 1925 - A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India, by the Indian independence revolutionaries, against the British government.

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875 - Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1959)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - David A. Huffman, American computer scientist, developed Huffman coding (died 1999)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Mahesh Babu, Indian actor and producer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Valentin Kovalenko, Uzbek football referee

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Mike Lamb, American baseball player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Robbie Middleby, Australian soccer player

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 - Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (born 1906)

Commemorations:
International Day of the World's Indigenous People

August 10

 Births (200 years ago today): 1825 - István Türr, Hungarian soldier, architect, and engineer, co-designed the Corinth Canal (died 1908)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - George Cooper, English general (died 2020)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - ?lhan Mans?z, Turkish footballer and figure skater

 Deaths (150 years ago today): 1875 - Karl Andree, German geographer and journalist (born 1808)

August 11

 Events (350 years ago today): 1675 - Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.

 Events (50 years ago today): 1975 - East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (died 2006)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer (died 2021)^[20]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Chris Cummings, Canadian singer-songwriter

 Deaths (300 years ago today): 1725 - Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (born 1723)

August 12

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (died 2016)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (died 1986)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Donald Justice, American poet and writing teacher (died 2004)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Norris McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (died 2004)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Ross McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist, co-founded the Guinness World Records (died 1975)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - George Wetherill, American physicist and academic (died 2006)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Casey Affleck, American actor

 Deaths (1150 years ago today): 875 - Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor (born 825)

August 13

 Births (400 years ago today): 1625 - Rasmus Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and physicist (died 1698)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Benny Bailey, American trumpet player, songwriter, and producer (died 2005)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - José Alfredo Martínez de Hoz, Argentine executive and policy maker (died 2013)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster^[26]

 Deaths (50 years ago today): 1975 - Murilo Mendes, Brazilian poet and telegrapher (born 1901)

August 14

 Births (150 years ago today): 1875 - Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Russian-Lithuanian painter and illustrator (died 1957)^[85]

 Births (100 years ago today): 1925 - Russell Baker, American critic and essayist (died 2019)^[112]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1975 - Mike Vrabel, American football player^[176]