Historical Anniversaries this Week
August 13
Births (150 years ago today): 1872 – Richard Willstätter, German-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1942)
Births (100 years ago today): 1922 – Chuck Gilmur, American basketball player, coach, and educator (d. 2011)
Births (50 years ago today): 1972 – Kevin Plank, American businessman, founded Under Armour
August 14
Events (50 years ago today): 1972 – An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany killing 156 people.[34]
Births (50 years ago today): 1972 – Laurent Lamothe, Haitian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Haiti[157]
Deaths (100 years ago today): 1922 – Rebecca Cole, American physician and social reformer (b. 1846)[204]
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1972 – Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1906)[220]
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1972 – Jules Romains, French author and poet (b. 1885)[221]
August 15
Births (150 years ago today): 1872 – Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru, poet, and philosopher (d. 1950)
Births (100 years ago today): 1922 – Leonard Baskin, American sculptor and illustrator (d. 2000)
Births (100 years ago today): 1922 – Giorgos Mouzakis, Greek trumpet player and composer (d. 2005)
Births (100 years ago today): 1922 – Sabino Barinaga, Spanish footballer and manager (d. 1988)
Births (50 years ago today): 1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Births (50 years ago today): 1972 – Jennifer Alexander, Canadian ballerina (d. 2007)
Births (50 years ago today): 1972 – Mikey Graham, Irish singer[21]
Deaths (1000 years ago today): 1022 – Nikephoros Phokas Barytrachelos, Byzantine rebel
August 16
Events (50 years ago today): 1972 – In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat
Births (100 years ago today): 1922 – James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (d. 2011)
Births (100 years ago today): 1922 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
Births (50 years ago today): 1972 – Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer[22]
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1972 – Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905)
August 17
Births (100 years ago today): 1922 – Roy Tattersall, English cricketer (d. 2011)
Births (50 years ago today): 1972 – Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer
August 18
Events (450 years ago today): 1572 – Marriage in Paris, France, of the Huguenot King Henry III of Navarre to Margaret of Valois, in a supposed attempt to reconcile Protestants and Catholics.[4]
Births (200 years ago today): 1822 – Isaac P. Rodman, American general and politician (d. 1862)
Births (100 years ago today): 1922 – Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist (d. 2008)
Deaths (1550 years ago today): 472 – Ricimer, Roman general and politician (b. 405)
August 19
Events (250 years ago today): 1772 – Gustav III of Sweden stages a coup d'état, in which he assumes power and enacts a new constitution that divides power between the Riksdag and the King.
Births (100 years ago today): 1922 – Jack Holland, Australian rugby league player (d. 1994)[33]
Births (50 years ago today): 1972 – Roberto Abbondanzieri, Argentinian footballer and manager
Births (50 years ago today): 1972 – Chihiro Yonekura, Japanese singer-songwriter
Deaths (950 years ago today): 1072 – Hawise, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1037)
Deaths (200 years ago today): 1822 – Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1749)
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