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Elvis Presley dies
Babe Ruth dies
Los Angeles jury clears John Z DeLorean of drug charges
Gold discovered in the Yukon
Senior U S POW is released
Hongxi Emperor [Zhu Gaochi] fourth Emperor of Ming Dynasty of China born in Nanjing China (d. 1425)
Albrecht II von Habsburg King of Bohemia Hungary and Germany born in Vienna Austria (d. 1439)
Jacqueline Countess of Hainaut dauphine of France (d. 1436)
Carolus Gallus [Karel de Haan] Dutch lawyer pastor and vicar born in Arnhem Netherlands (d. 1606)
Agostino Carracci Italian artist (Communion of St. Jerome) born in Bologna Italy (d. 1602)
Anna of Austria queen of Poland born in Graz Austria (d. 1598)
Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt German countess and poet (d. 1706)
Jean de La Bruyre French writer (The Characters or the Manners of the Age with The Characters of Theophrastus) born in Paris (d. 1696)
Vincenzo Coronelli Italian cartographer and encylopedist born in Venice Italy (d. 1718)
Louis duc de Bourgogne heir-apparent to the French throne (d. 1712)
John Bosco Italian priest youth worker educator founder of the Salesian Society born in Castelnuovo Don Bosco Italy (d. 1888)
Andrew Rainsford Wetmore Canadian politician born in Fredericton Canada (d. 1892)
Joseph Bradford Carr American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Albany New York (d. 1895)
Edward Payson Chapin American lawyer and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Waterloo New York (d. 1863)
Ebenezer Cobb Morley English sportsman (drafted first FA rules) born in Kingston upon Hull England (d. 1924)
Wilhelm Wundt German physiologist psychologist and philosopher born in Mannheim Germany (d. 1920)
John Farmer English composer born in Nottingham (d. 1901)
Emile A. H. Seipgens Dutch priest writer and beer brewer born in Roermond Netherlands (d. )
Jakob Rosanes German mathematician (algebraic geometry and invariant theory) born in Brody Ukraine (d. 1922)
Gabriel Lippmann French physicist and inventor born in Bonnevoie Luxembourg City Luxembourg (d. 1921)
Justus van Maurik Dutch author and cigar manufacturer born in Amsterdam (d. 1904)
Arthur Achleitner German writer born in Straubing Germany (d. 1927)
Jules Laforgue French poet (Les Complaintas) born in Montevideo Uruguay (d. 1887)
Lord Hawke [Martin Bladen Hawke] English cricketer (England batsman 1890s) born in Gainsborough Lincolnshire England (d. 1938)
Amos Alonzo Stagg American athlete and American football pioneer born in West Orange New Jersey (d. 1965)
Ferdinand C. S. Schiller German-British philosopher (Riddles of the Sphinx) born in Altona Holstein German Confederation (d. 1937)
Antonio Nobre Portuguese poet (S) born in Porto Portugal (d. 1900)
Charles Sanford Skilton American composer (Suite Primeval) born in Northhampton Massachusetts (d. 1941)
Bernarr McFadden American physical culture advocate credited with beginning the culture of health and fitness in the United States born in Mill Spring Missouri (d. 1955)
Zakhary Petrovich Paliashvili Georgian composer (Abesalom and Eteri) born in Kutaisi (d. 1933 )
Ivan Bilibin Russian illustrator born in Seppl Russia (d. 1942)
Pierre H. Ritter Jr Dutch literary writer and journalist born in Utrecht Netherlands (d. 1962)
Adrian S Oppenheim Dutch lawyeradviser (British PetroleumShell)
Aug 16 1384 Hongwu Emperor of Ming China Emperor Dong hears case of couple who tore money bills while fighting over them (equal to act of destroying stamped government documents - law necessitated 100 floggings). Hongwu Emperor decides to pardon them.
Aug 16 1570 King Janos Sigismund Zapolyai signs secret treaty with Maximilian II
Aug 16 1625 Earnest Casimir of Nassau-Dietz appointed viceroy of Drenthe