12 August
Notable Births
Dixie D'Amelio
b. 2001
American social media personality (born 2001)
Matthijs de Ligt
b. 1999
Dutch footballer (born 1999)
Dream (YouTuber)
b. 1999
American YouTuber and Twitch streamer (born 1999)
Jule Niemeier
b. 1999
German tennis player (born 1999)
GK Barry
b. 1999
English social media comedian, influencer and presenter (born 1999)
Stefanos Tsitsipas
b. 1998
Greek tennis player (born 1998)
Choi Yu-jin (singer)
b. 1996
South Korean singer (born 1996)
Julio Urías
b. 1996
Mexican baseball player (born 1996)
Arthur Melo
b. 1996
Brazilian footballer (born 1996)
Samuel Moutoussamy
b. 1996
Footballer (born 1996)
Ian Happ
b. 1994
American baseball player (born 1994)
Ewa Farna
b. 1993
Czech-Polish singer (born 1993)
Luna (South Korean singer)
b. 1993
South Korean singer (born 1993)
Cara Delevingne
b. 1992
English model and actress (born 1992)
Jacob Loko
b. 1992
Australian rugby league footballer
Teo Gheorghiu
b. 1992
Swiss-Canadian pianist and actor (born 1992)
Jesinta Franklin
b. 1991
Australian model (born 1991)
Khris Middleton
b. 1991
American basketball player (born 1991)
LaKeith Stanfield
b. 1991
American actor (born 1991)
Mario Balotelli
b. 1990
Italian footballer (born 1990)
Notable Deaths
Kim Kahana
d. 2024
American actor and stunt performer (1929–2024)
Una Stubbs
d. 2021
British actress, television personality, and dancer (1937–2021)
Bill Yeoman
d. 2020
American football player and coach (1927–2020)
DJ Arafat
d. 2019
Ivorian musician, singer and record producer (1986–2019)
Bryan Murray (ice hockey)
d. 2017
Canadian professional ice hockey executive and coach
Jaakko Hintikka
d. 2015
Finnish and American philosopher and logician (1929–2015)
Stephen Lewis (actor)
d. 2015
English actor and writer (1926–2015)
Meshulim Feish Lowy
d. 2015
Grand Rebbe of the Tosh hasidic dynasty
John Scott (organist)
d. 2015
English organist and choirmaster (1956–2015)
Lauren Bacall
d. 2014
American actress (1924–2014)
Futatsuryū Jun'ichi
d. 2014
Japanese sumo wrestler
Tereza de Arriaga
d. 2013
Portuguese artist (1915–2013)
Pauline Maier
d. 2013
American historian (1938–2013)
David McLetchie
d. 2013
Scottish Conservative politician (1952–2013)
Vasily Peskov
d. 2013
Russian journalist (1930–2013)
Joe Kubert
d. 2012
Polish-American comic book artist (1926–2012)
Édgar Morales Pérez
d. 2012
Mexican mayor
Alf Morris
d. 2012
British Labour Co-operative politician and disability rights campaigner
Robert Robinson (broadcaster)
d. 2011
English radio and television presenter (1927–2011)
Ian Fleming
d. 1964
English author (1908–1964)
On This Day in History
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2021
Six people, five victims and the perpetrator are killed in Keyham, Plymouth in the worst mass shooting in the UK since 2010.
Plymouth
2018
Thirty-nine civilians, including a dozen children, are killed in an explosion at a weapons depot in Sarmada, Syria.
Sarmada
2017
The Unite the Right rally occurs in Charlottesville, Virginia, leading to the deaths of 3 and injuring nearly 50 more.
Unite the Right rally
2016
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) capture the city of Manbij from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Syrian civil war
2015
At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.
2015 Tianjin explosions
2000
The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
Russian Navy
1994
Major League Baseball players go on strike, eventually forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
Major League Baseball
1992
Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
North American Free Trade Agreement
1990
Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
Sue (dinosaur)
1985
Japan Air Lines Flight 123, a Boeing 747, crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, becoming the worst single-plane air disaster.
Japan Air Lines Flight 123
1984
An infamous brawl takes place at the Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium between the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres.
1984 Braves–Padres bean brawl
1981
The IBM Personal Computer is released.
IBM Personal Computer
1977
The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
Approach and Landing Tests
1977
The Sri Lanka Riots: Targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power. Over 300 Tamils are killed.
1977 anti-Tamil pogrom
1976
Between 1,000 and 3,500 Palestinians are killed in the Tel al-Zaatar massacre, one of the bloodiest events of the Lebanese Civil War.
Palestinians
1969
Violence erupts after the Apprentice Boys of Derry march in Derry, Northern Ireland, resulting in a three-day communal riot known as the Battle of the Bogside.
Apprentice Boys of Derry
1964
South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
South Africa
1960
Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched.
Project Echo
1953
Thermonuclear bomb testing: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4) using a "layered" scheme.
Nuclear weapons testing
1953
The 7.2 Ms Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
1953 Ionian earthquake