August

Events and photos of August.
View also zodiac sign of Zodiac Leo and Zodiac Virgo.

12 August 1987: Reagan says Iran-Contra arms policy went astray and accepts responsibility
14 August 1986: Senate Judiciary Committee approves William H. Rehnquist as chief justice of USA
14 August 1989: P. W. Botha quits as South Africa's president
15 August 1986: House votes arms appropriations bill rejecting administration's 'Star Wars' policy
15 August 1988 et seq.: Republicans nominate George Bush for president and Indiana senator Dan Quayle for vice president
15-17 August 1969: Woodstock Festival
17 August 1988: Plane blast kills Pakistani president Mohammad Zia ul-Haq
1961 August 13: East Germany erects the Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin to halt flood of refugees
1973 August 15: US bombing of Cambodia ends, marking official halt to 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia
1991 August 10: China accepts nuclear nonproliferation treaty
1991 August 25: Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia win independence
1993 August 28: Israeli-Palestinian accord reached
1994 August 15: 'Carlos the Jackal' international terrorist, captured
1994 August 31: IRA declares cease-fire in Northern Ireland
1996 August 31: Iraqis strike at Kurdish enclave
1997 August 31: Princess Diana, 36, killed with two others in Paris car crash
1997 August 8: U.S. spacecraft transmits thousands of pictures from Mars
1998 August 31: North Korea fires missile across Japan
1998 August 7: U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania bombed
1999 August 17: More than 17,000 people die in 7.4 earthquake in Turkey
2 August 1990 et seq.: Iraqi troops invade Kuwait and seize petroleum reserves, setting off Persian Gulf War
20 August 1968: Czechoslovakia is invaded by Russians and Warsaw Pact forces to crush liberal regime
2005 August 25-30: Hurricane Katrina wreaks catastrophic damage on the Gulf coast; more than 1,000 die and millions are left homeless
20-25 August 1984: Thirty-third Republican National Convention, at Dallas, renominates President Reagan and Vice President Bush
21 August 1983: Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., 50, political rival of Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in Manila
28 August 1963: Civil rights rally held by 200,000 blacks and whites in Washington DC; Martin Luther King delivers 'I have a dream' speech
29 August 1986: Three Lutheran church groups in USA set to merge
29 August 1989: Voyager 2 spacecraft speeds by Neptune after making startling discoveries about the planet and its moons
30 August 1963: Washington-to-Moscow 'hot line' communications link opens, designed to reduce risk of accidental war
30 August 1983: South Korean Boeing 747 jetliner bound for Seoul apparently strays into Soviet airspace and is shot down by a Soviet SU-15 fighter after it had tracked the airliner for two hours; all 269 aboard are killed
31 July 1987,August 3: Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger tells inquiry of official deception and intrigue
5 August 1962: Marilyn Monroe dies of a drug overdose at age 36
6 August 1978: Pope Paul VI, dead at 80, mourned
6 August 2012: The Mars Curiosity rover lands successfully on the Red Planet after seven minutes of terror. The most successful NASA mission in decades
8 August 1974: Richard M. Nixon announces he will resign the next day, the first President to do so
9 August 1974: Vice President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan is sworn in as 38th President of the US
9 August 1989: Army general Colin R. Powell is first black chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
August 1962 to November: Cuban missile crisis USSR to build missile bases in Cuba;Kennedy orders Cuban blockade, lifts blockade after Russians back down
August 1969: half a million people gather near Woodstock for four days of drugs and rock 'n' roll. Performers include Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Who,Joan Baez,Crosby,Stills,Nash and Young,Jefferson Airplane and Sly
13 August 1868: Peru, Equador, 40.000 deads
15 August 2007: Peru, Ica - magnitudo 7,9
1950 August 15: Tibet,India, Assam - 1530 deads - magnitudo 8.6
31 August 1968: Iran, Dasht-e Bayaz - 10.000 deads

August's Notable Births

1974 August 20: Amy Adams, actress (born at Vicenza, Veneto,Italy) Leo
1928 August 06: Andy Warhol, painter, scultore,movie director (Andrew Warhola) (born at Pittsburgh,USA) (dead 1987 February 22) Leo
1960 August 10: Antonio Banderas, actor (born at Málaga, Andalucia, Spain) Leo
1961 August 04: Barack Obama, President of %USA% (born at Honolulu, Hawaii,USA) Leo
1958 August 17: Belinda Carlisle, singer (born at Los Angeles, California, USA) Leo
1972 August 15: Ben Affleck, actor (born at Berkeley, California,USA) Leo
1972 August 30: Cameron Diaz, actress (born at San Diego, California,USA) Virgo
1975 August 07: Charlize Theron, actress (born at Benoni, Transvaal Province, South Africa) Leo
1993 August 06: Charlotte McKinney, Model (born at Orlando, Florida, USA) Leo
1970 August 25: Claudia Schiffer, model (born at Rheinberg, Germany) Virgo
1992 August 20: Demi Lovato, singer (born at Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA) Leo
1937 August 08: Dustin Hoffman, actor (born at Los Angeles,California,USA) Leo
1988 August 05: Federica Pellegrini, swimmer (born at Mirano, Venice,Italy) Leo
1942 August 01: Giancarlo Giannini, actor (born at La Spezia,Italy) Leo
1968 August 09: Gillian Anderson, actress (born at Chicago, Illinois, USA) Leo
1966 August 14: Halle Berry, Movie Actress (born at Cleveland, Ohio, USA) Leo
1915 August 29: Ingrid Bergman, actress (born at Stoccolma, Sweden) (dead 1982 August 29) Virgo
1989 August 26: James Harden, Basketball player (born at Los Angeles, California, USA) Virgo
1990 August 15: Jennifer Lawrence, actress (born at Louisville, Kentucky, USA) Leo
1978 August 23: Kobe Bryant, basketball player (born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,USA) Leo
1997 August 10: Kylie Jenner, TV personality (born at Los Angeles, California, USA) Leo
1958 August 18: Madeleine Stowe, actress (born at Los Angeles,California,USA) Leo
1958 August 16: Madonna, singer (Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone) (born at Bay City, Michigan, USA) Leo
1978 August 06: Marisa Miller, actress (born at Santa Cruz, California,USA) Leo
1976 August 07: Megan Gale, model, actress (born at Perth, Australia) Leo
1957 August 09: Melanie Griffith, actress (born at New York City, USA) Leo
1958 August 29: Michael Jackson, singer (born at Gary, Indiana, USA) (dead 2009 June 25) Virgo
1983 August 14: Mila Kunis, (Milena Markovna Kunis) (born at Chernivtsi,Ukrainian SSR,Russia) Leo
1952 August 18: Patrick Swayze, actor (born at Houston) (dead 2009 September 14) Leo
1971 August 12: Pete Sampras, Tennis player (born at Potomac, Maryland, USA) Leo
1971 August 14: Raoul Bova, actor (born at Rome,Italy) Leo
1949 August 31: Richard Gere, actor (born at Filadelfia, Pennsylvania, USA) Virgo
1943 August 17: Robert De Niro, actor (born at New York,USA) Leo
1937 August 18: Robert Redford, actor (born at Santa Monica, California, USA) Leo
1981 August 08: Roger Federer, tennis player (born at Basel, Switzerland) Leo
1930 August 25: Sean Connery, actor (born at Fountainbridge, UK) Virgo
1926 August 01: SS Calcio Napoli, Soccer team (born at Napoli, Italy) Leo
1933 August 22: Sylva Koscina, actress (born at Zagabria) (dead 1994 December 26) Leo
1986 August 21: Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter (born at Trelawny, Jamaica) Leo
1963 August 09: Whitney Houston, singer, actress (born at Newark, USA) (dead 2012 February 11) Leo
1973 August 23: Abba , Group singers (born at Sweden) Leo
1922 August 18: Alain Robbe-Grillet , letterato (born at Brest, France) (dead 2008 February 18) Leo
1986 August 12: Alessandra Amoroso , LN (born at Italy) Leo
1963 August 16: Alessandra Casella , actress (born at Italy) Leo
1899 August 13: Alfred Hitchcock , director (born at London, United Kingdom) (dead 1980 April 29) Leo
1899 August 13: Alfred Joseph Hitchcock , movie director (born at Leytonstone) (dead 1980 April 29) Leo
1936 August 20: Alice Kessler , dancer Leo
1947 August 12: Amedeo Minghi , singer (born at Rome,Italy) Leo
1946 August 15: Amir Naderi , actor Leo
1940 August 01: Andrea Mingardi , singer Leo
1958 August 16: Angela Bassett , actress Leo
1985 August 30: Anna Dalton Piccirillo , actress (born at Arzignano) Virgo
1934 August 20: Anna Maria Guarnieri , actress Leo
1953 August 26: Anna Maria Rizzoli , actress Virgo
1937 August 11: Anna Raymond Massey , actress (born at Thakeham) (dead 2011 July 03) Leo
1961 August 06: Antonella Interlenghi , actress Leo
1966 August 25: Antonio Abbagnale , athlete (born at Italy) Virgo
1968 August 21: Antonio Benarrivo , soccer player (born at Italy) Leo
1924 August 04: Antonio Maccanico , politician Leo
1954 August 07: Antonio Resines , actor Leo
1982 August 20: Arisa , singer (Rosalba Pippa) (born at Genova,Italy) Leo
1978 August 09: Audrey Tautou , actress Leo
1947 August 27: Barbara Bach , actress Virgo
1943 August 15: Barbara Bouchet , actress (born at Liberec, Repubblica Ceca) Leo
1960 August 09: Barbara De Rossi , actress Leo
1930 August 28: Ben Gazzarra , actor (born at New York City,USA) (dead 2012 February 03) Virgo
1928 August 11: Beniamino Andreatta , politician (born at Trento,Italy) (dead 2007 March 26) Leo
1963 August 04: Beppe Quintale , television host Leo
1946 August 19: Bill Clinton , ex USA president (born at Hope, Arkansas, USA) Leo
1955 August 04: Billy Bob Thornton , actor Leo
1968 August 18: Black Sabbath , Group Leo
1935 August 19: Bobby Richardson , Baseball player Leo
1952 August 06: Brian Levant , actor Leo
1940 August 16: Bruce Beresford , movie director Leo
1956 August 12: Bruce Greenwood , actor Leo
1937 August 30: Bruce Leslie McLaren , driver (born at Auckland) (dead 1970 June 02) Virgo
1937 August 08: Bruno Lauzi , singer (born at Asmara) (dead 2006 October 24) Leo
1939 August 20: Calogero Mannino , politician Leo
1810 August 10: Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour , PROF (born at Torino,Italy) (dead 1861 June 06) Leo
1936 August 20: Carla Fracci , classic dancer Leo
1941 August 05: Carla Gravina , actress Leo
1971 August 29: Carla Gugino , actress Virgo
1957 August 01: Carlo Massullo , athlete Leo
1942 August 07: Carlo Monzon , boxer (born at San Javier) (dead 1995 January 08) Leo
1818 August 22: Carlo Pisacane , Patriota italiano (dead 1857 July 02) Leo
1929 August 15: Carlo Ripa di Meana , politician Leo
1957 August 18: Carole Bouquet , actress, model (born at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Nanterre, France) Leo
1967 August 21: Carrie-Anne Moss , actress (born at Burnaby) Leo
1975 August 12: Casey Affleck , actor Leo
1958 August 14: Cecilia Roth , actress Leo
1941 August 22: Cesare Ragazzi , entrepreneur Leo
1939 August 23: Charles Wardle , politician Leo
1986 August 03: Charlotte Casiraghi , figlia di Carolina Leo
1995 August 12: Chemical Brothers , Group Leo
1952 August 12: Chen Kaige , movie director (born at Pechino) Leo
1986 August 12: Chiara Galiazzo , PPP (born at Padova) Leo
1973 August 05: Chiara Giordano , moglie Raul Bova Leo
1972 August 31: Chris Tucker , actor Virgo
1969 August 18: Christian Slater , actor (born at New York,USA) Leo
1948 August 01: Christopher Crowe , actor Leo
1903 August 19: Claude Dauphin , actor (born at Corbeil-Essonnes) (dead 1978 November 16) Leo
1862 August 22: Claude Debussy , composer,pianista (born at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France) (dead 1918 March 25) Leo
1953 August 09: Clemente Mimun , direttore tg1 Leo
1963 August 01: Coolio , singer Leo
1971 August 23: Damiano Pippi , wolley Leo
1968 August 18: Daniele Silvestri , singer Leo
1962 August 28: David Andrew Leo Fincher , movie director (born at Denver) Virgo
1973 August 24: David Cappelle , actor Virgo
1960 August 07: David Duchovny , actor Leo
1966 August 14: David Halliday , letterato Leo
1958 August 20: David O. Russel , actor Leo
1943 August 28: David Soul , actor (Richard Solberg) (born at Chicago,USA) Virgo
1971 August 23: Demetrio Albertini , soccer player Leo
1919 August 08: Dino De Laurentis , producer (born at Torre Annunziata, Italy) (dead 2010 November 11) Leo
1958 August 13: Domenico Dolce , stylist (born at Italy) Leo
1780 August 29: Dominique Ingres , painter (dead 1867 January 04) Virgo
1980 August 12: Dominique Swain , actress Leo
1939 August 21: Don Backy , singer (Aldo Caponi) (born at Santa Croce sull'Arno,Italy) Leo
1940 August 13: Donald Murray , actor Leo
1947 August 10: Drupi , singer (G.Anelli) (born at Italy) Leo
1959 August 14: E. Magic Johnson , basket Leo
1977 August 02: Edward Furlong , actor Leo
1969 August 18: Edward Norton , actor, movie director, producer (born at Boston,USA) Leo
1936 August 20: Ellen Kessler , dancer Leo
1938 August 29: Elliott Gould Goldstein , actor (born at Brooklyn) Virgo
1981 August 29: Emile Duquenne , actress Virgo
1932 August 07: Emilio Lavazza , entrepreneur caffe (born at Torino,Italy) (dead 2010 February 16) Leo
1965 August 14: Emmanuelle Bèart , actress Leo
1958 August 05: Enrica Maria Modugno , actress Leo
1920 August 09: Enzo Biagi , Writer,Giornalist (born at Lizzano in Belvedere,Italy) (dead 2007 November 06) Leo
1952 August 31: Enzo Iacchetti , actor comic Virgo
1920 August 09: Enzo Marco Biagi , journalist (born at Pianaccio di Lizzano in Belvedere,Italy) (dead 2007 November 06) Leo
1949 August 11: Eric Carmen , singer Leo
1921 August 08: Esther Jane Williams , campionessa di nuoto ed actress (born at Inglewood) (dead 2013 June 06) Leo
1941 August 02: Fabio Testi , actor Leo
1937 August 06: Fedele Confalonieri , presidente mediaset (born at Milano,Italy) Leo
1983 August 26: Felix Vicious , actress pornografica (born at Denver) Virgo
1902 August 13: Felix Wankel , Inventore tedesco (dead 1988 October 09) Leo
1937 August 11: Fernando Arrabal Terán , ragista, writer (born at Melilla) Leo
1926 August 13: Fidel Castro , politician (Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz) (born at Birán, Cuba) (dead 2016 November 25) Leo
1973 August 09: Filippo Inzaghi , soccer player Leo
1921 August 15: Francesco Fabbri , politician (dead 1977 January 20) Leo
1967 August 08: Francesco Giorgino , journalist Leo
1946 August 24: Francesco Oddo , journalist sportivo Virgo
1941 August 03: Franco Menichelli , ginnasta Leo
1912 August 04: Frank Oppenheimer , phisician (born at New York, USA) (dead 1985 February 03) Leo
1940 August 17: Gabriella Farinon , presentatrice tv Leo
1959 August 27: Gerhard Berger , Formula1 driver (born at Wörgl, Austria) Virgo
1972 August 06: Geri Halliwell , songwriter,writer (born at Watford,UK) Leo
1936 August 19: Gianfranco D Angelo , actor comic (born at Italy) Leo
1944 August 15: Gianfranco Ferrè , stylist (dead 2007 June 17) Leo
1970 August 11: Gianluca Pessotto , soccer player (born at Italy) Leo
1917 August 17: Gianni Agus , actor (born at Cagliari) (dead 1994 March 04) Leo
1943 August 18: Gianni Rivera , ex, soccer player, politician (born at Alessandria,Italy) Leo
1954 August 15: Gianroberto Casaleggio , fondatore Movimento 5 stelle, entrepreneur Leo
1939 August 19: Ginger Baker , batterista Leo
1973 August 05: Giò di Tonno , singer Leo
1938 August 07: Giorgetto Giugiaro , designer Leo
1923 August 20: Giorgio Albertazzi , actor (born at Fiesole,Italy) (dead 2016 May 28) Leo
1920 August 28: Giorgio Bocca , writer (born at Cuneo,Italy) (dead 2011 December 25) Virgo
1921 August 14: Giorgio Strehler , movie director teatrale (dead 1997 December 25) Leo
1931 August 26: Giovanni Invernizzi , soccer player (born at Albairate) (dead 2005 February 28) Virgo
1936 August 17: Giulio Rapetti Mogol , composer Leo
1947 August 18: Giulio Tremonti , politician, economist (born at Sondrio) Leo
1980 August 24: Giuseppe Colucci , soccer player Virgo
1952 August 31: Giuseppe Stefanel , entrepreneur Virgo
1975 August 15: Gloria Zanin , fotomodel Leo
1971 August 07: Gregor Fucka , athlete Leo
1927 August 24: Guido Ceronetti , poet, writer Virgo
1952 August 17: Guillermo Vilas , Tennis player Leo
1926 August 10: Gustavo Selva , politician,journalist Leo
1908 August 22: Henri Cartier-Bresson , Fotografo (dead 2004 August 02) Leo
1982 August 12: Henry Fonda , actor Leo
1874 August 10: Herbert Hoover , 31st President of US (1929-1933) (dead 1964 October 20) Leo
1962 August 09: Hermann Hesse , poet/author (Nobel 1946) Leo
1936 August 25: Hugh Hudson , actor Virgo
1953 August 11: Hulk Hogan , wrestler, actor (Terrence Gene Bollea) (born at Augusta) Leo
1947 August 10: Ian Anderson , PPP (Jethro Tull) Leo
1973 August 30: Ilaria D Amico , conduttrice (born at Rome,Italy) Virgo
1975 August 07: Iron Maiden , Group (born at London,UK) Leo
1942 August 20: Isaac Hayes , musician (dead 2008 August 10) Leo
1957 August 12: Isaach De Bankolé , actor Leo
1942 August 02: Isabel Allende , scritrice (born at Lima) Leo
1939 August 03: Ivo Consolini , athlete Leo
1937 August 29: Jackie Jenkins , actress bambina (born at Los Angeles,California,USA) (dead 2001 August 14) Virgo
1928 August 31: James Coburn , actor (born at New York,USA) (dead 2002 November 18) Virgo
1954 August 16: James Francis Cameron , movie director Leo
1972 August 05: J-Ax , rapper,songwriter (Alessandro Aleotti) (born at Milano,Italy) Leo
1970 August 23: Jay Mohr , actor Leo
1941 August 24: Jean Plaskie , entrepreneur Virgo
1957 August 13: Jean-Claude Aumont , actor Leo
1942 August 01: Jerry Garcia , chitarrista,singer (dead 1995 August 09) Leo
1956 August 07: Jerry Scotti , television host Leo
1933 August 11: Jerzy Grotowski , movie director polacco (dead 1999 January 14) Leo
1944 August 02: Joanna Cassidy , actress Leo
1954 August 11: Joe Jackson , singer (born at Burton upon Trent) Leo
1939 August 29: Joel Schumacher , movie director, sceneggiatore,producer cinematografico (born at New York,USA) Virgo
1950 August 03: John Landis , actor Leo
1949 August 25: John Savage , actor Virgo
1966 August 05: Jonathan Silverman , actor Leo
1965 August 13: Jorge Perugorrìa , actor Leo
1964 August 01: Kaspar Capparoni , actor Leo
1961 August 17: Kati Outinen , actress Leo
1949 August 08: Keith Carradine , actor Leo
1967 August 26: Kelly Madison , actress pornografica (born at Newport Beach) Virgo
1938 August 21: Kenny Rogers , singer, actor,grafo (born at Houston) Leo
1956 August 21: Kim Cattral , actress Leo
1958 August 03: Lambert Wilson , actor Leo
1935 August 25: Lando Buzzanca , actor Virgo
1944 August 17: Larry Ellison , entrepreneur (born at New York City, New York, USA) Leo
1943 August 04: Laura Biagiotti , stylist (born at Rome,Italy) (dead 2017 May 26) Leo
1956 August 21: Laura Morante , actress Leo
1977 August 06: Leandro , soccer player Leo
1966 August 23: Leandro Barsotti , singer Leo
1947 August 01: Leoluca Orlando , politician Leo
1918 August 25: Leonard Bernstein , Compositore e direttore d'orchestra statunitense (dead 1990 October 14) Virgo
1925 August 27: Leopoldo Pirelli , entrepreneur (born at Velate,Italy) (dead 2007 January 23) Virgo
1928 August 14: Lina Wertmuller , movie director (born at Rome,Italy) Leo
1960 August 19: Linda Lorenzi , television host Leo
1943 August 21: Lino Capolicchio , actor (born at Merano) Leo
1945 August 05: Loni Anderson , actress Leo
1972 August 26: Loredana Lecciso , showgirl,ex moglie di Al Bano (born at Lecce,Italy) Virgo
1965 August 10: Lorella Cuccarini , showgirl Leo
1971 August 13: Lorenzo Crespi , actor Leo
1901 August 04: Louis Armstrong , Musicista jazz statunitense (dead 1971 July 06) Leo
1947 August 31: Luca Cordero di Montezemolo , manager Virgo
1946 August 13: Luciana Turina , singer Leo
1928 August 18: Luciano De Crescenzo , writer (born at Napoli,Italy) Leo
1930 August 10: Luigi De Filippo , attore teatrale (dead 2018 March 31) Leo
1980 August 26: Macaulay Culkin , actor (born at New York, USA) Virgo
1890 August 27: Man Ray , painter,grafo (dead 1976 November 18) Virgo
1957 August 14: Marcia Gay Harden , actor Leo
1965 August 06: Marco Liorni , television host Leo
1982 August 07: Marco Melandri , motorcyclist Leo
1969 August 02: Marco Villa , cyclist Leo
1968 August 04: Marcus Schenkenberg , modello Leo
1965 August 19: Maria de Medeiros , actress Leo
1940 August 25: Maria Giovanna Elmi , television host Virgo
1940 August 14: Maria Grazia Buccella , actress Leo
1947 August 10: Maria Pia Garavaglia , politician Leo
1945 August 27: Marianne Sagebrecht , actress Virgo
1951 August 08: Marin Brest , actor Leo
1966 August 10: Marina Berlusconi , manager Leo
1955 August 30: Marina Perzy , actress Virgo
1990 August 12: Mario Balotelli , soccer player (born at Palermo,Italy) Leo
1923 August 06: Marisa Merlini , actress (born at Rome,Italy) (dead 2008 July 27) Leo
1965 August 24: Marlee Beth Matlin , actress (born at Morton Grove) Virgo
1946 August 17: Martha Coolidge , actress Leo
1940 August 03: Martin Sheen , actor Leo
1964 August 02: Mary Louise Parker , actress Leo
1954 August 08: Massimo Dapporto , actor Leo
1876 August 07: Mata Hari , Spia (Margaretha Geertruida Zelle) (born at Leeuwarden) (dead 1917 October 15) Leo
1964 August 02: Mathieu Carrière , actress Leo
1964 August 22: Mats Wilander , Tennis player Leo
1970 August 04: Matteo Becucci , songwriter (born at Livorno,Italy) Leo
1969 August 19: Mattghew Perry , actor Leo
1967 August 03: Matthieu Kassovitz , actress Leo
1938 August 28: Maurizio Costanzo , television host Virgo
1950 August 09: Mauro Corona , writer, scultore,alpinista Leo
1971 August 30: Max Laudadio , conduttore, actor, conduttore radiofonico (born at Pistoia) Virgo
1932 August 21: Melvin Van Peebles , actor, sceneggiatore (born at Chicago,USA) Leo
1962 August 06: Michelle Yeoh , actress Leo
1942 August 09: Miguel Littin , actor Leo
1925 August 11: Mike Douglas , actor (Michael Delaney Dowd, Jr.) (dead 2006 August 11) Leo
1936 August 17: Mogol Giulio Rapetti , composer (born at Milano,Italy) Leo
1971 August 13: Moritz Bleibtreu , actor Leo
1900 August 04: Nabi Tajima , la donna più anziana al mondo, 117 anni (dead 2018 April 21) Leo
1953 August 19: Nanni Moretti , movie director, sceneggiatore, actor,producer (born at Brunico) Leo
1769 August 15: Napoleone Bonaparte , Politician (born at Ajaccio, France) (dead 1821 May 05) Leo
1769 August 15: Napoleone Buonaparte , condottiero (born at Ajaccio, France) (dead 1821 May 05) Leo
1941 August 01: Natalie Delon , actress Leo
1974 August 15: Natasha Henstridge , actress Leo
1930 August 05: Neil Armstrong , astronauta (born at Wapakoneta,USA) (dead 2012 August 25) Leo
1952 August 17: Nelson Piquet , Formula1 driver Leo
1974 August 29: Nicola Amoruso , soccer player Virgo
1975 August 20: Nina Di Majo , actress Leo
1941 August 24: Paola Pitagora , actress Virgo
1951 August 03: Paolo Bertolucci , Tennis player Leo
1939 August 23: Paolo Occhipinti , actor (born at Italy) Leo
1962 August 05: Patrick Ewing , Jamaican-born basketball player Leo
1970 August 30: Paulo Manuel Carvalho Sousa , soccer player Virgo
1898 August 26: Peggy Guggenheim , Collezionista d'arte statunitense (dead 1979 December 23) Virgo
1955 August 19: Peter Galagher , actor Leo
1932 August 02: Peter O Toole , Irish actor (dead 2013 December 14) Leo
1934 August 16: Peter Saul , painter Leo
1953 August 27: Peter Stormare , actor Virgo
1944 August 21: Peter Wier , movie director, actor, writer,sceneggiatore (born at Vaucluse, Sydney,Australia) Leo
1959 August 30: Pino Giuseppe Insegno , actor, comic, doppiatore, conduttore, movie director (born at Rome,Italy) Virgo
1950 August 15: Principessa Anna d Inghilterra , Noble Leo
1969 August 22: Rabarama , pittrice,scultrice (Paola Epifani) (born at Rome,Italy) Leo
1937 August 15: Raul Casadei , musician Leo
1963 August 21: Re Mohamed VI del Marocco , Re Leo
1959 August 29: Rebecca De Mornay , actress (born at Santa Rosa, California,USA) Virgo
1939 August 05: Regina Irene d Olanda , Noble Leo
1923 August 29: Richard Attenborough , actor,director (born at Cambridge, England, UK) (dead 2014 24) Virgo
1923 August 29: Richard Samuel Attenborough , actor,director(Barone di Richmond upon Thames) (born at Cambridge) (dead 2014 August 24) Virgo
1948 August 23: Rick Springfield , actor Leo
1947 August 31: Rita Dalla Chiesa , television host Virgo
1945 August 23: Rita Pavone , singer Leo
1918 August 09: Robert Aldrich , movie director (born at Cranston) (dead 1983 December 05) Leo
1917 August 06: Robert Charles Durman Mitchum , actor (born at Bridgeport) (dead 1997 July 01) Leo
1943 August 16: Roberto Colaninno , entrepreneur Leo
1958 August 04: Rocco Bormioli , entrepreneur (born at Italy) Leo
1933 August 18: Roman Polanski , movie director,actor(Rajmund Roman Thierry Liebling) (born at Paris,France) Leo
1939 August 09: Romano Prodi , politician (born at Italy) Leo
1953 August 14: Ron , singer (Rosalino Cellamare) Leo
1947 August 10: Ronnie Spector , musician Leo
1959 August 10: Rosanna Arquette , actress Leo
1984 August 03: Ryan Steven Lochte , PROF (born at Rochester, New York,USA) Leo
1901 August 20: Salvatore Quasimodo , poet/essayist (Nobel ~1959~) (born at Modica, Sicily, Italy) (dead 1968 June 14) Leo
1944 August 09: Sam Elliott , actor Leo
1965 August 01: Sam Mendes , actor Leo
1946 August 01: Sampdoria , società calcistica Leo
1960 August 17: Sean Penn Justin , actor, movie director, producer (born at Santa Monica,California,USA) Leo
1978 August 15: Selion Lassisi , soccer player Leo
1973 August 21: Sergey Brin , entrepreneur (born at Moscow, Russia) Leo
1954 August 31: Sergio Caputo , singer Virgo
1955 August 18: Sergio Castellitto , actor, movie director, sceneggiatore (born at Rome,Italy) Leo
1948 August 04: Sergio Cusani , entrepreneur (born at Napoli,Italy) Leo
1946 August 16: Sheila , singer (Annie Chancel) (born at Créteil,Paris) Leo
1949 August 23: Shelley Lee Long , actress (born at Ford Wayne) Leo
1923 August 02: Shimon Peres , politician (born at Višneva) Leo
1925 August 24: Shirley Hufstedler , dancer Virgo
1941 August 20: Slobodan Miloševic , politician (dead 2006 March 11) Leo
1968 August 30: Sonia Grey , actress, conduttrice (born at Rho) Virgo
1947 August 12: Stefano Benni , writer Leo
1956 August 06: Stephanie Kramer , actress Leo
1948 August 24: Steve Guttenberg , actor Virgo
1945 August 14: Steve Martin , actor Leo
1957 August 24: Sthephen Fry , actor Virgo
1947 August 11: Stuart Gordon , actor Leo
1944 August 15: Sylvie Vartan , singer (born at Iskrets, Bulgaria) Leo
1964 August 12: Teo Mammucari , television host (born at Velletri) Leo
1950 August 15: Tess Harper , actor Leo
1983 August 26: The Love Twins , actress pornografica (born at Cleveland) Virgo
1982 August 28: Thiago Motta , soccer player Virgo
1958 August 25: Tim Burton , actor Virgo
1960 August 16: Timothy Hutton , actor Leo
1939 August 22: Tiziano Treu , politician (born at Italy) Leo
1961 August 27: Tom Ford , stylist Virgo
1933 August 25: Tom Skerritt , actor Virgo
1963 August 22: Tori Amos , singer (born at Newton, North Carolina, USA) Leo
1988 August 26: Tori Black , actress pornografica (born at Seattle) Virgo
1965 August 29: Tosca , singer (T. Donati) Virgo
1954 August 18: Umberto Guidoni , astronauta (born at Rome,Italy) Leo
1962 August 19: Valerie Kaprisky , actress Leo
1945 August 31: Van Morrison , songwriter Virgo
1939 August 07: Verna Bloom , actress Leo
1975 August 10: Vismara Lorenzo , nuotatore Leo
1921 August 15: Vittorio Caprioli , actor (born at Napoli,Italy) (dead 1989 October 02) Leo
1944 August 16: Vittorio Zucconi , journalist, writer Leo
1930 August 30: Warren Buffett , entrepreneur (born at Omaha, Nebraska, USA) Virgo
1939 August 02: Wes Craven , movie director, sceneggiatore,producer Leo
1939 August 29: William Friedkin , movie director, sceneggiatore,producer (born at Chicago,USA) Virgo
1945 August 14: Wim Wenders , movie director Leo
1749 August 28: Wolfang Goethe , poet (born at Francoforte) (dead 1832 March 22) Virgo
1929 August 24: Yasser Arafat , Founder of 'Palestine Liberation Organization', nobel prize winner (dead 2004 November 11) Virgo
1936 August 01: Yves Saint Laurent , stylist (born at Orano, Algeria) (dead 2008 June 01) Leo
1946 August 21: Zuzzurro , actor comic (Andrea Brambilla) (born at Varese) Leo

August's Notable Deaths

1580 August 19: Andrea Palladio, architect (dead at Maser,Italy) (born 1508 November 30) Sagittarius
2003 August 30: Charles Bronson, actor(Charles Dennis Buchinsky) (dead at Los Angeles,California,USA) (born 1921 November 03) Scorpio
1660 August 06: Diego Velazquez, painter (dead at Madrid, Spain) (born 1599 June 06) Gemini
1980 August 14: Dorothy Stratten, model (dead at Los Angeles, California, USA) (born 1960 February 28) Pisces
1977 August 16: Elvis Presley, singer, actor (dead at Memphis, Tennessee, USA) (born 1935 January 08) Capricorn
1863 August 13: Eugene Delacroix, painter (dead at Paris, France) (born 1798 April 26) Taurus
1982 August 29: Ingrid Bergman, actress (dead at London,United Kingdom) (born 1915 August 29) Virgo
1956 August 11: Jackson Pollock, painter (dead at Springs, New York, United States) (born 1912 January 28) Aquarius
1962 August 05: Marilyn Monroe, actress (Norma Jeane Mortensen) (dead at Los Angeles,California,USA) (born 1926 June 01) Gemini
1967 August 15: Rene Magritte, painter belga (dead at Brussels, Belgium) (born 1898 November 21) Scorpio
2014 August 11: Robin Williams, actor (dead at Paradise Cay, California,USA) (born 1951 July 21) Cancer
1576 August 27: Tiziano, painter (dead at Venezia,Italy)
1916 August 17: Umberto Boccioni, painter,sculptor (dead at Verona, Italy) (born 1882 October 19) Libra
1862 August 07: William Turner, painter inglese (dead at St John Street, Oxford, UK) (born 1789 November 29) Sagittarius
2014 August 24: Aldo Donati , songwriter, actor,conduttore televisivo (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1947 September 02) Virgo
2008 August 03: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , writer (dead at Moscow, Russia) (born 1918 December 11) Sagittarius
2008 August 07: Andrea Pininfarina , entrepreneur (dead at Trofarello) (born 1957 June 26) Cancer
2008 August 08: Antonio Gava , politician (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1930 July 30) Leo
1964 August 19: Ardengo Soffici , poet, writer,painter (born 1879 April 07) Aries
2018 August 16: Aretha Franklin , singer (born 25 March 42) Aries
1956 August 16: Béla Lugosi , actor (Conte Dracula) (born 1882 October 20) Libra
1956 August 14: Bertolt Brecht , writer (dead at Berlin, Germany) (born 1898 February 10) Aquarius
2000 August 25: Carl Barks , Fumettista statunitense, padre di Paperino (born 1901 March 27) Aries
2012 August 31: Carlo Maria Martini , Cardinal (dead at Gallarate,Italy) (born 1927 February 15) Aquarius
2010 August 18: Carlo Ugo di Borbone-Parma , politician (dead at Barcelona) (born 1930 April 08) Aries
1969 August 09: Cecil Frank Powell , physicist
1806 August 23: Charles Augustin de Coulomb , Scintist (dead at Paris,France) (born 1736 June 14) Gemini
1974 August 26: Charles Lindbergh , Aviator, Inventor (dead at Kipahulu, Hawaii, USA) (born 1902 February 04) Aquarius
1994 August 06: Domenico Modugno , singer (dead at Isola di Lampedusa,Italy) (born 1928 January 09) Capricorn
1988 August 14: Enzo Ferrari , capitano d'industria (dead at Maranello,Italy) (born 1898 February 18) Aquarius
2014 August 08: Federico Orlando , journalist (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1928 October 13) Libra
1910 August 13: Florence Nightingale , (born 1820 May 12) Taurus
1667 August 03: Francesco Borromini , architect swiss-italian (born 1599 September 25) Libra
2010 August 17: Francesco Cossiga , politician (dead at Rome,Italy) (born 1928 July 26) Leo
1996 August 27: Francis Gregory Alan Morris , actor (born 1933 September 27) Libra
2009 August 01: Francis Jeanson , architect (born 1922 July 07) Cancer
1786 August 17: Frederick II , PPP (born 1712 January 24) Aquarius
1895 August 05: Friedrich Engels , economist, filosofo,politician (born 1820 November 28) Sagittarius
1900 August 25: Friedrich Nietzsche , filosofo, poet (dead at Weimar, Germany) (born 1844 October 15) Libra
1973 August 06: Fulgencio Batista , Cuban Dictator (1940-1958) (born 1901 January 16) Capricorn
2016 August 29: Gene Wilder , actor, movie director (dead at Stamford,USA) (born 1933 June 11) Gemini
1963 August 31: Georges Braque , painter,sculptor beginnes of the cubism (born 1882 May 13) Taurus
2009 August 11: Gianmaria Gazzaniga , journalist (dead at Milano,Italy) (born (1927))
1908 August 30: Giovanni Fattori , painter (born 1825 September 06) Virgo
1981 August 22: Glauber Rocha , actor (born 1939 March 14) Pisces
2006 August 30: Glenn Ford , actor (Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford) (dead at Beverly Hills, California, USA) (born 1916 May 01) Taurus
1986 August 31: Goffredo Parise , writer,journalist (dead at Treviso,Italy) (born 1929 December 08) Sagittarius
1977 August 19: Groucho Marx , comedian (Marx Bros) (dead at Los Angeles,California,USA)
1975 August 27: Haile Selassie , Ethiopian emperor
2007 August 05: Henri Amouroux , journalist, storico (- ) (born 1920 July 01) Cancer
2004 August 02: Henri Cartier-Bresson , Fotografo (born 1908 August 22) Leo
1516 August 09: Hieronymus Bosch , painter olandese (born 1453 October 02) Libra
1850 August 17: Honore de Balzac , writer (born 1799 May 20) Taurus
1995 August 20: Hugo Pratt Eugenio , fumettista, romanziere,saggista (dead at Losanna,Switzerland) (born (1927))
1964 August 12: Ian Fleming , writer (born 1908 May 28) Gemini
1540 August 24: Il Parmigianino , painter (born 1503 January 11) Capricorn
2008 August 10: Isaac Hayes , musician (born 1942 August 20) Leo