A retail CEO is selling his enormous Beverly Hills 'palace' for $80 million — take a look inside

Crystal chandeliers feature in nearly every room in the house.Nest Seekers International

A new mansion has just hit the market in Beverly Hills.

At $80 million, it's one of the most expensive houses on the market in the US. With 28,000 square feet of space, it's also one of the largest.

The property is being sold by retail CEO  Albert Elkouby, a property developer who also owns an apparel company called JH Design. The house was previously listed two years ago for $72 million, but it failed to sell in its half-finished state.

Described as a "French Chateau" in the listing, Elkouby's home has every luxurious amenity and excess imaginable. 

The 1.5-acre property was landscaped to look like it belonged in the French countryside.

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The entrance is grandiose and unflinching.

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Inside, two marble staircases lead to the second floor of the two-story foyer.

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There's plenty of space to lounge in the sitting room.

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That's not a mirror — the room really is that large.

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There really is no shortage of places to sit.

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The home totals 28,000 square feet of space.

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The kitchen is also suitably large.

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Marble countertops abound.

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A dining room lays just off the kitchen.

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Upstairs is where things get interesting. There's a large sitting room off the master bedroom ...

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... and a huge dressing room.

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There's no lack of closet space here.

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The shower doubles as a sauna.

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There are 10 other bedrooms, including a three-bedroom guest house.

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The other bathrooms are also spacious.

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A wood-paneled study is both dramatic and inviting.

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Finishing off the amenities, there's a cinema ...

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... a real sauna room ...

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... and an indoor pool.

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There's also a 3,000-square-foot ballroom that rivals professional event spaces.

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• 1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who had died the previous day, had no heirs.
• 963 – Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
• 1328 – The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708.
• 1513 – Battle of the Spurs (Battle of Guinegate): King Henry VIII of England and his Imperial allies defeat French Forces who are then forced to retreat.
• 1652 – Battle of Plymouth: Inconclusive naval action between the fleets of Michiel de Ruyter and George Ayscue in the First Anglo-Dutch War.
• 1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans led by General John Stark rout British and Brunswick troops under Friedrich Baum at the Battle of Bennington in Walloomsac, New York.
• 1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
• 1792 – Maximilien de Robespierre presents the petition of the Commune of Paris to the Legislative Assembly, which demanded the formation of a revolutionary tribunal.
• 1793 – French Revolution: A levée en masse is decreed by the National Convention.
• 1812 – War of 1812: American General William Hull surrenders Fort Detroit without a fight to the British Army.
• 1819 – Peterloo Massacre: Seventeen people die and over 600 are injured in cavalry charges at a public meeting at St. Peter's Field, Manchester, England.
• 1841 – U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
• 1858 – U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
• 1859 – The Tuscan National Assembly formally deposes the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
• 1863 – The Dominican Restoration War begins when Gregorio Luperón raises the Dominican flag in Santo Domingo after Spain had recolonized the country.
• 1869 – Battle of Acosta Ñu: A Paraguayan battalion made up of children is massacred by the Brazilian Army during the Paraguayan War.
• 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Mars-la-Tour is fought, resulting in a Prussian victory.
• 1891 – The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
• 1896 – Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
• 1900 – The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British. The battle had begun when a force of between 2,000 and 3,000 Boers had surrounded a force of 500 Australians, Rhodesians, Canadians and British soldiers at a supply dump at Brakfontein Drift.
• 1906 – An estimated 8.2 M_W earthquake hits Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,886 people.
• 1913 – Tōhoku Imperial University of Japan (modern day Tohoku University) becomes the first university in Japan to admit female students.
• 1913 – Completion of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary.
• 1916 – The Migratory Bird Treaty between Canada and the United States signed.
• 1918 – The Battle of Lake Baikal was fought between the Czechoslovak Legion and the Red Army.
• 1920 – Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and dies early the next day. Chapman was the second player to die from injuries sustained in a Major League Baseball game, the first being Doc Powers in 1909.
• 1920 – The congress of the Communist Party of Bukhara opens. The congress would call for armed revolution.
• 1920 – Polish–Soviet War: The Battle of Radzymin concludes; the Soviet Red Army is forced to turn away from Warsaw.
• 1923 – The United Kingdom gives the name "Ross Dependency" to part of its claimed Antarctic territory and makes the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand its administrator.
• 1927 – The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
• 1929 – The 1929 Palestine riots break out in Mandatory Palestine between Palestinian Arabs and Jews and continue until the end of the month. In total, 133 Jews and 116 Arabs are killed.
• 1930 – The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.
• 1930 – The first British Empire Games were opened in Hamilton, Ontario by the Governor General of Canada, the Viscount Willingdon.
• 1942 – World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California.
• 1944 – First flight of the Junkers Ju 287.
• 1945 – An assassination attempt is made on Japan's prime minister, Kantarō Suzuki.
• 1945 – The National Representatives' Congress, the precursor of the current National Assembly of Vietnam, convenes in Sơn Dương.
• 1946 – Mass riots in Kolkata begin; more than 4,000 people would be killed in 72 hours.
• 1946 – The All Hyderabad Trade Union Congress is founded in Secunderabad.
• 1954 – The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
• 1960 – Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1960 – Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,300 m), setting three records that held until 2012: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.
• 1962 – Eight years after the remaining French India territories were handed to India, the ratifications of the treaty are exchanged to make the transfer official.
• 1962 – Pete Best is discharged from the Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
• 1964 – Vietnam War: A coup d'état replaces Dương Văn Minh with General Nguyễn Khánh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy.
• 1966 – Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
• 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.
• 1987 – Northwest Airlines Flight 255 a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crashes after take off in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus two people on the ground.
• 1989 – A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto's stock market.
• 2008 – The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
• 2012 – South African police fatally shoot 34 miners and wound 78 more during an industrial dispute near Rustenburg.
• 2013 – The ferry St. Thomas Aquinas collides with a cargo ship and sinks at Cebu, Philippines, killing 61 people with 59 others missing.
• 2015 – More than 96 people are killed and hundreds injured following a series of air-raids by the Syrian Arab Air Force on the rebel-held market town of Douma.

Births[edit]

• 1355 – Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (d. 1382)
• 1378 – Hongxi Emperor of China (d. 1425)
• 1401 – Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut (d. 1436)
• 1557 – Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and etcher (d. 1602)
• 1565 – Christina, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (d. 1637)
• 1573 – Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1598)
• 1637 – Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (d. 1706)
• 1645 – Jean de La Bruyère, French philosopher and author (d. 1696)
• 1650 – Vincenzo Coronelli, Italian monk, cosmographer, and cartographer (d. 1718)
• 1682 – Louis, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1712)
• 1744 – Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor (d. 1804)
• 1761 – Yevstigney Fomin, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1800)
• 1815 – John Bosco, Italian priest and educator (d. 1888)
• 1820 – Andrew Rainsford Wetmore, Canadian lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of New Brunswick (d. 1892)
• 1821 – Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (d. 1895)
• 1831 – John Jones Ross, Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Premier of Quebec (d. 1901)
• 1832 – Wilhelm Wundt, German physician, psychologist, and physiologist (d. 1920)
• 1842 – Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic (d. 1922)
• 1845 – Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921)
• 1848 – Vladimir Sukhomlinov, Russian general (d. 1926)
• 1855 – James McGowen, Australian politician, 18th Premier of New South Wales (d. 1922)
• 1856 – Aparicio Saravia, Uruguayan general and politician (d. 1904)
• 1858 – Arthur Achleitner, German author (d. 1927)
• 1860 – Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke, English-Scottish cricketer (d. 1938)
• 1860 – Jules Laforgue, Uruguayan-French poet and author (d. 1887)
• 1862 – Amos Alonzo Stagg, American baseball player and coach (d. 1965)
• 1865 – Mary Gilmore, Australian socialist, poet and journalist (d. 1962)
• 1868 – Bernarr Macfadden, American bodybuilder and publisher, founded Macfadden Publications (d. 1955)
• 1876 – Ivan Bilibin, Russian illustrator and stage designer (d. 1942)
• 1877 – Roque Ruaño, Spanish priest and engineer (d. 1935)
• 1882 – Désiré Mérchez, French swimmer and water polo player (d. 1968)
• 1884 – Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-American author and publisher (d. 1967)
• 1888 – T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist (d. 1935)
• 1888 – Armand J. Piron, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1943)
• 1892 – Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator (d. 1982)
• 1892 – Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat (d. 1983)
• 1894 – George Meany, American plumber and labor leader (d. 1980)
• 1895 – Albert Cohen, Greek-Swiss author and playwright (d. 1981)
• 1895 – Liane Haid, Austrian-Swiss actress and singer (d. 2000)
• 1902 – Georgette Heyer, English author (d. 1974)
• 1902 – Wallace Thurman, American author and playwright (d. 1934)
• 1904 – Minoru Genda, Japanese general, pilot, and politician (d. 1989)
• 1904 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
• 1908 – Orlando Cole, American cellist and educator (d. 2010)
• 1908 – William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American editor, novelist, short story writer, and essayist (d. 2000)
• 1909 – Paul Callaway, American organist and conductor (d. 1995)
• 1910 – Gloria Blondell, American actress (d. 1986)
• 1910 – Mae Clarke, American actress (d. 1992)
• 1911 – E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (d. 1977)
• 1912 – Ted Drake, English footballer and manager (d. 1995)
• 1913 – Menachem Begin, Belarusian-Israeli politician, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)
• 1915 – Al Hibbler, American baritone singer (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Iggy Katona, American race car driver (d. 2003)
• 1917 – Matt Christopher, American author (d. 1997)
• 1917 – Roque Cordero, Panamanian composer and educator (d. 2008)
• 1919 – Karl-Heinz Euling, German captain (d. 2014)
• 1920 – Charles Bukowski, German-American poet, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1994)
• 1922 – James Casey, English comedian, radio scriptwriter and producer (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Ernie Freeman, American pianist and bandleader (d. 2001)
• 1923 – Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian journalist and playwright (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Fess Parker, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Inez Voyce, American baseball player
• 1925 – Willie Jones, American baseball player (d. 1983)
• 1925 – Mal Waldron, American pianist and composer (d. 2002)
• 1927 – Lois Nettleton, American actress (d. 2008)
• 1928 – Ann Blyth, American actress and singer
• 1928 – Eydie Gormé, American singer (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Ara Güler, Turkish photographer and journalist
• 1928 – Eddie Kirkland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (d. 1980)
• 1929 – Helmut Rahn, German footballer (d. 2003)
• 1929 – Fritz Von Erich, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1997)
• 1929 – Wyatt Tee Walker, American pastor, theologian, and activist
• 1930 – Robert Culp, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1930 – Frank Gifford, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2015)
• 1930 – Leslie Manigat, Haitian educator and politician, 43rd President of Haiti (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Tony Trabert, American tennis player and sportscaster
• 1932 – Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabian prince (d. 2015)
• 1933 – Reiner Kunze, German poet and translator
• 1933 – Tom Maschler, English author and publisher
• 1933 – Julie Newmar, American actress
• 1933 – Stuart Roosa, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1994)
• 1934 – Donnie Dunagan, American actor and soldier
• 1934 – Diana Wynne Jones, English author (d. 2011)
• 1934 – Ketty Lester, American singer and actress
• 1934 – Pierre Richard, French actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1934 – John Standing, English actor
• 1934 – Dave Thomas, English-Welsh golfer and architect (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Sam Trimble, Australian cricketer
• 1935 – Cliff Fletcher, Canadian businessman
• 1935 – Andreas Stamatiadis, Greek footballer and coach
• 1936 – Anita Gillette, American actress and singer
• 1936 – Alan Hodgkinson, English footballer and coach (d. 2015)
• 1937 – David Anderson, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician
• 1937 – David Behrman, American composer and producer
• 1937 – Ian Deans, Canadian politician (d. 2016)
• 1937 – Boris Rõtov, Estonian chess player (d. 1987)
• 1939 – Seán Brady, Irish cardinal
• 1939 – Trevor McDonald, Trinidadian-English journalist and academic
• 1939 – Billy Joe Shaver, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1939 – Eric Weissberg, American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist
• 1940 – Bruce Beresford, Australian director and producer
• 1942 – Lesley Turner Bowrey, Australian tennis player
• 1942 – Barbara George, American R&B singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 1942 – Robert Squirrel Lester, American soul singer (The Chi-Lites) (d. 2010)
• 1943 – Woody Peoples, American football player (d. 2010)
• 1944 – Kevin Ayers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 1945 – Bob Balaban, American actor, director, and producer
• 1945 – Russell Brookes, English race car driver
• 1945 – Suzanne Farrell, American ballerina and educator
• 1945 – Gary Loizzo, American guitarist, singer, recording engineer, and record producer (d. 2016)
• 1946 – Masoud Barzani, Iranian-Kurdish politician, President of Iraqi Kurdistan
• 1946 – Lesley Ann Warren, American actress
• 1947 – Carol Moseley Braun, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to New Zealand
• 1947 – Katharine Hamnett, English fashion designer
• 1948 – Earl Blumenauer, American politician, U.S. Representative from Oregon
• 1948 – Barry Hay, Indian-born Dutch rock musician (Golden Earring)
• 1948 – Mike Jorgensen, American baseball player and manager
• 1948 – Pierre Reid, Canadian educator and politician
• 1948 – Joey Spampinato, American singer-songwriter and bass player (NRBQ)
• 1949 – Scott Asheton, American drummer (d. 2014)
• 1949 – Bill Spooner, American guitarist and songwriter (The Tubes)
• 1950 – Hasely Crawford, Trinidadian runner
• 1950 – Stockwell Day, Canadian businessman and politician, 15th Canadian Minister of International Trade
• 1950 – Jeff Thomson, Australian cricketer
• 1951 – Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian businessman and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (d. 2010)
• 1953 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host, singer, and actress
• 1953 – James "J.T." Taylor, American R&B singer-songwriter
• 1954 – James Cameron, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1954 – George Galloway, Scottish-English politician and broadcaster
• 1955 – James Reilly, Irish surgeon and politician, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
• 1956 – Vahan Hovhannisyan, Armenian soldier and politician (d. 2014)
• 1957 – Tim Farriss, Australian guitarist
• 1957 – Laura Innes, American actress and director
• 1957 – R. R. Patil, Indian lawyer and politician, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 2015)
• 1958 – Madonna, American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and director
• 1958 – Angela Bassett, American actress
• 1958 – José Luis Clerc, Argentinian tennis player and coach
• 1958 – Oscar Collodo, Swiss-Italian rugby player and coach
• 1958 – Diane Dodds, Northern Irish educator and politician
• 1959 – Marc Sergeant, Belgian cyclist and manager
• 1960 – Timothy Hutton, American actor, producer and director
• 1960 – Franz Welser-Möst, Austrian-American conductor and director
• 1960 – Paul van Ass, Dutch field hockey coach
• 1961 – Christian Okoye, American football player
• 1961 – Angela Smith, English academic and politician
• 1962 – Steve Carell, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Aloísio Pires Alves, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1963 – Christine Cavanaugh, American voice artist (d. 2014)
• 1964 – Jimmy Arias, American tennis player and sportscaster
• 1964 – Nigel Redman, English rugby player
• 1964 – Barry Venison, English footballer and journalist
• 1966 – Eddie Olczyk, American ice hockey player, coach, and commentator
• 1967 – Mark Coyne, Australian rugby league player
• 1967 – Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish journalist, actress, and author
• 1968 – Mateja Svet, Slovenian skier
• 1968 – Wolfgang Tillmans, German photographer
• 1968 – Arvind Kejriwal, Indian civil servant and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Delhi
• 1970 – Bonnie Bernstein, American journalist and sportscaster
• 1970 – Fabio Casartelli, Italian cyclist (d. 1995)
• 1971 – Rulon Gardner, American wrestler and mixed martial artist
• 1971 – Stefan Klos, German footballer
• 1972 – Frankie Boyle, Scottish comedian and television host
• 1972 – Stan Lazaridis, Australian footballer
• 1972 – Emily Robison, American singer-songwriter and banjo player
• 1973 – Damian Jackson, American baseball player
• 1974 – Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Guyanese cricketer
• 1974 – Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer
• 1974 – Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer and politician
• 1975 – Didier Agathe, French footballer
• 1975 – Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer, coach, and manager
• 1975 – Pantelis Konstantinidis, Greek footballer
• 1975 – George Stults, American model and actor
• 1975 – Álvaro Tardáguila, Uruguayan cyclist
• 1977 – Pavel Královec, Czech football referee
• 1978 – Ben Galea, Australian rugby league player and referee
• 1979 – Paul Gallacher, Scottish footballer
• 1979 – Eduardo Maiorino, Brazilian mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2012)
• 1979 – Ian Moran, Australian cricketer
• 1980 – Emerson Ramos Borges, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Vanessa Carlton, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1980 – Bob Hardy, English bass player (Franz Ferdinand)
• 1980 – Piet Rooijakkers, Dutch cyclist
• 1980 – Raniere Silva dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
• 1981 – Roque Santa Cruz, Paraguayan footballer
• 1983 – Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player
• 1984 – Matteo Anesi, Italian speed skater
• 1984 – Candice Dupree, American basketball player
• 1984 – Konstantin Vassiljev, Estonian footballer
• 1985 – Cristin Milioti, American actress
• 1986 – Yu Darvish, Japanese baseball player
• 1987 – Carey Price, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Wang Hao, Chinese race walker
• 1989 – Moussa Sissoko, French footballer
• 1990 – Godfrey Oboabona, Nigerian footballer
• 1991 – José Eduardo de Araújo, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 – Diego Schwartzman, Argentinian tennis player
• 1994 – Jesika Malečková, Czech tennis player
• 1996 – Caeleb Dressel, American swimmer
• 1997 – Greyson Chance, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1999 – Karen Chen, American figure skater

Deaths[edit]

• AD 79 – Empress Ma, Chinese Han dynasty consort (b. 40)
• 856 – Theutbald I, bishop of Langres
• 963 – Marianos Argyros, Byzantine general (b. 944)
• 1027 – George I of Georgia (b. 998)
• 1153 – Bernard de Tremelay, fourth Grand Master of the Knights Templar
• 1225 – Hōjō Masako, Japanese regent and onna-bugeisha(b. 1156)
• 1258 – Theodore II Laskaris, Byzantine-Greek emperor (b. 1222)
• 1285 – Philip I, Count of Savoy (b. 1207)
• 1297 – John II of Trebizond (b. 1262)
• 1327 – Roch, French saint (b. 1295)
• 1339 – Azzone Visconti, founder of the state of Milan (b. 1302)
• 1358 – Albert II, Duke of Austria (b. 1298)
• 1419 – Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (b. 1361)
• 1443 – Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)
• 1518 – Loyset Compère, French composer (b. 1445)
• 1532 – John, Elector of Saxony (b. 1468)
• 1661 – Thomas Fuller, English historian and author (b. 1608)
• 1678 – Andrew Marvell, English poet and author (b. 1621)
• 1705 – Jacob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1654)
• 1733 – Matthew Tindal, English philosopher and author (b. 1657)
• 1791 – Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (b. 1719)
• 1836 – Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)
• 1855 – Henry Colburn, English publisher (b. 1785)
• 1878 – Richard Upjohn, English-American architect (b. 1802)
• 1886 – Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
• 1887 – Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (b. 1837)
• 1888 – John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
• 1893 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
• 1899 – Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
• 1900 – José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese journalist and author (b. 1845)
• 1904 – Prentiss Ingraham, American soldier and author (b. 1843)
• 1911 – Patrick Francis Moran, Irish-Australian cardinal (b. 1830)
• 1914 – Carl Theodor Schulz, German-Norwegian gardener (b. 1835)
• 1916 – George Scott, English footballer (b. 1885)
• 1920 – Henry Daglish, Australian politician, 6th Premier of Western Australia (b. 1866)
• 1921 – Peter I of Serbia (b. 1844)
• 1938 – Andrej Hlinka, Slovak priest, journalist, and politician (b. 1864)
• 1938 – Robert Johnson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1911)
• 1945 – Takijirō Ōnishi, Japanese admiral (b. 1891)
• 1948 – Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (b. 1895)
• 1949 – Margaret Mitchell, American journalist and author (b. 1900)
• 1952 – Lydia Field Emmet, American painter and academic (b. 1866)
• 1956 – Bela Lugosi, Hungarian-American actor (b. 1882)
• 1957 – Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1959 – William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (b. 1882)
• 1959 – Wanda Landowska, Polish-French harpsichord player (b. 1879)
• 1961 – Abdul Haq, Indian linguist and scholar (b. 1870)
• 1971 – Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (b. 1893)
• 1972 – Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1973 – Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1977 – Elvis Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor (b. 1935)
• 1978 – Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer, Dutch soldier and politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1888)
• 1979 – John Diefenbaker, Canadian lawyer and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1895)
• 1983 – Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• 1986 – Ronnie Aird, English cricketer and administrator (b. 1902)
• 1986 – Jaime Sáenz, Bolivian author and poet (b. 1921)
• 1989 – Amanda Blake, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1990 – Pat O'Connor, New Zealand wrestler and trainer (b. 1925)
• 1991 – Luigi Zampa, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1905)
• 1992 – Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1951)
• 1993 – Stewart Granger, English-American actor (b. 1913)
• 1998 – Phil Leeds, American actor (b. 1916)
• 1998 – Dorothy West, American journalist and author (b. 1907)
• 2002 – Abu Nidal, Palestinian terrorist leader (b. 1937)
• 2002 – Jeff Corey, American actor (b. 1914)
• 2002 – John Roseboro, American baseball player and coach (b. 1933)
• 2003 – Idi Amin, Ugandan field marshal and politician, 3rd President of Uganda (b. 1928)
• 2004 – Ivan Hlinka, Czech ice hockey player and coach (b. 1950)
• 2004 – Balanadarajah Iyer, Sri Lankan journalist and poet (b. 1957)
• 2004 – Carl Mydans, American photographer and journalist (b. 1907)
• 2004 – Robert Quiroga, American boxer (b. 1969)
• 2005 – Vassar Clements, American fiddler (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (b. 1922)
• 2005 – William Corlett, English novelist and playwright (b. 1938)
• 2005 – Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (b. 1915)
• 2006 – Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and dictator; 46th President of Paraguay (b. 1912)
• 2007 – Bahaedin Adab, Iranian engineer and politician (b. 1945)
• 2008 – Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Masanobu Fukuoka, Japanese farmer and author (b. 1913)
• 2010 – Dimitrios Ioannidis, Greek general (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Mihri Belli, Turkish activist and politician (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco (b. 1954)
• 2012 – Martine Franck, Belgian photographer and director (b. 1938)
• 2012 – Abune Paulos, Ethiopian patriarch (b. 1935)
• 2012 – William Windom, American actor (b. 1923)
• 2013 – David Rees, Welsh mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Patrick Aziza, Nigerian general and politician, Governor of Kebbi State (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Vsevolod Nestayko, Ukrainian author (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, Italian-South African lawyer and politician (b. 1960)
• 2014 – Peter Scholl-Latour, German journalist, author, and academic (b. 1924)
• 2015 – Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1947)
• 2015 – Anna Kashfi, British actress (b. 1934)
• 2015 – Shuja Khanzada, Pakistani colonel and politician (b. 1943)
• 2015 – Mile Mrkšić, Serb general (b. 1947)
• 2016 – João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (b. 1916)
• 2016 – John McLaughlin, American television personality (b. 1927)

Elvis still earning a fortune

 40 years after his death

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When a downward-spiralling Elvis Presley died 40 years ago on 16 August 1977, a cynical music industry insider was overheard to remark that it was a "smart career move".

Apocryphal tale or not, death has given a lucrative boost to the selling power of not just Elvis, but also Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, and a host of other music legends.

It has also enabled a number of entrepreneurial fans of the artists in question to make a good living from selling memorabilia and other things connected to their idols.

Elvis's legacy and monetary worth remain immensely strong in particular - according to Forbes' list of top earning dead stars he earned $27m (£21m) in 2016, and sold one million albums. 

Aged just 42 when he died of a heart attack, the singer's notorious love of unhealthy food could not have helped. His favourite sandwich was said to consist of two slices of fried bread, with crispy bacon and fried bananas, smothered in jam and peanut butter. 

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"Graceland" sold 11,000 such sandwiches to visitors last year - but it was not Graceland, Memphis, Elvis' former home, rather "Graceland Randers" in Denmark.

The tourist attraction in northern Denmark is owned by Danish-born super-fan Henrik Knudsen, 53, who built a copy of the original Graceland mansion to keep the rock 'n' roller's legend alive in Scandinavia.

"I was 13 when he died, and I couldn't say it was a shock, as I wasn't that deep into him at the time, but what I recognised was this was something big," says Henrik, an honorary citizen of Memphis, who has visited Graceland in the US some 106 times.

"This could have been royalty. This could have been a president."

After establishing a successful Elvis fan club, his Danish replica of Graceland opened in 2011.

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It cost £2.8m to build the house, with museum in the basement, a function room, merchandise store, and a diner, but within six years Henrik had made enough money to pay back his investors.

Yet with success came a lawsuit from Elvis Presley Enterprises, the corporate body created by the Elvis Presley Trust to manage worldwide licensing of Elvis-related products and ventures, for infringement of the Graceland trademark. 

In December 2015 Graceland Randers was renamed Memphis Mansions, and Henrik declines to discuss the legal aspects.

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Memphis Mansions, Randers, Denmark 

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Elvis Presley signature sandwich - 69 Danish krone ($10.90; £8.42)

Entry price - DKK 99 adults, DKK 69 children 12 to 17, under-12s free

150,000 visitors last year

Sells officially-licensed Elvis products - such as CDs, DVDs, LPs, merchandise, autographs

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Another Elvis fanatic who makes a living from his hero is London-based Sid Shaw, the owner of website Elvisly Yours, which sells Elvis-related memorabilia and products to fans in more than 50 countries.

'I first heard Elvis on Radio Luxembourg. And that was the only place you could hear pop music [at the time]," says Sid, now 71. 

"Elvis came on and was totally different to anything else, so I became a fan then." 

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Sid started making busts of Elvis in 1977, the year of his death, and in 1978 set up a fan club.

"In those days, the Elvis Presley estate didn't have a trademark, so I applied for the trademark 'Elvis', and I was told you can't get it because it is generic," he recalls. "So I applied for the next best thing which is 'Elvisly Yours'... and I got it."

Image copyrightELVISLY YOURS

The phrase Elvisly Yours is the way Elvis fans around the world sign their letters. 

Sid says to protect himself legally he has acquired a further 38 trade marks in the UK and Europe.

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Graceland, Memphis, US 

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES

Entry price - $57.50 (£44.50) adults, $51.75 over 62s and youths 13 to 17, $27 children 7 to 12, under 6s free

500,000 visitors a year

4,000 visitors a day in July

Contributes $150m a year to Memphis economy

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Whilst Elvis fans are mainly of the same generation that grew up with him, others - such as reggae legend Bob Marley - have more cross-generational appeal. In Marley's case he has also become synonymous with Jamaica, helping boost tourism there.

"Bob Marley is more than a native son, he is an icon," says Jamaica's director of tourism Paul Pennicook. 

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The Marley legacy is overseen by The Bob Marley Group (Jamaica), which is owned by his family, and includes the Bob Marley Museum.

Located in Kingston, the Jamaican capital, the museum was formerly Marley's home, and was purchased in 1975. It was transformed into a museum after his 1981 death, and attracts more than 36,000 visitors a year. 

Entry costs are $25 per adult, $12 per child aged four to 12 years, and $5 per student with valid Jamaican school ID.

Image copyrightHELEN SOTERIOU

Meanwhile products on sale related to the reggae icon include Marley Coffee, Stir It Up music turntables, and One Love ice-cream.

Once a star dies, original memorabilia associated with them tends to climb in price.

Katherine Schofield, head of the entertainment department at UK action house Bonhams, says: "We tend to see a knee-jerk reaction in the market following the death of a collectible artists.

"It takes a bit longer for the market to settle, and we can then see more accurately if prices look likely to stay higher."

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Since David Bowie's death in January 2016 she says there have been high prices for items related to the trend-setting musician, and "high quality lots coming on to the market".

Truffle Shuffle, a firm which produces images on t-shirts, has also noted that death can boost sales.

"When Bowie died, just like with his music, sales of merchandise tripled, with fans looking to get something to remind them of a cultural icon," says Claire Wood, head buyer at TruffleShuffle.com. 

Meanwhile, Australian street artist Jimmy C (aka James Cochrane), sold limited edition prints of a Bowie wall mural in Brixton, London, he had created in 2013.

The 44-year-old sold about 120 prints for £180 each with 20% going to Cancer Research UK. 

"The print is connected to my artwork as much as it is to Bowie, or to be more specific, the artwork was a personal interpretation of Bowie," he says. 

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"I believe it is legitimate for me to sell decent quality prints of my own artwork."

But be warned, estates are always on the look-out for anything that crosses from homage into copyright infringement.

"Our action against piracy is an ongoing one," says the Bob Marley Foundation. "We continue to encourage the public to do the right thing and report any illegal use of the image of the reggae icon."

Daniel Craig confirms 

he'll play James Bond again

Daniel Craig says he is coming back as James Bond.

The actor was asked whether he will play the secret agent again during his appearance on US chat show The Late Show.

"Yes," Daniel told host Stephen Colbert, before standing up to shake his hand.

The actor, who has played 007 in the past four Bond films, has until now refused to say whether he will do it again.

But on the show he revealed he's known for a "couple of months".

"We've been discussing it, we've just been trying to figure things out," he said. "I always wanted to, I needed a break."

The next Bond film, the 25th in the series, is due out in November 2019.

Image caption Daniel at the Spectre premiere in 2015

He said it will be his last outing as the spy.

"I just want to go out on a high note, and I can't wait."

The 49-year-old was still refusing to confirm speculation about it as late as yesterday.

"No decision has been made," he told Boston radio station Magic 106.7.

"I know they're desperate to get going and I would in theory love to do it, but there is no decision just yet."

Craig succeeded Pierce Brosnan as Bond and made his debut in Casino Royale in 2006.

He has since played the spy in Quantum of Solace (2008), Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015).

Το ρολόι του Big Ben θα σταματήσει να χτυπά -Από τις 21 Αυγούστου, για 4 χρόνια

Το ρολόι του Big Ben στο βρετανικό κοινοβούλιο του

 Ουέστμινστερ, θα σταματήσει από το μεσημέρι της 21ης

 Αυγούστου να χτυπά για τέσσερα χρόνια, όσο θα διαρκέσουν 

οι εργασίες ανακαίνισης, ανακοίνωσε σήμερα η Βουλή των

 Κοινοτήτων.

Τα μεγάλα σφυριά που χτυπούν την τεράστια καμπάνα των 3,7 τόννων κάθε ώρα

 σχεδόν αδιάκοπα εδώ και 157 χρόνια θα αποσυνδεθούν από το ρολόι και θα

 κλειδώσουν, αλλά τα νταν-νταν θα συνεχίζουν να ηχούν για σημαντικά

 γεγονότα όπως είναι ο εορτασμός της Πρωτοχρονιάς.

O Στιβ Τζαγκς, ο επιστάτης του Μεγάλου Ρολογιού διευκρινίζει ότι με τις 

εργασίες θα διασφαλισθεί για πολλά χρόνια το ίδιο το ρολόι, αλλά και το

 σπίτι του, το Ελίζαμπεθ Τάουερ.

Το επιβλητικό μέγαρο του Ουέστμινστερ , στην όχθη του Τάμεση, αποτελεί 

μνημείο παγκόσμιας κληρονομιάς και τουριστικό πόλο έλξης. Ο Στιβ Τζαγκς 

καλεί το κοινό να βρεθεί την επόμενη Δευτέρα το μεσημέρι στην Πλατεία του

 Κοινοβουλίου για να ακούσει τα τελευταία «νταν-νταν» του Big Ben.

O Ελίζαμπεθ Τάουερ, που είναι ήδη περιβεβλημένος με σκαλωσιές, είναι το πιο 

πολυφωτογραφημένο μνημείο του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου.

Στο πλαίσιο της ανακαίνισης, το ρολόι που φιλοξενεί τον Big Ben θα

 αποσυναρμολογηθεί και κάθε ένας από τους μηχανισμούς του θα εξετασθεί και 

θα συντηρηθεί, οι τέσσερις δίσκοι του θα καθαριστούν και θα επιδιορθωθούν, 

το σιδερένιο πλαίσιο και οι δείκτες θα ανανεωθούν.

Ενας από τους δίσκους του ρολογιού θα παραμένει σε λειτουργία για να δείχνει

σιωπηλά την ώρα. Θα κινείται με ηλεκτρικό μηχανισμό μέχρι την αποκατάσταση 

του παραδοσιακού μηχανισμού του ρολογιού.

Ολες οι άλλες καμπάνες που χτυπούν κάθε 15 λεπτά θα μείνουν επίσης

 σιωπηλές κατά τη διάρκεια των εργασιών που θα ολοκληρωθούν το 2021, 

όταν ο ο γνωστός ήχος του Big Ben θα ακουστεί και πάλι.

40 χρόνια από τον θάνατο του Ελβις, 

ουρές στο μνήμα 

Στις 16 Αυγούστου 1977 πέθανε ο βασιλιάς του ροκ εν ρολ,

 Έλβις Πρίσλεϊ, βυθίζοντας στη θλίψη τους θαυμαστές του.

40 χρόνια μετά ο Ελβις είναι «ζωντανός» μέσα από το πολυπληθές κοινό του 

που μιμείται το ντύσιμο, τη συμπεριφορά και ακούει τα τραγούδια του. 

Ο Ελβις Πρίσλεϊ πέθανε σε ηλικία 42 ετών στην έπαυλη του Graceland στο Μέμφις.

Κάθε χρόνο τέτοιες μέρες οι θαυμαστές του δεν τον ξεχνούν, καθώς

 περισσότεροι από 600.000 άνθρωποι σπεύδουν κάθε χρόνο στο μνήμα του για να 

αποτίσουν φόρο τιμής στη μνήμη του ινδάλματος τους. Οι εκδηλώσεις διαρκούν 

ολόκληρη εβδομάδα. 

Σήμερα οι ουρές έξω από την Graceland είναι μεγάλες, τα κεράκια καίνε και όλοι

 θέλουν να αφήσουν ένα λουλουδάκι αφιερωμένο στον πρόωρα χαμένο σταρ της

 μουσικής.

Πλήθος κόσμου φτάνει από κάθε μεριά της γης στον τάφο του Ελβις και εκτός

 από την έπαυλη, όπου είναι θαμμένος, οι θαυμαστές του επισκέπτονται το Sun

 Studio, όπου ο βασιλιάς της ροκ εν ρολ ηχογράφησε το πρώτου του τραγούδι, με

 τίτλο «That’s All Right» το 1954.

Harry Potter's childhood home is for sale — take a look inside

Carter Jonas

Harry Potter's childhood home in the film "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is on sale for £995,000 (about $1.3 million). 

The house, which is located in Suffolk, England, is listed with the UK-based agency Carter Jonas.

Here's a closer look at the enchanting home.

The official name of the property is the "De Vere House."

Carter Jonas

According to the listing, the home is believed to have been built by the De Vere family, which was an aristocratic family from the 14th to 17th centuries.

The home is approximately 3,165 square feet and is broken into two wings.

Carter Jonas

According to the listing, the home has a number of Medieval and Tudor features including a timber frame ...

CarterJonas

... wall paintings.

Carter Jonas

There are six bedrooms and four bathrooms.

Carter Jonas

There is a dining room...

Carter Jonas

... A sitting room and a drawing hall.

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Outside, there's a well-sized terrace and ...

Carter Jonas

...plenty of garden space.

There is about .4 acres of garden space, according to the property's listing.

10 εξοχικά στα νησιά, αρχιτεκτονικά 

κοσμήματα -Πισίνες στην άκρη

 του γκρεμού, αισθητική άλλου επιπέδου 

Τα ελληνικά νησιά δεν είναι γεμάτα μόνο με λευκές

 ασβεστωμένες κατοικίες. Κάποια από αυτά τα κοσμούν και 

κάποια ιδιαίτερα, αρχιτεκτονικά διαμάντια. Σπίτια με 

ιδιαίτερη διακόσμηση, προσαρμοσμένα στο τοπίο.

Παρακάτω παρουσιάζονται 10 πραγματικά ιδιαίτερα εξοχικά σπίτια που

 απέσπασαν και τα πιο... πολλά pins στο Pinterest. 

Silver House, Ζάκυνθος, του Ολυμπ Ντιούκ

Το νεοτεριστικό σπίτι του Ντιουκ ξεχωρίζει στη Ζάκυνθο. Κατάλοιπο, για να

 έρχεται σε αντίθεση με το γαλάζιο της θάλασσας. Ο αρχιτέκτονας με έδρα τις

 Βρυξέλλες είναι εμπνευσμένος από το «μπλε δεν έχει διαστάσεις, είναι πέρα 

από τις διαστάσεις» του Γάλλου καλλιτέχνη Ιβς Κλάιν ο οποίος είναι γνωστός για 

τα μονόχρωμα έργα του. Το σπίτι διαθέτει τεράστιους συρόμενους γυάλινες για να 

μοιάζουν ενιαίοι οι εσωτερικοί και εξωτερικοί χώροι. Από μακριά το σπίτι μοιάζει 

να ξεσπάσει από την θάλασσα.

• Σπίτι στην Αχλαδιές, Σκιάθος, από τη Λυδία Ξυνόγαλα

Αυτό το ρουστίκ σπίτι βρίσκεται σκαρφαλωμένο σε μια πλαγιά της Σκιάθου.

 Εχει φυσικά απεριόριστη θέα στο γαλάζιο του Αιγαίου, ενώ οι αντιθέσεις στο 

εσωτερικό του το καθιστούν ιδιαίτερο: Το μωσαϊκό συνδυάζεται άψογα με τα

 σύγχρονα υλικά, δύο χαρακτηριστικά που σε συνδυασμό με την ιδιαίτερη στέγη 

με τα χαλίκια και τα φυτά κάνουν το σπίτι να διαφέρει σε σχέση με όλα τα 

υπόλοιπα στο νησί. 

• Σπίτι στο Ηράκλειο, Κρήτη, από την Tense Architecture

Ενα ιδιαίτερο σπίτι, με... καμπύλες και ανοίγματα σε σημεία που δεν τα

 περιμένεις, κατασκευασμένο με τέτοιο τρόπο ώστε να... ακολουθεί τον ήλιο.

 Η κατοικία αυτή κατασκευάστηκε από το αρχιτεκτονικό γραφείο που έχει έδρα 

την Αθήνα για να καλύψει τις ανάγκες μιας τετραμελούς οικογένειας. 

• Σπίτι στην Πάρο, από την React Architects

Ενα σπίτι απόλυτα προσαρμοσμένο στο τοπίο, από την ανατολική πλευρά, μάλιστα, 

μοιάζει να γίνεται ένα με το επικλινές έδαφος, το οποίο είναι κτισμένο σε σχήμα 

Π. Δηλαδή όπως όλα τα παραδοσιακά σπίτια που ήταν χτισμένα γύρω από ένα 

κέντρο. Αυτή τη φορά το κέντρο είναι η αυλή και η πισίνα. 

• Στέρνα, Νίσυρος, από τον Γρεγκ Χατζηιωαννίδη 

Το εσωτερικό αυτής της κατοικίας του 17ου αιώνα στη Νίσυρο, αποκαταστάθηκε 

από το σχεδιαστή Γκρεγκ Χατζηιωννίδη, ο οποίος χρησιμοποίησε τις

 φωτογραφίες του σπιτιού από το παρελθόν για την ανακατασκευή του. Πολλά

 στοιχεία από το παρελθόν διατηρήθηκαν, υλικά επαναχρησιμοποιήθηκαν και το

 αποτέλεσμα είναι εντυπωσιακό. 

• Εξοχικό στη Σαντορίνη, από την Kapsimalis Architects

Στη Μεσσαρά στη Σαντορίνη βρίσκεται ένα εκπληκτικό σπίτι, με θέα προς τη

θάλασσα αλλά και προς το χωριό. Με σαφή επιρροή από το μοντερνισμό αλλά

ακολουθώντας τις παραδοσιακές αρχιτεκτονικές γραμμές του νησιού, αυτό το 

ηλιόλουστο σπίτι μοιάζει να έχει... κουρνιάσει στο επικλινές έδαφος της Σαντορίνης. 

• VNC, Μήλος, από τους decaArchitecture

Αυτό το ειδυλλιακό εξοχικό σπίτι, χτισμένο σε ένα βράχο στη Μήλο, είναι 

φτιαγμένο με τέτοιο τρόπο έτσι ώστε να είναι πλήρως ενταγμένο στο τοπίο. 

Η ιδιαίτερη αρχιτεκτονική του σε συνδυασμό με τους αμπελώνες γύρω του και το 

τοπίο δημιουργούν ένα άκρως ιδιαίτερο αποτέλεσμα. 

• Εξοχικό στη Σαντορίνη, από τους Kapsimalis Architects

Το δύο υπνοδωματίων εξοχικό στη Σαντορίνη ανακαινίσθηκε με σκοπό να αυξηθεί 

η λειτουργικότητά του. Η θέα από τη βεράντα που απέκτησε κόβει την ανάσα, 

ενώ η πισίνα που δημιουργήθηκε... βυθίστηκε στο βράχο. Οι αρχιτέκτονες

 επιδίωξαν ακόμη να φτιάξουν όσο το δυνατό μεγαλύτερα ανοίγματα προκειμένου

αφενός να μπαίνει όσο το δυνατό περισσότερο φυσικό φως αλλά και είναι

αμεσότερη η σύνδεση εσωτερικών και εξωτερικών χώρων. 

• Βίλα Ypsilon, Πελοπόννησος, από τους LASSA

Μπορεί να μην βρίσκεται σε νησί αλλά στην Πελοπόννησο, ωστόσο, η ιδιαίτερη

 αρχιτεκτονική του επέτρεψε μια... εξαίρεση στη λίστα. Μοναδικό, ενταγμένο

 πλήρως στο τοπίο, αφού αν το κοιτάξεις από ψηλά δεν το... βλέπεις καν, αυτό 

το ιδιαίτερο αρχιτεκτονικά σπίτι είναι δημιουργία του στούντιο LASSA. Η απαίτηση 

των πελατών ήταν ότι ήθελαν ένα σπίτι από το οποίο θα είχαν απεριόριστη θέα: 

στη γη τριγύρω, στα βουνά, στις ακτές. Και τα κατάφεραν. 

• Βίλα Mirage, Τήνος, από τους Kois Associated 

Σκοπός του αθηναϊκού αρχιτεκτονικού γραφείου ήταν να δημιουργήσει μια... 

αόρατη όαση. Και τα κατάφεραν. Κάτω από αυτή την πισίνα κρύβεται ένα

 εκπληκτικό σπίτι το οποίο είναι... σκαλισμένο στο έδαφος. Η πισίνα λειτουργεί 

ως τεράστιος καθρέφτης και βοηθά το σπίτι να... καμουφλαριστεί στο περιβάλλον. 

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• 309/310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, perhaps from a hunger strike.
• 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping.
• 1186 – Georgenberg Pact: Ottokar IV, Duke of Styria and Leopold V, Duke of Austria sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar gives his duchy to Leopold and to his son Frederick under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided.
• 1386 – Karl Topia, the ruler of Princedom of Albania forges an alliance with the Republic of Venice, committing to participate in all wars of the Republic and receiving coastal protection against the Ottomans in return.
• 1424 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under Jean II, Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas.
• 1498 – Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, becomes the first person in history to resign the cardinalate; later that same day, King Louis XII of France names him Duke of Valentinois.
• 1549 – Battle of Sampford Courtenay: The Prayer Book Rebellion is quashed in England.
• 1560 – The Roman Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is established as the national religion in Scotland.
• 1585 – Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.
• 1585 – A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
• 1597 – Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter Raleigh set sail on an expedition to the Azores.
• 1668 – A magnitude 8.0 earthquake causes 8,000 deaths in Anatolia, Ottoman Empire.
• 1717 – Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
• 1723 – Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
• 1740 – Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
• 1784 – Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
• 1798 – The Vietnamese Roman Catholics report a Marian apparition in Quảng Trị, an event which is called Our Lady of La Vang.
• 1807 – Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
• 1862 – American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
• 1863 – American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
• 1866 – The Grand Duchy of Baden announces her withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.
• 1883 – The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
• 1907 – Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
• 1908 – Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
• 1914 – World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
• 1915 – Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered in Marietta, Georgia.
• 1915 – A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217 km/h).
• 1918 – Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
• 1942 – World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
• 1943 – World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission.
• 1943 – World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Patton arrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
• 1943 – World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
• 1943 – World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
• 1945 – Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
• 1947 – The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
• 1953 – Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
• 1958 – Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
• 1959 – Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
• 1962 – Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
• 1969 – Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
• 1970 – Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
• 1977 – The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
• 1978 – Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
• 1988 – President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
• 1991 – Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself.
• 1998 – Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.
• 1999 – The 7.6 M_w İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
• 2004 – The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
• 2005 – The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
• 2005 – Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
• 2008 – American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
• 2009 – An accident at the Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
• 2015 – A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others.

Births[edit]

• 1153 – William IX, Count of Poitiers (d. 1156)
• 1465 – Philibert I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1482)
• 1473 – Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (d. 1483)
• 1501 – Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1529)
• 1556 – Alexander Briant, English martyr and saint (d. 1581)
• 1578 – Francesco Albani, Italian painter (d. 1660)
• 1578 – Johann, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, first prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (d. 1638)
• 1582 – John Matthew Rispoli, Maltese philosopher (d. 1639)
• 1586 – Johann Valentin Andrea, German theologian (d. 1654)
• 1607 – Pierre de Fermat, French lawyer and mathematician (d. 1665)
• 1603 – Lennart Torstensson, Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (d. 1651)
• 1612 – Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish nobleman (d. 1651)
• 1629 – John III Sobieski, Polish–Lithuanian king (d. 1696)
• 1686 – Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator (d. 1768)
• 1753 – Josef Dobrovský, Bohemian philologist and historian (d. 1828)
• 1768 – Louis Desaix, French general (d. 1800)
• 1786 – Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician (d. 1836)
• 1786 – Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1861)
• 1828 – Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist and physician (d. 1897)
• 1840 – Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, English poet and activist (d. 1922)
• 1849 – William Kidston, Scottish-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Queensland (d. 1919)
• 1863 – Gene Stratton-Porter, American author and photographer (d. 1924)
• 1865 – Julia Marlowe, English-American actress (d. 1950)
• 1866 – Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, Indian 6th Nizam of Hyderabad (d. 1911)
• 1873 – John A. Sampson, American gynecologist and academic (d. 1946)
• 1877 – Ralph McKittrick, American golfer and tennis player (d. 1923)
• 1878 – Reggie Duff, Australian cricketer (d. 1911)
• 1880 – Percy Sherwell, South African cricketer and tennis player (d. 1948)
• 1887 – Charles I of Austria (d. 1922)
• 1887 – Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded Black Star Line (d. 1940)
• 1888 – Monty Woolley, American actor, raconteur, and pundit (d. 1963)
• 1890 – Stefan Bastyr, Polish soldier and pilot (d. 1920)
• 1890 – Harry Hopkins, American politician and diplomat, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 1946)
• 1893 – John Brahm, German-American director and production manager (d. 1982)
• 1893 – Mae West, American actress, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1980)
• 1894 – William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, English businessman, founded Rootes Group (d. 1964)
• 1896 – Leslie Groves, American general and engineer (d. 1970)
• 1896 – Tõnis Kint, Estonian lieutenant and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (d. 1991)
• 1896 – Oliver Waterman Larkin, American historian and author (d. 1970)
• 1904 – Mary Cain, American journalist and politician (d. 1984)
• 1904 – Leopold Nowak, Austrian composer and musicologist (d. 1991)
• 1909 – Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1985)
• 1909 – Wilf Copping, English footballer (d. 1980)
• 1911 – Mikhail Botvinnik, Russian chess player and engineer (d. 1995)
• 1911 – Martin Sandberger, German colonel and lawyer (d. 2010)
• 1913 – Mark Felt, American lawyer and agent, 2nd Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (d. 2008)
• 1913 – Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1989)
• 1913 – Rudy York, American baseball player and manager (d. 1970)
• 1914 – Bill Downs, American journalist (d. 1978)
• 1914 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (d. 1988)
• 1916 – Moses Majekodunmi, Nigerian physician and politician (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Evelyn Ankers, British-American actress (d. 1985)
• 1918 – Ike Quebec, American saxophonist and pianist (d. 1963)
• 1918 – Michael John Wise, English geographer and academic (d. 2015)
• 1919 – Georgia Gibbs, American singer (d. 2006)
• 1920 – Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (d. 2015)
• 1920 – Lida Moser, American photographer and author (d. 2014)
• 1921 – Geoffrey Elton, German-English historian and academic (d. 1994)
• 1922 – Roy Tattersall, English cricketer (d. 2011)
• 1923 – Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
• 1924 – Evan S. Connell, American novelist, poet, and short story writer (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Valerie Eliot, English businesswoman (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Jiang Zemin, Chinese engineer and politician, former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and 5th President of China
• 1927 – Sam Butera, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 2009)
• 1927 – F. Ray Keyser Jr., American lawyer and politician, 72nd Governor of Vermont (d. 2015)
• 1928 – T. J. Anderson, American composer, conductor, and educator
• 1928 – Willem Duys, Dutch tennis player, sportscaster, and producer (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Francis Gary Powers, American captain and pilot (d. 1977)
• 1930 – Harve Bennett, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2015)
• 1930 – Ted Hughes, English poet and playwright (d. 1998)
• 1931 – Tony Wrigley, English historian, demographer, and academic
• 1932 – V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-English novelist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1932 – Duke Pearson, American pianist and composer (d. 1980)
• 1932 – Jean-Jacques Sempé, French cartoonist
• 1933 – Mark Dinning, American pop singer (d. 1986)
• 1934 – João Donato, Brazilian pianist and composer
• 1934 – Ron Henry, English footballer (d. 2014)
• 1936 – Seamus Mallon, Irish educator and politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
• 1936 – Margaret Heafield Hamilton, American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner.
• 1938 – Theodoros Pangalos, Greek lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Greece
• 1939 – Luther Allison, American blues guitarist and singer (d. 1997)
• 1940 – Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1940 – Barry Sheerman, English academic and politician
• 1941 – Lothar Bisky, German businessman and politician (d. 2013)
• 1941 – Jean Pierre Lefebvre, Canadian director and screenwriter
• 1942 – Shane Porteous, Australian actor, animator, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Edward Cowie, English composer, painter, and author
• 1943 – Robert De Niro, American actor, entrepreneur, director, and producer
• 1943 – John Humphrys, Welsh journalist and author
• 1943 – Dave "Snaker" Ray, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)
• 1944 – Larry Ellison, American businessman, co-founded the Oracle Corporation
• 1944 – Jean-Bernard Pommier, French pianist and conductor
• 1945 – Rachel Pollack, American author, poet, and educator
• 1946 – Hugh Baiocchi, South African golfer
• 1946 – Martha Coolidge, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1946 – Patrick Manning, Trinidadian-Tobagonian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2016)
• 1947 – Mohamed Abdelaziz, President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (1976-2016) (d. 2016)
• 1947 – Gary Talley, American guitarist (The Box Tops), singer-songwriter, and author
• 1948 – Alexander Ivashkin, Russian-English cellist and conductor (d. 2014)
• 1949 – Norm Coleman, American lawyer and politician, 52nd Mayor of St. Paul
• 1949 – Sue Draheim, American fiddler and composer (d. 2013)
• 1949 – Julian Fellowes, English actor, director, screenwriter, and politician
• 1949 – Sib Hashian, American rock drummer (Boston) (d. 2017)
• 1952 – Aleksandr Maksimenkov, Russian footballer and coach (d. 2012)
• 1952 – Nelson Piquet, Brazilian race car driver and businessman
• 1952 – Mario Theissen, German engineer and businessman
• 1952 – Guillermo Vilas, Argentinian tennis player
• 1953 – Mick Malthouse, Australian footballer and coach
• 1953 – Herta Müller, Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1953 – Korrie Layun Rampan, Indonesian author, poet, and critic (d. 2015)
• 1953 – Kevin Rowland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1954 – Eric Johnson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1954 – Andrés Pastrana Arango, Colombian lawyer and politician, 38th President of Colombia
• 1955 – Colin Moulding, English singer-songwriter and bassist
• 1956 – Gail Berman, American businessman, co-founded BermanBraun
• 1956 – Álvaro Pino, Spanish cyclist
• 1957 – Ken Kwapis, American director and screenwriter
• 1957 – Laurence Overmire, American poet, author, and actor
• 1957 – Robin Cousins, British competitive figure skater
• 1958 – Belinda Carlisle, American singer-songwriter
• 1958 – Fred Goodwin, Scottish banker and accountant
• 1958 – Maurizio Sandro Sala, Brazilian race car driver
• 1959 – Jonathan Franzen, American novelist and essayist
• 1959 – Jacek Kazimierski, Polish footballer
• 1959 – Eric Schlosser, American journalist and author
• 1960 – Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer-songwriter
• 1960 – Sean Penn, American actor, director, and political activist
• 1962 – Gilby Clarke, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1962 – Dan Dakich, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1963 – Jon Gruden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1964 – Colin James, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1964 – Maria McKee, American singer-songwriter (Lone Justice)
• 1964 – Dave Penney, English footballer and manager
• 1965 – Steve Gorman, American drummer
• 1965 – Dottie Pepper, American golfer
• 1966 – Jüri Luik, Estonian politician and diplomat, 18th Estonian Minister of Defense
• 1966 – Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder and stuntman
• 1966 – Don Sweeney, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1968 – Andriy Kuzmenko, Ukrainian singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
• 1968 – Ed McCaffrey, American football player and sportscaster
• 1968 – Helen McCrory, English actress
• 1969 – Christian Laettner, American basketball player and coach
• 1969 – Donnie Wahlberg, American singer-songwriter, actor and producer
• 1969 – Kelvin Mercer, American rapper, songwriter and producer (De La Soul)
• 1970 – Jim Courier, American tennis player and sportscaster
• 1970 – Andrus Kivirähk, Estonian author
• 1970 – Øyvind Leonhardsen, Norwegian footballer and coach
• 1971 – Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
• 1971 – Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
• 1971 – Shaun Rehn, Australian footballer and coach
• 1972 – Habibul Bashar, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1974 – Johannes Maria Staud, Austrian composer
• 1976 – Eric Boulton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 – Geertjan Lassche, Dutch journalist and director
• 1976 – Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
• 1977 – Nathan Deakes, Australian race walker
• 1977 – William Gallas, French footballer
• 1977 – Thierry Henry, French footballer
• 1977 – Mike Lewis, Welsh guitarist
• 1977 – Tarja Turunen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer
• 1979 – Antwaan Randle El, American football player and journalist
• 1980 – Keith Dabengwa, Zimbabwean cricketer
• 1980 – Daniel Güiza, Spanish footballer
• 1980 – Jan Kromkamp, Dutch footballer
• 1980 – Lene Marlin, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1982 – Phil Jagielka, English footballer
• 1982 – Cheerleader Melissa, American wrestler and manager
• 1983 – Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player
• 1984 – Dee Brown, American basketball player
• 1984 – Oksana Domnina, Russian ice dancer
• 1984 – Garrett Wolfe, American football player
• 1986 – Rudy Gay, American basketball player
• 1986 – Tyrus Thomas, American basketball player
• 1988 – Natalie Sandtorv, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Jihadi John, Kuwaiti-British member of ISIS (d. 2015)
• 1992 – Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (d. 2013)
• 1992 – Paige, English professional wrestler
• 1993 – Sarah Sjöström, Swedish swimmer
• 1995 – Gracie Gold, American figure skater
• 1995 – Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1996 – Jake Virtanen, Canadian ice hockey player

Deaths[edit]

• 754 – Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia
• 1153 – Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne (b. 1130)
• 1304 – Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan (b. 1243)
• 1324 – Irene of Brunswick (b. 1293)
• 1338 – Nitta Yoshisada, Japanese samurai (b. 1301)
• 1424 – John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (b. c. 1381)
• 1510 – Edmund Dudley, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons (b. 1462)
• 1510 – Richard Empson, English statesman
• 1547 – Katharina von Zimmern, Swiss sovereign abbess (b. 1478)
• 1673 – Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)
• 1676 – Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (b. 1621)
• 1720 – Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (b. 1654)
• 1723 – Joseph Bingham, English scholar and academic (b. 1668)
• 1768 – Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703)
• 1785 – Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)
• 1786 – Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712)
• 1814 – John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732)
• 1834 – Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)
• 1838 – Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian playwright and poet (b. 1749)
• 1850 – José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (b. 1778)
• 1861 – Alcée Louis la Branche, American politician and diplomat, 1st United States Ambassador to Texas (b. 1806)
• 1870 – Perucho Figueredo, Cuban poet and activist (b. 1818)
• 1875 – Wilhelm Bleek, German linguist and anthropologist (b. 1827)
• 1897 – William Jervois, English engineer and diplomat, 10th Governor of South Australia (b. 1821)
• 1901 – Edmond Audran, French organist and composer (b. 1842)
• 1903 – Hans Gude, Norwegian-German painter and academic (b. 1825)
• 1908 – Radoje Domanović, Serbian satirist and journalist (b. 1873)
• 1909 – Madan Lal Dhingra, Indian activist (b. 1883)
• 1918 – Moisei Uritsky, Russian activist and politician (b. 1873)
• 1920 – Ray Chapman, American baseball player (b. 1891)
• 1924 – Tom Kendall, English-Australian cricketer and journalist (b. 1851)
• 1925 – Ioan Slavici, Romanian journalist and author (b. 1848)
• 1935 – Adam Gunn, American decathlete (b. 1872)
• 1935 – Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American sociologist and author (b. 1860)
• 1936 – José María of Manila, Spanish-Filipino priest and martyr (b. 1880)
• 1940 – Billy Fiske, American soldier and pilot (b. 1911)
• 1945 – Reidar Haaland, Norwegian police officer and soldier (b. 1919)
• 1949 – Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (b. 1891)
• 1958 – Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (b. 1878)
• 1966 – Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (b. 1918)
• 1969 – Otto Stern, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 1970 – Rattana Pestonji, Thai director and producer (b. 1908)
• 1971 – Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Yokozuna (b. 1914)
• 1971 – Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
• 1973 – Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (b. 1889)
• 1973 – Jean Barraqué, French pianist and composer (b. 1928)
• 1973 – Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (b. 1939)
• 1979 – John C. Allen, American roller coaster designer (b. 1907)
• 1979 – Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (b. 1909)
• 1983 – Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (b. 1896)
• 1987 – Gary Chester, Italian drummer and educator (b. 1924)
• 1987 – Rudolf Hess, German soldier and politician (b. 1894)
• 1987 – Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (b. 1929)
• 1988 – Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, Pakistani general and politician, 6th President of Pakistan (b. 1924)
• 1988 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1914)
• 1988 – Victoria Shaw, Australian-American actress (b. 1935)
• 1990 – Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (b. 1918)
• 1993 – Feng Kang, Chinese mathematician and academic (b. 1920)
• 1994 – Luigi Chinetti, Italian-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1901)
• 1994 – Jack Sharkey, American boxer and referee (b. 1902)
• 1995 – Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1995 – Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1933)
• 1998 – Władysław Komar, Polish shot putter and actor (b. 1940)
• 1998 – Tadeusz Ślusarski, Polish pole vaulter (b. 1950)
• 2000 – Jack Walker, English businessman (b. 1929)
• 2004 – Thea Astley, Australian author and educator (b. 1925)
• 2005 – John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (b. 1934)
• 2006 – Shamsur Rahman, Bangladeshi poet and journalist (b. 1929)
• 2007 – Bill Deedes, English journalist and politician (b. 1913)
• 2007 – Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)
• 2008 – Franco Sensi, Italian businessman and politician (b. 1926)
• 2010 – Francesco Cossiga, Italian lawyer and politician, 8th President of Italy (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Aase Bjerkholt, Norwegian politician, Minister of Children, Equality and Social Inclusion (b. 1915)
• 2012 – Victor Poor, American engineer, developed the Datapoint 2200 (b. 1933)
• 2012 – Patrick Ricard, French businessman (b. 1945)
• 2012 – John Lynch-Staunton, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Odilia Dank, American educator and politician (b. 1938)
• 2013 – Jack Harshman, American baseball player (b. 1927)
• 2013 – John Hollander, American poet and critic (b. 1929)
• 2013 – Frank Martínez, American painter (b. 1924)
• 2013 – Gus Winckel, Dutch lieutenant and pilot (b. 1912)
• 2014 – Børre Knudsen, Norwegian minister and activist (b. 1937)
• 2014 – Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Sophie Masloff, American civil servant and politician, 56th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1917)
• 2014 – Miodrag Pavlović, Serbian poet and critic (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Pierre Vassiliu, French singer-songwriter (b. 1937)
• 2015 – Mike Gaechter, American football player (b. 1940)
• 2015 – Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder, German businessman (b. 1933)
• 2015 – László Paskai, Hungarian cardinal (b. 1927)
• 2016 – Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)