1 August 1819
200th anniversary of the birth of Herman Melville.
5 August 1844
175th anniversary of the birth of Ilya Repin.
9 August 1944
75th anniversary of the death of Felix Nussbaum.
9 August 1969
50th anniversary of the death of Sharon Tate.
11 August 1994
25th anniversary of the death of Peter Cushing.
12 August 1939
80th anniversary of the premiere of 'The Wizard of Oz'.
13 August 1899
120th anniversary of the birth of Alfred Hitchcock.
15 August 1769
250th
anniversary of the birth of Napoleon.
15 August 1969
50th anniversary of the Woodstock Festival.
17 August 1969
50th
anniversary of the death of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
31 August 1949
70th anniversary of Richard Gere.
