Independence Day in the Central African Republic

Start of National Science Week (until 21 August)

Red Nose Day

International Left Hander’s Day

Anniversary of:
• the fall of the Aztec Empire after Spanish conquistadors capture Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc in Tenochtitlan (1521)
• Berlin being divided as East Germany sealed off the border between the city’s eastern and western sectors in order to halt the flight of refugees (1961)
• the premiere of South Park (1997)
• the birthdays of Alfred Hitchcock (1899) and Fidel Castro (1926)
• the deaths of Florence Nightingale (1910) and Julia Child (2005)