and journalist (b. 1973) 2014 – Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (b. 1942) 2015 – George Houser, American minister and activist (b. 1916) 2015 – Sanat Mehta, Indian activist and politician (b. 1935) 2016 – Jack Riley, American actor and voice artist (b. 1935) 2017 – Dick Gregory, American comedian, author and activist (b. 1932) 2019 – Lars Larsen, Danish businessman and billionaire, founder and owner of the Danish retail chain JYSK (b. 1948) 2021 – Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor (b. 1939) Holidays and observances Afghan Independence Day, commemorates the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, granting independence from Britain (Afghanistan) August Revolution Commemoration Day (Vietnam) Birthday of Crown Princess Mette-Marit (Norway) Christian Feast Day: Bernardo Tolomei Bertulf of Bobbio Saint Calminius Ezequiél Moreno y Díaz Feast of the Transfiguration (Julian calendar), and its related observances: Buhe (Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church and Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church) Saviour's Transfiguration, popularly known as the "Apples Feast" (Russian Orthodox Church and Georgian Orthodox Church) Jean-Eudes de Mézeray Louis of Toulouse Maginus Magnus of Anagni Magnus of Avignon Sebaldus August 19 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Manuel Luis Quezón Day (Quezon City and other places in the Philippines named after Manuel L. Quezon) National Aviation Day (United States) World Humanitarian Day References External links Days of the year August