Famous Birthdays Aug 5 Vitus Bering, Danish explorer of Bering Strait and coast of Alaska, born in Horsens, Denmark (d. 1741) Aug 22 Pierre Danican Philidor, French composer, born in Paris (d. 1731) Born in 1681 Famous Deaths Aug 17 Nikon [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church, dies at 76 Jul 1681 History by Year Sep 1681 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z
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