Related events:

1. Monday 12th of August 0030bc (-) — Last active ruler of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt Cleopatra VII Philopator commits suicide by allowing an asp to bite her
   

2. Thursday 1st of August 0030bc (-) — Roman politician Marcus Antonius commits suicide by stabbing himself with his sword
   Antonius was in the mistaken belief that Cleopatra had already killed herself. When he found out that Cleopatra was still alive, his friends brought him to Cleopatra's monument in which she was hiding and he died in her arms.

3. Friday 22nd of December 1876 (+) — Founder of the Futurist movement Filippo Tommaso Marinetti is born
   

4. Thursday 26th of April 1894 (+) — Nazi leader and Stellvertreter des Führers Rudolf Hess is born
   

5. Sunday 9th of October 1898 (+) — Writer and playwright Tawfīq al-Hakīm is born
   

6. Sunday 10th of April 1932 (+) — Actor Omar Sharif is born
   

7. Thursday 3rd of May 1934 (+) — Singer-songwriter Georges Moustaki is born
   

8. Wednesday 17th of July 1946 (+) — Singer-songwriter Demis Roussos is born