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Day of the year
September 15
is the 258th day of the year (259th in
leap years
) in the
Gregorian calendar
; 107 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
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Pre-1600
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1601?1900
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1901?present
[
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- 1915
–
New Culture Movement
:
Chen Duxiu
establishes the
New Youth
magazine in
Shanghai
.
[6]
- 1916
–
World War I
:
Tanks
are used for the first time in battle, at the
Battle of the Somme
.
- 1918
– World War I: Allied troops
break through
the
Bulgarian
defenses on the
Macedonian front
.
- 1935
–
Nazi Germany
adopts a new
national flag
bearing the
swastika
.
- 1940
–
World War II
: The
climax of the Battle of Britain
, when the
Luftwaffe
launches its largest and most concentrated attack of the entire campaign.
- 1942
– World War II:
U.S. Navy
aircraft carrier
USS
Wasp
is sunk by
Japanese
torpedoes at
Guadalcanal
.
- 1944
–
Franklin D. Roosevelt
and
Winston Churchill
meet in
Quebec
as part of the
Octagon Conference
to discuss strategy.
- 1944 –
Battle of Peleliu
begins as the
United States Marine Corps
'
1st Marine Division
and the
United States Army
's
81st Infantry Division
hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
- 1945
– A
hurricane
strikes southern
Florida
and
the Bahamas
, destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at
Naval Air Station Richmond
.
- 1947
–
Typhoon Kathleen
hit the
Kant? region
in Japan killing 1,077.
- 1948
– The
Indian Army
captures the towns of
Jalna
,
Latur
,
Mominabad
,
Surriapet
and
Narkatpalli
as part of
Operation Polo
.
- 1948 – The
F-86 Sabre
sets the
world aircraft speed record
at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h).
- 1950
–
Korean War
: The
U.S. X Corps
lands at Inchon
.
- 1952
– The
United Nations
cedes
Eritrea
to
Ethiopia
.
- 1954
–
Marilyn Monroe
's
iconic skirt scene
is shot during filming for
The Seven Year Itch
.
[7]
- 1958
– A
Central Railroad of New Jersey
commuter train
runs through an open drawbridge
at the
Newark Bay
, killing 48.
- 1959
–
Nikita Khrushchev
becomes the first
Soviet
leader to visit the United States.
- 1962
– The
Soviet
ship
Poltava
heads toward
Cuba
, one of the events that sets into motion the
Cuban Missile Crisis
.
- 1963
–
Baptist Church bombing
: Four children killed in the bombing of an
African-American church
in
Birmingham, Alabama
, United States.
- 1966
– U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson
, responding to a
sniper attack
at the
University of Texas at Austin
, writes a letter to
Congress
urging the enactment of
gun control
legislation.
- 1968
– The
Soviet
Zond 5
spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the
Moon
and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
- 1971
– The first Greenpeace ship departs from Vancouver to protest against the upcoming
Cannikin
nuclear weapon test in Alaska.
- 1972
– A
Scandinavian Airlines System
domestic flight
from
Gothenburg
to
Stockholm
is
hijacked
and flown to
Malmo Bulltofta Airport
.
- 1974
–
Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked
, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
- 1975
– The French
department
of "
Corse
" (the entire island of
Corsica
) is divided into two:
Haute-Corse
(Upper Corsica) and
Corse-du-Sud
(Southern Corsica).
- 1978
– At the
Superdome
in
New Orleans
,
Muhammad Ali
outpoints
Leon Spinks
in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world
heavyweight
title three times.
- 1981
– The
Senate Judiciary Committee
unanimously approves
Sandra Day O'Connor
to become the first female justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States
.
- 1981 – The
John Bull
becomes the oldest operable
steam locomotive
in the world when the
Smithsonian Institution
operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
- 1983
–
Israeli
premier
Menachem Begin
resigns.
- 1995
–
Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133
crashes at
Tawau Airport
in
Malaysia
, killing 34.
[8]
- 2001
– During a
CART
race at the
Lausitzring
in Germany, former
Formula One
driver
Alex Zanardi
suffers a heavy accident resulting in him losing both his legs.
[9]
- 2004
–
National Hockey League
commissioner
Gary Bettman
announces
lockout
of the
players' union
and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
- 2008
–
Lehman Brothers
files for
Chapter 11
bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
- 2011
– Four miners are killed in the
Gleision Colliery mining accident
in the Swansea Valley, Wales, UK.
[10]
- 2017
– The
Parsons Green bombing
takes place in
London
.
- 2020
– Signing of the
Bahrain?Israel normalization agreement
occurs in
Washington, D.C.
, normalizing relations between
Israel
and two Arab nations, the
United Arab Emirates
and
Bahrain
.
[11]
Births
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Pre-1600
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1601?1900
[
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]
- 1613
–
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
, French soldier and author (d. 1680)
- 1649
–
Titus Oates
, English minister, fabricated the
Popish Plot
(d. 1705)
[18]
- 1666
–
Sophia Dorothea of Celle
(d. 1726)
[19]
- 1690
–
Ignazio Prota
, Italian composer and educator (d. 1748)
- 1715
–
Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval
, French general and engineer (d. 1789)
- 1736
–
Jean Sylvain Bailly
, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st
Mayor of Paris
(d. 1793)
[20]
- 1759
–
Cornelio Saavedra
, Argentinean general and politician (d. 1829)
- 1760
–
Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien
, Prussian general (d. 1824)
- 1765
–
Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage
, Portuguese poet and author (d. 1805)
- 1789
–
James Fenimore Cooper
, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (d. 1851)
[21]
- 1815
–
Halfdan Kjerulf
, Norwegian journalist and composer (d. 1868)
[22]
- 1819
–
Cyprien Tanguay
, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902)
[23]
- 1828
–
Alexander Butlerov
, Russian chemist and academic (d. 1886)
- 1830
–
Porfirio Diaz
, Mexican general and politician, 29th
President of Mexico
(d. 1915)
- 1846
–
George Franklin Grant
, African-American educator, dentist, and inventor (d. 1910)
- 1852
–
Edward Bouchet
, American physicist and educator (d. 1918)
- 1852 –
Jan Ernst Matzeliger
, Surinamese-American inventor (d. 1889)
- 1857
–
William Howard Taft
, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th
President of the United States
(d. 1930)
- 1857 –
Anna Winlock
, American astronomer and academic (d. 1904)
[24]
- 1858
–
Charles de Foucauld
, French priest and martyr (d. 1916)
- 1858 –
Jen? Hubay
, Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (d. 1937)
- 1861
–
M. Visvesvaraya
, Indian engineer, scholar, and
Bharat Ratna
Laureate,
Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom
(d. 1962)
- 1863
–
Horatio Parker
, American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1919)
- 1864
–
Prince Sigismund of Prussia
(d. 1866)
- 1867
–
Vladimir May-Mayevsky
, Russian general (d. 1920)
- 1876
–
Bruno Walter
, German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1962)
- 1876 –
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
, Bengali novelist (d. 1938)
- 1877
–
Jakob Ehrlich
, Czech-Austrian politician (d. 1938)
- 1877 –
Yente Serdatzky
, Lithuanian-American author and playwright (d. 1962)
- 1879
–
Joseph Lyons
, Australian educator and politician, 10th
Prime Minister of Australia
(d. 1939)
- 1881
–
Ettore Bugatti
, Italian-French businessman, founded
Bugatti
(d. 1947)
- 1883
–
Esteban Terradas i Illa
, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
- 1886
–
Paul Levy
, French mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
- 1887
–
Carlos Davila
, Chilean journalist and politician,
President of Chile
(d. 1955)
- 1888
–
Antonio Ascari
, Italian race car driver (d. 1925)
- 1889
–
Robert Benchley
, American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (d. 1945)
- 1889 –
Claude McKay
, Jamaican-American poet and author (d. 1948)
- 1890
–
Ernest Bullock
, English organist and composer (d. 1979)
- 1890 –
Sonja Branting-Westerstahl
, Swedish lawyer (d. 1981)
[25]
- 1890 –
Agatha Christie
, English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1976)
[26]
- 1890 –
Frank Martin
, Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1974)
- 1892
–
Silpa Bhirasri
, Italian sculptor and educator (d. 1962)
- 1894
–
Chic Harley
, American football player (d. 1974)
- 1894 –
Oskar Klein
, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1977)
- 1894 –
Jean Renoir
, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
- 1895
–
Magda Lupescu
, mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania (d. 1977)
- 1897
–
Merle Curti
, American historian and author (d. 1997)
- 1898
–
J. Slauerhoff
, Dutch poet and author (d. 1936)
1901?present
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- 1901
–
Donald Bailey
, English engineer, designed
Bailey bridge
(d. 1985)
- 1903
–
Roy Acuff
, American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 1992)
- 1904
–
Umberto II of Italy
(d. 1983)
- 1904 –
Sheilah Graham Westbrook
, English-American actress, journalist, and author (d. 1988)
- 1906
–
Jacques Becker
, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1960)
- 1906 –
Walter E. Rollins
, American songwriter (d. 1973)
- 1907
–
Gunnar Ekelof
, Swedish poet and author (d. 1968)
- 1907 –
Fay Wray
, Canadian-American actress (d. 2004)
- 1908
–
Kid Sheik
, American trumpet player (d. 1996)
- 1908 –
Penny Singleton
, American actress and singer (d. 2003)
- 1909
–
C. N. Annadurai
, Indian educator and politician, 7th
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
(d. 1969)
- 1909 –
Phil Arnold
, American actor (d. 1968)
- 1910
–
Betty Neels
, English nurse and author (d. 2001)
- 1911
–
Karsten Solheim
, Norwegian-American businessman, founded
PING
(d. 2000)
- 1911 –
Luther Terry
, American physician and academic, 9th
Surgeon General of the United States
(d. 1985)
- 1913
–
Henry Brant
, Canadian-American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
- 1913 –
Bruno Hoffmann
, German
glass harp
player (d. 1991)
- 1913 –
John N. Mitchell
, American lawyer, and politician, 67th
United States Attorney General
(d. 1988)
- 1913 –
Johannes Steinhoff
, German general and pilot (d. 1994)
- 1914
–
Creighton Abrams
, American general (d. 1974)
- 1914 –
Adolfo Bioy Casares
, Argentinian journalist and author (d. 1999)
- 1914 –
Orhan Kemal
, Turkish author (d. 1970)
- 1914 –
Robert McCloskey
, American author and illustrator (d. 2003)
- 1915
–
Fawn M. Brodie
, American historian and author (d. 1981)
- 1915 –
Al Casey
, American guitarist and composer (d. 2005)
- 1915 –
Albert Whitlock
, English-American special effects designer (d. 1999)
- 1916
–
Margaret Lockwood
, Pakistani-English actress (d. 1990)
- 1916 –
Frederick C. Weyand
, American general (d. 2010)
- 1917
–
Hilde Gueden
, Austrian soprano (d. 1988)
[27]
- 1917 –
Buddy Jeannette
, American basketball player and coach (d. 1998)
[28]
- 1918
–
Alfred D. Chandler Jr.
, American historian and academic (d. 2007)
- 1918 –
Phil Lamason
, New Zealand soldier and pilot (d. 2012)
- 1918 –
Margot Loyola
, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
- 1918 –
Nipsey Russell
, American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
[29]
- 1919
–
Fausto Coppi
, Italian cyclist and soldier (d. 1960)
- 1919 –
Nelson Gidding
, American author and screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1919 –
Heda Margolius Kovaly
, Czech author and translator (d. 2010)
- 1920
–
Kym Bonython
, Australian race car driver, drummer, and radio host (d. 2011)
- 1921
–
Richard Gordon
, English surgeon and author (d. 2017)
- 1921 –
Gene Roland
, American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
- 1922
–
Bob Anderson
, English fencer and choreographer (d. 2012)
- 1922 –
Jackie Cooper
, American actor (d. 2011)
- 1922 –
Gaetano Cozzi
, Italian historian and academic (d. 2001)
- 1922 –
Mary Soames
, English author (d. 2014)
- 1923
–
Anton Heiller
, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
- 1924
–
Lucebert
, Dutch poet and painter (d. 1994)
- 1924 –
Gyorgy Lazar
, Hungarian politician, 50th
Prime Minister of Hungary
(d. 2014)
- 1924 –
Bobby Short
, American singer and pianist (d. 2005)
[29]
- 1924 –
Mordechai Tzipori
, Israeli politician and soldier (d. 2017)
- 1925
–
Stanley Chapman
, English architect and author (d. 2009)
- 1925 –
Erika Koth
, German soprano (d. 1981)
- 1925 –
Carlo Rambaldi
, Italian special effects artist (d. 2012)
- 1925 –
Helle Virkner
, Danish actress and singer (d. 2009)
- 1926
–
Shohei Imamura
, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
- 1926 –
Jean-Pierre Serre
, French mathematician and academic
- 1926 –
Henry Silva
, American actor (d. 2022)
[30]
- 1927
–
Rudolf Anderson
, pilot and commissioned officer in the United States Air Force (d. 1962)
- 1927 –
Norm Crosby
, American comedian and actor (d. 2020)
[29]
- 1927 –
David Stove
, Australian philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
- 1928
–
Cannonball Adderley
, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)
[29]
- 1929
–
Eva Burrows
, Australian 13th
General of The Salvation Army
(d. 2015)
- 1929 –
Murray Gell-Mann
, American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d. 2019)
- 1929 –
Stan Kelly-Bootle
, English singer-songwriter, computer scientist, and author (d. 2014)
- 1929 –
Dick Latessa
, American actor (d. 2016)
- 1929 –
John Julius Norwich
, English historian and author (d. 2018)
- 1929 –
Wilbur Snyder
, American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)
- 1929 –
Mumtaz Soysal
, Turkish academic and politician, 30th
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
(d. 2019)
- 1930
–
Endel Lippmaa
, Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
- 1931
–
Brian Henderson
, New Zealand-Australian journalist, actor, and producer (d. 2021)
- 1932
–
Neil Bartlett
, English-American chemist and academic (d. 2008)
- 1933
–
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
, Spanish conductor and composer (d. 2014)
- 1933 –
Jim Rodger
, Scottish footballer (d. 2024)
[31]
- 1934
–
Tomie dePaola
, American author and illustrator (d. 2020)
- 1934 –
Fred Nile
, Australian soldier, minister, and politician
- 1935
–
Dinkha IV
, Iraqi patriarch (d. 2015)
- 1936
–
Ashley Cooper
, Australian tennis player (d. 2020)
- 1936 –
Sara Henderson
, Australian farmer and author (d. 2005)
- 1937
–
Joey Carew
, Trinidadian cricketer (d. 2011)
- 1937 –
Fernando de la Rua
, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st
President of Argentina
(d. 2019)
- 1937 –
King Curtis Iaukea
, American wrestler (d. 2010)
- 1937 –
Robert Lucas Jr.
, American economist and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (d. 2023)
- 1937 –
Pino Puglisi
, Italian priest and martyr (d. 1993)
- 1938
–
Gaylord Perry
, American baseball player and coach (d. 2022)
[29]
- 1939
–
Subramanian Swamy
, Indian economist, academic, and politician,
Indian Minister of Law and Justice
- 1939 –
George Walden
, English journalist and politician
- 1940
–
Merlin Olsen
, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2010)
[29]
- 1941
–
Florian Albert
, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2011)
- 1941 –
Signe Toly Anderson
, American rock singer (d. 2016)
- 1941 –
Mirosław Hermaszewski
, Polish general, pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2022)
[32]
- 1941 –
Yuriy Norshteyn
, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter
- 1941 –
Viktor Zubkov
, Russian businessman and politician, 37th
Prime Minister of Russia
- 1942
–
Lee Dorman
, American bass player (d. 2012)
[33]
- 1942 –
Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham
, English businessman and politician
- 1942 –
Ksenia Milicevic
, French painter and architect
- 1944
–
Mauro Piacenza
, Italian cardinal
- 1944 –
Graham Taylor
, English footballer and manager (d. 2017)
[34]
- 1945
–
Carmen Maura
, Spanish actress
- 1945 –
Jessye Norman
, American soprano (d. 2019)
[29]
- 1945 –
Hans-Gert Pottering
, German lawyer and politician, 23rd
President of the European Parliament
- 1945 –
Ron Shelton
, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1946
–
Tommy Lee Jones
, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
[35]
- 1946 –
Mike Procter
, South African cricketer, coach, and referee (d. 2024)
- 1946 –
Oliver Stone
, American director, screenwriter, and producer
[35]
- 1946 –
Howard Waldrop
, American author and critic (d. 2024)
- 1947
–
Russel L. Honore
, American general
[36]
[37]
- 1947 –
Viggo Jensen
, Danish footballer and manager
- 1947 –
Diane E. Levin
, American educator and author
- 1947 –
Theodore Long
, American wrestling referee and manager
- 1949
–
Joe Barton
, American lawyer and politician
- 1950
–
Rajiv Malhotra
, Indian author
- 1950 –
Mirza Masroor Ahmad
, Pakistani-English caliph and scholar
- 1951
–
Pete Carroll
, American football player and coach
- 1951 –
Johan Neeskens
, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1951 –
Fred Seibert
, American television producer, co-founder of
MTV
- 1952
–
Richard Brodeur
, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1952 –
Paula Duncan
, Australian actress
- 1952 –
Ratnajeevan Hoole
, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
- 1952 –
Kelly Keagy
, American singer and drummer
[35]
- 1953
–
Margie Moran
, Filipino peace advocate and beauty queen,
Miss Universe 1973
[38]
- 1953 –
Keiko Takeshita
, Japanese actress
- 1954
–
Adrian Adonis
, American wrestler (d. 1988)
- 1954 –
Hrant Dink
, Turkish journalist (d. 2007)
- 1954 –
Barry Shabaka Henley
, American actor
[35]
- 1955
–
?eljka Antunovi?
, Croatian politician, 9th
Croatian Minister of Defence
- 1955 –
Abdul Qadir
, Pakistani cricketer (d. 2019)
- 1955 –
Bruce Reitherman
, American voice actor, singer, cinematographer, and producer
- 1955 –
Renzo Rosso
, Italian fashion designer and businessman, co-founded
Diesel Clothing
- 1956
–
Ross J. Anderson
, British academic and educator (d. 2024)
- 1956 –
Maggie Reilly
, Scottish singer-songwriter
- 1956 –
Ned Rothenberg
, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
- 1958
–
Joel Quenneville
, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1958 –
Wendie Jo Sperber
, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1959
–
Mark Kirk
, American commander, lawyer, and politician
- 1960
–
Ed Solomon
, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1960 –
Lisa Vanderpump
, British restaurateur, television personality, and author
[39]
- 1961
–
Terry Lamb
, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1961 –
Helen Margetts
, British political scientist
- 1961 –
Dan Marino
, American football player and sportscaster
[29]
- 1961 –
Patrick Patterson
, Jamaican cricketer
- 1962
–
Amanda Wakeley
, English fashion designer
- 1963
–
Pete Myers
, American basketball player and coach
- 1963 –
Stephen C. Spiteri
, Maltese military historian
- 1964
–
Robert Fico
, Slovak academic and politician, 14th
Prime Minister of Slovakia
- 1964 –
Steve Watkin
, Welsh cricketer
- 1964 –
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein
, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1966
–
Wenn V. Deramas
, Filipino director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
- 1966 –
Sherman Douglas
, American basketball player
[40]
- 1967
–
Paul Abbott
, American baseball player and coach
- 1967 –
Rodney Eyles
, Australian squash player
- 1968
–
Danny Nucci
, American actor
[35]
- 1969
–
Revaz Arveladze
, Georgian footballer
- 1969 –
Corby Davidson
, American radio personality
- 1969 –
Geraldine Carre
, French journalist and television presenter (d. 2024)
[41]
- 1969 –
Allen Shellenberger
, American drummer (d. 2009)
- 1971
–
Nathan Astle
, New Zealand cricketer and coach
- 1971 –
Josh Charles
, American actor and director
[35]
- 1971 –
Wayne Ferreira
, South African tennis player
- 1971 –
Ben Wallers
, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972
–
Jimmy Carr
, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
[29]
- 1972 –
Queen Letizia of Spain
[29]
- 1972 –
Lady Victoria
, American wrestler
- 1973
–
Prince Daniel, Duke of Vastergotland
, Swedish prince
- 1974
–
Arata Iura
, Japanese actor, model, and fashion designer
- 1975
–
Tom Dolan
, American swimmer
- 1975 –
Martina Krupi?kova
, Czech painter
- 1976
–
Brett Kimmorley
, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
- 1976 –
Paul Thomson
, Scottish drummer
- 1976 –
Matt Thornton
, American baseball player
- 1977
–
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
, Nigerian author
[42]
- 1977 –
Angela Aki
, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1977 –
Sophie Dahl
, English model and author
- 1977 –
Tom Hardy
, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
[35]
- 1977 –
Leander Jordan
, American football player
- 1977 –
Marisa Ramirez
, American actress
[35]
- 1977 –
Jason Terry
, American basketball player
- 1978
–
Zach Filkins
, American guitarist
[35]
- 1978 –
Eiður Guðjohnsen
, Icelandic footballer
- 1978 –
Genki Horiguchi
, Japanese wrestler
- 1979
–
Dave Annable
, American actor
[35]
- 1979 –
Amy Davidson
, American actress
[35]
- 1979 –
Patrick Marleau
, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 –
Carlos Ruiz
, Guatemalan footballer
- 1979 –
Reece Young
, New Zealand cricketer
- 1980
–
David Diehl
, American football player and sportscaster
- 1980 –
Mike Dunleavy Jr.
, American basketball player
- 1981
–
Ben Schwartz
, American actor, comedian and writer
[29]
- 1983
–
Yuka Hirata
, Japanese actress and model
- 1983 –
Luke Hochevar
, American baseball player
- 1984
–
Cyhi the Prynce
, American rapper and producer
- 1984 –
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
[35]
- 1984 –
Loek van Mil
, Dutch baseball player (d. 2019)
- 1984 –
Marshal Yanda
, American football player
[43]
- 1985
–
Francois-Olivier Roberge
, Canadian speed skater
- 1986
–
Jenna Marbles
, American YouTuber and comedian
- 1986 –
Heidi Montag
, American reality television personality and singer
[35]
- 1986 –
George Watsky
, American hip-hop artist, poet and author
- 1987
–
Vaila Barsley
, Scottish footballer
[44]
- 1987 –
Aly Cissokho
, French footballer
- 1987 –
Rhett Titus
, American wrestler
- 1988
–
Chelsea Kane
, American actress and singer
[29]
- 1988 –
Tim Moltzen
, Australian rugby league player
[45]
- 1990
–
Oliver Gill
, English footballer
[46]
- 1990 –
Aaron Mooy
, Australian footballer
[47]
- 1990 –
Matt Shively
, American actor
[29]
- 1991
–
Lee Jung-shin
, South Korean musician and actor
[48]
- 1991 –
Phil Ofosu-Ayeh
, German-Ghanaian footballer
- 1992
–
Jae Park
, South Korean-American singer
- 1993
–
Josh Richardson
, American basketball player
[49]
- 1993 –
Dennis Schroder
, German basketball player
[50]
- 1993 –
JP Tokoto
, American basketball player
[51]
- 1995
–
Terry McLaurin
, American football player
[52]
- 1995 –
Joe Ofahengaue
, New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
- 1997
–
Quin Houff
, American racing driver
[53]
- 1999
–
Jaren Jackson Jr.
, American basketball player
[54]
Deaths
[
edit
]
Pre-1600
[
edit
]
- 921
–
Ludmila of Bohemia
, Czech martyr and saint (b. 860)
- 1140
–
Adelaide of Hungary, Duchess of Bohemia
- 1146
–
Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond
, English soldier (b. 1100)
- 1231
–
Louis I, Duke of Bavaria
(b. 1173)
- 1326
–
Dmitry of Tver
(b. 1299)
- 1352
–
Ewostatewos
, Ethiopian monk and saint (b. 1273)
- 1397
–
Adam Easton
, English cardinal
- 1408
–
Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent
, English politician (b. 1384)
- 1496
–
Hugh Clopton
, Lord Mayor of London (b. c. 1440)
- 1500
–
John Morton
, English cardinal and academic (b. 1420)
- 1504
–
Elisabeth of Bavaria
, Electress of the Palatinate (b. 1478)
- 1510
– Saint
Catherine of Genoa
(b. 1447)
- 1559
–
Isabella Jagiellon
, Queen of Hungary (b. 1519)
- 1595
–
John MacMorran
, Baillie of Edinburgh, shot by rioting high school schoolchildren.
[55]
- 1596
–
Leonhard Rauwolf
, German physician and botanist (b. 1535)
1601?1900
[
edit
]
- 1613
–
Thomas Overbury
, English poet and author (b. 1581)
- 1643
–
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
, English-Irish politician,
Lord High Treasurer of Ireland
(b. 1566)
- 1649
–
John Floyd
, English priest and educator (b. 1572)
- 1700
–
Andre Le Notre
, French gardener (b. 1613)
- 1701
–
Edme Boursault
, French author and playwright (b. 1638)
- 1707
–
George Stepney
, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
- 1712
–
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
, English politician,
Lord High Treasurer
(b. 1645)
- 1750
–
Charles Theodore Pachelbel
, German organist and composer (b. 1690)
- 1794
–
Abraham Clark
, American police officer and politician (b. 1725)
- 1803
–
Gian Francesco Albani
, Italian cardinal (b. 1719)
- 1813
–
Antoine Etienne de Tousard
, French general and engineer (b. 1752)
- 1830
–
Francois Baillairge
, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1759)
- 1830 –
William Huskisson
, English financier and politician,
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
(b. 1770)
- 1841
–
Alessandro Rolla
, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1757)
- 1842
–
Pierre Baillot
, French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
- 1842 –
Francisco Morazan
, Guatemalan general, lawyer, and politician,
President of Central American Federation
(b. 1792)
- 1852
–
Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern
, German-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1770)
- 1859
–
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
, English architect and engineer, designed the
Great Western Railway
(b. 1806)
- 1864
–
John Hanning Speke
, English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
- 1874
–
Charles-Amedee Kohler
, Swiss chocolatier (b. 1790)
[56]
- 1883
–
Joseph Plateau
, Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
- 1893
–
Thomas Hawksley
, English engineer (b. 1807)
1901?present
[
edit
]
- 1907
–
William Wales (optician)
, English-American inventor (b.
c.
1838)
[57]
- 1915
–
Ernest Gagnon
, Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
- 1921
–
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
, Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
- 1926
–
Rudolf Christoph Eucken
, German philosopher and academic,
Nobel Prize
laureate (b. 1846)
- 1930
–
Milton Sills
, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
- 1938
–
Thomas Wolfe
, American novelist (b. 1900)
- 1940
–
William B. Bankhead
, American lawyer and politician, 47th
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
(b. 1874)
- 1945
–
Andre Tardieu
, French journalist and politician, 97th
Prime Minister of France
(b. 1876)
- 1945 –
Anton Webern
, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
- 1945 –
Linnie Marsh Wolfe
, American librarian and author (b. 1881)
- 1952
–
Hugo Raudsepp
, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
- 1965
–
Steve Brown
, American bassist (b. 1890)
- 1972
–
Ulvi Cemal Erkin
, Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
- 1972 –
Baki Suha Edibo?lu
, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
- 1972 –
Geoffrey Fisher
, English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
- 1973
–
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden
(b. 1882)
- 1975
–
Franco Bordoni
, Italian race car driver and pilot (b. 1913)
- 1978
–
Robert Cliche
, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
- 1978 –
Edmund Crispin
, English writer and composer (b. 1921)
- 1978 –
Willy Messerschmitt
, German engineer and academic, designed the
Messerschmitt Bf 109
(b. 1898)
- 1980
–
Bill Evans
, American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
- 1981
–
Rafael Mendez
, Mexican trumpet player and composer (b. 1906)
- 1983
–
Prince Far I
, Jamaican DJ and producer (b. 1944)
- 1985
–
Cootie Williams
, American trumpet player (b. 1910)
- 1989
–
Jan DeGaetani
, American soprano (b. 1933)
- 1989 –
Olga Erteszek
, Polish-American fashion designer (b. 1916)
- 1989 –
Robert Penn Warren
, American novelist, poet, and literary critic (b. 1905)
- 1991
–
John Hoyt
, American actor (b. 1904)
- 1991 –
Warner Troyer
, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1932)
- 1993
–
Pino Puglisi
, Italian priest and martyr (b. 1937)
- 1995
–
Harry Calder
, South African cricketer (b. 1901)
- 1995 –
Gunnar Nordahl
, Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
- 1997
–
Bulldog Brower
, American wrestler (b. 1933)
- 1998
–
Louis Rasminsky
, Canadian economist, 3rd
Governor of the Bank of Canada
(b. 1908)
- 2001
–
June Salter
, Australian actress and author (b. 1932)
- 2003
–
Garner Ted Armstrong
, American evangelist and author (b. 1930)
- 2004
–
Johnny Ramone
, American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1948)
- 2004 –
Walter Stewart
, Canadian journalist and author (b. 1931)
- 2005
–
Guy Green
, English director and cinematographer (b. 1913)
- 2005 –
Sidney Luft
, American manager and producer (b. 1915)
- 2006
–
Raymond Baxter
, English television host and author (b. 1922)
- 2006 –
Oriana Fallaci
, Italian journalist and author (b. 1929)
- 2006 –
Pablo Santos
, Mexican-American actor (b. 1987)
- 2007
–
Colin McRae
, Scottish race car driver (b. 1968)
[58]
- 2007 –
Jeremy Moore
, English general (b. 1928)
- 2007 –
Aldemaro Romero
, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
- 2007 –
Brett Somers
, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1924)
- 2008 –
Richard Wright
, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1943)
- 2009
–
Troy Kennedy Martin
, Scottish-English screenwriter (b. 1932)
- 2010
–
Arrow
, Caribbean singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
- 2011
–
Frances Bay
, Canadian-American actress (b. 1919)
- 2012
–
Tibor Antalpeter
, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat,
Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom
(b. 1930)
- 2012 –
Nevin Spence
, Northern Irish rugby player (b. 1990)
- 2013
–
Habib Munzir Al-Musawa
, Indonesian cleric and scholar (b. 1973)
- 2013 –
Jerry G. Bishop
, American radio and television host (b. 1936)
- 2013 –
Gerard Cafesjian
, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1925)
- 2013 –
Jackie Lomax
, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
- 2014
–
John Anderson Jr.
, American lawyer and politician, 36th
Governor of Kansas
(b. 1917)
- 2014 –
Eugene I. Gordon
, American physicist and engineer (b. 1930)
- 2014 –
Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia
(b. 1922)
- 2014 –
Jurg Schubiger
, Swiss psychotherapist and author (b. 1936)
- 2014 –
Wayne Tefs
, Canadian anthologist, author, and critic (b. 1947)
- 2015
–
Harry J. Lipkin
, Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1921)
- 2015 –
Meir Pa'il
, Israeli commander, historian, and politician (b. 1926)
- 2015 –
Bernard Van de Kerckhove
, Belgian cyclist (b. 1941)
- 2017
–
Harry Dean Stanton
, American actor (b. 1926)
- 2018
–
Helen Clare
, British singer (b. 1916)
[59]
- 2019
–
Ric Ocasek
, American musician (b. 1944)
[60]
- 2021
–
Lou Angotti
, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1938)
[61]
- 2023
–
Fernando Botero
, Colombian painter and sculptor (b. 1932)
[62]
Holidays and observances
[
edit
]
- Battle of Britain Day
(United Kingdom)
- Christian
feast day
:
- Cry of Dolores
, celebrated on the eve of
Independence Day (Mexico)
.
- Earliest day on which
Father's Day
can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Sunday in September. (
Ukraine
)
- Earliest day on which
German-American Steuben Parade
can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Saturday in September. (United States, especially New York City)
- Earliest day on which
POW/MIA Recognition Day
can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Friday in September. (United States)
- Earliest day on which
Prinsjesdag
can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Tuesday in September. (Netherlands)
- Earliest day on which
Respect for the Aged Day
can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in September. (Japan)
- Engineer's Day
(India)
- Independence Day
, celebrates the
Act of Independence of Central America
from Spain in 1821 of
Guatemala
(a
Patriotic Day
),
El Salvador
,
Honduras
,
Nicaragua
, and
Costa Rica
.
- International Day of Democracy
[63]
- Knowledge Day (Azerbaijan)
- Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day
(
Slovenia
)
- Silpa Bhirasri Day
(
Thailand
).
- The beginning of
German American Heritage Month
, celebrated until October 15
[64]
- The beginning of
National Hispanic Heritage Month
, celebrated until October 15 (United States)
- World Lymphoma Awareness Day
(
International
)
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