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September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 99 days remain until the end of the year. It is frequently the day of the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.

Events[]

  • 1122Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the Investiture Controversy.
  • 1338 – The Battle of Arnemuiden, in which a French force defeats the English, is the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first naval battle in which gunpowder artillery is used.[1]
  • 1409 – The Battle of Kherlen is the second significant victory over Ming dynasty China by the Mongols since 1368.
  • 1459 – The Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is won by the Yorkists.[2]
  • 1568 – Spanish naval forces rout an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz.
  • 1641 – The Merchant Royal, carrying a treasure of over 100,000 pounds of gold (worth over £1 billion today), is lost at sea off Land's End.
  • 1642 – The first commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
  • 1779American Revolution: John Paul Jones, naval commander of the United States, on board the USS Bonhomme Richard, wins the Battle of Flamborough Head.[3]
  • 1780 – American Revolution: British Major John André is arrested as a spy by American soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold's change of sides.
  • 1803Second Anglo-Maratha War: The Battle of Assaye is fought between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India.[4]
  • 1806Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States.
  • 1821Tripolitsa, Greece, is captured by Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence.
  • 1845 – The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York.
  • 1846 – Astronomers Urbain Le Verrier, John Couch Adams and Johann Gottfried Galle collaborate on the discovery of Neptune.
  • 1868Grito de Lares ("Lares Revolt") occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
  • 1889Nintendo Koppai (Later Nintendo Company, Limited) is founded by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce and market the playing card game Hanafuda.
  • 1899 – The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
  • 1905 – Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
  • 1909 – The novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (The Phantom of the Opera), by Gaston Leroux, is published as a serialization in Le Gaulois.
  • 1911 – Pilot Earle Ovington makes the first official airmail delivery in America under the authority of the United States Post Office Department
  • 1913Roland Garros of France becomes the first to fly in an airplane across the Mediterranean (from St. Raphael in France to Bizerte, Tunisia).
  • 1932 – The unification of Saudi Arabia is completed.
  • 1938 – The Czechoslovak army is mobilized in response to the Munich Agreement.
  • 1942World War II: The Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the Matanikau River.
  • 1943 – World War II: The Nazi puppet state known as the Italian Social Republic is founded.
  • 1950Korean War: The Battle of Hill 282 is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II.
  • 1962 – The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts opens in New York City.
  • 1973Argentine general election: Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina.
  • 1980Bob Marley plays what would be the last concert of his life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • 1983Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
  • 1983 – Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.
  • 1986 – Houston Astros' Jim Deshaies sets a record, striking out the first eight batters he faces against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
  • 2002 – The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
  • 2004 – Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.
  • 2008 – Matti Saari kills ten people before committing suicide.
  • 2019 – The British travel company, Thomas Cook Group, declares bankruptcy, leaving employees without jobs and 600,000 customers stranded abroad. Hotels throughout the world are stuck with £3.5 million (U.S. $4.3 million) in unpaid bills.[5]

Births[]

  • 63 BCAugustus, Roman emperor (d. 14 AD)
  • 1158Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)
  • 1215Kublai Khan, Mongolian emperor (d. 1294)
  • 1495Bagrat III of Imereti, King of Imereti (d. 1565)
  • 1597Francesco Barberini, Catholic cardinal (d. 1679)
  • 1598Eleonore Gonzaga, Italian wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)
  • 1642Giovanni Maria Bononcini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1678)
  • 1647Joseph Dudley, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (d. 1720)
  • 1650Jeremy Collier, English bishop and theologian (d. 1726)
  • 1713Ferdinand VI of Spain (d. 1759)
  • 1740Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)
  • 1771Emperor Kōkaku of Japan (d. 1840)
  • 1778Mariano Moreno, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1811)
  • 1781Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1860)
  • 1791Johann Franz Encke, German astronomer and academic (d. 1865)
  • 1791 – Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (d. 1813)
  • 1800William Holmes McGuffey, American author and academic (d. 1873)
  • 1819Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist and academic (d. 1896)
  • 1823John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (d. 1902)
  • 1838Victoria Woodhull, American journalist and activist (d. 1927)
  • 1851Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1930)
  • 1852James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (d. 1917)
  • 1852 – William Stewart Halsted, American physician and surgeon (d. 1922)
  • 1853Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen (d. 1923)
  • 1861Robert Bosch, German engineer and businessman, founded Robert Bosch GmbH (d. 1942)
  • 1863Mary Church Terrell, American author and activist (d. 1954)
  • 1865Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (d. 1933)
  • 1865 – Emma Orczy, Hungarian-English author and playwright (d. 1947)
  • 1865 – Suzanne Valadon, French model and painter (d. 1938)
  • 1867John Lomax, American teacher, musicologist, and folklorist (d. 1948)
  • 1876Moshe Zvi Segal, Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 1968)
  • 1880John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish biologist, physician, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
  • 1889Walter Lippmann, American journalist and publisher, co-founded The New Republic (d. 1974)
  • 1890Friedrich Paulus, German general (d. 1957)
  • 1895Miron Merzhanov, Russian architect and engineer (d. 1975)
  • 1895 – Johnny Mokan, American baseball player (d. 1985)
  • 1897Paul Delvaux, Belgian painter (d. 1994)
  • 1897 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1984)
  • 1898Les Haylen, Australian journalist and politician (d. 1977)
  • 1899Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th Attorney General of the United States (d. 1977)
  • 1899 – Louise Nevelson, American sculptor (d. 1988)
  • 1900Bill Stone, English soldier (d. 2009)
  • 1901Jaroslav Seifert, Czech poet and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
  • 1902Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and academic (d. 2003)
  • 1903Cec Fifield, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1957)
  • 1904Arthur Folwell, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator (d. 1966)
  • 1906Charles Ritchie, Canadian diplomat, High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
  • 1907Tiny Bradshaw, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1958)
  • 1907 – Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (d. 1976)
  • 1908Ramdhari Singh Dinkar, Indian poet, academic, and politician (d. 1974)
  • 1909Lorenc Antoni, Kosovo-Albanian composer and conductor (d. 1991)
  • 1910Jakob Streit, Swiss anthroposophist and author (d. 2009)
  • 1911Frank Moss, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003)
  • 1912Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (d. 2005)
  • 1912 – Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (d. 1980)
  • 1913Carl-Henning Pedersen, Danish painter and sculptor (d. 2007)
  • 1915Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (d. 2003)
  • 1915 – Clifford Shull, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
  • 1916Aldo Moro, Italian academic and politician, 39th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1978)
  • 1917Santo, Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon (d. 1984)
  • 1917 – Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (d. 2006)
  • 1920Mickey Rooney, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2014)
  • 1923Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (d. 2016)
  • 1923 – Vello Helk, Estonian-Danish historian and author (d. 2014)
  • 1924Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, Nicaraguan journalist and publisher (d. 1978)
  • 1925Denis C. Twitchett, English historian and scholar (d. 2006)
  • 1926André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the Etch A Sketch (d. 2013)
  • 1926 – John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1967)
  • 1928Frank Foster, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2011)
  • 1928 – Roger Grimsby, American journalist and actor (d. 1995)
  • 1930Sehba Akhtar, Pakistani poet and songwriter (d. 1996)
  • 1930 – Colin Blakely, Northern Irish actor (d. 1987)
  • 1930 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2004)
  • 1931Hilly Kristal, American businessman, founded CBGB (d. 2007)
  • 1931 – Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (d. 2013)
  • 1931 – Gerald Merrithew, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2004)
  • 1932Georg Keßler, German footballer and manager
  • 1933Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic (d. 2011)
  • 1934Per Olov Enquist, Swedish journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2020)
  • 1935Prem Chopra, Pakistani-Indian actor
  • 1935 – Les McCann, American soul-jazz singer and pianist
  • 1935 – Ron Tindall, English-Australian footballer, cricketer, and manager (d. 2012)
  • 1936George Eastham, English footballer
  • 1936 – Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91st President of Peru (d. 2006)
  • 1936 – Sylvain Saudan, Swiss skier
  • 1936 – Tareq Suheimat, Jordanian physician, general, and politician (d. 2014)
  • 1937Jacques Poulin, Canadian author and translator
  • 1938Romy Schneider, Austrian-French actress (d. 1982)
  • 1939Henry Blofeld, English cricketer and journalist
  • 1939 – Roy Buchanan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988)
  • 1939 – Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham, English politician
  • 1939 – Sonny Vaccaro, American businessman
  • 1940Michel Temer, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th Vice President of Brazil
  • 1940 – Dick Thornett, Australian rugby player and water polo player (d. 2011)
  • 1941George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family (d. 1971)
  • 1941 – Simon Nolet, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1941 – Norma Winstone, English singer-songwriter
  • 1942Sila María Calderón, Puerto Rican-American businesswoman and politician, 12th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
  • 1942 – Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston, Scottish scholar and politician
  • 1942 – David Renneberg, Australian cricketer
  • 1943Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter
  • 1943 – Marty Schottenheimer, American football player and coach
  • 1944Eric Bogle, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1944 – Richard Lambert, English journalist and academic
  • 1945Ron Bushy, American drummer
  • 1945 – Igor Ivanov, Russian politician and diplomat, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • 1945 – Alan Old, English rugby player
  • 1946Franz Fischler, Austrian politician
  • 1946 – Bernard Maris, French economist and journalist (d. 2015)
  • 1946 – Genista McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh, English politician
  • 1946 – Davorin Popović, Bosnian singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
  • 1946 – Anne Wheeler, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1947Christian Bordeleau, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1947 – Mary Kay Place, American actress
  • 1947 – Neal Smith, American drummer and songwriter
  • 1948Dan Toler, American guitarist (d. 2013)
  • 1949Floella Benjamin, Trinidadian-English actress, academic, and politician
  • 1949 – Bruce Springsteen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1949 – Kostas Tournas, Greek singer-songwriter
  • 1950George Garzone, American saxophonist and educator
  • 1951Steven Springer, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2012)
  • 1952Mark Bego, American author
  • 1952 – Anshuman Gaekwad, Indian cricketer
  • 1952 – Dennis Lamp, American baseball player
  • 1952 – Jim Morrison, American baseball player and manager
  • 1953Nicholas Witchell, English journalist
  • 1954Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996)
  • 1954 – Cherie Blair, English lawyer and academic
  • 1956Peter David, American author, actor, and screenwriter
  • 1956 – Tom Hogan, Australian cricketer
  • 1956 – Paolo Rossi, Italian footballer
  • 1957Rosalind Chao, American actress
  • 1958Danielle Dax, English singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1958 – Khaled El Sheikh, Bahraini singer-songwriter
  • 1958 – Tony Fossas, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
  • 1958 – Marvin Lewis, American football player and coach
  • 1958 – Larry Mize, American golfer
  • 1959Jason Alexander, American actor, singer, and voice artist
  • 1959 – Frank Cottrell-Boyce, English author and screenwriter
  • 1959 – Hans Nijman, Dutch mixed martial artist and wrestler (d. 2014)
  • 1959 – Chris O'Sullivan, Australian rugby league player
  • 1959 – Martin Page, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
  • 1959 – Elizabeth Peña, American actress (d. 2014)
  • 1959 – Karen Pierce, English diplomat
  • 1960Kurt Beyer, American wrestler
  • 1960 – Luis Moya, Spanish race car driver
  • 1961Chi McBride, American actor
  • 1961 – William C. McCool, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003)
  • 1962Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist
  • 1963Anne-Marie Cadieux, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter
  • 1963 – Alex Proyas, Egyptian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1964Clayton Blackmore, Welsh footballer and manager
  • 1964 – Josefa Idem, German-born Italian kayaker[6]
  • 1964 – Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer-songwriter
  • 1964 – Larry Krystkowiak, American basketball player and coach
  • 1964 – Katie Mitchell, English director and producer
  • 1964 – Julian Parkhill, English biologist and academic
  • 1964 – Bill Phillips, American businessman and author
  • 1965Mark Woodforde, Australian tennis player and sportscaster
  • 1966Pete Harnisch, American baseball player and coach
  • 1967Hilary Andersson, American-English journalist
  • 1967 – Chris Wilder, English footballer and manager
  • 1968Yvette Fielding, English actress and producer
  • 1968 – Adam Price, Welsh politician
  • 1969Donald Audette, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1969 – Patrick Fiori, French singer-songwriter
  • 1969 – Tapio Laukkanen, Finnish race car driver
  • 1969 – Rod Pampling, Australian golfer
  • 1969 – Jan Suchopárek, Czech footballer and manager
  • 1970Adrian Brunker, Australian rugby player
  • 1970 – Lucia Cifarelli, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
  • 1970 – Ani DiFranco, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1970 – Giorgos Koltsidas, Greek footballer
  • 1971Moin Khan, Pakistani cricketer and coach
  • 1971 – Eric Montross, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1971 – Sean Spicer, 30th White House Press Secretary
  • 1972Sarah Bettens, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1972 – Alistair Campbell, Zimbabwean cricketer
  • 1972 – Jermaine Dupri, American rapper and producer
  • 1972 – Karl Pilkington, English actor and producer
  • 1973Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist
  • 1973 – Vangelis Krios, Greek footballer and coach
  • 1974Ben Duckworth, Australian rugby league player
  • 1974 – Matt Hardy, American wrestler
  • 1975Layzie Bone, American rapper
  • 1975 – Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player
  • 1975 – Chris Hawkins, English journalist and producer
  • 1975 – Eric Miller, Irish rugby player, footballer, and coach
  • 1976Sarah Blasko, Australian singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1976 – Valeriy Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer
  • 1976 – Volodymyr Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer
  • 1977Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1977 – Dmitri Kulikov, Estonian footballer
  • 1977 – Fabio Ongaro, Italian rugby player
  • 1977 – Brett Prebble, Australian jockey
  • 1977 – Rachael Yamagata, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 1978Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (d. 2013)
  • 1978 – Anthony Mackie, American actor
  • 1979Ricky Davis, American basketball player
  • 1979 – Bryant McKinnie, American football player
  • 1979 – Fábio Simplício, Brazilian footballer
  • 1979 – Lote Tuqiri, Fijian-Australian rugby player
  • 1980Matt White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1980 – Liz Murray, American inspirational speaker
  • 1981Robert Doornbos, Dutch race car driver
  • 1981 – Natalie Horler, German singer
  • 1981 – Helen Richardson-Walsh, English field hockey player
  • 1982Mait Künnap, Estonian tennis player
  • 1982 – Shyla Stylez, Canadian pornographic actress (d. 2017)
  • 1983Shane del Rosario, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2013)
  • 1983 – Joffrey Lupul, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1983 – Regan Smith, American race car driver
  • 1984Patrick Ehelechner, German ice hockey player
  • 1984 – Matt Kemp, American baseball player
  • 1984 – Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch-American entertainer[7]
  • 1985Brian Brohm, American football player
  • 1985 – Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player
  • 1985 – Hossein Kaebi, Iranian footballer
  • 1985 – Nahomi Kawasumi, Japanese footballer
  • 1985 – Lukáš Kašpar, Czech ice hockey player
  • 1986Martin Cranie, English footballer
  • 1988Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player
  • 1988 – Anthony Straker, English footballer
  • 1988 – Yannick Weber, Swiss ice hockey player
  • 1989Brandon Jennings, American basketball player
  • 1989 – Taniela Lasalo, Australian rugby league player
  • 1991Lee Alexander, Scottish footballer[8]
  • 1991 – Melanie Oudin, American tennis player
  • 1993Duke Johnson, American football player
  • 1994John Folau, Australian-Tongan rugby league player

Deaths[]

  • 788Ælfwald I, king of Northumbria
  • 965Al-Mutanabbi, Arab poet (b. 915)
  • 1193Robert de Sablé, French knight
  • 1241Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178)
  • 1253Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
  • 1267Beatrice of Provence, countess regnant of Provence (b. 1234)
  • 1386Dan I of Wallachia
  • 1390John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346)
  • 1448Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (b. 1373)
  • 1461Charles, Prince of Viana, King of Navarre (b. 1421)
  • 1508Beatrice of Naples, queen consort of Hungary (b. 1457)
  • 1535Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1513)
  • 1571John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522)
  • 1573Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)
  • 1605Pontus de Tyard, French priest and poet (b. 1521)
  • 1675Valentin Conrart, French author, founded the Académie française (b. 1603)
  • 1728Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1655)
  • 1738Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (b. 1668)
  • 1764Robert Dodsley, English poet and playwright (b. 1703)
  • 1773Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718)
  • 1789John Rogers, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723)
  • 1835Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801)
  • 1851Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (b. 1800)
  • 1846John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818)
  • 1850José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764)
  • 1870Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803)
  • 1871Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786)
  • 1873Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823)
  • 1877Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811)
  • 1889Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824)
  • 1900William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)
  • 1913Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825)
  • 1917Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897)
  • 1929Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
  • 1939Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856)
  • 1939 – Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863)[9]
  • 1940Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
  • 1943Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864)
  • 1944Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875)
  • 1950Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892)
  • 1958Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876)
  • 1967Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (b. 1879)
  • 1968Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (b. 1887)
  • 1971James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888)
  • 1973Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
  • 1974Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (b. 1905)
  • 1974 – Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (b. 1950)
  • 1978Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (b. 1950)
  • 1979Catherine Lacey, English actress (b. 1904)
  • 1981Chief Dan George, Canadian actor, author, and poet (b. 1899)
  • 1987Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1927)
  • 1988Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian-Serbian explorer and author (b. 1912)
  • 1992Ivar Ivask, Estonian poet and scholar (b. 1927)
  • 1992 – Glendon Swarthout, American author and academic (b. 1918)
  • 1992 – James Van Fleet, American general (b. 1892)
  • 1994Jerry Barber, American golfer (b. 1916)
  • 1994 – Robert Bloch, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917)
  • 1994 – Madeleine Renaud, French actress (b. 1900)
  • 1997Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (b. 1906)
  • 1998Ray Bowden, English footballer (b. 1909)
  • 1998 – Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943)
  • 1999Ivan Goff, Australian-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910)
  • 2000Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player and manager (b. 1947)
  • 2000 – Carl Rowan, American journalist and author (b. 1925)
  • 2000 – Raoul Berger, American attorney and law professor (b. 1901)
  • 2001Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928)
  • 2003Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and journalist (b. 1937)
  • 2004Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918)
  • 2005Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (b. 1933)
  • 2006Malcolm Arnold, English trumpet player and composer (b. 1921)
  • 2006 – Etta Baker, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913)
  • 2008Peter Leonard, Australian journalist (b. 1942)
  • 2008 – Loren Pope, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
  • 2009Paul B. Fay, American sailor and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1918)
  • 2010Malcolm Douglas, Australian hunter and television host (b. 1941)
  • 2012Henry Champ, Canadian journalist and academic (b. 1937)
  • 2012 – Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Minister of Defence for Russia (b. 1948)
  • 2012 – Roberto Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player and coach (b. 1941)
  • 2012 – Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (b. 1966)
  • 2012 – Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (b. 1920)
  • 2013Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj, Syrian colonel and politician (b. 1925)
  • 2013 – Gil Dozier, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1934)
  • 2013 – Ruth Patrick, American botanist and immunologist (b. 1907)
  • 2014A. W. Davis, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)
  • 2014 – Irven DeVore, American anthropologist and biologist (b. 1934)
  • 2014 – Don Manoukian, American football player and wrestler (b. 1934)
  • 2014 – Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (b. 1913)
  • 2015Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher (b. 1930)
  • 2018Charles Kuen Kao, Hong Kong-American-British electrical engineer and physicist (b. 1933)[10]
  • 2018 – Gary Kurtz, American film producer[11] (b. 1940)
  • 2018 – Jane Fortune, American author, journalist, and philanthropist (b.1942)[12]

Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast day:
    • Adomnán
    • Cissa of Crowland (or of Northumbria)
    • Blessed Émilie Gamelin
    • Padre Pio
    • Pope Linus
    • Sossius
    • Thecla (Roman Catholic Church)
    • Xanthippe and Polyxena
    • September 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Grito de Lares (Puerto Rico)
  • Holocaust Memorial Day (Lithuania)
  • Kyrgyz Language Day (Kyrgyzstan)
  • National Day (Saudi Arabia)
  • Teachers' Day (Brunei)
  • Celebrate Bisexuality Day (bisexual community)[13]

References[]

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