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September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 98 days remain until the end of the year.
Events [ ]
787 – Second Council of Nicaea : The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia.
1180 – Manuel I Komnenos , the last Byzantine Emperor of the Komnenian restoration, dies.
1645 – The Battle of Rowton Heath is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.
1674 – Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji .
1789 – The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act , creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
1830 – A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium .
1841 – The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
1846 – Mexican–American War : General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey .
1852 – The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard , travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.
1853 – Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
1869 – Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
1877 – The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
1890 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
1906 – Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot , further increasing racial segregation.
1911 – His Majesty's Airship No. 1 , Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
1929 – Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
1932 – Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact , which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
1935 – Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
1946 – Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
1946 – The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
1948 – The Honda Motor Company is founded.
1950 – The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.[ 1]
1957 – President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation .
1960 – USS Enterprise , the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
1968 – First episode of 60 Minutes airs on television.[ 2]
1972 – Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
1973 – Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
1975 – Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.
1993 – The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
1996 – Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
2005 – Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas .
2007 – Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
2007 – India won first ever T20 international Cricket World Cup.
2008 – Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa
2009 – The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
2013 – A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.
2014 – The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
2015 – At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
2019 – An impeachment inquiry is initiated by the United States House of Representatives against President Donald Trump .
Births [ ]
AD 15 – Vitellius , Roman emperor (d. 69)[ 3]
936 – 'Adud al-Dawla , Buyid king (d. 983)
1301 – Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford , English soldier (d. 1372)[ 4]
1418 – Anne of Cyprus , Duchess of Savoy (probable;[ 5] d. 1462)
1433 – Shekha of Amarsar , Rajput chieftain (d. 1488)
1473 – Georg von Frundsberg , German Knight and landowner (d. 1528)
1501 – Gerolamo Cardano , Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (d. 1576)
1534 – Guru Ram Das , fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)
1564 – William Adams , English sailor and navigator (d. 1620)
1583 – Albrecht von Wallenstein , Bohemian general (d. 1634)
1625 – Johan de Witt , Dutch mathematician and politician (d. 1672)
1667 – Jean-Louis Lully , French composer (d. 1688)
1705 – Count Leopold Joseph von Daun , Austrian field marshal (d. 1766)
1717 – Horace Walpole , English historian, author, and politician (d. 1797)[ 6]
1755 – John Marshall , American Continental Army officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1835)
1761 – F.L.Æ. Kunzen , German-Danish composer and conductor (d. 1817)
1796 – Antoine-Louis Barye , French sculptor and educator (d. 1875)
1801 – Mikhail Ostrogradsky , Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1862)
1802 – Adolphe d'Archiac , French paleontologist and geologist (d. 1868)
1812 – Mary Ann Browne , British poet and writer of musical scores (d. 1845)[ 7]
1817 – Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio , Spanish poet and philosopher (d. 1901)
1829 – Charles S. West , American jurist and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (d. 1885)
1845 – Nikolai Anderson , Estonian philologist and author (d. 1905)
1858 – Eugene Foss , American businessman and politician, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1939)
1859 – Julius Klengel , German cellist and composer (d. 1933)
1861 – Bhikaiji Cama , Indian activist (d. 1936)
1870 – Georges Claude , French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting (d. 1960)
1871 – Lottie Dod , English tennis player, golfer, and archer (d. 1960)
1872 – Jaan Teemant , Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th State Elder of Estonia (d. 1941)
1873 – María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui , Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1957)
1878 – Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz , Swiss author and poet (d. 1947)
1880 – Sarah Knauss , American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever (d. 1999)
1882 – Max Decugis , French tennis player (d. 1978)
1883 – Franklin Clarence Mars , American businessman, founded Mars, Incorporated (d. 1934)
1883 – Lawson Robertson , Scottish-American high jumper and coach (d. 1951)
1884 – Gustave Garrigou , French cyclist (d. 1963)
1884 – İsmet İnönü , Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (d. 1973)
1884 – Hugo Schmeisser , German weapons designer and engineer (d. 1953)
1885 – Artur Lemba , Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1963)
1890 – Mike González , Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1977)
1890 – A. P. Herbert , English author and playwright (d. 1971)
1892 – Adélard Godbout , Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Québec (d. 1956)
1893 – Blind Lemon Jefferson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1929)
1894 – Tommy Armour , Scottish-American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1968)
1894 – Billy Bletcher , American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
1895 – André Frédéric Cournand , French physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
1896 – F. Scott Fitzgerald , American novelist and short story writer (d. 1940)
1898 – Howard Florey , Australian pharmacologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1898 – Charlotte Moore Sitterly , American astronomer (d. 1990)
1899 – William Dobell , Australian painter (d. 1970)
1900 – Ham Fisher , American cartoonist (d. 1955)
1901 – Alexandra Adler , Austrian neurologist and psychologist (d.2001)
1902 – Ruhollah Khomeini , Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (d. 1989)
1905 – Severo Ochoa , Spanish–American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
1906 – Leonard Marsh , Canadian sociologist and academic (d. 1982)
1906 – Józef Nawrot , Polish footballer (d. 1982)
1907 – Ben Oakland , American pianist, composer, and songwriter (d. 1979)
1909 – Gerard Antoni Ciołek , Polish historian and architect (d. 1966)
1910 – Jean Servais , Belgian-French actor (d. 1976)
1911 – Konstantin Chernenko , Soviet politician (d. 1985)
1912 – Robert Lewis Taylor , American soldier and author (d. 1998)
1913 – Herb Jeffries , American singer (d. 2014)
1914 – Esther Eng , Chinese-American film director (d. 1970)[ 8]
1914 – John Kerr , Australian politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
1914 – Andrzej Panufnik , Polish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1991)
1916 – Ruth Leach Amonette , American businesswoman and author (d. 2004)
1918 – Michael J. S. Dewar , Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (d. 1997)
1918 – Audra Lindley , American actress (d. 1997)
1920 – Richard Bong , American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945)
1920 – Jan Carew , Guyanese-American author, poet, and playwright (d. 2012)
1920 – Ovadia Yosef , Iraqi-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2013)
1921 – Jim McKay , American sportscaster and journalist (d. 2008)
1921 – Sheila MacRae , English-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2014)
1922 – Ettore Bastianini , Italian actor and singer (d. 1967)
1922 – Bert I. Gordon , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1922 – Theresa Merritt , American actress and singer (d. 1998)
1922 – John Moffatt , English actor and playwright (d. 2012)
1923 – Louis Edmonds , American actor (d. 2001)
1923 – Fats Navarro , American trumpet player and composer (d. 1950)
1923 – Raoul Bott , Hungarian-American mathematician (d. 2005)
1924 – Nina Bocharova , Ukrainian gymnast
1924 – Voula Zouboulaki , Egyptian-Greek actress (d. 2015)
1925 – Autar Singh Paintal , Indian physiologist and academic (d. 2004)
1927 – Arthur Malet , English-American actor and singer (d. 2013)
1929 – John Carter , American clarinet player, saxophonist, and flute player (d. 1991)
1930 – Józef Krupiński , Polish poet and author (d. 1998)
1930 – Angelo Muscat , Maltese-English actor (d. 1977)
1930 – Benjamin Romualdez , Filipino politician and diplomat (d. 2012)
1930 – John W. Young , American captain, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2018)
1931 – Elizabeth Blackadder , Scottish painter and educator
1931 – Cardiss Collins , American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1931 – Brian Glanville , English journalist and author
1931 – Anthony Newley , English singer and actor (d. 1999)
1931 – Mike Parkes , English race car driver (d. 1977)
1932 – Miguel Montuori , Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (d. 1998)
1932 – Walter Wallmann , German politician, Minister-President of Hesse (d. 2013)
1933 – Raffaele Farina , Italian cardinal
1933 – Mel Taylor , American drummer (d. 1996)
1934 – Tommy Anderson , Scottish footballer and manager
1934 – John Brunner , English-Scottish author and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1934 – John Kasmin , English art dealer
1934 – Bernard Nevill , English painter, designer, and academic
1934 – Chick Willis , American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
1934 – Manfred Wörner , German politician and diplomat, 7th Secretary General of NATO (d. 1994)
1934 – Donald Wrye , American director, screenwriter and producer (d. 2015)
1936 – Sivanthi Adithan , Indian businessman (d. 2013)
1936 – Jim Henson , American puppeteer, director, producer and screenwriter, created The Muppets (d. 1990)
1938 – Steve Douglas , American saxophonist, flute player, and producer (d. 1993)
1939 – Wayne Henderson , American trombonist and producer (d. 2014)
1939 – Moti Kirschenbaum , Israeli journalist (d. 2015)
1939 – Jacques Vallée , French ufologist
1940 – Yves Navarre , French author (d. 1994)
1941 – John Mackey , American football player (d. 2011)
1941 – Linda McCartney , American singer, photographer, and activist (d. 1998)
1942 – Gerry Marsden , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 – Eavan Boland , Irish poet and academic
1944 – Sven-Ole Thorsen , Danish bodybuilder and stuntman
1944 – Victoria Vetri , Playboy's 1967 Miss September & 1968 Playmate of the Year.
1945 – Lou Dobbs , American journalist and author
1945 – Carson Van Osten , American comics creator and musician (d. 2015)
1945 – John Rutter , English composer, conductor, and producer
1946 – Jerry Donahue , American guitarist and producer
1946 – Joe Greene , American football player, coach, and actor
1946 – Lars Emil Johansen , Greenlandic educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greenland
1946 – César Pedroso , Cuban pianist and songwriter
1946 – Pat Pocock , Welsh-English cricketer
1946 – María Teresa Ruiz , Chilean astronomer
1947 – Stephen Mueller , American painter (d. 2011)
1948 – Phil Hartman , Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1948 – Garth Porter , New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1949 – Baleka Mbete , South African politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa
1949 – Anders Arborelius , Swedish cardinal
1950 – Mohinder Amarnath , Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1950 – John Kessel , American author, poet, and playwright
1950 – Harriet Walter , English actress
1951 – Douglas Kmiec , American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Malta
1952 – Dieter Hochheimer , German footballer and manager
1952 – Mark Sandman , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1999)
1954 – Marco Tardelli , Italian footballer and coach
1955 – Riccardo Illy , Italian businessman and politician, President of Friuli Venezia Giulia
1956 – Hubie Brooks , American baseball player
1957 – Wolfgang Wolf , German footballer and manager
1958 – Kevin Sorbo , American actor and producer
1959 – Theo Paphitis , Cypriot-English businessman
1959 – Steve Whitmire , American puppeteer
1960 – Amy Sky , Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1961 – Christopher L. Eisgruber , American lawyer and academic
1961 – John Logan , American screenwriter and producer
1961 – Luc Picard , Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1962 – Ally McCoist , Scottish footballer and manager
1962 – Mike Phelan , English footballer, coach, and manager
1962 – Tim Supple , English director and producer
1962 – Nia Vardalos , Canadian-American actress and screenwriter
1962 – Ilgvars Zalāns , Latvian painter
1963 – Michael Potter , Australian rugby player and coach
1963 – Ben Preston , English journalist
1964 – Rafael Palmeiro , Cuban-American baseball player
1964 – Marko Pomerants , Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
1964 – Ronald van der Kemp , Dutch fashion designer
1965 – Robert Irvine , English chef and television host
1965 – Njål Ølnes , Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1965 – Sean McNabb , American singer and bass player
1965 – Janet Weiss , American drummer
1966 – Christophe Bouchut , French race car driver
1966 – Rajesh Khattar , Indian voice actor
1966 – Bernard Gilkey , American baseball player
1966 – Stefan Molyneux , Irish-Canadian philosopher, author, and blogger
1966 – Michael O. Varhola , American journalist and author
1967 – Noreena Hertz , English economist, author, and academic
1969 – Shawn Crahan , American drummer, songwriter, and producer
1969 – Christopher Pincher , English politician
1969 – Shamim Sarif , English author, director, and screenwriter
1969 – Paul Ray Smith , American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2003)
1969 – Megan Ward , American actress
1971 – Michael S. Engel , American paleontologist and entomologist
1971 – Mike Michalowicz , American businessman and author
1971 – Kevin Millar , American baseball player and sportscaster
1971 – Peter Salisbury , English drummer
1972 – Conor Burns , British politician
1972 – Kate Fleetwood , English actress
1973 – Eddie George , American football player and sportscaster
1973 – Gillian Lindsay , Scottish rower[ 9]
1973 – Rodrick Rhodes , American basketball player and coach
1974 – John McDonald , American baseball player
1976 – Carlos Almeida , Angolan basketball player
1976 – Stephanie McMahon , American wrestler and businesswoman
1976 – Yakkun Sakurazuka , Japanese voice actress and singer (d. 2013)
1976 – Vahur Vahtramäe , Estonian footballer
1977 – Frank Fahrenhorst , German footballer and manager
1977 – Casey Rabach , American football player
1978 – Wietse van Alten , Dutch archer
1979 – Fábio Aurélio , Brazilian footballer
1979 – Kim Jong-min , South Korean singer
1980 – Daniele Bennati , Italian cyclist
1980 – Dean Canto , Australian race car driver
1980 – Petri Pasanen , Finnish footballer
1980 – Victoria Pendleton , English cyclist
1980 – John Arne Riise , Norwegian footballer
1981 – Ryan Briscoe , Australian race car driver
1981 – Drew Gooden , American basketball player
1982 – Morgan Hamm , American gymnast
1982 – Paul Hamm , American gymnast
1982 – Jeff Karstens , American baseball player
1983 – Liam Finn , Australian-New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983 – Randy Foye , American basketball player
1983 – Ben Harris , Australian rugby league player
1984 – Taylor Eigsti , American pianist and composer
1984 – Senzo Meyiwa , South African footballer (d. 2014)
1985 – Eric Adjetey Anang , Ghanaian sculptor and carpenter
1985 – Eleanor Catton , Canadian-New Zealand author
1985 – Cameron Price , Australian news journalist
1985 – Jonathan Soriano , Spanish footballer
1987 – Matthew Connolly , English footballer
1987 – Gürhan Gürsoy , Turkish footballer
1988 – Karl Alzner , Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Pia Wurtzbach , Filipina actress, model, and Miss Universe 2015 titleholder
1991 – Maximiliano Uggè , Italian footballer
1991 – Oriol Romeu , Spanish footballer
1993 – Ben Platt , American actor
1997 – Tosin Adarabioyo , English Footballer
Deaths [ ]
366 – Pope Liberius
768 – Pepin the Short , Frankish king (b. 714)
887 – Gao Pian , general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 821)
1054 – Hermann of Reichenau , German composer, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1013)[ 10]
1120 – Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)
1143 – Agnes of Germany (b. 1072)
1143 – Pope Innocent II
1180 – Manuel I Komnenos , Byzantine emperor (b. 1118)
1218 – Robert of Knaresborough (b. 1160)
1228 – Stefan the First-Crowned , Serbian king (b. 1165)
1270 – Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres
1275 – Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford , English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1208)
1435 – Isabeau of Bavaria (b. 1370)
1459 – Eric of Pomerania , King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (b. 1382)
1494 – Poliziano , Italian poet and scholar (b. 1454)
1534 – Michael Glinski , Lithuanian prince (b. c. 1470)
1541 – Paracelsus , German-Swiss physician, botanist, and chemist (b. 1493)
1545 – Albert of Mainz , German cardinal (b. 1490)
1562 – Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent , English politician (b. 1495)
1572 – Túpac Amaru , last of the Incas
1605 – Manuel Mendes , Portuguese composer and educator (b. 1547)
1621 – Jan Karol Chodkiewicz , Polish commander (b. 1560)
1646 – Duarte Lobo , Portuguese composer and educator (b. 1565)
1655 – Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (b. 1617)
1707 – Vincenzo da Filicaja , Italian poet and author (b. 1642)
1732 – Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)
1742 – Johann Matthias Hase , German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1684)
1790 – John Keyse Sherwin , English engraver (b. 1751)
1802 – Alexander Radishchev , Russian author and critic (b. 1749)
1834 – Pedro I of Brazil (b. 1798)
1848 – Branwell Brontë , English painter and poet (b. 1817)
1863 – William Debenham , English businessman, founded Debenhams (b. 1794)
1889 – D. H. Hill , American general and academic (b. 1821)
1889 – Charles Leroux , American balloonist and skydiver (b. 1856)
1892 – Patrick Gilmore , Irish-American soldier and composer (b. 1829)
1896 – Louis Gerhard De Geer , Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1818)
1904 – Niels Ryberg Finsen , Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
1929 – Mahidol Adulyadej , Thai prince (b. 1892)
1930 – William A. MacCorkle , American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
1933 – Mike Donlin , American baseball player and actor (b. 1878)
1933 – Alice Muriel Williamson , English author (b. 1869)
1936 – József Klekl , Slovene priest and journalist (b. 1879)
1938 – Lev Schnirelmann , Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
1939 – Carl Laemmle , German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (b. 1867)
1939 – Charles Tatham , American fencer (b. 1854)
1945 – Hans Geiger , German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (b. 1882)
1947 – Andrew C. McLaughlin , American historian and author (b. 1861)
1948 – Warren William , American actor (b. 1894)
1950 – Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)
1962 – Charles Reisner , American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
1973 – August Kippasto , Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (b. 1887)
1973 – Josué de Castro , Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (b. 1908)
1975 – Earle Cabell , American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1906)
1976 – Philip Gbeho , Ghanaian composer and educator (b. 1904)
1978 – James Bassett , American journalist and author (b. 1912)
1978 – Hasso von Manteuffel , German general and politician (b. 1897)
1980 – Theodor Luts , Estonian-Brazilian director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1896)
1981 – Patsy Kelly , American actress and dancer (b. 1910)
1982 – Sarah Churchill , English actress (b. 1914)
1982 – Józef Nawrot , Polish-English footballer (b. 1906)
1984 – Neil Hamilton , American actor (b. 1899)
1991 – Dr. Seuss , American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (b. 1904)
1993 – Ian Stuart Donaldson , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)
1993 – Bruno Pontecorvo , Italian physicist and academic (b. 1913)
1994 – Barry Bishop , American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (b. 1932)
1996 – Zeki Müren , Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
1998 – Jeff Moss , American composer and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2002 – Youssouf Togoïmi , Chadian politician (b. 1953)
2002 – Mike Webster , American football player (b. 1952)
2003 – Rosalie Allen , American singer and radio host (b. 1924)
2003 – Lyle Bettger , American actor (b. 1915)
2004 – Françoise Sagan , French author and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2006 – Michael Ferguson , PIRA volunteer, lawyer, and politician (b. 1953)
2006 – Phil Latulippe , Canadian soldier and runner (b. 1909)
2008 – Oliver Crawford , American screenwriter and author (b. 1917)
2008 – Irene Dailey , American actress (b. 1920)
2008 – Mickey Vernon , American baseball player and coach (b. 1918)
2009 – Nelly Arcan , Canadian author (b. 1975)
2010 – Gennady Yanayev , Russian engineer and politician, Vice President of the Soviet Union (b. 1937)
2012 – Pierre Adam , French cyclist (b. 1924)
2012 – Bruno Bobak , Polish-Canadian painter and educator (b. 1923)
2012 – Pedro Vázquez Colmenares , Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Oaxaca (b. 1934)
2013 – Paul Dietzel , American football player and coach (b. 1924)
2013 – Margaret Feilman , Australian architect and urban planner (b. 1921)
2013 – Boris Karvasarsky , Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and author (b. 1931)
2013 – Anthony Lawrence , English-Hong Kong journalist and author (b. 1912)
2013 – Sagadat Nurmagambetov , Kazakh general and politician (b. 1924)
2013 – Paul Oliver , American football player (b. 1984)
2014 – Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire , English aristocrat, socialite, and author (b. 1920)
2014 – Christopher Hogwood , English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (b. 1941)
2014 – Madis Kõiv , Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1929)
2015 – Alan Moore , Australian painter and educator (b. 1914)
2015 – Wang Zhongshu , Chinese archaeologist and academic (b. 1925)
2016 – Mel Charles , Welsh footballer (b. 1935)
2016 – Vladimir Kuzmichyov , Russian footballer (b. 1979)
2016 – Bill Mollison , Australian researcher, author and biologist (b. 1928)
2016 – Bill Nunn , American actor (b. 1953)
2016 – Buckwheat Zydeco , American accordionist and bandleader (b. 1947)
Holidays and observances [ ]
Armed Forces Day (Peru)
Christian feast day :
Anathalon (in Brescia )
Antonio Gonzalez
Gerard of Csanád
Our Lady of Mercy and its related observance:
Our Lady of Ransom (Mercedarians )
Our Lady of Walsingham (Church of England )
Pacificus of San Severino
Rupert of Salzburg
September 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) .
Constitution Day (Cambodia)
Earliest day on which Maple Leaf Day can fall, while September 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Wednesday in September. (Canada)
Heritage Day (South Africa) .
Independence Day , celebrates the independence of Guinea-Bissau from Portugal in 1973.
Mahidol Day (Thailand )
New Caledonia Day (New Caledonia )
Republic Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
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