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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 Script error: No such module "convert". 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 – Template:Ship, 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:
  - La Mercè (Barcelona)
- 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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