Events

Pre-1600

• 70 After the capture of Herod's Palace the previous day, a Roman army under Titus secures and plunders the city of Jerusalem.

• 617 Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty.

• 1100 Election of Antipope Theodoric.

• 1198 Philip of Swabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans)

• 1253 Pope Innocent IV canonises Stanislaus of Szczepanów, who was killed by King Bolesław II.

• 1264 The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Bolesław the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.

• 1276 Pope John XXI is elected Pope.

• 1331 Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia.

• 1334 The Battle of Adramyttion begins in which a Christian naval league defeats a Turkish fleet in several encounters.

• 1380 Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.

• 1504 Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence.

• 1514 Battle of Orsha: In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.

• 1522 Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation: Victoria arrives at Seville, completing the first circumnavigation.

• 1565 St. Augustine, Florida is founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.

1601–1900

• 1655 Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.

• 1726 J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Geist und Seele wird verwirret, BWV 35, a solo cantata for alto voice.

• 1727 A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.

• 1755 French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.

• 1756 French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.

• 1760 French and Indian War: French surrender Montreal to the British, completing the latter's conquest of New France.

• 1761 Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

• 1775 The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.

• 1781 American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.

• 1793 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.

• 1796 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.

• 1808 The Treaty of Paris is signed ending the French military occupation of Prussia.

• 1810 The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board.

• 1813 At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town.

• 1819 1819 Balloon riot occurred at Vauxhall Garden in Philadelphia, PA and resulted in the destruction of the amusement park.

• 1831 William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

• 1831 November uprising: The Battle of Warsaw effectively ends the Polish insurrection.

• 1855 Crimean War: The French assault the tower of Malakoff, leading to the capture of Sevastopol.

• 1860 The steamship sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.

• 1862 Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.

• 1863 American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.

• 1883 The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.

• 1888 Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.

• 1888 The Great Herding () begins with thousands of sheep being herded from the Argentine outpost of Fortín Conesa to Santa Cruz near the Strait of Magellan.

• 1888 In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.

• 1888 In England, the first six Football League matches are played.

• 1892 The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.

• 1898 Seven hundred Greek civilians, 17 British guards and the British Consul of Crete are killed by a Turkish mob.

• 1900 Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.

1901–present

• 1905 The 7.2 Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.

• 1914 World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.

• 1916 In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.

• 1921 Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.

• 1923 Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.

• 1925 Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.

• 1926 Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.

• 1933 Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.

• 1934 Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner kills 137 people.

• 1935 US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.

• 1941 World War II: German forces begin the Siege of Leningrad.

• 1943 World War II: The Armistice of Cassibile is proclaimed by radio. OB Süd immediately implements plans to disarm the Italian forces.

• 1944 World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.

• 1945 The division of Korea begins when United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.

• 1946 A referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.

• 1948 The flag of North Korea is adopted with the passing of the country's first constitution by the Supreme People's Assembly.

• 1952 The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.

• 1954 The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.

• 1960 In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).

• 1962 Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.

• 1966 The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap".

• 1970 Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard.

• 1971 In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.

• 1973 World Airways Flight 802 crashes into Mount Dutton in King Cove, Alaska, killing six people.

• 1974 Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.

• 1975 Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable.

• 1978 Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.

• 1986 Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union.

• 1988 Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.

• 1989 Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade.

• 1994 USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard, resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry.

• 2000 NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-106 to resupply the International Space Station.

• 2004 NASA's uncrewed spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.

• 2005 Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.

• 2016 NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe visited 101955 Bennu and returned with samples in September 2023.

• 2017 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announce the beginning of the Deir ez-Zor campaign, with the stated aim of eliminating the Islamic State (IS) from all areas north and east of the Euphrates.

• 2022 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom dies at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after reigning for 70 years. Her son Charles, Prince of Wales, ascends the throne upon her death as Charles III.

• 2023 A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Morocco, killing nearly 3,000 people and damaging historic sites in Marrakesh.

• 2023 The 2023 Rugby World Cup, the tenth men's Rugby World Cup is held in France. The opening ceremony, directed and written by Jean Dujardin, Olivier Ferracci and Nora Matthey, took place at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, before the opening match between France and New Zealand, which saw the host nation winning 27 to 13.

• 2025 Balçova police station shooting: 4 people, including the perpetrator are killed an attack on a police station in Turkey.

Births

Pre-1600

• 685 Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (died 762)

• 801 Ansgar, German archbishop and saint (died 865)

• 828 Ali al-Hadi, Hijazi (Western Arabian), 10th of the Twelve Imams (died 868)

• 1157 Richard I of England (died 1199)

• 1209 Sancho II of Portugal (died 1248)

• 1271 Charles Martel of Anjou (died 1295)

• 1380 Bernardino of Siena, Italian priest, missionary, and saint (died 1444)

• 1413 Catherine of Bologna, Italian nun and saint (died 1463)

• 1442 John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander and politician, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (died 1513)

• 1462 Henry Medwall, first known English vernacular dramatist (died 1501)

• 1474 Ludovico Ariosto, Italian playwright and poet (died 1533)

• 1515 Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish priest and scholar (died 1585)

• 1588 Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, philosopher, and theologian (died 1648)

• 1593 Toyotomi Hideyori, Japanese nobleman (died 1615)

1601–1900

• 1611 Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (died 1671)

• 1621 Louis, Grand Condé, French general (died 1686)

• 1633 Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (died 1654)

• 1672 Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (died 1703)

• 1698 François Francoeur, French violinist and composer (died 1787)

• 1742 Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic (died 1810)

• 1749 Yolande de Polastron, French educator (died 1793)

• 1750 Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna (died 1795)

• 1752 Carl Stenborg, Swedish opera singer, actor, and director (died 1813)

• 1767 August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet and critic (died 1845)

• 1774 Anne Catherine Emmerich, German nun and mystic (died 1824)

• 1779 Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (died 1808)

• 1783 N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (died 1872)

• 1804 Eduard Mörike, German pastor, poet, and academic (died 1875)

• 1814 Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French archaeologist, ethnographer, and historian (died 1874)

• 1815 Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian soprano and educator (died 1897)

• 1822 Karl von Ditmar, German geologist and explorer (died 1892)

• 1824 Jaime Nunó, Spanish-American composer, conductor, and director (died 1908)

• 1828 Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (died 1914)

• 1828 Clarence Cook, American author and critic (died 1900)

• 1830 Frédéric Mistral, French poet and lexicographer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1914)

• 1831 Wilhelm Raabe, German author and painter (died 1910)

• 1841 Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic (died 1904)

• 1841 Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of president James A. Garfield (died 1882)

• 1846 Paul Chater, Indian-Hong Kong businessman and politician (died 1926)

• 1851 John Jenkins, American-Australian businessman and politician, 22nd Premier of South Australia (died 1923)

• 1852 Gojong of Korea, 26th Emperor of the Joseon Kingdom and first emperor of Korea (died 1919)

• 1857 Georg Michaelis, German academic and politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany (died 1936)

• 1863 Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (died 1899)

• 1863 W.W. Jacobs, English novelist and short story writer (died 1943)

• 1867 Alexander Parvus, Belarusian-German theoretician and activist (died 1924)

• 1868 Seth Weeks, American mandolin player, composer, and bandleader (died 1953)

• 1869 José María Pino Suárez, Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military coup (died 1913)

• 1871 Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company (died 1972)

• 1872 James William McCarthy, American judge (died 1939)

• 1873 Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (died 1907)

• 1873 David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (died 1970)

• 1876 Inez Knight Allen, Mormon missionary and Utah politician (died 1937)

• 1881 Harry Hillman, American runner and hurdler (died 1945)

• 1881 Refik Saydam, Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (died 1942)

• 1884 Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (died 1921)

• 1886 Siegfried Sassoon, English captain, journalist, and poet (died 1967)

• 1886 Ninon Vallin, French soprano and actress (died 1961)

• 1887 Sivananda Saraswati, Hindu monk, spiritual leader, physician, proponent of Vedanta, etc. (died 1963)

• 1888 Ida McNeil, American broadcaster and designer of the flag of South Dakota (died 1974)

• 1889 Robert A. Taft, American lawyer and politician (died 1953)

• 1894 John Samuel Bourque, Canadian soldier and politician (died 1974)

• 1894 Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and critic (died 1947)

• 1896 Howard Dietz, American publicist and songwriter (died 1983)

• 1897 Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1933)

• 1900 Tilly Devine, English-Australian organised crime boss (died 1970)

• 1900 Claude Pepper, American lawyer and politician (died 1989)

1901–present

• 1901 Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (died 1966)

• 1903 Jane Arbor, English author (died 1994)

• 1905 Eino Tainio, Finnish politician (died 1970)

• 1906 Andrei Kirilenko, Russian engineer and politician (died 1990)

• 1907 William Wentworth, Australian economist and politician, 11th Australian Minister for Human Services (died 2003)

• 1909 Józef Noji, Polish runner (died 1943)

• 1910 Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (died 1994)

• 1914 Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (died 1991)

• 1914 Denys Lasdun, English architect, designed the Royal National Theatre (died 2001)

• 1915 N. V. M. Gonzalez, Filipino novelist, poet, and writer (died 1999)

• 1917 Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (died 2009)

• 1918 Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)

• 1919 Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and author (died 1992)

• 1919 Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (died 2014)

• 1921 Harry Secombe, Welsh-English actor (died 2001)

• 1921 Dinko Šakić, Croatian concentration camp commander (died 2008)

• 1922 Sid Caesar, American comic actor and writer (died 2014)

• 1922 Lyndon LaRouche, American politician and activist, founded the LaRouche movement (died 2019)

• 1923 Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (died 2003)

• 1923 Wilbur Ware, American double-bassist (died 1979)

• 1924 Wendell H. Ford, American politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (died 2015)

• 1924 Marie-Claire Kirkland, American-Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2016)

• 1924 Grace Metalious, American author (died 1964)

• 1924 Mimi Parent, Canadian-Swiss painter (died 2005)

• 1925 Jacqueline Ceballos, American activist, founded the Veteran Feminists of America

• 1925 Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (died 1980)

• 1926 Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, poet, and director (died 2011)

• 1927 Harlan Howard, American songwriter (died 2002)

• 1927 Robert L. Rock, American politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (died 2013)

• 1927 Marguerite Frank, American-French mathematician (died 2024)

• 1929 Christoph von Dohnányi, German conductor (died 2025)

• 1930 Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, Vietnamese general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (died 2011)

• 1931 Marion Brown, American saxophonist and composer (died 2010)

• 1931 John Garrett, English politician (died 2007)

• 1932 Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1963)

• 1933 Asha Bhosle, Indian playback singer, businesswoman, actress and television personality (died 2026)

• 1933 Michael Frayn, English author and playwright

• 1933 Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (died 2012)

• 1933 Eric Salzman, American composer, producer, and critic (died 2017)

• 1933 Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player and coach (died 1999)

• 1934 Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician (died 2025)

• 1934 Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (died 2014)

• 1934 Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor (died 2016)

• 1934 Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue, English academic and politician

• 1936 Roy Newman, English admiral

• 1937 Edna Adan Ismail, Somaliland politician and activist

• 1937 Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist (died 1992)

• 1937 Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (died 1998)

• 1937 Les Wexner, American businessman

• 1938 Adrian Cronauer, American sergeant and radio host (died 2018)

• 1938 Kenichi Horie, Japanese sailor

• 1938 Sam Nunn, American lawyer and politician

• 1939 Carsten Keller, German field hockey player and coach

• 1939 Guitar Shorty, American singer and guitarist (died 2022)

• 1940 Quentin L. Cook, American religious leader

• 1940 Jerzy Robert Nowak, Polish historian and journalist

• 1940 Jack Prelutsky, American author and poet

• 1941 Bernie Sanders, American politician

• 1942 Brian Cole, American bass player (died 1972)

• 1942 Judith Hann, English journalist and author

• 1942 Sal Valentino, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1943 Adelaide C. Eckardt, American academic and politician

• 1944 Peter Bellamy, English singer-songwriter (died 1991)

• 1944 Margaret Hodge, English economist and politician

• 1944 Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2011)

• 1945 Lem Barney, American football player

• 1945 Kelly Groucutt, English bass player (died 2009)

• 1945 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 1973)

• 1945 Vinko Puljić, Croatian cardinal

• 1945 Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1946 L. C. Greenwood, American football player (died 2013)

• 1946 Aziz Sancar, Turkish-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1946 Wong Kan Seng, Singaporean business executive, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore

• 1947 Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist and conductor

• 1947 Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (died 2015)

• 1947 Ann Beattie, American novelist and short story writer

• 1947 Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (died 2000)

• 1947 Marianne Wiggins, American author

• 1948 Great Kabuki, Japanese wrestler

• 1948 Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (died 1971)

• 1949 Edward Hinds, English physicist and academic

• 1950 Ian Davidson, Scottish lawyer and politician

• 1950 Zachary Richard, American singer-songwriter and poet

• 1950 Mike Simpson, American dentist and politician

• 1951 Tim Gullikson, American tennis player and coach (died 1996)

• 1951 Tom Gullikson, American tennis player and coach

• 1951 John McDonnell, English politician

• 1951 Dezső Ránki, Hungarian pianist

• 1952 Will Lee, American bass player

• 1952 Geoff Miller, English cricketer

• 1952 Graham Mourie, New Zealand rugby player

• 1953 Pascal Greggory, French actor

• 1953 Stein-Erik Olsen, Norwegian guitarist

• 1954 Mark Lindsay Chapman, English actor

• 1954 Ruby Bridges, American civil rights activist

• 1954 Johan Harmenberg, Swedish Olympic and world champion épée fencer

• 1954 Michael Shermer, American historian, author, and academic, founded The Skeptics Society

• 1955 David O'Halloran, Australian footballer (died 2013)

• 1955 Terry Tempest Williams, American environmentalist and author

• 1956 Mick Brown, American drummer

• 1956 David Carr, American journalist and author (died 2015)

• 1956 Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach

• 1956 Stefan Johansson, Swedish race car driver

• 1957 Walt Easley, American football player (died 2013)

• 1957 Heather Thomas, American actress and activist

• 1958 Brad Batten, American wrestler (died 2014)

• 1958 Michael Lardie, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer

• 1960 Aimee Mann, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress

• 1960 David Steele, English bass player and songwriter

• 1960 Aguri Suzuki, Japanese race car driver

• 1961 Timothy Well, American wrestler (died 2017)

• 1962 Thomas Kretschmann, German actor

• 1963 Alexandros Alexiou, Greek footballer

• 1963 Daniel Wolpert, American scientist

• 1964 Michael Johns, American businessman and political activist

• 1964 Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2000)

• 1964 Raven, American wrestler

• 1965 Tutilo Burger, German Benedictine monk and abbot

• 1965 Darlene Zschech, Australian singer-songwriter and pastor

• 1966 Peter Furler, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

• 1967 Eerik-Niiles Kross, Estonian politician and diplomat

• 1967 James Packer, Australian businessman

• 1967 Kimberly Peirce, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1968 Wolfram Klein, German footballer

• 1968 Ray Wilson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1969 Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer and manager

• 1969 Oswaldo Ibarra, Ecuadorian footballer

• 1969 Chris Powell, English footballer and manager

• 1969 Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager (died 2011)

• 1970 Neko Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1970 Paul DiPietro, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player

• 1970 Nidal Hasan, American soldier, psychiatrist, and mass murderer

• 1970 Latrell Sprewell, American basketball player

• 1970 Lodi, American wrestler

• 1970 Andy Ward, Irish rugby player and coach

• 1970 John Welborn, Australian rugby player

• 1971 David Arquette, American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and wrestler

• 1971 Brooke Burke, American actress and television personality

• 1971 Martin Freeman, English actor

• 1971 Lachlan Murdoch, English-Australian businessman

• 1971 Dustin O'Halloran, American pianist and composer

• 1971 Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer

• 1971 Pierre Sévigny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1972 Markus Babbel, German footballer and manager

• 1972 Os du Randt, South African rugby player and coach

• 1972 Kennedy, American radio and television host

• 1973 Khamis Al-Dosari, Saudi Arabian footballer (died 2020)

• 1973 Gabrial McNair, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer

• 1973 Troy Sanders, American singer-songwriter and bass player

• 1973 Matteo Strukul, Italian writer and journalist

• 1974 Marios Agathokleous, Cypriot footballer

• 1974 Tanaz Eshaghian, Iranian-American director and producer

• 1974 Braulio Luna, Mexican footballer

• 1974 Rick Michaels, American wrestler

• 1975 Lee Eul-yong, South Korean footballer and manager

• 1975 Richard Hughes, English drummer

• 1975 Chris Latham, Australian rugby player

• 1975 Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player

• 1975 Larenz Tate, American actor, director, and producer

• 1976 Gerald Drummond, Costa Rican footballer

• 1976 Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballer

• 1976 Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player

• 1977 Daphné Collignon, French comic book author

• 1977 Asami Sanada, Japanese actress

• 1977 Jason Collier, American basketball player (died 2005)

• 1977 Nate Corddry, American actor and comedian

• 1977 Jay McKee, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

• 1978 Lucilla Agosti, Italian radio and television presenter and actress

• 1978 Gerard Autet, Spanish footballer and manager

• 1978 Emanuele Ferraro, Italian footballer

• 1978 Gil Meche, American baseball player

• 1978 Angela Rawlings, Canadian-American author and poet

• 1978 Rebel, American wrestler

• 1978 Marco Sturm, German ice hockey player and coach

• 1979 Pink, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

• 1980 Eric Hutchinson, American singer-songwriter

• 1981 Kate Abdo, English journalist

• 1981 Selim Benachour, Tunisian footballer

• 1981 Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer

• 1981 Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor

• 1982 Travis Daniels, American football player

• 1983 Kate Beaton, Canadian cartoonist

• 1983 Elena Semikina, Moldovan Canadian actress, model, producer and beauty pageant titleholder

• 1983 Anastasia Phillips, Canadian actress

• 1983 Toni Street, New Zealand television presenter and sports commentator

• 1983 Melissa St. Vil, American professional boxer

• 1983 Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer

• 1983 Will Blalock, American basketball player

• 1983 Nick Hundley, American baseball player

• 1983 Chris Judd, Australian footballer

• 1983 Jason Mattera, American writer and conservative activist

• 1983 Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Australian footballer

• 1983 Sarah Stup, American writer and autism activist

• 1984 Bobby Parnell, American baseball player

• 1984 Vitaly Petrov, Russian race car driver

• 1984 Tiago Treichel, Brazilian footballer

• 1984 Peter Whittingham, English footballer (died 2020)

• 1986 Carlos Bacca, Colombian footballer

• 1986 Matt Grothe, American football player

• 1986 João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer

• 1987 Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian skier

• 1987 Derrick Brown, American basketball player

• 1987 Danielle Frenkel, Israeli high jumper

• 1987 Wiz Khalifa, American rapper and actor

• 1987 Illya Marchenko, Ukrainian tennis player

• 1987 Marcel Nguyen, German gymnast

• 1988 Ekaterina Smirnova, Russian female sprinter

• 1988 Agustina Lepore, Argentine tennis player

• 1988 Arrelious Benn, American football player

• 1988 Rie Kaneto, Japanese swimmer

• 1989 Gylfi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer

• 1989 Avicii, Swedish electronic musician (died 2018)

• 1990 Matt Barkley, American football player

• 1990 Jos Buttler, English cricketer

• 1990 Gerrit Cole, American baseball player

• 1990 Matthew Dellavedova, Australian basketball player

• 1990 Dianne Doan, Canadian actress

• 1990 Michal Kempný, Czech ice hockey player

• 1990 Tokelo Rantie, South African footballer

• 1991 Joe Sugg, British vlogger

• 1992 Nino Niederreiter, Swiss ice hockey player

• 1992 Marianna Liik, Estonian composer

• 1992 Temi Fagbenle, British professional basketball player

• 1992 Za'Darius Smith, American football player

• 1993 Lily Sullivan, Australian cricketer

• 1993 Amanda Zahui B., Swedish basketball player

• 1993 Will Bosisto, Australian cricketer

• 1993 Nathalie Lesage, Mauritian beauty pageant titleholder

• 1993 Tamara de Sousa, Brazilian heptathlete

• 1993 Elena Di Liddo, Italian swimmer

• 1993 Magdalena Eriksson, Swedish professional footballer

• 1994 Ćamila Mičijević, Croatian-Bosnian handball player

• 1994 Alayna Treene, American journalist

• 1994 Azumi Waki, Japanese voice actress and singer

• 1994 Cameron Dallas, American internet personality

• 1994 Paula Nicart, Spanish former footballer

• 1994 Oleksandr Korpan, Ukrainian military pilot

• 1994 Gonzalo Piovi, American internet personality

• 1994 Ghayas Zahid, Irish professional footballer

• 1994 Shane Griffin, Norwegian professional footballer

• 1994 George Honeyman, American professional basketball player

• 1994 Karan Kaila, Indian cricketer

• 1994 Ivan Ntege, Ugandan professional footballer

• 1994 Alan Techer, French champion solo motorcycle racer

• 1994 Dennis Slamar, German footballer

• 1994 Valeriy Boldenkov, Ukrainian footballer

• 1994 Rigoberto Sanchez, American professional football punter and kickoff specialist

• 1994 Sebastian Stasiak, Polish modern pentathlete

• 1994 Yassine Benzia, Algeria professional footballer

• 1994 Daiya Maekawa, Japanese professional footballer

• 1994 Stuart Moore, English professional footballer

• 1994 Ye Chugui, Chinese football player

• 1994 Jorge Eduardo, Brazilian professional footballer

• 1994 Dujon Mario Edwards, Jamaican and dancehall artist

• 1994 Timotheos Pavlou, Cypriot footballer

• 1994 Taro Kondo, Japanese speed skater

• 1994 Jeff-Denis Fehr, German footballer

• 1994 Nicky Walker, English professional footballer

• 1994 Bruno Fernandes, Portuguese footballer

• 1994 Jillian Alleyne, American professional basketball player

• 1995 Ellie Black, Canadian gymnast

• 1995 Kimberley Woods, British slalom canoeist

• 1995 Celya AB, French stand-up comedian, writer and actress based in England

• 1995 Maya Kingma, Dutch triathlete

• 1996 Tim Gajser, Slovenian motocross racer

• 1997 Tessa, Danish rapper

• 1997 Lars Nootbaar, American baseball player

• 1998 Sierra Capri, American actress

• 1998 Chelsea Gubecka, Australian swimmer

• 1998 Emma Laird, English actress

• 1998 Georgie Gleeson, Australian representative

• 1998 Matheus Leist, Brazilian race car driver

• 1999 Ellie Kildunne, English rugby player

• 1999 Vivianne Härri, Swiss alpine skier

• 1999 Shubman Gill, Indian cricketer

• 2000 Zak Butters, Australian footballer

• 2000 Miles McBride, American basketball player

• 2001 Bill Mamadou, Singaporean footballer

• 2002 Gaten Matarazzo, American actor and singer

• 2003 Nicolas Cantu, American actor and internet personality

• 2004 Lewis Hall, English footballer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 394 Arbogast, Frankish general

• 701 Pope Sergius I (born 650)

• 780 Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (born 750)

• 869 Ahmad ibn Isra'il al-Anbari, Muslim vizier

• 1100 Antipope Clement III (born 1029)

• 1306 Sir Simon Fraser, Scottish knight, hung drawn and quartered by the English

• 1397 Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1355)

• 1425 Charles III of Navarre (born 1361)

• 1478 Seraphina Sforza, Italian nun (born 1434)

• 1539 John Stokesley, English bishop (born 1475)

• 1555 Saint Thomas of Villanueva, Spanish bishop and saint (born 1488)

• 1560 Amy Robsart, English noblewoman (born 1536)

1601–1900

• 1613 Carlo Gesualdo, Italian lute player and composer (born 1566)

• 1637 Robert Fludd, English physician, mathematician, and cosmologist (born 1574)

• 1644 John Coke, English civil servant and politician (born 1563)

• 1644 Francis Quarles, English poet and author (born 1592)

• 1645 Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (born 1580)

• 1656 Joseph Hall, English bishop (born 1574)

• 1682 Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (born 1606)

• 1721 Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (born 1686)

• 1755 Ephraim Williams, American soldier and philanthropist (born 1715)

• 1761 Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French mathematician and engineer (born 1698)

• 1780 Enoch Poor, American general (born 1736)

• 1784 Ann Lee, English-American religious leader (born 1736)

• 1811 Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (born 1741)

• 1814 Maria Carolina of Austria, queen consort of Naples and Sicily (born 1752)

• 1831 John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (born 1745)

• 1853 Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (born 1813)

• 1873 Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (born 1832)

• 1882 Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (born 1809)

• 1894 Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (born 1821)

• 1895 Adam Opel, German entrepreneur, founded Opel (born 1837)

1901–present

• 1909 Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (born 1853)

• 1912 Eddie Hasha, American motorcycle racer (born 1890)

• 1916 Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1836)

• 1923 Ugo Sivocci, Italian race car driver (born 1885)

• 1933 Faisal I of Iraq (born 1883)

• 1935 Carl Weiss, American physician (born 1906)

• 1940 Hemmo Kallio, Finnish actor (born 1863)

• 1942 Rıza Nur, Turkish surgeon and politician (born 1879)

• 1943 Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (born 1903)

• 1944 Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (born 1881)

• 1949 Richard Strauss, German composer and manager (born 1864)

• 1954 André Derain, French painter and sculptor (born 1880)

• 1963 Maurice Wilks, English engineer and businessman (born 1904)

• 1965 Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (born 1922)

• 1965 Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)

• 1966 John Taylor, American race car driver (born 1933)

• 1969 Bud Collyer, American game show host (born 1908)

• 1969 Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and activist (born 1868)

• 1970 Percy Spencer, American engineer, invented the microwave oven (born 1894)

• 1974 Wolfgang Windgassen, French-German tenor (born 1914)

• 1977 Zero Mostel, American actor and comedian (born 1915)

• 1980 Willard Libby, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)

• 1981 Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher, and educator (born 1897)

• 1981 Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (born 1901)

• 1981 Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)

• 1983 Antonin Magne, French cyclist (born 1904)

• 1984 Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (born 1918)

• 1985 John Franklin Enders, American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)

• 1990 Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator (born 1905)

• 1991 Alex North, American composer and conductor (born 1910)

• 1991 Brad Davis, American actor (born 1949)

• 1997 Derek Taylor, English journalist and author (born 1932)

• 1999 Moondog, American-German singer-songwriter, drummer, and poet (born 1916)

• 2001 Bill Ricker, Canadian entomologist and author (born 1908)

• 2002 Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (born 1968)

• 2003 Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1902)

• 2004 Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (born 1913)

• 2005 Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer, footballer, and manager (born 1932)

• 2005 Donald Horne, Australian journalist, author, and critic (born 1921)

• 2006 Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (born 1915)

• 2006 Peter Brock, Australian race car driver and sportscaster (born 1945)

• 2007 Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist, conservationist, and author (born 1916)

• 2008 Ralph Plaisted, American explorer (born 1927)

• 2009 Aage Bohr, Danish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1922)

• 2009 Mike Bongiorno, American-Italian television host (born 1924)

• 2012 Ronald Hamowy, Canadian historian and academic (born 1937)

• 2012 Bill Moggridge, English-American designer, author, and educator, co-founded IDEO (born 1943)

• 2012 Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (born 1920)

• 2013 Goose Gonsoulin, American football player (born 1938)

• 2013 Don Reichert, Canadian painter and photographer (born 1932)

• 2013 Jean Véronis, French linguist, computer scientist, and blogger (born 1955)

• 2013 Radoslav Rotković, Montenegrin historian (born 1928)

• 2014 Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (born 1952)

• 2014 S. Truett Cathy, American businessman, founder of Chick-fil-A (born 1921)

• 2014 Sean O'Haire, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kick-boxer (born 1971)

• 2014 Magda Olivero, Italian soprano (born 1910)

• 2014 Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (born 1918)

• 2014 George Zuverink, American baseball player (born 1924)

• 2015 Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (born 1952)

• 2015 Andrew Kohut, American political scientist and academic (born 1942)

• 2015 Tyler Sash, American football player (born 1988)

• 2015 Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author and poet (born 1963)

• 2016 Hannes Arch, Austrian race pilot (born 1967)

• 2016 Dragiša Pešić, Montenegrin politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (born 1954)

• 2016 Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (born 1938)

• 2017 Pierre Bergé, French businessman (born 1930)

• 2017 Blake Heron, American actor (born 1982)

• 2017 Jerry Pournelle, American author and journalist (born 1933)

• 2017 Ljubiša Samardžić, Serbian actor and director (born 1936)

• 2017 Don Williams, American musician (born 1939)

• 2018 Gennadi Gagulia, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (born 1948)

• 2018 Chelsi Smith, American singer and beauty pageant winner (born 1973)

• 2019 S. Rajasekar, Indian cinematographer, film director, and actor (born 1957)

• 2021 Luis Villafuerte, Filipino politician, former congressman and governor of Camarines Sur (born 1935)

• 2022 Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (born 1926)

• 2022 Gwyneth Powell, English actress (born 1946)

• 2024 – Mauricio Arriaza Chicas, Salvadoran police officer (born 1964)

• 2024 – Ed Kranepool, American baseball player (born 1944)

• 2024 – Henny Moan, Norwegian actress (born 1936)

• 2024 – Zoot Money, English musician (born 1942)

• 2024 – Peter Renaday, American voice actor (born 1935)

• 2024 – Emi Shinohara, Japanese voice actress and singer (born 1963)

Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day:

• Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (Roman Catholic Church)

• Corbinian

• Disibod

Nativity of Mary (Roman Catholic Church), (Anglo-Catholicism)

• Monti Fest (Mangalorean Catholic)

• Our Lady of Charity

• Our Lady of Covadonga (national holiday in Asturias)

• Our Lady of Good Health of Vailankanni

• Pope Sergius I

• September 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Feast Day of Our Lady of Meritxell (national holiday in Andorra)

• Accession Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms) (during the reign of Charles III)

• Independence Day (North Macedonia)

• International Literacy Day (International)

• Martyrs' Day (Afghanistan) (date may fall on September 9, follows a non-Gregorian calendar)

• National Day (Andorra), also the feast of Our Lady of Meritxell

• National Day (Asturias), also the feast of Our Lady of Covadonga

• National Day (Extremadura), also the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

• Star Trek Day (International observance)

• Victory Day (Pakistan)

• Victory Day, also the feast of Our Lady of Victories or il-Vittorja (Malta)

• World Physical Therapy Day

References

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