Events

Pre-1600

• 9 The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ends: The Roman Empire suffers the greatest defeat of its history and the Rhine is established as the border between the Empire and the so-called barbarians for the next four hundred years.

• 1185 Isaac II Angelos kills Stephen Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronikos I Komnenos and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.

• 1275 An earthquake occurred in the south of Great Britain, notably causing multiple fatalities as well as destroying St Michael's Church on Glastonbury Tor.

• 1297 Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.

• 1390 Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392): The Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.

• 1541 Santiago, Chile, is attacked by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco, to free eight indigenous chiefs held captive by the Spaniards.

• 1565 Ottoman forces retreat from Malta ending the Great Siege of Malta.

1601–1900

• 1609 Henry Hudson arrives on Manhattan Island and meets the indigenous people living there.

• 1649 Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.

• 1683 Coalition forces, including the famous winged Hussars, led by Polish King John III Sobieski lift the siege laid by Ottoman forces ahead of the Battle of Vienna.

• 1697 Battle of Zenta: a major engagement in the Great Turkish War (1683–1699) and one of the most decisive defeats in Ottoman history.

• 1708 Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.

• 1709 Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands, and Austria fight against France.

• 1714 Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of the Principality of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Catalans, the last phase of the War of the Spanish Succession.

• 1758 Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.

• 1775 Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.

• 1776 British–American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.

• 1777 American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.

• 1780 American Revolutionary War: Sugarloaf massacre: A small detachment of militia from Northampton County, Pennsylvania, are attacked by Native Americans and Loyalists near Little Nescopeck Creek.

• 1786 The beginning of the Annapolis Convention.

• 1789 Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.

• 1792 The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored.

• 1800 The Maltese National Congress Battalions are disbanded by British Civil Commissioner Alexander Ball.

• 1802 France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.

• 1803 The Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia's army under General Louis Bourquin ends in a British victory.

• 1813 War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C.

• 1814 War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.

• 1829 An expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown to retake Mexico, surrenders at the Battle of Tampico, marking the effective end of Spain's resistance to Mexico's campaign for independence.

• 1836 The Riograndense Republic is proclaimed by rebels after defeating Empire of Brazil's troops in the Battle of Seival, during the Ragamuffin War.

• 1851 Christiana Resistance: Escaped slaves led by William Parker fight off and kill a slave owner who, with a federal marshal and an armed party, sought to seize three of his former slaves in Christiana, Pennsylvania, thereby creating a cause célèbre between slavery proponents and abolitionists.

• 1852 Outbreak of Revolution of September 11 resulting in the State of Buenos Aires declaring independence as a Republic.

• 1857 The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutess massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.

• 1881 In the Swiss state of Glarus, a rockslide buries parts of the village of Elm, destroying 83 buildings and killing 115 people.

• 1897 After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of the Kaffa.

1901–present

• 1903 The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.

• 1905 The Ninth Avenue derailment occurs in New York City, killing 13.

• 1914 World War I: Australia invades German New Guinea, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.

• 1914 The Second Period of Russification: The teaching of the Russian language and Russian history in Finnish schools is ordered to be considerably increased as part of the forced Russification program in Finland run by Tsar Nicholas II.

• 1916 The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge previously collapsed completely on August 29, 1907.

• 1919 United States Marine Corps invades Honduras.

• 1921 Nahalal, a Jewish moshav in Palestine, is settled.

• 1922 The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.

• 1941 Construction begins on the Pentagon.

• 1941 Charles Lindbergh makes his Des Moines speech accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of conspiring for war with Germany.

• 1943 World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.

• 1944 World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.

• 1945 World War II: Batu Lintang camp, a Japanese-run POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo, is liberated by Australian 9th Division forces.

• 1954 Hurricane Edna hits New England (United States) as a Category 2 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.

• 1961 Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.

• 1965 Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.

• 1967 China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) launched an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, Sikkim, India, which resulted in military clashes.

• 1968 Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and six crew.

• 1968 John Eliot Gardiner conducts Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine with the Monteverdi Choir at the Proms.

• 1970 The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.

• 1971 The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.

• 1971 The Festival Rock y Ruedas de Avándaro rock festival is held in the State of Mexico. It attracted more than 100,000 attendees during the Mexican Dirty War, a period marked by widespread political repression.

• 1972 The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.

• 1973 A coup in Chile, headed by General Augusto Pinochet, topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende.

• 1973 JAT Airways Flight 769 crashes into the Maganik mountain range while on approach to Titograd Airport, killing 35 passengers and six crew.

• 1974 Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.

• 1976 A bomb planted by a Croatian terrorist, Zvonko Bušić, is found at New York's Grand Central Terminal; one NYPD officer is killed trying to defuse it.

• 1980 A new constitution of Chile is established under the influence of then Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, which is subject to controversy in Chile today.

• 1982 The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces.

• 1985 Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, the worst railway accident to occur in Portugal.

• 1989 Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.

• 1990 A Faucett Boeing 727 disappears in the Atlantic Ocean while being flown from Malta to Peru.

• 1991 Continental Express Flight 2574 crashes in Colorado County, Texas, near Eagle Lake, killing 11 passengers and three crew.

• 1992 Hurricane Iniki strikes the island of Kauaʻi, Hawaii, killing 7 and causing $3.1bn in economic damages.

• 1995 The first game of the PCA World Chess Championship 1995, pitting incumbent champion Garry Kasparov against challenger Viswanathan Anand, takes place on the 107th floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower in New York City.

• 1997 NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.

• 1997 Kurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Kurkse Strait.

• 1997 After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.

• 2001 Nineteen members of al-Qaeda execute the September 11 attacks, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks that killed 2,977 people using four hijacked aircraft. Two aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, a third crashes into The Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, and a fourth into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

• 2007 Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.

• 2008 A major Channel Tunnel fire breaks out on a freight train, resulting in the closure of part of the tunnel for six months.

• 2011 A dedication ceremony is held at the United States National September 11 Memorial on the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in New York City, and the memorial opens to family members.

• 2012 A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.

• 2012 The U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths.

• 2015 A crane collapses onto the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Saudi Arabia, killing 111 people and injuring 394 others.

• 2023 The Libyan city of Derna experiences catastrophic floods after Storm Daniel causes two dams to collapse, killing thousands of people.

• 2024 Hurricane Francine impacts the Gulf of Mexico, as a Category 2 hurricane.

• 2024 Soyuz MS-26 is launched to the International Space Station, setting a record of 19 people in orbit at the same time.

• 2025 Progress MS-32 is launched to resupply the International Space Station. It is the 300th spacecraft launched to the ISS.

Births

Pre-1600

• 600 Yuknoom Ch'een II, Mayan ruler

• 1182 Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shōgun (died 1204)

• 1318 Eleanor of Lancaster, countess of Arundel (died 1372)

• 1465 Bernardo Accolti, Italian poet (died 1536)

• 1476 Louise of Savoy, French regent (died 1531)

• 1494 Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders (1518–1538) (died 1572)

• 1522 Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian ornithologist and botanist (died 1605)

• 1524 Pierre de Ronsard, French poet and author (died 1585)

• 1525 John George, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1598)

• 1557 Joseph Calasanz, Spanish priest and founder of Piarists (died 1648)

• 1572 Daniyal, Imperial Prince of the Royal House of Timur (died 1604)

• 1578 Vincenzo Maculani, Catholic cardinal (died 1667)

1601–1900

• 1611 Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (died 1675)

• 1681 Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German academic and jurist (died 1741)

• 1700 James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (died 1748)

• 1711 William Boyce, English organist and composer (died 1779)

• 1723 Johann Bernhard Basedow, German author and educator (died 1790)

• 1751 Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (died 1827)

• 1764 Valentino Fioravanti, Italian organist and composer (died 1837)

• 1771 Mungo Park, Scottish surgeon and explorer (died 1806)

• 1786 Friedrich Kuhlau, German-Danish pianist and composer (died 1832)

• 1798 Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (died 1895)

• 1800 Daniel S. Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 13th Lieutenant Governor of New York (died 1866)

• 1816 Carl Zeiss, German lens maker, created the Optical instrument (died 1888)

• 1825 Eduard Hanslick, Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and critic (died 1904)

• 1829 Thomas Hill, American painter (died 1908)

• 1836 Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, author, and explorer (died 1870)

• 1838 John Ireland, Irish-American archbishop (died 1918)

• 1847 Mary Watson Whitney, American astronomer and academic (died 1921)

• 1859 Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian author and playwright (died 1905)

• 1860 James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (died 1934)

• 1861 Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist (died 1921)

• 1862 Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English field marshal and politician, 12th Governor General of Canada (died 1935)

• 1862 Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician (died 1910)

• 1862 O. Henry, American short story writer (died 1910)

• 1865 Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (died 1929)

• 1871 Scipione Borghese, 10th Prince of Sulmona, Italian racing driver, mountaineer, and politician (died 1927)

• 1876 Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (died 1924)

• 1877 Felix Dzerzhinsky, Polish-Russian academic and politician (died 1926)

• 1877 James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (died 1946)

• 1879 Louis Coatalen, French engineer (died 1962)

• 1884 Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian activist and politician (died 1974)

• 1885 D. H. Lawrence, English novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (died 1930)

• 1885 Herbert Stothart, American composer and conductor (died 1949)

• 1891 William Thomas Walsh, American historian, author, and educator (died 1949)

• 1893 Douglas Hawkes, English-Greek racing driver and engineer (died 1974)

• 1895 Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and Gandhian, Bharat Ratna Awardee (died 1982)

• 1898 Gerald Templer, English field marshal and politician, British High Commissioner in Malaya (died 1979)

• 1899 Philipp Bouhler, German politician (died 1945)

• 1899 Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (died 2000)

• 1899 Anton Koolmann, Estonian wrestler and coach (died 1953)

1901–present

• 1901 D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, founded Gold Kist (died 1999)

• 1903 Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (died 1969)

• 1903 Stephen Etnier, American lieutenant and painter (died 1984)

• 1904 Karl Plutus, Estonian lawyer and jurist (died 2010)

• 1907 Cécile Chabot, Canadian poet and illustrator (died 1990)

• 1907 Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (died 1974)

• 1908 Alvar Lidell, English journalist (died 1981)

• 1911 Lala Amarnath, Indian cricketer (died 2000)

• 1911 Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1971)

• 1913 Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (died 1983)

• 1913 Jacinto Convit, Venezuelan physician and academic (died 2014)

• 1914 Serbian Patriarch Pavle II (died 2009)

• 1915 Dajikaka Gadgil, Indian jeweller (died 2014)

• 1916 Ed Sabol, American film producer, co-founded NFL Films (died 2015)

• 1917 Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (died 2008)

• 1917 Herbert Lom, Czech-born English actor (died 2012)

• 1917 Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the Philippines (died 1989)

• 1917 Jessica Mitford, English-American journalist and author (died 1996)

• 1917 Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and horse breeder (died 2001)

• 1921 Leaford Bearskin, American tribal leader and colonel (died 2012)

• 1923 Betsy Drake, American actress (died 2015)

• 1923 Vasilije Mokranjac, Serbian composer and academic (died 1984)

• 1923 Alan Badel, English actor (died 1982)

• 1924 Daniel Akaka, American soldier, engineer, and politician (died 2018)

• 1924 Tom Landry, American football player and coach (died 2000)

• 1924 Rudolf Vrba, Czech-Canadian pharmacologist and educator (died 2006)

• 1925 Harry Somers, Canadian soldier and composer (died 1999)

• 1926 Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (died 2005)

• 1927 Keith Holman, Australian rugby league player and coach (died 2011)

• 1927 G. David Schine, American soldier and businessman (died 1996)

• 1928 Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (died 2014)

• 1928 Earl Holliman, American actor (died 2024)

• 1929 Luis García, Venezuelan baseball player and manager (died 2014)

• 1929 Primož Kozak, Slovenian playwright (died 1981)

• 1929 Patrick Mayhew, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2016)

• 1930 Cathryn Damon, American actress and dancer (died 1987)

• 1930 Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (died 1998)

• 1930 Saleh Selim, Egyptian footballer, manager, and actor (died 2002)

• 1931 Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian and academic (died 2014)

• 1933 Margaret Booth, English lawyer and judge (died 2021)

• 1933 William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (died 2002)

• 1933 Nicola Pietrangeli, Italian tennis player (died 2025)

• 1935 Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer

• 1935 Gherman Titov, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2000)

• 1936 Pavel Landovský, Czech actor, director, and playwright (died 2014)

• 1937 Robert Crippen, American captain, pilot, and astronaut

• 1937 Queen Paola of Belgium

• 1938 Brian F. G. Johnson, English chemist and academic

• 1939 Charles Geschke, American businessman, co-founded Adobe Systems (died 2021)

• 1940 Brian De Palma, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1940 Nông Đức Mạnh, Vietnamese politician

• 1940 – Theodore Olson, American lawyer (died 2024)

• 1941 Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Civil Rights activist and Little Rock Nine member

• 1942 Lola Falana, American actress, singer, and dancer

• 1943 André Caillé, Canadian chemist and businessman

• 1943 Mickey Hart, American musician

• 1943 Brian Perkins, New Zealand-English journalist and actor

• 1944 Everaldo, Brazilian footballer (died 1974)

• 1944 Freddy Thielemans, Belgian educator and politician, Mayor of Brussels (died 2022)

• 1945 Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (died 2024)

• 1945 Gianluigi Gelmetti, Italian composer and conductor (died 2021)

• 1945 Leo Kottke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1947 John Agrue, American serial killer (died 2009)

• 1948 John Martyn, English-Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2009)

• 1949 Roger Uttley, English rugby player and coach

• 1949 Bill Whittington, American racing driver (died 2021)

• 1950 Anne Dell, Australian biochemist and academic

• 1950 Bruce Doull, Australian footballer

• 1950 Amy Madigan, American actress

• 1950 Barry Sheene, English motorcycle racer and sportscaster (died 2003)

• 1951 Richard D. Gill, English-Dutch mathematician and academic

• 1951 Johnny Neumann, American basketball player and coach (died 2019)

• 1951 Hugo Porta, Argentinian rugby player

• 1952 Catherine Bott, English soprano

• 1953 Jani Allan, English-South African journalist and author (died 2023)

• 1953 Sarita Francis, Former Montserrat Deputy Governor

• 1953 Renée Geyer, Australian singer-songwriter (died 2023)

• 1953 Tommy Shaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1955 Sharon Lamb, American psychologist and academic

• 1956 Tony Gilroy, American director, producer, and screenwriter

• 1958 Roxann Dawson, American actress and director

• 1958 Scott Patterson, American actor and baseball player

• 1959 David Frost, South African golfer

• 1959 John Hawkes, American actor

• 1960 Hiroshi Amano, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

• 1960 Anne Ramsay, American actress

• 1961 Virginia Madsen, American actress

• 1961 Samina Raja, Pakistani poet and educator (died 2012)

• 1962 Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician

• 1962 Kristy McNichol, American actress

• 1962 Victoria Poleva, Ukrainian pianist and composer

• 1962 Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer

• 1963 Dave Bidini, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist

• 1964 Ellis Burks, American baseball player

• 1965 Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria

• 1965 Paul Heyman, American wrestling promoter, manager, and journalist

• 1965 Moby, American singer-songwriter, musician, and DJ

• 1967 Maria Bartiromo, American financial journalist and television personality

• 1967 Harry Connick Jr., American singer-songwriter, pianist, actor, and talk show host

• 1967 Sung Jae-gi, South Korean activist, founded Man of Korea (died 2013)

• 1967 Charles Walker, English politician

• 1968 Allan Alaküla, Estonian journalist

• 1968 Paul Mayeda Berges, American director and screenwriter

• 1969 Stefano Cagol, Italian artist, photographer and director

• 1969 Eduardo Pérez, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster

• 1970 Antonio Gómez Medina, Mexican wrestler

• 1970 Ted Leo, American singer and musician

• 1970 Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer

• 1971 Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter and musician

• 1974 DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player and coach

• 1975 Juan Cobián, Argentinian footballer

• 1975 Pierre Issa, South African footballer

• 1976 Tomáš Enge, Czech racing driver

• 1976 Murali Kartik, Indian cricketer and sportscaster

• 1977 Jonny Buckland, Welsh guitarist

• 1977 Ludacris, American rapper and producer

• 1977 Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player

• 1977 Tobias Zellner, German footballer

• 1978 Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer and manager

• 1979 Eric Abidal, French footballer

• 1979 Frank Francisco, Dominican baseball player

• 1979 David Pizarro, Chilean footballer

• 1979 Ariana Richards, American actress and artist

• 1980 Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1980 Greet Daems, Belgian politician

• 1980 Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian racing driver

• 1981 Charles Kelley, American singer and musician

• 1981 Dylan Klebold, American mass murderer, responsible for the Columbine High School massacre (died 1999)

• 1981 Michael Sukkar, Australian politician

• 1982 Elvan Abeylegesse, Ethiopian-Turkish runner

• 1982 Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian politician

• 1983 Vivian Cheruiyot, Kenyan runner

• 1983 Ike Diogu, Nigerian-American basketball player

• 1983 Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player

• 1985 Shaun Livingston, American basketball player

• 1986 Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player

• 1986 LaToya Sanders, American basketball player

• 1986 Ben Scrivens, Canadian ice hockey player

• 1987 Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer

• 1987 Elizabeth Henstridge, English actress

• 1987 Tyler Hoechlin, American actor

• 1989 Michael J. Willett, American actor and musician

• 1990 Jo Inge Berget, Norwegian footballer

• 1991 Jordan Ayew, Ghanaian footballer

• 1991 Kygo, Norwegian DJ

• 1992 Jonathan Adams, English discus thrower

• 1993 Farrah Moan, American drag queen and entertainer

• 1994 Teuvo Teräväinen, Finnish ice hockey player

• 1994 – Nicky Case, Canadian game developer

• 1996 Ross Colton, American professional ice hockey player

• 1997 Harmony Tan, French tennis player

• 2000 Leandro Bolmaro, Argentine-Italian basketball player

• 2000 Zay Flowers, American football player

• 2001 Joseph Fahnbulleh, Liberian-American sprinter

• 2001 Nicholas Robertson, American ice hockey player

• 2006 Oliver Peake, Australian cricketer

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 883 Kesta Styppiotes, Byzantine general

• 1063 Béla I of Hungary (born 1016)

• 1161 Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (born 1105)

• 1185 Stephen Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier (born 1130)

• 1279 Robert Kilwardby, English cardinal (born 1215)

• 1297 Hugh de Cressingham, English Treasurer

• 1298 Philip of Artois, Lord of Conches, Nonancourt, and Domfront (born 1269)

• 1349 Bonne of Luxembourg, spouse of John II of France (born 1315)

• 1569 Vincenza Armani, Italian actress (born 1530)

• 1599 Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (born 1577)

1601–1900

• 1677 James Harrington, English philosopher and author (born 1611)

• 1680 Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (born 1596)

• 1721 Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (born 1665)

• 1733 François Couperin, French organist and composer (born 1668)

• 1760 Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (born 1704)

• 1823 David Ricardo, English economist and politician (born 1772)

• 1843 Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (born 1786)

• 1846 José Núñez de Cáceres, Dominican politician and writer, leader of the Independence movement of the Dominican Republic (born 1772)

• 1851 Sylvester Graham, American minister and dietary reformer, namesake of the graham cracker (born 1794)

• 1865 Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (born 1806)

• 1888 Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian journalist and politician, 7th President of Argentina (born 1811)

• 1896 Francis James Child, American scholar and educator (born 1825)

• 1898 Nikoline Harbitz, Norwegian author (born 1841)

1901–present

• 1911 Louis Henri Boussenard, French explorer and author (born 1847)

• 1915 William Sprague IV, American businessman and politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (born 1830)

• 1917 Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (born 1894)

• 1921 Subramania Bharati, Indian journalist, poet, and activist (born 1882)

• 1926 Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor and director (born 1875)

• 1932 Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot and businessman, co-founded the RWD Company (born 1901)

• 1932 Franciszek Żwirko, Polish soldier and pilot (born 1895)

• 1935 Charles Norris, American coroner (born 1867)

• 1939 Konstantin Korovin, Russian-French painter and set designer (born 1861)

• 1941 Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian physician, journalist, and politician, Soviet Ambassador to France (born 1873)

• 1941 Aleksandra Izmailovich, Belarusian revolutionary (born 1878)

• 1941 Maria Spiridonova, Russian revolutionary (born 1884)

• 1948 Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (born 1876)

• 1949 Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (born 1873)

• 1950 Jan Smuts, South African field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of South Africa (born 1870)

• 1956 Billy Bishop, Canadian colonel and pilot (born 1894)

• 1957 Mary Proctor, American astronomer (born 1862)

• 1958 Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (born 1889)

• 1958 Robert W. Service, English-French poet and author (born 1874)

• 1959 Paul Douglas, American actor (born 1907)

• 1964 Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic (born 1917)

• 1965 Ralph C. Smedley, American educator, founded Toastmasters International (born 1878)

• 1966 Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (born 1889)

• 1967 Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish engineer and academic (born 1904)

• 1968 René Cogny, French general (born 1904)

• 1971 Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (born 1894)

• 1973 Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (born 1908)

• 1973 Neem Karoli Baba, Indian philosopher and guru

• 1974 Lois Lenski, American author and illustrator (born 1893)

• 1978 Mike Gazella, American baseball player and manager (born 1895)

• 1978 Georgi Markov, Bulgarian author and playwright (born 1929)

• 1978 Janet Parker, English photographer (born 1938)

• 1978 Ronnie Peterson, Swedish racing driver (born 1944)

• 1982 Albert Soboul, French historian and academic (born 1914)

• 1983 – Brian Lawrance, Australian bandleader and singer (born 1909)

• 1984 Jerry Voorhis, American politician (born 1901)

• 1985 William Alwyn, English composer, conductor, and educator (born 1905)

• 1985 Henrietta Barnett, British Women's Royal Air Force officer (born 1905)

• 1985 Eleanor Dark, Australian author (born 1901)

• 1986 Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek academic and politician, 138th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1902)

• 1986 Noel Streatfeild, English author (born 1895)

• 1987 Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (born 1915)

• 1987 Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)

• 1987 Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet and educator (born 1907)

• 1988 Roger Hargreaves, English author and illustrator (born 1935)

• 1990 Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist and activist (born 1949)

• 1991 Ernst Herbeck, Austrian-German poet (born 1920)

• 1993 Antoine Izméry, Haitian businessman and activist

• 1993 Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian-American conductor (born 1912)

• 1993 Mary Jane Reoch, American cyclist (born 1945)

• 1994 Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian harpsichordist, pianist, and composer (born 1910)

• 1994 Jessica Tandy, English-American actress (born 1909)

• 1995 Anita Harding, English neurologist and academic (born 1952)

• 1997 Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1933)

• 1997 Hannah Weiner, American poet (born 1928)

• 1998 Dane Clark, American actor (born 1912)

• 1999 Belkis Ayón, Cuban painter and lithographer (born 1967)

• 1999 Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan racing driver (born 1972)

• 2001 Alice Stewart Trillin, American author and educator (born 1938)

• 2001 Casualties of the September 11 attacks: see Category:Victims of the September 11 attacks

• 2002 Kim Hunter, American actress (born 1922)

• 2002 Johnny Unitas, American football player and sportscaster (born 1933)

• 2002 David Wisniewski, American author and illustrator (born 1953)

• 2003 Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden (born 1957)

• 2003 John Ritter, American actor (born 1948)

• 2004 Fred Ebb, American songwriter (born 1928)

• 2004 David Mann, American painter and illustrator (born 1939)

• 2004 Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (born 1949)

• 2006 William Auld, Scottish poet and author (born 1924)

• 2006 Joachim Fest, German journalist and author (born 1926)

• 2007 Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1946)

• 2007 Gene Savoy, American explorer, theologian, and author (born 1927)

• 2007 Jean Séguy, French sociologist and author (born 1925)

• 2007 Joe Zawinul, Austrian keyboard player and songwriter (born 1932)

• 2009 Jim Carroll, American author, poet and musician (born 1949)

• 2009 Pierre Cossette, Canadian producer and manager (born 1923)

• 2009 Larry Gelbart, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1928)

• 2009 Yoshito Usui, Japanese author and illustrator (born 1958)

• 2010 Harold Gould, American actor (born 1923)

• 2010 Kevin McCarthy, American actor (born 1914)

• 2011 Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver (born 1984)

• 2011 Ralph Gubbins, English footballer (born 1932)

• 2011 Anjali Gupta, Indian soldier and pilot (born 1975)

• 2011 Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor and model (born 1971)

• 2012 Finn Bergesen, Norwegian civil servant and businessman (born 1945)

• 2012 Tomas Evjen, Norwegian cinematographer and producer (born 1972)

• 2012 J. Christopher Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya (born 1960)

• 2013 Francisco Chavez, Filipino lawyer and politician, Solicitor General of the Philippines (born 1947)

• 2013 Albert Jacquard, French geneticist and biologist (born 1925)

• 2013 Andrzej Trybulec, Polish mathematician and computer scientist (born 1941)

• 2014 Bob Crewe, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1930)

• 2014 Antoine Duhamel, French composer and conductor (born 1925)

• 2014 Donald Sinden, English actor (born 1923)

• 2016 Alexis Arquette, American actress, musician and cabaret performer (born 1969)

• 2019 B. J. Habibie, 3rd President of Indonesia (born 1936)

• 2020 Toots Hibbert, Jamaican singer and songwriter (born 1942)

• 2020 Swami Agnivesh, an Indian social activist and the founder of Arya Sabha, a political party based on the principles of Arya Samaj (born 1939)

• 2021 Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic (born 1934)

• 2022 Javier Marías, Spanish novelist, journalist and translator (born 1951)

• 2022 John W. O'Malley, American academic, Catholic historian, and Jesuit priest (born 1927)

• 2022 Joyce Reynolds, British classicist and academic (born 1918)

• 2024 – Kenneth Cope, British actor (born 1931)

• 2024 – Alberto Fujimori, Peruvian politician, professor, and engineer, President of Peru (born 1938)

• 2024 – Chad McQueen, American actor and race car driver (born 1960)

• 2024 – Joe Schmidt, American football player and coach (born 1932)

• 2025 John D. Petersen, American chemist, educator, and academic administrator (born 1947)

Holidays and observances

• Battle of Tendra Day (Russia)

Christian feast days:

• Blessed Francesco Bonifacio

• Deiniol

• Felix, Regula, and Exuperantius

• Harry Burleigh (Episcopal Church)

• John Gabriel Perboyre (one of Martyr Saints of China)

• Leudinus (Bobo)

• Our Lady of Coromoto

• Paphnutius of Thebes (Roman Catholic Church)

• Patiens of Lyon

• Protus and Hyacinth

• Sperandia

• Theodora of Alexandria

• September 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Death Anniversary of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Pakistan)

• Emergency Number Day (United States)

• Enkutatash falls on this day if it is not a leap year. Celebrated on the first day of Mäskäräm. (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rastafari)

• National Day (Catalonia)

• Nayrouz (Coptic Orthodox Church), September 12 on leap years.

September 11 attacks-related observances (United States):

• National Day of Service and Remembrance

• Patriot Day

• Teachers' Day (Argentina)

References

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