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Pre-1600

* 787Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia. *
1568 Year 1568 ( MDLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 6– 13 – In the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, the delegates of Unio Tr ...
– Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz.


1601–1900

* 1645 – The Battle of Rowton Heath in England is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles. * 1674 – Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji. * 1745Jacobite rising of 1745:
Bonnie Prince Charles Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart (20 December 1720 – 30 January 1788) was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, grandson of James II and VII, and the Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland and ...
defeats a British government army in the Battle of Prestonpans. * 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 The Provisional Government ( nl, Voorlopig Bewind; french: Gouvernement provisoire) was formed as a revolutionary committee of notables during the Belgian Revolution on 24 September 1830 at the Brussels City Hall under the name of Administrative ...
. *
1841 Events January–March * January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom, and Qishan of the Qing dynasty, agree to the Convention of Chuenpi. * January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the i ...
– The
Sultanate of Brunei This article includes a list of successive Islamic states and Muslim dynasties beginning with the time of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (570–632 CE) and the early Muslim conquests that spread Islam outside of the Arabian Peninsula, and continui ...
cedes Sarawak to James Brooke. * 1846Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey. * 1852 – The first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the Giffard dirigible, travels from Paris to Trappes. *
1853 Events January–March * January 6 – Florida Governor Thomas Brown signs legislation that provides public support for the new East Florida Seminary, leading to the establishment of the University of Florida. * January 8 – Taiping Reb ...
– Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of
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in the name of France. *
1869 Events January–March * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 – E ...
Black Friday (1869): Gold prices plummet after United States President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market. *
1877 Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great Sio ...
– 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.


1901–present

* 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 Violent attacks by armed mobs of White Americans against African Americans in Atlanta, Georgia, began on the evening of September 22, 1906, and lasted through September 24, 1906. The events were reported by newspapers around the world, includi ...
, further increasing racial segregation. * 1911His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness. * 1929Jimmy 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). * 1935Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights. * 1946Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong. * 1946 – The top-secret
Clifford-Elsey Report The "X Article" is an article, formally titled "The Sources of Soviet Conduct", written by George F. Kennan and published under the pseudonym "X" in the July 1947 issue of ''Foreign Affairs'' magazine. The article widely introduced the term ...
on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman. * 1948 – The
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is founded. * 1950 – The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the
Chinchaga fire The Chinchaga fire, also known as the Wisp fire, Chinchaga River fire and Fire 19, was a forest fire that burned in northern British Columbia and Alberta in the summer and early fall of 1950. With a final size of between and , it is the single l ...
in western Canada. * 1957 – President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation. * 1959
TAI Flight 307 __NOTOC__ TAI Flight 307 was a scheduled flight operated by Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI) between France and the Ivory Coast via Mali operated by a Douglas DC-7C. On 24 September 1959, the aircraft crashed during its departure from ...
crashes during takeoff from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in
Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture ...
, Nouvelle-Aquitaine,
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, killing 55 people. * 1960 – , the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched. * 1972Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India. * 1973
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau ( ; pt, Guiné-Bissau; ff, italic=no, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫 𞤄𞤭𞤧𞤢𞥄𞤱𞤮, Gine-Bisaawo, script=Adlm; Mandinka: ''Gine-Bisawo''), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau ( pt, República da Guiné-Bissau, links=no ), ...
declares its independence from Portugal. * 1975Southwest 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 Norodom Sihanouk (; km, នរោត្តម សីហនុ, ; 31 October 192215 October 2012) was a Cambodian statesman, Sangkum and FUNCINPEC politician, Norodom Sihanouk filmography, film director, and composer who led Cambodia in vari ...
as king. * 1996 – Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations. * 2005
Hurricane Rita Hurricane Rita was the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Gulf of Mexico and the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. Part of the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, which included three of the top ten L ...
makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern
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. * 2007 – Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years. * 2008Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa. * 2009 – The
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begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance. * 2009 – SA Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in
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,
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, killing the captain and injuring the rest of the crew. * 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.


Births


Pre-1600

* 15Vitellius, Roman emperor (d. 69) * 936'Adud al-Dawla, Buyid king (d. 983) * 1301Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372) * 1418Anne of Cyprus, Duchess of Savoy (probable; d. 1462) * 1433Shekha of Amarsar, Rajput chieftain (d. 1488) * 1473Georg von Frundsberg, German Knight and landowner (d. 1528) * 1501
Gerolamo Cardano Gerolamo Cardano (; also Girolamo or Geronimo; french: link=no, Jérôme Cardan; la, Hieronymus Cardanus; 24 September 1501– 21 September 1576) was an Italian polymath, whose interests and proficiencies ranged through those of mathematician, ...
, Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (d. 1576) * 1534
Guru Ram Das Guru Ram Das (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਰਾਮ ਦਾਸ, pronunciation: ; 24 September 1534 – 1 September 1581) was the fourth of the ten Ten Gurus of Sikhism, Gurus of Sikhism. He was born in a family based in Lahore. His birth n ...
, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581) *
1564 Year 1564 ( MDLXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 26 – Livonian War – Battle of Ula: A Lithuanian surprise attack result ...
William Adams, English sailor and navigator (d. 1620) *
1583 __NOTOC__ Events January–June * January 18 – François, Duke of Anjou, attacks Antwerp. * February 4 – Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, newly converted to Calvinism, formally marries Agnes von Mansfeld-Eisleben, a form ...
Albrecht von Wallenstein Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von Wallenstein () (24 September 1583 – 25 February 1634), also von Waldstein ( cs, Albrecht Václav Eusebius z Valdštejna), was a Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the T ...
, Bohemian general (d. 1634)


1601–1900

* 1625Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (d. 1672) *
1667 Events January–March * January 11 – Aurangzeb, monarch of the Mughal Empire, orders the removal of Rao Karan Singh as Maharaja of the Bikaner State (part of the modern-day Rajasthan state of India) because of Karan's derelic ...
Jean-Louis Lully Jean-Louis Lully (24 September 1667 – 23 December 1688) was a French musician and composer. He was born in Paris, the youngest son of Jean-Baptiste Lully. On 8 June 1687 he succeeded his father as ''surintendant'' and ''compositeur de la musique ...
, French composer (d. 1688) *
1705 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Sunday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 8 – George Frideric Handel's first opera, ''Almira'' is p ...
Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1766) * 1717
Horace Walpole Horatio Walpole (), 4th Earl of Orford (24 September 1717 – 2 March 1797), better known as Horace Walpole, was an English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian, and Whigs (British political party), Whig politician. He had Strawb ...
, English historian, author, and politician (d. 1797) *
1755 Events January–March * January 23 (O. S. January 12, Tatiana Day, nowadays celebrated on January 25) – Moscow University is established. * February 13 – The kingdom of Mataram on Java is divided in two, creating the ...
John Marshall John Marshall (September 24, 1755July 6, 1835) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. He remains the longest-serving chief justice and fourth-longes ...
, American Continental Army officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1835) * 1761F.L.Æ. Kunzen, German-Danish composer and conductor (d. 1817) *
1796 Events January–March * January 16 – The first Dutch (and general) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic. (The next Dutch general elections are held in 1888.) * February 1 – The capital ...
Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor and educator (d. 1875) *
1801 Events January–March * January 1 ** The legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland is completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the abolition of the Parliament of I ...
Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1862) *
1802 Events January–March * January 5 – Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, begins removal of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon in Athens, claiming they were at risk of destruction during the Ot ...
Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (d. 1868) * 1812
Mary Ann Browne Mary Ann Browne (also known as Mrs. James Gray; 24 September 1812 – 28 January 1845) was an English poet and writer of musical scores. Biography Mary Ann (sometimes Mary-Anne) Browne was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, 24 September 1812. She wa ...
, British poet and writer of musical scores (d. 1845) *
1817 Events January–March * January 1 – Sailing through the Sandwich Islands, Otto von Kotzebue discovers New Year Island. * January 19 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, starts crossing the ...
Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio Ramón María de las Mercedes de Campoamor y Campoosorio (September 24, 1817 – February 11, 1901), known as Ramón de Campoamor, was a Spanish realist poet and philosopher. Life He was born at Navia ( Asturias) on September 24, 1817. Aband ...
, Spanish poet and philosopher (d. 1901) *
1829 Events January–March * January 19 – August Klingemann's adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's ''Faust'' premieres in Braunschweig. * February 27 – Battle of Tarqui: Troops of Gran Colombia and Peru battle to a draw. * March ...
Charles S. West Charles Shannon West (September 24, 1829 – October 23, 1885) was an American jurist and politician in the state of Texas, serving as a state representative, the Texas Secretary of State, and an Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. ...
, American jurist and politician,
Secretary of State of Texas The Secretary of State of Texas is one of the six members of the executive department of the State of Texas in the United States. Under the Constitution of Texas, the appointment is made by the governor of Texas, with confirmation by the Texas S ...
(d. 1885) * 1845Nikolai Anderson, Estonian philologist and author (d. 1905) *
1858 Events January–March * January – **Benito Juárez (1806–1872) becomes Liberal President of Mexico. At the same time, conservatives install Félix María Zuloaga (1813–1898) as president. **William I of Prussia becomes regent f ...
Eugene Foss, American businessman and politician, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1939) *
1859 Events January–March * January 21 – José Mariano Salas (1797–1867) becomes Conservative interim President of Mexico. * January 24 ( O. S.) – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania since 1866, final u ...
Julius Klengel, German cellist and composer (d. 1933) * 1861Bhikaiji Cama, Indian activist (d. 1936) *
1870 Events January–March * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the Broo ...
Georges Claude Georges Claude (24 September 187023 May 1960) was a French engineer and inventor. He is noted for his early work on the industrial liquefaction of air, for the invention and commercialization of neon lighting, and for a large experiment on genera ...
, French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting (d. 1960) *
1871 Events January–March * January 3 – Franco-Prussian War – Battle of Bapaume: Prussians win a strategic victory. * January 18 – Proclamation of the German Empire: The member states of the North German Confederation and the sout ...
Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (d. 1960) * 1872Jaan Teemant, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th State Elder of Estonia (d. 1941) *
1873 Events January–March * January 1 ** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar. ** The California Penal Code goes into effect. * January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat ...
María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui María Emma de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui (24 September 1873 – 20 October 1957) was a Cuban pianist and composer who lived and worked in Spain. She was born in Camagüey, Cuba, and moved to Spain with her family when she was nine years old ...
, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1957) * 1878Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (d. 1947) * 1880Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever (d. 1999) * 1882Max Decugis, French tennis player (d. 1978) *
1883 Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * Janua ...
Franklin Clarence Mars Franklin Clarence Mars (; September 24, 1883 – April 8, 1935) was an American business magnate who founded the food company Mars, Incorporated, which mostly makes chocolate candy. Mars' son Forrest Edward Mars developed M&M's and the Mars ...
, American businessman, founded Mars, Incorporated (d. 1934) * 1883 – Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American high jumper and coach (d. 1951) * 1884
Gustave Garrigou Cyprien Gustave Garrigou (; 24 September 1884 – 23 January 1963) was one of the best professional racing cyclists of his era. He rode the Tour de France eight times and won once. Of 117 stages, he won eight, came in the top ten 96 times and ...
, 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) * 1885Artur Lemba, Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1963) * 1890Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1977) * 1890 – A. P. Herbert, English author and playwright (d. 1971) * 1892Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Québec (d. 1956) * 1893Blind Lemon Jefferson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1929) *
1894 Events January–March * January 4 – A military alliance is established between the French Third Republic and the Russian Empire. * January 7 – William Kennedy Dickson receives a patent for motion picture film in the United S ...
Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1968) * 1894 – Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1979) * 1895André Frédéric Cournand, French physician and physiologist,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...
laureate (d. 1988) * 1896F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1940) *1898 – Howard Florey, Australian pharmacologist and pathologist,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...
laureate (d. 1968) * 1898 – Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (d. 1990) *1899 – William Dobell, Australian painter (d. 1970) * 1899 – Bessie Braddock, British politician (d. 1970) *1900 – Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955)


1901–present

*1901 – Alexandra Adler, Austrian neurologist and psychologist (d.2001) *1905 – Severo Ochoa, Spanish–American physician and biochemist,
Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...
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 author (d. 1998) *1913 – Herb Jeffries, American singer (d. 2014) *1914 – Esther Eng, Chinese-American film director (d. 1970) * 1914 – John Kerr (governor-general), 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 (actor), 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 (d. 2020) * 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 (jazz musician), 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 Young (astronaut), John W. Young, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2018) *1931 – Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and printmaker (d. 2021) * 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, List of Ministers-President of Hesse, Minister-President of Hesse (d. 2013) *1933 – Raffaele Farina, Italian cardinal * 1933 – Mel Taylor, American drummer (d. 1996) *1934 – Tommy Anderson (footballer), Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer and manager * 1934 – John Brunner (novelist), John Brunner, English-Scottish author and screenwriter (d. 1995) * 1934 – John Kasmin, English art dealer * 1934 – Bernard Nevill, English painter, designer, and academic (d. 2019) * 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 (musician), Steve Douglas, American saxophonist, flute player, and producer (d. 1993) *1939 – Wayne Henderson (musician), 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), 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 (d. 2021) *1944 – Eavan Boland, Irish poet and academic (d. 2020) * 1944 – Sven-Ole Thorsen, Danish bodybuilder and stuntman * 1944 – Victoria Vetri, Playboy's 1967 Miss September and 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), 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, List of Presidents of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 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 (writer), 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, Minister of the Interior (Estonia), 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 * 1973 – Rodrick Rhodes, American basketball player and coach *1974 – John McDonald (infielder), John McDonald, American baseball player *1976 – Carlos Almeida (basketball), 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 (rugby league), 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 beauty queen, Miss Universe 2015 *1991 – Maximiliano Uggè, Italian footballer * 1991 – Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer * 1993 – Ben Platt, American actor *1997 – Tosin Adarabioyo, English footballer *2002 – Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro, Spanish tennis player


Deaths


Pre-1600

* 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) *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


1601–1900

*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) *
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– 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)


1901–present

*1904 – Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and author,
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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 (writer), 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 (fencer), 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, List of mayors of Dallas, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1906) *1976 – Philip Gbeho, Ghanaian composer and educator (b. 1904) *1978 – James Bassett (author), 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 (actress), Sarah Churchill, English actress (b. 1914) * 1982 – Józef Nawrot, Polish-English footballer (b. 1906) *1984 – Neil Hamilton (actor), 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 (mountaineer), 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 (Irish politician), 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, List of heads of state of the Soviet Union, 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 (journalist), Anthony Lawrence, English-Hong Kong journalist and author (b. 1912) * 2013 – Sagadat Nurmagambetov, Kazakh general and politician (b. 1924) * 2013 – Paul Oliver (American football), 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 (war artist), 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) *2020 – Dean Jones (cricketer), Dean Jones, Australian cricketer, coach and commentator (b. 1961)


Holidays and observances

*Armed Forces Day (Peru) *Christian feast day: **Anathalon (in Brescia) **Antonio González (martyr), Antonio Gonzalez **Blessed Émilie Gamelinhttps://www.cccb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Blessed_Emilie_Tavernier_Gamelin-EN.pdf (Canada) **Gerard of Csanád **Virgin of Mercy, Our Lady of Mercy and its related observance: ***La Mercè (Barcelona) **Feast of Our Lady of Ransom, 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 Arbor Day#Canada, 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 (Guinea-Bissau), Independence Day, celebrates the independence of
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from Portugal in 1973. *Mahidol Day (Thailand) *New Caledonia Day (
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) *Republic Day (Trinidad and Tobago)


References


External links

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