Events

Pre-1600

* 38 –

Drusilla Drusilla is a female given name deriving from the Roman cognomen Drusilla. History The name has its origin from the Latin cognomen (and later praenomen) ''Drusus'' which itself derived from the Greek ''drosos'' (dew). The diminutive "illa" t ...

Caligula Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), better known by his nickname Caligula (), was the third Roman emperor, ruling from 37 until his assassination in 41. He was the son of the popular Roman general Germanicu ...

's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified. * 1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor

Henry V Henry V may refer to: People * Henry V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1026) * Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1081/86–1125) * Henry V, Duke of Carinthia (died 1161) * Henry V, Count Palatine of the Rhine (c. 1173–1227) * Henry V, Count of Luxembourg (121 ...

agree to the Concordat of Worms to put an end to the

Investiture Controversy The Investiture Controversy, also called Investiture Contest (German: ''Investiturstreit''; ), was a conflict between the Church and the state in medieval Europe over the ability to choose and install bishops (investiture) and abbots of monast ...

. * 1338 – The

Battle of Arnemuiden The Battle of Arnemuiden was a naval battle fought on 23 September 1338 at the start of the Hundred Years' War between England and France. It was the first naval battle of the Hundred Years' War and the first recorded European naval battle usi ...

, in which a French force defeats the English, is the first naval battle of the

Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a series of armed conflicts between the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of France, France during the Late Middle Ages. It originated from disputed claims to the French Crown, ...

and the first naval battle in which gunpowder artillery is used. * 1409 – The

Battle of Kherlen The Battle of Kherlen () was a battle between the Northern Yuan and Ming dynasties that took place at the banks of Kherlen River (Kerulen) in the Mongolian Plateau on 23 September 1409. After Bunyashiri had been crowned with the regnal title ...

is the second significant victory over Ming dynasty China by the Mongols since 1368. *

1459 Year 1459 ( MCDLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 18 – The Order of Our Lady of Bethlehem is founded by Pope Pius II, to def ...

– The

Battle of Blore Heath The Battle of Blore Heath was a battle in the English Wars of the Roses. It was fought on 23 September 1459, at Blore Heath in Staffordshire. Blore Heath is a sparsely populated area of farmland, two miles east of the town of Market Drayton in ...

, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is won by the Yorkists. * 1561 – King

Philip II of Spain Philip II) in Spain, while in Portugal and his Italian kingdoms he ruled as Philip I ( pt, Filipe I). (21 May 152713 September 1598), also known as Philip the Prudent ( es, Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from ...

issues cedula, ordering a halt to colonizing efforts in Florida.

1601–1900

* 1779 –

American Revolution The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revolut ...

John Paul Jones John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-American naval captain who was the United States' first well-known naval commander in the American Revolutionary War. He made many friends among U.S political elites ( ...

, naval commander of the United States, on board the , wins the

Battle of Flamborough Head The Battle of Flamborough Head was a naval battle that took place on 23 September 1779 in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire between a combined Franco-American squadron, led by Continental Navy officer John Paul Jones, and two British e ...

. * 1803 –

Second Anglo-Maratha War } The Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803–1805) was the second conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire in India. Background The British had supported the "fugitive" Peshwa Raghunathrao in the First Anglo-Maratha War ...

: The

Battle of Assaye The Battle of Assaye was a major battle of the Second Anglo-Maratha War fought between the Maratha Empire and the British East India Company. It occurred on 23 September 1803 near Assaye in western India. An outnumbered Indian and British forc ...

is fought between the

British East India Company The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southea ...

and the

Maratha Empire The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern Indian confederation that came to dominate much of the Indian subcontinent in the 18th century. Maratha rule formally began in 1674 with the coronation of Shi ...

in India. * 1821 –

Tripolitsa Tripoli ( el, Τρίπολη, ''Trípoli'', formerly , ''Trípolis''; earlier ''Tripolitsá'') is a city in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the Peloponnese region as well as of the regional unit of Arcadi ...

, Greece, is captured by Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence. *

1846 Events January–March * January 5 – The United States House of Representatives votes to stop sharing the Oregon Country with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom. * January 13 – The Milan–Venice railway' ...

– Astronomers

Urbain Le Verrier Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier FRS (FOR) HFRSE (; 11 March 1811 – 23 September 1877) was a French astronomer and mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics and is best known for predicting the existence and position of Neptune using ...

John Couch Adams John Couch Adams (; 5 June 1819 – 21 January 1892) was a British mathematician and astronomer. He was born in Laneast, near Launceston, Cornwall, and died in Cambridge. His most famous achievement was predicting the existence and position o ...

and

Johann Gottfried Galle Johann Gottfried Galle (9 June 1812 – 10 July 1910) was a German astronomer from Radis, Germany, at the Berlin Observatory who, on 23 September 1846, with the assistance of student Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, was the first person to view the pl ...

collaborate on the

discovery of Neptune The planet Neptune was mathematically predicted before it was directly observed. With a prediction by Urbain Le Verrier, telescopic observations confirming the existence of a major planet were made on the night of September 23–24, 1846, at the ...

. *

1868 Events January–March * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. * January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Jap ...

– The

Grito de Lares ''El Grito de Lares'' (''The Cry of Lares''), also referred to as the Lares uprising, the Lares revolt, the Lares rebellion, or the Lares revolution, was the first major revolt against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico. The revolt was planned by Ra ...

occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule. *

1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...

– On the night of 23-24 September, the steamship ''Arctique'' runs aground near

Cape Virgenes Capes in the Americas Cape Virgenes ( es, Cabo Vírgenes, lit=Cape Virgins) is the southeastern tip of continental Argentina in South America. The southern one, a little to the south-west, is Punta Dungeness. Ferdinand Magellan reached it on 21 Oc ...

leading to the discovery of nearby placer gold, beginning the

Tierra del Fuego gold rush Between 1883 and 1906 Tierra del Fuego experienced a gold rush attracting many Chileans, Argentines and Europeans to the archipelago, including many Dalmatians. The gold rush led to the formation of the first towns in the archipelago and fuele ...

. * 1899 – The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the

Battle of Olongapo The Battle of Olongapo was fought September 18–23, 1899, during the Philippine–American War. The battle featured both land and sea fighting, of which the objective was the destruction of the single Filipino artillery gun in Olongapo, a mena ...

1901–present

* 1905 – Norway and Sweden sign the Karlstad Treaty, peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries. *

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...

–

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

: The Matanikau action on

Guadalcanal Guadalcanal (; indigenous name: ''Isatabu'') is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of Solomon Islands, located in the south-western Pacific, northeast of Australia. It is the largest island in the Solomon Islands by area, and the seco ...

begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the

Matanikau River The Matanikau River of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, is located in the northwest part of the island. During the World War II Guadalcanal campaign, several significant engagements occurred between United States and Japanese forces near the rive ...

. * 1950 –

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

: The

Battle of Hill 282 The Battle of Hill 282 took place on 23 September 1950 during the Korean War, and involved the 1st Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in an assault on this position as part an operation by 27th British Commonwealth Brigade on the Nakton ...

is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II. * 1973 – Argentine general election:

Juan Perón Juan Domingo Perón (, , ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine Army general and politician. After serving in several government positions, including Minister of Labour and Vice President of a military dictatorship, he was elected P ...

returns to power in Argentina. * 1983 –

Gulf Air Flight 771 A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, typically with a narrower opening than a bay (geography), bay, but that is not observable in all geographic areas so named. The term gulf was traditionally used for large highly-indented ...

is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board. * 2004 – Over 3,000 people die in

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

after

Hurricane Jeanne Hurricane Jeanne was a Category 3 hurricane that struck the Caribbean and the Eastern United States in September 2004. It was the deadliest hurricane in the Atlantic basin since Mitch in 1998. It was the tenth named storm, the seventh hurrica ...

produces massive flooding and mudslides. *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

– Matti Saari kills ten people at a school in Finland before committing suicide.

Births

Pre-1600

63 BC __NOTOC__ Year 63 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Cicero and Hybrida (or, less frequently, year 691 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 63 BC for this year has been use ...

–

Augustus Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pri ...

, Roman emperor (d. 14 AD) * 1158 –

Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany Geoffrey II ( br, Jafrez; , xno, Geoffroy; 23 September 1158 – 19 August 1186) was Duke of Brittany and 3rd Earl of Richmond between 1181 and 1186, through his marriage to Constance, Duchess of Brittany. Geoffrey was the fourth of five sons ...

(d. 1186) *

1215 Year 1215 ( MCCXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place England * March 4 – King John (Lackland), hoping to gain the support of Pope Innocent III ...

–

Kublai Khan Kublai ; Mongolian script: ; (23 September 1215 – 18 February 1294), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Shizu of Yuan and his regnal name Setsen Khan, was the founder of the Yuan dynasty of China and the fifth khagan-emperor of th ...

, Mongolian emperor (d. 1294) * 1495 –

Bagrat III of Imereti Bagrat III ( ka, ბაგრატ III) (1495-1565), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a King of Imereti from April 1, 1510, to 1565. He succeeded upon the death of his father, Alexander II, and faced repeated assaults from the Ottoman Turks as we ...

, King of Imereti (d. 1565) * 1597 – Francesco Barberini, Catholic cardinal (d. 1679) * 1598 – Eleonore Gonzaga, Italian wife of

Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II (9 July 1578 – 15 February 1637) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary, Hungary, and List of Croatian monarchs, Croatia from 1619 until his death in 1637. He was the son of Charles II, Archduke of Austria, Archd ...

(d. 1655)

1601–1900

* 1642 –

Giovanni Maria Bononcini Giovanni Maria Bononcini (bap. 23 September 1642 – 18 November 1678) was an Italian violinist and composer, the father of a musical dynasty. In 1671 Bononcini the elder became a court musician at Modena Modena (, , ; egl, label= Modene ...

, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1678) * 1647 –

Joseph Dudley Joseph Dudley (September 23, 1647 – April 2, 1720) was a colonial administrator, a native of Roxbury in Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the son of one of its founders. He had a leading role in the administration of the Dominion of New England ...

, English politician,

Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay The territory of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, one of the fifty United States, was settled in the 17th century by several different English colonies. The territories claimed or administered by these colonies encompassed a much larger area tha ...

(d. 1720) *

1650 Events January–March * January 7 – Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, dies after a reign of more than 63 years. The area is now part of the northeastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt. * January 18 – Cardinal Jules Ma ...

–

Jeremy Collier Jeremy Collier (; 23 September 1650 – 26 April 1726) was an English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian. Life Born Jeremiah Collier, in Stow cum Quy, Cambridgeshire, Collier was educated at Caius College, University of Cambrid ...

, English bishop and theologian (d. 1726) * 1713 –

Ferdinand VI of Spain , house = Bourbon-Anjou , father = Philip V of Spain , mother = Maria Luisa of Savoy , birth_date = 23 September 1713 , birth_place = Royal Alcazar of Madrid, Madrid, Spain , death_date = , death_place = Villavici ...

(d. 1759) * 1740 –

Empress Go-Sakuramachi was the 117th monarch of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'') 後桜町天皇 (120)/ref>Ponsonby-Fane, Richard. (1959). ''The Imperial House of Japan'', p. 120. She was named after he ...

of Japan (d. 1813) * 1756 –

John Loudon McAdam John Loudon McAdam (23 September 1756 – 26 November 1836) was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He invented a new process, " macadamisation", for building roads with a smooth hard surface, using controlled materials of ...

, Scottish engineer (d. 1836) * 1771 –

Emperor Kōkaku was the 119th Emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Imperial Household Agency (''Kunaichō'')光格天皇 (119)/ref> Kōkaku reigned from 16 December 1780 until his abdication on 7 May 1817 in favor of his son, Empe ...

of Japan (d. 1840) * 1778 –

Mariano Moreno Mariano Moreno (; September 23, 1778March 4, 1811) was an Argentine lawyer, journalist, and politician. He played a decisive role in the Primera Junta, the first national government of Argentina, created after the May Revolution. Moreno was b ...

, Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1811) * 1781 –

Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Coburg, 23 September 1781 – Elfenau, near Bern, Switzerland, 12 August 1860), also known as Grand Duchess Anna Feodorovna of Russia (russian: Анна Фёдоровна), was a German princess of the d ...

(d. 1860) * 1791 –

Johann Franz Encke Johann Franz Encke (; 23 September 179126 August 1865) was a German astronomer. Among his activities, he worked on the calculation of the periods of comets and asteroids, measured the distance from the Earth to the Sun, and made observations ...

, German astronomer and academic (d. 1865) * 1791 – Theodor Körner, German soldier and author (d. 1813) * 1800 –

William Holmes McGuffey William Holmes McGuffey (September 23, 1800 – May 4, 1873) was a college professor and president who is best known for writing the '' McGuffey Readers'', the first widely used series of elementary school-level textbooks. More than 120 million c ...

, American author and academic (d. 1873) * 1819 –

Hippolyte Fizeau Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau FRS FRSE MIF (; 23 September 181918 September 1896) was a French physicist, best known for measuring the speed of light in the namesake Fizeau experiment. Biography Fizeau was born in Paris to Louis and Beatrice Fi ...

, French physicist and academic (d. 1896) * 1823 – John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th

Premier of South Australia The premier of South Australia is the head of government in the state of South Australia, Australia. The Government of South Australia follows the Westminster system, with a Parliament of South Australia acting as the legislature. The premier is ...

(d. 1902) * 1838 –

Victoria Woodhull Victoria Claflin Woodhull, later Victoria Woodhull Martin (September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927), was an American leader of the women's suffrage movement who ran for President of the United States in the 1872 election. While many historians ...

, American journalist and activist (d. 1927) * 1851 – Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (d. 1930) *

1852 Events January–March * January 14 – President Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte proclaims a new constitution for the French Second Republic. * January 15 – Nine men representing various Jewish charitable organizations come tog ...

–

James Carroll Beckwith James Carroll Beckwith (September 23, 1852 – October 24, 1917) was an American landscape, portrait and genre painter whose Naturalist style led to his recognition in the late nineteenth and very early twentieth century as a respected figure i ...

, American painter and academic (d. 1917) * 1852 –

William Stewart Halsted William Stewart Halsted, M.D. (September 23, 1852 – September 7, 1922) was an American surgeon who emphasized strict aseptic technique during surgical procedures, was an early champion of newly discovered anesthetics, and introduced several ...

, American physician and surgeon (d. 1922) * 1853 –

Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen (23 September 1853 – 22 February 1923) was the only daughter of Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, by his first wife, Princess Charlotte of Prussia. She was notable as a musician and composer. One o ...

(d. 1923) *

1861 Statistically, this year is considered the end of the whale oil industry and (in replacement) the beginning of the petroleum oil industry. Events January–March * January 1 ** Benito Juárez captures Mexico City. ** The first steam-p ...

–

Robert Bosch Robert Bosch (23 September 1861 – 12 March 1942) was a German industrialist, engineer and inventor, founder of Robert Bosch GmbH. Biography Bosch was born in Albeck, a village to the northeast of Ulm in southern Germany as the eleventh of ...

, German engineer and businessman, founded

Robert Bosch GmbH Robert Bosch GmbH (; ), commonly known as Bosch and stylized as BOSCH, is a German multinational engineering and technology company headquartered in Gerlingen, Germany. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in Stuttgart in 1886. Bosch is 9 ...

(d. 1942) * 1863 – Mary Church Terrell, American author and activist (d. 1954) * 1865 –

Pekka Halonen Pekka Halonen (23 September 1865 – 1 December 1933) was a painter of Finnish landscapes and people in the national romantic style. His favorite subjects were the Finnish landscape and its people which he depicted in his Realist style.Aimo Reita ...

, Finnish painter (d. 1933) * 1865 –

Emma Orczy Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci) (; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947), usually known as Baroness Orczy (the name under which she was published) or to her family and friends as Em ...

, Hungarian-English author and playwright (d. 1947) * 1865 –

Suzanne Valadon Suzanne Valadon (23 September 18657 April 1938) was a French painter who was born Marie-Clémentine Valadon at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, Haute-Vienne, France. In 1894, Valadon became the first woman painter admitted to the Société Nationale des ...

, French model and painter (d. 1938) * 1867 –

John Lomax John Avery Lomax (September 23, 1867 – January 26, 1948) was an American teacher, a pioneering musicologist, and a folklorist who did much for the preservation of American folk music. He was the father of Alan Lomax, John Lomax Jr. and Bess Lo ...

, American teacher, musicologist, and folklorist (d. 1948) *

1876 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. * February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs i ...

–

Moshe Zvi Segal Moshe Zvi (Hirsch) Segal (Hebrew: משה צבי סגל) (born 23 September 1875; died 11 January 1968) was an Israeli rabbi, linguist and Talmudic scholar. Biography Segal was born in Maishad, Lithuania in 1875. In 1896, he moved with his fami ...

, Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 1968) * 1880 –

John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, (23 September 1880 – 25 June 1971), styled Sir John Boyd Orr from 1935 to 1949, was a Scottish teacher, medical doctor, biologist, nutritional physiologist, politician, businessman and farmer who was awarde ...

, Scottish biologist, physician, and politician,

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." Alfr ...

laureate (d. 1971) *

1889 Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the ...

–

Walter Lippmann Walter Lippmann (September 23, 1889 – December 14, 1974) was an American writer, reporter and political commentator. With a career spanning 60 years, he is famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of Cold War, coining the te ...

, American journalist and publisher, co-founded ''

The New Republic ''The New Republic'' is an American magazine of commentary on politics, contemporary culture, and the arts. Founded in 1914 by several leaders of the progressive movement, it attempted to find a balance between "a liberalism centered in hum ...

'' (d. 1974) *

1890 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa. ** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River. * January 2 ** The steamship ...

–

Friedrich Paulus Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus (23 September 1890 – 1 February 1957) was a German field marshal during World War II who is best known for commanding the 6th Army during the Battle of Stalingrad (August 1942 to February 1943). The battle ende ...

, German general (d. 1957) * 1895 –

Miron Merzhanov Miron Ivanovich Merzhanov, born Meran Merzhanyantz (russian: Мирон Иванович Мержанов, Меран Оганесович Мержанянц, September 23, 1895 – December 1975), was a Soviet architect of Armenian descent, notabl ...

, Russian architect and engineer (d. 1975) * 1895 –

Johnny Mokan John Leo Mokan (September 23, 1895 – February 10, 1985) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He batted and threw right-handed. A native of Buffalo, New York, Mokan made his major league debut on April 15, 1921 at the age of 25. He spent sev ...

, American baseball player (d. 1985) * 1897 –

Paul Delvaux Paul Delvaux (; 23 September 1897 – 20 July 1994) was a Belgian painter noted for his dream-like scenes of women, classical architecture, trains and train stations, and skeletons, often in combination. He is often considered a surrealist, alt ...

, Belgian painter (d. 1994) * 1897 –

Walter Pidgeon Walter Davis Pidgeon (September 23, 1897 – September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor. He earned two Academy Award for Best Actor nominations for his roles in ''Mrs. Miniver'' (1942) and ''Madame Curie'' (1943). Pidgeon also starred in ...

, Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1984) * 1898 –

Les Haylen Leslie Clement "Les" Haylen (23 September 1898 – 12 September 1977), also known by the pen-name Sutton Woodfield, was an Australian politician, playwright, novelist and journalist. Early life Haylen was born on 23 September 1898 at Gundaroo, ...

, Australian journalist and politician (d. 1977) * 1899 – Tom C. Clark, American lawyer and judge, 59th

Attorney General of the United States The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States. The attorney general serves as the principal advisor to the p ...

(d. 1977) * 1899 –

Louise Nevelson Louise Nevelson (September 23, 1899 – April 17, 1988) was an American sculptor known for her monumental, monochromatic, wooden wall pieces and outdoor sculptures. Born in the Poltava Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Kyiv Oblast, ...

, American sculptor (d. 1988) *

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

– Bill Stone, English soldier (d. 2009)

1901–present

* 1901 –

Jaroslav Seifert Jaroslav Seifert (; 23 September 1901 – 10 January 1986) was a Czech writer, poet and journalist. Seifert was awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides ...

, Czech poet and journalist,

laureate (d. 1986) * 1902 – Su Buqing, Chinese mathematician and academic (d. 2003) * 1903 –

Cec Fifield Cec "Dicky" Fifield (1903-1957) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s, and coached in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative centre, he play ...

, Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 1957) * 1904 –

Arthur Folwell Arthur Fitzgerald Folwell (23 September 1904 – 14 October 1966) was a British-born Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, coached in the 1940s, and was an administrator in the mid-20th centur ...

, English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator (d. 1966) * 1906 – Charles Ritchie, Canadian diplomat,

High Commission of Canada to the United Kingdom High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift ...

(d. 1995) * 1907 –

Tiny Bradshaw Myron Carlton "Tiny" Bradshaw (September 23, 1907 – November 26, 1958)
- accessed July 2010 was an American

, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1958) * 1907 –

Anne Desclos Anne Cécile Desclos (23 September 1907 – 27 April 1998) was a French journalist and novelist who wrote under the pen names Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage. She is best known for her erotic novel '' Story of O'' (1954). Early life Born ...

, French journalist and author (d. 1998) * 1907 –

Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza ''Dom'' Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (23 September 1907 – 24 December 1976) was the claimant to the defunct Portuguese throne, as both the Miguelist successor of his father, Miguel Januário, Duke of Braganza, and later as the head of the ...

(d. 1976) * 1908 –

Ramdhari Singh Dinkar Ramdhari Singh (23 September 1908 – 24 April 1974), known by his pen name Dinkar, was an Indian Hindi and Maithili language poet, essayist, freedom fighter, patriot and academic. He emerged as a poet of rebellion as a consequence of his ...

, Indian poet, academic, and politician (d. 1974) *

1909 Events January–February * January 4 – Explorer Aeneas Mackintosh of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition escaped death by fleeing across ice floes. * January 7 – Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. * Januar ...

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Lorenc Antoni Lorenc Antoni (23 September 1909 – 21 October 1991) was an Albanian composer, conductor, and ethnomusicologist. Early years Lorenc Antoni was born 23 September 1909 in Üsküp (now Skopje), in the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (presen ...

, Kosovo-Albanian composer and conductor (d. 1991) * 1910 – Jakob Streit, Swiss anthroposophist and author (d. 2009) * 1911 –

Frank Moss Frank Edward "Ted" Moss (September 23, 1911 – January 29, 2003) was an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, he served as a United States Senator from Utah from 1959 to 1977. Early life and education Frank Moss was born in Holladay ...

, American lawyer and politician (d. 2003) *

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ...

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Ghulam Mustafa Khan Ghulam Mustafa Khan, SI ( ur, ڈاکٹر غلام مصطفیٰ خان) (23 September 1912 – 25 September 2005) was a researcher, literary critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and ...

, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (d. 2005) * 1912 – Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (d. 1980) *

1913 Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos (1913), Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not ven ...

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Carl-Henning Pedersen Carl-Henning Pedersen (23 September 1913 – 20 February 2007) was a Danish painter and a key member of the COBRA movement. He was known as the "Scandinavian Chagall", and was one of the leading Danish artists of the second half of the 20th ...

, Danish painter and sculptor (d. 2007) *

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

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Julius Baker Julius Baker (September 23, 1915 – August 6, 2003) was one of the foremost American orchestral flute players. During the course of five decades he concertized with several of America's premier orchestral ensembles including the Chicago Sympho ...

, American flute player and educator (d. 2003) * 1915 –

Clifford Shull Clifford Glenwood Shull (September 23, 1915 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – March 31, 2001) was a Nobel Prize-winning American physicist. Biography Shull attended Schenley High School in Pittsburgh, received his BS from Carnegie Institute of Tec ...

, American physicist and academic,

laureate (d. 2001) * 1916 –

Aldo Moro Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro (; 23 September 1916 – 9 May 1978) was an Italian statesman and a prominent member of the Christian Democracy (DC). He served as prime minister of Italy from December 1963 to June 1968 and then from November 1974 to July 1 ...

, Italian academic and politician, 39th

Prime Minister of Italy The Prime Minister of Italy, officially the President of the Council of Ministers ( it, link=no, Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri), is the head of government of the Italian Republic. The office of president of the Council of Ministers is ...

(d. 1978) * 1917 – Santo, Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon (d. 1984) * 1917 – Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (d. 2006) * 1920 –

Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr.; other pseudonym Mickey Maguire; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor. In a career spanning nine decades, he appeared in more than 300 films and was among the last surviving stars of the ...

, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2014) * 1923 –

Mohamed Hassanein Heikal Mohamed Hassanein Heikal ( ar, محمد حسنين هيكل‎; 23 September 1923 – 17 February 2016) was an Egyptian journalist. For 17 years (1957–1974), he was editor-in-chief of the Cairo newspaper ''Al-Ahram'' and was a commentator on ...

, Egyptian journalist (d. 2016) * 1923 – Vello Helk, Estonian-Danish historian and author (d. 2014) * 1924 –

Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal (23 September 1924 – 10 January 1978) was a Nicaraguan journalist and publisher. He was the editor of '' La Prensa'', the only significant opposition newspaper to the long rule of the Somoza family. He is a ...

, Nicaraguan journalist and publisher (d. 1978) *

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the Italia ...

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Denis C. Twitchett Denis Crispin Twitchett (23 September 192524 February 2006) was a British Sinologist and scholar who specialized in Chinese history, and is well known as one of the co-editors of ''The Cambridge History of China''. Biography Denis Twitchett was b ...

, English historian and scholar (d. 2006) * 1926 – André Cassagnes, French toy maker, created the

Etch A Sketch Etch A Sketch is a mechanical drawing toy invented by André Cassagnes of France and subsequently manufactured by the Ohio Art Company. It is now owned by Spin Master of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. An Etch A Sketch has a thick, flat gray scree ...

(d. 2013) * 1926 –

John Coltrane John William Coltrane (September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of br ...

, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1967) *

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

– Frank Foster, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2011) * 1928 –

Roger Grimsby Roger Olin Grimsby (September 23, 1928 – June 23, 1995) was an American journalist, television news anchor and actor. Grimsby, who for eighteen years was seen on ABC's flagship station WABC in New York City, is known as one of the pioneers of ...

, American journalist and actor (d. 1995) *

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

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Sehba Akhtar Sehba Akhtar (30 September 1931 – 19 February 1996) was a poet and a film songwriter in Pakistan. Early life and career He was born Akhtar Ali Rehmat to Rehmat Ali Rehmat, a poet and a contemporary of the renowned playwright Agha Hashar K ...

, Pakistani poet and songwriter (d. 1996) * 1930 –

Colin Blakely Colin George Blakely (23 September 1930 – 7 May 1987) was a Northern Irish actor. He had roles in the films '' A Man for All Seasons'' (1966), ''The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes'' (1970), ''Murder on the Orient Express'' (1974), and '' Eq ...

, Northern Irish actor (d. 1987) * 1930 –

Ray Charles Ray Charles Robinson Sr. (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential singers in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Ge ...

, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2004) *

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

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Hilly Kristal Hillel Kristal (September 23, 1931August 28, 2007) was an American club owner, manager and musician who was the owner of the iconic New York City club CBGB, which opened in 1973 and closed in 2006 over a rent dispute. Early years Kristal was bor ...

, American businessman, founded

CBGB CBGB was a New York City music club opened in 1973 by Hilly Kristal in Manhattan's East Village. The club was previously a biker bar and before that was a dive bar. The letters ''CBGB'' were for '' Country'', '' BlueGrass'', and '' Blues'', Kri ...

(d. 2007) * 1931 – Stan Lynde, American author and illustrator (d. 2013) * 1931 –

Gerald Merrithew Gerald Stairs "Gerry" Merrithew (September 23, 1931 – September 5, 2004), born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, was an educator, provincial and federal politician, and statesman. Merrithew graduated from the New Brunswick Teachers' Col ...

, Canadian educator and politician (d. 2004) *

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

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Georg Keßler Georg Kessler (born 23 September 1932) is a German former football manager. Honours Sparta Rotterdam *KNVB Cup runner-up: 1970–71 Anderlecht *Belgian First Division: 1971–72 *Belgian Cup: 1971–72 Hertha BSC *DFB-Pokal runner-up: 19 ...

, German footballer and manager * 1933 –

Lloyd J. Old Lloyd John Old (September 23, 1933 – November 28, 2011) was one of the founders and standard-bearers of the field of cancer immunology. When Old began his career in 1958, tumor immunology was in its infancy. Today, cancer immunotherapies are ...

, American immunologist and academic (d. 2011) *

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

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Per Olov Enquist Per Olov Enquist, also known as P. O. Enquist, (23 September 1934 – 25 April 2020) was a Swedish author. He had worked as a journalist, playwright and novelist. Biography Enquist was born and raised in , a village in present-day Skellef ...

, Swedish journalist, author, and playwright (d. 2020) *

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

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Prem Chopra Prem Chopra (born 23 September 1935) is an Indian actor in Hindi and Punjabi films. He has acted in 380 films over a span of over 60 years. He has a soft-spoken diction despite being a villain in most films. His 19 films, with him as antagonist ...

, Pakistani-Indian actor * 1935 – Les McCann, American soul-jazz singer and pianist * 1935 – Ron Tindall, English-Australian footballer, cricketer, and manager (d. 2012) *

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

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George Eastham George Edward Eastham, OBE (born 23 September 1936) is an English former footballer. He is known for playing for Newcastle United, Arsenal and Stoke City, as well as a member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad. However, he is also nota ...

, English footballer * 1936 –

Valentín Paniagua Valentín Toribio Demetrio Agustin Paniagua Corazao (23 September 1936 – 16 October 2006) was a Peruvian lawyer and politician who briefly served as President of Peru from 2000 to 2001. Elected President of Congress on 16 November 2000, he ...

, Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91st

President of Peru The president of Peru ( es, link=no, presidente del Perú), officially called the president of the Republic of Peru ( es, link=no, presidente de la República del Perú), is the head of state and head of government of Peru. The president is th ...

(d. 2006) * 1936 –

Sylvain Saudan Sylvain Saudan (born 23 September 1936 in Lausanne, Switzerland) is an extreme skier, dubbed "skier of the impossible." He is noted for skiing down large and steep mountains, including those in the Himalayas. In 2007 he survived a helicopter crash ...

, Swiss skier * 1936 –

Tareq Suheimat Tareq Salah Attalla Suheimat (23 September 1936 – 21 July 2014), was a distinguished Jordanian physician, nephrologist, military General, and statesman. Born in the historic city of Al-Karak in southern Jordan, Suheimat studied in Amman's school ...

, Jordanian physician, general, and politician (d. 2014) * 1937 –

Jacques Poulin Jacques Poulin (born 23 September 1937 in Saint-Gédéon, Quebec) is a Canadian novelist with a quiet and intimate style of writing. Poulin studied psychology and arts at the Université Laval in Quebec City; he started his career as commercial t ...

, Canadian author and translator *

1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...

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Romy Schneider Romy Schneider (; born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach; 23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982) was a German-French actress. She began her career in the German genre in the early 1950s when she was 15. From 1955 to 1957, she played the central chara ...

, German-French actress (d. 1982) *

1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to ...

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Henry Blofeld Henry Calthorpe Blofeld, OBE (born 23 September 1939) nicknamed Blowers by Brian Johnston, is an English retired sports journalist, broadcaster and amateur ornithologist best known as a cricket commentator for ''Test Match Special'' on BBC Ra ...

, English cricketer and journalist * 1939 –

Roy Buchanan Leroy "Roy" Buchanan (September 23, 1939 – August 14, 1988) was an American guitarist and blues musician. A pioneer of the Telecaster sound, Buchanan worked as a sideman and as a solo artist, with two gold albums early in his career and two lat ...

, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1988) * 1939 –

Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham Joan Brownlow Hanham, Baroness Hanham, CBE (née Spark; born 23 September 1939) is a former member of the House of Lords. She sat as a Conservative. She was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Gov ...

, English politician * 1939 –

Sonny Vaccaro John Paul Vincent "Sonny" Vaccaro (born September 23, 1939 in Trafford, Pennsylvania) is an American former sports marketing executive, and lives in Santa Monica, California. Vaccaro is best known for his tenure with Nike, Inc., where he signed M ...

, American businessman * 1940 –

Michel Temer Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (; born 23 September 1940) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 31 December 2018. He took office after the impeachment and removal from off ...

, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th

Vice President of Brazil The Vice President of Brazil ( pt, Vice-Presidente do Brasil), officially the Vice President of the Federative Republic of Brazil (''Vice-Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil''), or simply the ''Vice President of the Republic'' (''Vice-P ...

* 1940 –

Dick Thornett Richard Norman Thornett (23 September 1940 – 12 October 2011) was one of five Australians to have represented their country in three sports. He was an Olympic water polo player before becoming a rugby league and rugby union player – a dual ...

, Australian rugby player and water polo player (d. 2011) *

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...

– George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the

Black Guerrilla Family The Black Guerrilla Family (BGF, also known as the Black Family, the Black Vanguard, and Jamaa) is an African-American black power prison and street gang founded in 1966 by George Jackson, George "Big Jake" Lewis, and W. L. Nolen while they were ...

(d. 1971) * 1941 –

Simon Nolet Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...

, Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1941 –

Norma Winstone Norma Ann Winstone MBE (born 23 September 1941) is an English jazz singer and lyricist. With a career spanning more than 50 years, she is best known for her wordless improvisations. Musicians with whom she has worked include Michael Garrick, ...

, English singer-songwriter *

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Sila María Calderón Sila María Calderón Serra (born September 23, 1942) is a Puerto Rican politician, businesswoman, and philanthropist who was the governor of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2005. She is the first woman elected to that office. Prior to her term as gov ...

, Puerto Rican-American businesswoman and politician, 12th

Secretary of State of Puerto Rico The secretary of state of Puerto Rico ( es, Secretario de Estado de Puerto Rico) leads all efforts that promote the cultural, political, and economical relations between Puerto Rico and foreign countries, and other jurisdictions of the United S ...

* 1942 –

Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston Colin Mackenzie Low, Baron Low of Dalston, (born 23 September 1942) is a British politician, law scholar and member of the House of Lords. Early life Low was born in Edinburgh and has been blind since the age of three. He was educated at wh ...

, Scottish scholar and politician * 1942 – David Renneberg, Australian cricketer *

1943 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Soviet Union announces that 22 German divisions have been encircled at Stalingrad, with 175,000 killed and 137,650 captured. * January 4 – ...

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Julio Iglesias Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (; born 23 September 1943) is a Spanish singer, songwriter and former professional footballer. Iglesias is recognized as the most commercially successful Spanish singer in the world and one of the top record ...

, Spanish singer-songwriter * 1943 –

Marty Schottenheimer Martin Edward Schottenheimer (; September 23, 1943 – February 8, 2021) was an American football linebacker and coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) from 1984 to 2006. He was the head coach of the Kansas City ...

, American football player and coach (d. 2021) *

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...

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Eric Bogle Eric Bogle (born 23 September 1944) is a Scottish-born Australian folk singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to Australia at the age of 25, to settle near Adelaide, South Australia. Bogle's songs have covered a variety of ...

, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1944 –

Richard Lambert Sir Richard Peter Lambert (born 23 September 1944) is a British journalist and business executive. He served as director-general of the CBI, chancellor of the University of Warwick, editor of the ''Financial Times'' newspaper and chairman of t ...

, English journalist and academic *

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II and the fall of Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan. It is also the only year in which nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. Januar ...

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Ron Bushy Ron Bushy (December 23, 1941 – August 29, 2021) was an American drummer best known as a member of the rock band Iron Butterfly and as the drum soloist on the band's iconic song "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", released in 1968 although performed in the ba ...

, American drummer (d. 2021) * 1945 –

Igor Ivanov Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov (born 23 September 1945) is a Russian politician who was Foreign Minister of Russia from 1998 to 2004 under both the Yeltsin and the Putin administrations. Early life Ivanov was born in 1945 in Moscow to a Russian fathe ...

, Russian politician and diplomat, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs * 1945 –

Alan Old Alan Gerald Bernard Old (born 23 September 1945) is an English rugby union player who had 16 caps for England. Old was an undergraduate at Queen Mary College and later studied for a year at Durham University, where he competed for Durham Un ...

, English rugby player *

1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...

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Franz Fischler Franz Fischler (born 23 September 1946) is an Austrian politician from the Christianity, Christian-Conservatism, conservative Austrian People's Party, People's Party (ÖVP). He was the European Union's Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Developm ...

, Austrian politician * 1946 –

Bernard Maris Bernard Henri Maris (; 23 September 19467 January 2015), also known as "Oncle Bernard", was a French economist, writer and journalist who was also a shareholder in '' Charlie Hebdo'' magazine. He was murdered on 7 January 2015, during the shoot ...

, French economist and journalist (d. 2015) * 1946 – Genista McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh, English politician * 1946 –

Davorin Popović Davorin Popović (23 September 1946 – 18 June 2001) was a Bosnian singer and songwriter, born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was well known throughout the former Yugoslavia. He was the lead singer and frontman of the progressive and pop rock ba ...

, Bosnian singer-songwriter (d. 2001) * 1946 – Anne Wheeler, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter *

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...

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Christian Bordeleau Christian Gerrard "Chris" Bordeleau (born September 23, 1947) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward (ice hockey), forward. He played in the National Hockey League between 1969 and 1972, and the World Hockey Association between 197 ...

, Canadian ice hockey player * 1947 –

Mary Kay Place Mary Kay Place (born September 23, 1947) is an American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter. She is known for portraying Loretta Haggers on the television series ''Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'', a role that won her the 1977 Primetime Emmy ...

, American actress * 1947 – Neal Smith, American drummer and songwriter * 1948 –

Dan Toler Daniel Lee Toler (September 23, 1948 – February 25, 2013), known professionally as "Dangerous" Dan Toler, was an American guitarist. Life and career A native of Connersville, Indiana, Toler became popular in the late 1970s as a member of D ...

, American guitarist (d. 2013) * 1949 –

Floella Benjamin Floella Karen Yunies Benjamin, Baroness Benjamin, (born 23 September 1949GRO Register of Marriages: SEP 1980 14 0207 LAMBETH – Keith D. Taylor=Floella K.Y. Benjamin) is a Trinidadian-British actress, singer, presenter, author, businesswoman, ...

, Trinidadian-English actress, academic, and politician * 1949 –

Bruce Springsteen Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer and songwriter. He has released 21 studio albums, most of which feature his backing band, the E Street Band. Originally from the Jersey Shore, he is an originat ...

, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1949 –

Kostas Tournas Kostas Tournas ( el, Κώστας Τουρνάς) (born 23 September 1949,) is one of the pioneers of modern Greek rock. He is a singer and composer of many hits in the '70s including ''Ti Na Mas Kanei I Nychta'' (''What Can The Night Do For Us' ...

, Greek singer-songwriter * 1950 –

George Garzone George Garzone (born September 23, 1950) is a saxophonist and jazz educator from Boston, Massachusetts. Biography Garzone is a member of the Fringe, a jazz trio founded in 1972 that includes bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gullotti. The ...

, American saxophonist and educator *

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

– Steven Springer, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2012) * 1952 –

Mark Bego Mark Joseph Bego (born 23 September 1952, in Pontiac, Michigan) is an author known for his biographies focusing on the rock & roll and show business genres. Bego has written a total of 59 books, two of which have gone on to become New York Times ...

, American author * 1952 –

Anshuman Gaekwad Anshuman Dattajirao Gaekwad (born 23 September 1952) is a former Indian cricketer and two-time Indian national cricket coach. He played in 40 Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals. His father Datta Gaekwad also played Test Cricket for I ...

, Indian cricketer * 1952 –

Dennis Lamp Dennis Patrick Lamp (born September 23, 1952) is a former professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball. From 1977 through 1992, the breaking ball specialist played for the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athle ...

, American baseball player * 1952 –

Jim Morrison James Douglas Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) was an American singer, poet and songwriter who was the lead vocalist of the Rock music, rock band the Doors. Due to his wild personality, poetic lyrics, distinctive voice, unpredicta ...

, American baseball player and manager * 1953 –

Nicholas Witchell Nicholas Newton Henshall Witchell OStJ FRGS (born 23 September 1953) is an English journalist and news presenter. The latter half of his career has been as royal correspondent for BBC News. Early life and career Witchell was born on 23 Septemb ...

, English journalist *

1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...

– Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996) * 1954 –

Cherie Blair Cherie, Lady Blair, (; born 23 September 1954), also known professionally as Cherie Booth, is an English barrister and writer. She is married to the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Tony Blair. Early life and education Booth ...

, English lawyer and academic * 1956 –

Peter David Peter Allen David (born September 23, 1956), often abbreviated PAD, is an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films and video games.Buxton, Marc (March 29, 2014)"From 'Future Imperfect' to '2099': Peter David's Greatest Hits" Co ...

, American author, actor, and screenwriter * 1956 –

Tom Hogan Tom George Hogan (born 23 September 1956) is a former Australian cricketer. Hogan was a left arm spinner who played in seven Tests and 16 One Day Internationals for Australia in 1983 and 1984. Career Hogan made his debut for Western Austr ...

, Australian cricketer * 1956 –

Paolo Rossi Paolo Rossi (; 23 September 1956 – 9 December 2020) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a forward. He led Italy to the 1982 FIFA World Cup title, scoring six goals to win the Golden Boot as top goalscorer, and the Golden ...

, Italian footballer (d. 2020) *

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

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Rosalind Chao Rosalind Chao (; born September 23, 1957) is an American actress. Chao's best-known roles have been Soon-Lee Klinger in the mid-1980s CBS show ''AfterMASH'', Rose Hsu Jordan in the 1993 movie ''The Joy Luck Club (film), The Joy Luck Club'', the ...

, American actress * 1958 –

Danielle Dax Danielle Dax (born 23 September 1958) is an English experimental musician and producer most active from the late-1970s to the mid-1990s. Early life She was born Danielle Gardner, in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Dax's first performance on ...

, English singer-songwriter and producer * 1958 –

Khaled El Sheikh Khaled El Sheikh ( ar, خالد الشيخ, or Khalid Al-Shaikh; born 23 September 1958) is a Bahraini singer. Married with 5 daughters (Dareen, Noor, Marwa, Samawa, and Wanas). Honored in 12th Bahrain International Musical Festival on 14 Octob ...

, Bahraini singer-songwriter * 1958 –

Tony Fossas Emilio Antonio Fossas Morejon (born September 23, 1957) is a former left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who played between 1988 and 1999. Amateur career Fossas attended St. Mary's High School (Brookline, Massachusetts) and was signed as a ...

, Cuban-American baseball player and coach * 1958 –

Marvin Lewis Marvin Ronald Lewis (born September 23, 1958) is an American football coach who is the special advisor to the head coach at Arizona State. Previously, Lewis was the head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League (NFL) for 1 ...

, American football player and coach * 1958 –

Larry Mize Lawrence Hogan Mize (born September 23, 1958) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour. He is well known for one career-defining shot – a chip from off the green at the 11th hole at ...

, American golfer *1959 – Jason Alexander, American actor, singer, and voice artist * 1959 – Frank Cottrell-Boyce, English author and screenwriter * 1959 – Hans Nijman, Dutch mixed martial artist and wrestler (d. 2014) * 1959 – Chris O'Sullivan (rugby league), Chris O'Sullivan, Australian rugby league player * 1959 – Martin Page, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer * 1959 – Elizabeth Peña, American actress (d. 2014) * 1959 – Karen Pierce, English diplomat *1960 – Kurt Beyer, American wrestler * 1960 – Luis Moya, Spanish race car driver *1961 – Chi McBride, American actor * 1961 – William C. McCool, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2003) *1962 – Deborah Orr, Scottish journalist (d. 2019) *1963 – Anne-Marie Cadieux, Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter * 1963 – Alex Proyas, Egyptian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter *1964 – Clayton Blackmore, Welsh footballer and manager * 1964 – Josefa Idem, German-born Italian kayaker * 1964 – Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer-songwriter * 1964 – Larry Krystkowiak, American basketball player and coach * 1964 – Katie Mitchell, English director and producer * 1964 – Julian Parkhill, English biologist and academic * 1964 – Bill Phillips (author), Bill Phillips, American businessman and author *1965 – Mark Woodforde, Australian tennis player and sportscaster *1966 – Pete Harnisch, American baseball player and coach *1967 – Hilary Andersson, American-English journalist * 1967 – Chris Wilder, English footballer and manager *1968 – Yvette Fielding, English actress and producer * 1968 – Adam Price, Welsh politician *1969 – Donald Audette, Canadian ice hockey player * 1969 – Patrick Fiori, French singer-songwriter * 1969 – Tapio Laukkanen, Finnish race car driver * 1969 – Rod Pampling, Australian golfer * 1969 – Jan Suchopárek, Czech footballer and manager *1970 – Adrian Brunker, Australian rugby player * 1970 – Lucia Cifarelli, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player * 1970 – Ani DiFranco, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1970 – Giorgos Koltsidas, Greek footballer *1971 – Moin Khan, Pakistani cricketer and coach * 1971 – Eric Montross, American basketball player and sportscaster * 1971 – Sean Spicer, 30th White House Press Secretary *1972 – Sam Bettens, Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1972 – Alistair Campbell (cricketer), Alistair Campbell, Zimbabwean cricketer * 1972 – Jermaine Dupri, American rapper and producer * 1972 – Karl Pilkington, English actor and producer * 1973 – Ingrid Fliter, Argentinian pianist * 1973 – Vangelis Krios, Greek footballer and coach *1974 – Ben Duckworth, Australian rugby league player * 1974 – Matt Hardy, American wrestler *1975 – Layzie Bone, American rapper * 1975 – Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player * 1975 – Chris Hawkins, English journalist and producer * 1975 – Eric Miller (rugby union), Eric Miller, Irish rugby player, footballer, and coach *1976 – Sarah Blasko, Australian singer-songwriter and producer * 1976 – Robert James-Collier, English actor * 1976 – Valeriy Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer * 1976 – Volodymyr Sydorenko, Ukrainian boxer *1977 – Matthieu Descoteaux, Canadian ice hockey player * 1977 – Dmitri Kulikov (footballer), Dmitri Kulikov, Estonian footballer * 1977 – Fabio Ongaro, Italian rugby player * 1977 – Brett Prebble, Australian jockey * 1977 – Rachael Yamagata, American singer-songwriter and pianist *1978 – Benjamin Curtis (musician), Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (d. 2013) * 1978 – Anthony Mackie, American actor *1979 – Ricky Davis, American basketball player * 1979 – Bryant McKinnie, American football player * 1979 – Fábio Simplício, Brazilian footballer * 1979 – Lote Tuqiri (rugby, born 1979), Lote Tuqiri, Fijian-Australian rugby player *1980 – Matt White (musician), Matt White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1980 – Liz Murray, American inspirational speaker *1981 – Robert Doornbos, Dutch race car driver * 1981 – Natalie Horler, German singer * 1981 – Helen Richardson-Walsh, English field hockey player *1982 – Mait Künnap, Estonian tennis player * 1982 – Shyla Stylez, Canadian pornographic actress (d. 2017) * 1983 – Shane del Rosario, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2013) * 1983 – Joffrey Lupul, Canadian ice hockey player * 1983 – Regan Smith (racing driver), Regan Smith, American race car driver *1984 – Patrick Ehelechner, German ice hockey player * 1984 – Matt Kemp, American baseball player * 1984 – Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch-American entertainer *1985 – Lukáš Kašpar, Czech ice hockey player *1986 – Martin Cranie, English footballer *1988 – Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player * 1988 – Yannick Weber, Swiss ice hockey player *1989 – Brandon Jennings, American basketball player * 1989 – Taniela Lasalo, Australian rugby league player *1991 – Lee Alexander (footballer), Lee Alexander, Scottish footballer *1991 – Key (entertainer), Kim Ki-bum, South Korean singer and entertainer * 1991 – Melanie Oudin, American tennis player *1994 – Lee Mi-joo, South Korean singer and entertainer *1999 – Song Yuqi, Song Yu-qi, Chinese singer

Deaths

Pre-1600

* 788 – Ælfwald I of Northumbria, Ælfwald I, king of Kingdom of Northumbria, Northumbria * 965 – Al-Mutanabbi, Arab poet (b. 915) *1193 – Robert IV de Sablé, Robert de Sablé, French knight *1241 – Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178) *1253 – Wenceslaus I of Bohemia *1267 – Beatrice of Provence, countess regnant of Provence (b. 1234) *1386 – Dan I of Wallachia *1390 – John I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1346) *1448 – Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (b. 1373) *1461 – Charles, Prince of Viana, King of Navarre (b. 1421) *1508 – Beatrice of Naples, queen consort of Hungary (b. 1457) *1535 – Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (b. 1513) *1571 – John Jewel, English bishop (b. 1522) *1573 – Azai Hisamasa, Japanese warlord (b. 1524)

1601–1900

*1605 – Pontus de Tyard, French priest and poet (b. 1521) *1675 – Valentin Conrart, French author, founded the Académie française (b. 1603) *1728 – Christian Thomasius, German jurist and philosopher (b. 1655) *1738 – Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist and physician (b. 1668) *1764 – Robert Dodsley, English poet and playwright (b. 1703) *1773 – Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718) *1789 – John Rogers (Continental Congress), John Rogers, American lawyer and politician (b. 1723) *1835 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (b. 1801) * 1851 – Émilie Gamelin, Canadian nun, founded the Sisters of Providence (Montreal), Sisters of Providence (b. 1800) *

– John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer (b. 1818) *1850 – José Gervasio Artigas, Uruguayan general and politician (b. 1764) *1870 – Prosper Mérimée, French archaeologist and historian (b. 1803) *1871 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1786) *1873 – Jean Chacornac, French astronomer (b. 1823) *1877 –

, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1811) *

– Wilkie Collins, English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (b. 1824) *

– William Marsh Rice, American businessman, founded Rice University (b. 1816)

1901–present

– Donato Álvarez, Argentinian general (b. 1825) * 1917 – Werner Voss, German lieutenant and pilot (b. 1897) *1929 – Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865) *

– Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1856) * 1939 – Francisco León de la Barra, Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (b. 1863) * 1940 – Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869) *

– Elinor Glyn, English author, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1864) *

– Jakob Schaffner, Swiss author and critic (b. 1875) * 1950 – Sam Barry, American basketball player and coach (b. 1892) * 1958 – Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (b. 1876) *1967 – Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (b. 1879) *1968 – Pio of Pietrelcina, Italian priest and saint (b. 1887) *1971 – James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888) * 1973 – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat,

laureate (b. 1904) *1974 – Cliff Arquette, American actor and comedian (b. 1905) * 1974 – Robbie McIntosh (drummer), Robbie McIntosh, Scottish drummer (b. 1950) *1978 – Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (b. 1950) *1979 – Catherine Lacey, English actress (b. 1904) *1981 – Chief Dan George, Canadian actor, author, and poet (b. 1899) *1987 – Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (b. 1927) *1988 – Tibor Sekelj, Hungarian-Serbian explorer and author (b. 1912) *1992 – Ivar Ivask, Estonian poet and scholar (b. 1927) * 1992 – Glendon Swarthout, American author and academic (b. 1918) * 1992 – James Van Fleet, American general (b. 1892) *1994 – Jerry Barber, American golfer (b. 1916) * 1994 – Robert Bloch, American author and screenwriter (b. 1917) * 1994 – Madeleine Renaud, French actress (b. 1900) *1997 – Natalie Savage Carlson, American author (b. 1906) *1998 – Ray Bowden, English footballer (b. 1909) * 1998 – Mary Frann, American actress (b. 1943) *1999 – Ivan Goff, Australian-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910) *2000 – Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player and manager (b. 1947) * 2000 – Carl Rowan, American journalist and author (b. 1925) * 2000 – Raoul Berger, American attorney and law professor (b. 1901) *2001 – Ron Hewitt (footballer, born 1928), Ron Hewitt, Welsh footballer (b. 1928) *2003 – Yuri Senkevich, Russian physician and journalist (b. 1937) * 2004 – Billy Reay, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1918) *2005 – Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, Puerto Rican activist (b. 1933) *2006 – Malcolm Arnold, English trumpet player and composer (b. 1921) * 2006 – Etta Baker, American singer and guitarist (b. 1913) *

– Peter Leonard (journalist), Peter Leonard, Australian journalist (b. 1942) * 2008 – Loren Pope, American journalist and author (b. 1910) *2009 – Paul B. Fay, American sailor and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (b. 1918) *2010 – Malcolm Douglas (documentary maker), Malcolm Douglas, Australian hunter and television host (b. 1941) *2012 – Henry Champ, Canadian journalist and academic (b. 1937) * 2012 – Pavel Grachev, Russian general and politician, 1st Ministry of Defence (Russia), Minister of Defence for Russia (b. 1948) * 2012 – Roberto Rodríguez (baseball), Roberto Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player and coach (b. 1941) * 2012 – Corrie Sanders, South African boxer (b. 1966) * 2012 – Sam Sniderman, Canadian businessman, founded Sam the Record Man (b. 1920) *2013 – Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj, Syrian colonel and politician (b. 1925) * 2013 – Gil Dozier, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1934) * 2013 – Ruth Patrick, American botanist and immunologist (b. 1907) *2014 – A. W. Davis, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943) * 2014 – Irven DeVore, American anthropologist and biologist (b. 1934) * 2014 – Don Manoukian, American football player and wrestler (b. 1934) * 2014 – Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (b. 1913) *2015 – Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya), Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher (b. 1930) *2018 – Charles Kuen Kao, Hong Kong-American-British electrical engineer and physicist (b. 1933) * 2018 – Gary Kurtz, American film producer (b. 1940) * 2018 – Jane Fortune, American author, journalist, and philanthropist (b.1942) *2020 – Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (b. 1927) *2021 – John Elliott (businessman), John Elliott, Australian businessman (b. 1941) * 2021 – Nino Vaccarella, Italian race car driver (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

*Christian feast day: **Adomnán **Cissa of Crowland, Cissa of Crowland (or of Northumbria) **Pio of Pietrelcina, Padre Pio **Pope Linus **Sossius **Thecla (Roman Catholic Church) **Acts of Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca, Xanthippe and Polyxena **September 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *

(Puerto Rico) *Holocaust Memorial Day (Lithuania) *Public holidays in Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Language Day (Kyrgyzstan) *Saudi National Day, National Day (Saudi Arabia) *Teachers' Day (Brunei) *Celebrate Bisexuality Day (bisexual community) *International Day of Sign Languages

References

External links

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