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Day of the year
September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in
leap years ) in the
Gregorian calendar ; 107 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1901–present
1915 –
New Culture Movement :
Chen Duxiu establishes the
New Youth magazine in
Shanghai .
[6]
1916 –
World War I :
Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the
Battle of the Somme .
1918 – World War I: Allied troops
break through the
Bulgarian defenses on the
Macedonian front .
1935 –
Nazi Germany adopts a new
national flag bearing the
swastika .
1940 –
World War II : The
climax of the Battle of Britain , when the Luftwaffe launches its largest and most concentrated attack of the entire campaign.
1942 – World War II:
U.S. Navy
aircraft carrier
USS Wasp is sunk by
Japanese torpedoes at
Guadalcanal .
1944 –
Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Winston Churchill meet in
Quebec as part of the
Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.
1944 –
Battle of Peleliu begins as the
United States Marine Corps '
1st Marine Division and the
United States Army 's
81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery.
1945 – A
hurricane strikes southern
Florida and
the Bahamas , destroying 366 airplanes and 25 blimps at
Naval Air Station Richmond .
1947 –
Typhoon Kathleen hit the
Kantō region in Japan killing 1,077.
1948 – The
Indian Army captures the towns of
Jalna ,
Latur ,
Mominabad ,
Surriapet and
Narkatpalli as part of
Operation Polo .
1948 – The
F-86 Sabre sets the
world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h).
1950 –
Korean War : The
U.S. X Corps
lands at Inchon .
1952 – The
United Nations cedes
Eritrea to
Ethiopia .
1954 –
Marilyn Monroe 's
iconic skirt scene is shot during filming for
The Seven Year Itch .
[7]
1958 – A
Central Railroad of New Jersey
commuter train
runs through an open drawbridge at the
Newark Bay , killing 48.
1959 –
Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first
Soviet leader to visit the United States.
1962 – The
Soviet ship Poltava heads toward
Cuba , one of the events that sets into motion the
Cuban Missile Crisis .
1963 –
Baptist Church bombing : Four children killed in the bombing of an
African-American church in
Birmingham, Alabama , United States.
1966 – U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson , responding to a
sniper attack at the
University of Texas at Austin , writes a letter to
Congress urging the enactment of
gun control legislation.
1968 – The
Soviet
Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the
Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
1971 – The first Greenpeace ship departs from Vancouver to protest against the upcoming
Cannikin nuclear weapon test in Alaska.
1972 – A
Scandinavian Airlines System
domestic flight from
Gothenburg to
Stockholm is
hijacked and flown to
Malmö Bulltofta Airport .
1974 –
Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked , then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
1975 – The French
department of "
Corse " (the entire island of
Corsica ) is divided into two:
Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and
Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica).
1978 – At the
Superdome in
New Orleans ,
Muhammad Ali outpoints
Leon Spinks in a rematch to become the first boxer to win the world
heavyweight title three times.
1981 – The
Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves
Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States .
1981 – The
John Bull becomes the oldest operable
steam locomotive in the world when the
Smithsonian Institution operates it under its own power outside Washington, D.C.
1983 –
Israeli
premier
Menachem Begin resigns.
1995 –
Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133 crashes at
Tawau Airport in
Malaysia , killing 34.
[8]
2001 – During a
CART race at the
Lausitzring in Germany, former
Formula One driver
Alex Zanardi suffers a heavy accident resulting in him losing both his legs.
[9]
2004 –
National Hockey League commissioner
Gary Bettman announces
lockout of the
players' union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office.
2008 –
Lehman Brothers files for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history.
2011 – Four miners are killed in the
Gleision Colliery mining accident in the Swansea Valley, Wales, UK.
[10]
2017 – The
Parsons Green bombing takes place in
London .
2020 – Signing of the
Bahrain–Israel normalization agreement occurs in
Washington, D.C. , normalizing relations between
Israel and two Arab nations, the
United Arab Emirates and
Bahrain .
[11]
Births
Pre-1600
1601–1900
1613 –
François de La Rochefoucauld , French soldier and author (d. 1680)
1649 –
Titus Oates , English minister, fabricated the
Popish Plot (d. 1705)
[18]
1666 –
Sophia Dorothea of Celle (d. 1726)
[19]
1690 –
Ignazio Prota , Italian composer and educator (d. 1748)
1715 –
Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval , French general and engineer (d. 1789)
1736 –
Jean Sylvain Bailly , French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st
Mayor of Paris (d. 1793)
[20]
1759 –
Cornelio Saavedra , Argentinean general and politician (d. 1829)
1760 –
Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien , Prussian general (d. 1824)
1765 –
Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage , Portuguese poet and author (d. 1805)
1789 –
James Fenimore Cooper , American novelist, short story writer, and historian (d. 1851)
[21]
1815 –
Halfdan Kjerulf , Norwegian journalist and composer (d. 1868)
[22]
1819 –
Cyprien Tanguay , Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902)
[23]
1828 –
Alexander Butlerov , Russian chemist and academic (d. 1886)
1830 –
Porfirio Díaz , Mexican general and politician, 29th
President of Mexico (d. 1915)
1846 –
George Franklin Grant , African-American educator, dentist, and inventor (d. 1910)
1852 –
Edward Bouchet , American physicist and educator (d. 1918)
1852 –
Jan Ernst Matzeliger , Surinamese-American inventor (d. 1889)
1857 –
William Howard Taft , American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 27th
President of the United States (d. 1930)
1857 –
Anna Winlock , American astronomer and academic (d. 1904)
[24]
1858 –
Charles de Foucauld , French priest and martyr (d. 1916)
1858 –
Jenő Hubay , Hungarian violinist, composer, and educator (d. 1937)
1861 –
M. Visvesvaraya , Indian engineer, scholar, and
Bharat Ratna Laureate,
Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom (d. 1962)
1863 –
Horatio Parker , American organist, composer, and educator (d. 1919)
1864 –
Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866)
1867 –
Vladimir May-Mayevsky , Russian general (d. 1920)
1876 –
Bruno Walter , German-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1962)
1876 –
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay , Bengali novelist (d. 1938)
1877 –
Jakob Ehrlich , Czech-Austrian politician (d. 1938)
1877 –
Yente Serdatzky , Lithuanian-American author and playwright (d. 1962)
1879 –
Joseph Lyons , Australian educator and politician, 10th
Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939)
1881 –
Ettore Bugatti , Italian-French businessman, founded
Bugatti (d. 1947)
1883 –
Esteban Terradas i Illa , Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950)
1886 –
Paul Lévy , French mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
1887 –
Carlos Dávila , Chilean journalist and politician,
President of Chile (d. 1955)
1888 –
Antonio Ascari , Italian race car driver (d. 1925)
1889 –
Robert Benchley , American humorist, newspaper columnist, and actor (d. 1945)
1889 –
Claude McKay , Jamaican-American poet and author (d. 1948)
1890 –
Ernest Bullock , English organist and composer (d. 1979)
1890 –
Sonja Branting-Westerståhl , Swedish lawyer (d. 1981)
[25]
1890 –
Agatha Christie , English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1976)
[26]
1890 –
Frank Martin , Swiss-Dutch pianist and composer (d. 1974)
1892 –
Silpa Bhirasri , Italian sculptor and educator (d. 1962)
1894 –
Chic Harley , American football player (d. 1974)
1894 –
Oskar Klein , Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1977)
1894 –
Jean Renoir , French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
1895 –
Magda Lupescu , mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania (d. 1977)
1897 –
Merle Curti , American historian and author (d. 1997)
1898 –
J. Slauerhoff , Dutch poet and author (d. 1936)
1901–present
1901 –
Donald Bailey , English engineer, designed
Bailey bridge (d. 1985)
1903 –
Roy Acuff , American singer-songwriter and fiddler (d. 1992)
1904 –
Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983)
1904 –
Sheilah Graham Westbrook , English-American actress, journalist, and author (d. 1988)
1906 –
Jacques Becker , French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1960)
1906 –
Walter E. Rollins , American songwriter (d. 1973)
1907 –
Gunnar Ekelöf , Swedish poet and author (d. 1968)
1907 –
Fay Wray , Canadian-American actress (d. 2004)
1908 –
Kid Sheik , American trumpet player (d. 1996)
1908 –
Penny Singleton , American actress and singer (d. 2003)
1909 –
C. N. Annadurai , Indian educator and politician, 7th
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (d. 1969)
1909 –
Phil Arnold , American actor (d. 1968)
1910 –
Betty Neels , English nurse and author (d. 2001)
1911 –
Karsten Solheim , Norwegian-American businessman, founded
PING (d. 2000)
1911 –
Luther Terry , American physician and academic, 9th
Surgeon General of the United States (d. 1985)
1913 –
Henry Brant , Canadian-American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
1913 –
Bruno Hoffmann , German
glass harp player (d. 1991)
1913 –
John N. Mitchell , American lawyer, and politician, 67th
United States Attorney General (d. 1988)
1913 –
Johannes Steinhoff , German general and pilot (d. 1994)
1914 –
Creighton Abrams , American general (d. 1974)
1914 –
Adolfo Bioy Casares , Argentinian journalist and author (d. 1999)
1914 –
Orhan Kemal , Turkish author (d. 1970)
1914 –
Robert McCloskey , American author and illustrator (d. 2003)
1915 –
Fawn M. Brodie , American historian and author (d. 1981)
1915 –
Al Casey , American guitarist and composer (d. 2005)
1915 –
Albert Whitlock , English-American special effects designer (d. 1999)
1916 –
Margaret Lockwood , Pakistani-English actress (d. 1990)
1916 –
Frederick C. Weyand , American general (d. 2010)
1917 –
Hilde Gueden , Austrian soprano (d. 1988)
[27]
1917 –
Buddy Jeannette , American basketball player and coach (d. 1998)
[28]
1918 –
Alfred D. Chandler Jr. , American historian and academic (d. 2007)
1918 –
Phil Lamason , New Zealand soldier and pilot (d. 2012)
1918 –
Margot Loyola , Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2015)
1918 –
Nipsey Russell , American comedian and actor (d. 2005)
[29]
1919 –
Fausto Coppi , Italian cyclist and soldier (d. 1960)
1919 –
Nelson Gidding , American author and screenwriter (d. 2004)
1919 –
Heda Margolius Kovály , Czech author and translator (d. 2010)
1920 –
Kym Bonython , Australian race car driver, drummer, and radio host (d. 2011)
1921 –
Richard Gordon , English surgeon and author (d. 2017)
1921 –
Gene Roland , American pianist and composer (d. 1982)
1922 –
Bob Anderson , English fencer and choreographer (d. 2012)
1922 –
Jackie Cooper , American actor (d. 2011)
1922 –
Gaetano Cozzi , Italian historian and academic (d. 2001)
1922 –
Mary Soames , English author (d. 2014)
1923 –
Anton Heiller , Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979)
1924 –
Lucebert , Dutch poet and painter (d. 1994)
1924 –
György Lázár , Hungarian politician, 50th
Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 2014)
1924 –
Bobby Short , American singer and pianist (d. 2005)
[29]
1924 –
Mordechai Tzipori , Israeli politician and soldier (d. 2017)
1925 –
Stanley Chapman , English architect and author (d. 2009)
1925 –
Erika Köth , German soprano (d. 1981)
1925 –
Carlo Rambaldi , Italian special effects artist (d. 2012)
1925 –
Helle Virkner , Danish actress and singer (d. 2009)
1926 –
Shohei Imamura , Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)
1926 –
Jean-Pierre Serre , French mathematician and academic
1926 –
Henry Silva , American actor (d. 2022)
[30]
1927 –
Rudolf Anderson , pilot and commissioned officer in the United States Air Force (d. 1962)
1927 –
Norm Crosby , American comedian and actor (d. 2020)
[29]
1927 –
David Stove , Australian philosopher and academic (d. 1994)
1928 –
Cannonball Adderley , American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975)
[29]
1929 –
Eva Burrows , Australian 13th
General of The Salvation Army (d. 2015)
1929 –
Murray Gell-Mann , American physicist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2019)
1929 –
Stan Kelly-Bootle , English singer-songwriter, computer scientist, and author (d. 2014)
1929 –
Dick Latessa , American actor (d. 2016)
1929 –
John Julius Norwich , English historian and author (d. 2018)
1929 –
Wilbur Snyder , American football player and wrestler (d. 1991)
1929 –
Mümtaz Soysal , Turkish academic and politician, 30th
Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 2019)
1930 –
Endel Lippmaa , Estonian physicist and academic (d. 2015)
1931 –
Brian Henderson , New Zealand-Australian journalist, actor, and producer (d. 2021)
1932 –
Neil Bartlett , English-American chemist and academic (d. 2008)
1933 –
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos , Spanish conductor and composer (d. 2014)
1934 –
Tomie dePaola , American author and illustrator (d. 2020)
1934 –
Fred Nile , Australian soldier, minister, and politician
1935 –
Dinkha IV , Iraqi patriarch (d. 2015)
1936 –
Ashley Cooper , Australian tennis player (d. 2020)
1936 –
Sara Henderson , Australian farmer and author (d. 2005)
1937 –
Joey Carew , Trinidadian cricketer (d. 2011)
1937 –
Fernando de la Rúa , Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st
President of Argentina (d. 2019)
1937 –
King Curtis Iaukea , American wrestler (d. 2010)
1937 –
Robert Lucas Jr. , American economist and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2023)
1937 –
Pino Puglisi , Italian priest and martyr (d. 1993)
1938 –
Gaylord Perry , American baseball player and coach (d. 2022)
[29]
1939 –
Subramanian Swamy , Indian economist, academic, and politician,
Indian Minister of Law and Justice
1939 –
George Walden , English journalist and politician
1940 –
Merlin Olsen , American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2010)
[29]
1941 –
Flórián Albert , Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2011)
1941 –
Signe Toly Anderson , American rock singer (d. 2016)
1941 –
Mirosław Hermaszewski , Polish general, pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2022)
[31]
1941 –
Yuriy Norshteyn , Russian animator, director, and screenwriter
1941 –
Viktor Zubkov , Russian businessman and politician, 37th
Prime Minister of Russia
1942 –
Lee Dorman , American bass player (d. 2012)
[32]
1942 –
Philip Harris, Baron Harris of Peckham , English businessman and politician
1942 –
Ksenia Milicevic , French painter and architect
1944 –
Mauro Piacenza , Italian cardinal
1944 –
Graham Taylor , English footballer and manager (d. 2017)
[33]
1945 –
Carmen Maura , Spanish actress
1945 –
Jessye Norman , American soprano (d. 2019)
[29]
1945 –
Hans-Gert Pöttering , German lawyer and politician, 23rd
President of the European Parliament
1945 –
Ron Shelton , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1946 –
Tommy Lee Jones , American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
[34]
1946 –
Mike Procter , South African cricketer, coach, and referee
1946 –
Oliver Stone , American director, screenwriter, and producer
[34]
1946 –
Howard Waldrop , American author and critic
1947 –
Russel L. Honoré , American general
[35]
[36]
1947 –
Viggo Jensen , Danish footballer and manager
1947 –
Diane E. Levin , American educator and author
1947 –
Theodore Long , American wrestling referee and manager
1949 –
Joe Barton , American lawyer and politician
1950 –
Rajiv Malhotra , Indian author
1950 –
Mirza Masroor Ahmad , Pakistani-English caliph and scholar
1951 –
Pete Carroll , American football player and coach
1951 –
Johan Neeskens , Dutch footballer and manager
1951 –
Fred Seibert , American television producer, co-founder of
MTV
1952 –
Richard Brodeur , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1952 –
Paula Duncan , Australian actress
1952 –
Ratnajeevan Hoole , Sri Lankan engineer and academic
1952 –
Kelly Keagy , American singer and drummer
[34]
1953 –
Margie Moran , Filipino peace advocate and beauty queen,
Miss Universe 1973
[37]
1953 –
Keiko Takeshita , Japanese actress
1954 –
Adrian Adonis , American wrestler (d. 1988)
1954 –
Hrant Dink , Turkish journalist (d. 2007)
1954 –
Barry Shabaka Henley , American actor
[34]
1955 –
Željka Antunović , Croatian politician, 9th
Croatian Minister of Defence
1955 –
Abdul Qadir , Pakistani cricketer (d. 2019)
1955 –
Bruce Reitherman , American voice actor, singer, cinematographer, and producer
1955 –
Renzo Rosso , Italian fashion designer and businessman, co-founded
Diesel Clothing
1956 –
Ross J. Anderson , British academic and educator
1956 –
Maggie Reilly , Scottish singer-songwriter
1956 –
Ned Rothenberg , American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer
1958 –
Joel Quenneville , Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1958 –
Wendie Jo Sperber , American actress (d. 2005)
1959 –
Mark Kirk , American commander, lawyer, and politician
1960 –
Ed Solomon , American director, producer, and screenwriter
1960 –
Lisa Vanderpump , British restaurateur, television personality, and author
[38]
1961 –
Terry Lamb , Australian rugby league player and coach
1961 –
Helen Margetts , British political scientist
1961 –
Dan Marino , American football player and sportscaster
[29]
1961 –
Patrick Patterson , Jamaican cricketer
1962 –
Amanda Wakeley , English fashion designer
1963 –
Pete Myers , American basketball player and coach
1963 –
Stephen C. Spiteri , Maltese military historian
1964 –
Robert Fico , Slovak academic and politician, 14th
Prime Minister of Slovakia
1964 –
Steve Watkin , Welsh cricketer
1964 –
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein , American guitarist and songwriter
1966 –
Wenn V. Deramas , Filipino director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1966 –
Sherman Douglas , American basketball player
[39]
1967 –
Paul Abbott , American baseball player and coach
1967 –
Rodney Eyles , Australian squash player
1968 –
Danny Nucci , American actor
[34]
1969 –
Revaz Arveladze , Georgian footballer
1969 –
Corby Davidson , American radio personality
1969 –
Allen Shellenberger , American drummer (d. 2009)
1971 –
Nathan Astle , New Zealand cricketer and coach
1971 –
Josh Charles , American actor and director
[34]
1971 –
Wayne Ferreira , South African tennis player
1971 –
Ben Wallers , English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 –
Jimmy Carr , English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
[29]
1972 –
Queen Letizia of Spain
[29]
1972 –
Lady Victoria , American wrestler
1973 –
Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland , Swedish prince
1974 –
Arata Iura , Japanese actor, model, and fashion designer
1975 –
Tom Dolan , American swimmer
1975 –
Martina Krupičková , Czech painter
1976 –
Brett Kimmorley , Australian rugby league player and sportscaster
1976 –
Paul Thomson , Scottish drummer
1976 –
Matt Thornton , American baseball player
1977 –
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie , Nigerian author
[40]
1977 –
Angela Aki , Japanese singer-songwriter
1977 –
Sophie Dahl , English model and author
1977 –
Tom Hardy , English actor, producer, and screenwriter
[34]
1977 –
Leander Jordan , American football player
1977 –
Marisa Ramirez , American actress
[34]
1977 –
Jason Terry , American basketball player
1978 –
Zach Filkins , American guitarist
[34]
1978 –
Eiður Guðjohnsen , Icelandic footballer
1978 –
Genki Horiguchi , Japanese wrestler
1979 –
Dave Annable , American actor
[34]
1979 –
Amy Davidson , American actress
[34]
1979 –
Patrick Marleau , Canadian ice hockey player
1979 –
Carlos Ruiz , Guatemalan footballer
1979 –
Reece Young , New Zealand cricketer
1980 –
David Diehl , American football player and sportscaster
1980 –
Mike Dunleavy Jr. , American basketball player
1981 –
Ben Schwartz , American actor, comedian and writer
[29]
1983 –
Yuka Hirata , Japanese actress and model
1983 –
Luke Hochevar , American baseball player
1984 –
Cyhi the Prynce , American rapper and producer
1984 –
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
[34]
1984 –
Loek van Mil , Dutch baseball player (d. 2019)
1984 –
Marshal Yanda , American football player
[41]
1985 –
François-Olivier Roberge , Canadian speed skater
1986 –
Jenna Marbles , American YouTuber and comedian
1986 –
Heidi Montag , American reality television personality and singer
[34]
1986 –
George Watsky , American hip-hop artist, poet and author
1987 –
Vaila Barsley , Scottish footballer
[42]
1987 –
Aly Cissokho , French footballer
1987 –
Rhett Titus , American wrestler
1988 –
Chelsea Kane , American actress and singer
[29]
1988 –
Tim Moltzen , Australian rugby league player
[43]
1990 –
Oliver Gill , English footballer
[44]
1990 –
Aaron Mooy , Australian footballer
[45]
1990 –
Matt Shively , American actor
[29]
1991 –
Lee Jung-shin , South Korean musician and actor
[46]
1991 –
Phil Ofosu-Ayeh , German-Ghanaian footballer
1992 –
Jae Park , South Korean-American singer
1993 –
Josh Richardson , American basketball player
[47]
1993 –
Dennis Schröder , German basketball player
[48]
1993 –
JP Tokoto , American basketball player
[49]
1995 –
Terry McLaurin , American football player
[50]
1995 –
Joe Ofahengaue , New Zealand-Tongan rugby league player
1997 –
Quin Houff , American racing driver
[51]
1999 –
Jaren Jackson Jr. , American basketball player
[52]
Deaths
Pre-1600
921 –
Ludmila of Bohemia , Czech martyr and saint (b. 860)
1140 –
Adelaide of Hungary, Duchess of Bohemia
1146 –
Alan, 1st Earl of Richmond , English soldier (b. 1100)
1231 –
Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1173)
1326 –
Dmitry of Tver (b. 1299)
1352 –
Ewostatewos , Ethiopian monk and saint (b. 1273)
1397 –
Adam Easton , English cardinal
1408 –
Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent , English politician (b. 1384)
1496 –
Hugh Clopton , Lord Mayor of London (b. c. 1440)
1500 –
John Morton , English cardinal and academic (b. 1420)
1504 –
Elisabeth of Bavaria , Electress of the Palatinate (b. 1478)
1510 – Saint
Catherine of Genoa (b. 1447)
1559 –
Isabella Jagiellon , Queen of Hungary (b. 1519)
1595 –
John MacMorran , Baillie of Edinburgh, shot by rioting high school schoolchildren.
[53]
1596 –
Leonhard Rauwolf , German physician and botanist (b. 1535)
1601–1900
1613 –
Thomas Overbury , English poet and author (b. 1581)
1643 –
Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork , English-Irish politician,
Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (b. 1566)
1649 –
John Floyd , English priest and educator (b. 1572)
1700 –
André Le Nôtre , French gardener (b. 1613)
1701 –
Edmé Boursault , French author and playwright (b. 1638)
1707 –
George Stepney , English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
1712 –
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin , English politician,
Lord High Treasurer (b. 1645)
1750 –
Charles Theodore Pachelbel , German organist and composer (b. 1690)
1794 –
Abraham Clark , American police officer and politician (b. 1725)
1803 –
Gian Francesco Albani , Italian cardinal (b. 1719)
1813 –
Antoine Étienne de Tousard , French general and engineer (b. 1752)
1830 –
François Baillairgé , Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1759)
1830 –
William Huskisson , English financier and politician,
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (b. 1770)
1841 –
Alessandro Rolla , Italian violinist and composer (b. 1757)
1842 –
Pierre Baillot , French violinist and composer (b. 1771)
1842 –
Francisco Morazán , Guatemalan general, lawyer, and politician,
President of Central American Federation (b. 1792)
1852 –
Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern , German-Estonian philologist and academic (b. 1770)
1859 –
Isambard Kingdom Brunel , English architect and engineer, designed the
Great Western Railway (b. 1806)
1864 –
John Hanning Speke , English soldier and explorer (b. 1827)
1874 –
Charles-Amédée Kohler , Swiss chocolatier (b. 1790)
[54]
1883 –
Joseph Plateau , Belgian physicist and academic (b. 1801)
1893 –
Thomas Hawksley , English engineer (b. 1807)
1901–present
1915 –
Ernest Gagnon , Canadian organist and composer (b. 1834)
1921 –
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg , Austrian-Russian general (b. 1886)
1926 –
Rudolf Christoph Eucken , German philosopher and academic,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846)
1930 –
Milton Sills , American actor and screenwriter (b. 1882)
1938 –
Thomas Wolfe , American novelist (b. 1900)
1940 –
William B. Bankhead , American lawyer and politician, 47th
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
1945 –
André Tardieu , French journalist and politician, 97th
Prime Minister of France (b. 1876)
1945 –
Anton Webern , Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883)
1945 –
Linnie Marsh Wolfe , American librarian and author (b. 1881)
1952 –
Hugo Raudsepp , Estonian author and playwright (b. 1883)
1965 –
Steve Brown , American bassist (b. 1890)
1972 –
Ulvi Cemal Erkin , Turkish composer and educator (b. 1906)
1972 –
Baki Süha Ediboğlu , Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
1972 –
Geoffrey Fisher , English archbishop and academic (b. 1887)
1973 –
Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882)
1975 –
Franco Bordoni , Italian race car driver and pilot (b. 1913)
1978 –
Robert Cliche , Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1921)
1978 –
Edmund Crispin , English writer and composer (b. 1921)
1978 –
Willy Messerschmitt , German engineer and academic, designed the
Messerschmitt Bf 109 (b. 1898)
1980 –
Bill Evans , American pianist and composer (b. 1929)
1981 –
Rafael Méndez , Mexican trumpet player and composer (b. 1906)
1983 –
Prince Far I , Jamaican DJ and producer (b. 1944)
1985 –
Cootie Williams , American trumpet player (b. 1910)
1989 –
Jan DeGaetani , American soprano (b. 1933)
1989 –
Olga Erteszek , Polish-American fashion designer (b. 1916)
1989 –
Robert Penn Warren , American novelist, poet, and literary critic (b. 1905)
1991 –
John Hoyt , American actor (b. 1904)
1991 –
Warner Troyer , Canadian journalist and author (b. 1932)
1993 –
Pino Puglisi , Italian priest and martyr (b. 1937)
1995 –
Harry Calder , South African cricketer (b. 1901)
1995 –
Gunnar Nordahl , Swedish footballer and manager (b. 1921)
1997 –
Bulldog Brower , American wrestler (b. 1933)
1998 –
Louis Rasminsky , Canadian economist, 3rd
Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1908)
2001 –
June Salter , Australian actress and author (b. 1932)
2003 –
Garner Ted Armstrong , American evangelist and author (b. 1930)
2004 –
Johnny Ramone , American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1948)
2004 –
Walter Stewart , Canadian journalist and author (b. 1931)
2005 –
Guy Green , English director and cinematographer (b. 1913)
2005 –
Sidney Luft , American manager and producer (b. 1915)
2006 –
Raymond Baxter , English television host and author (b. 1922)
2006 –
Oriana Fallaci , Italian journalist and author (b. 1929)
2006 –
Pablo Santos , Mexican-American actor (b. 1987)
2007 –
Colin McRae , Scottish race car driver (b. 1968)
[55]
2007 –
Jeremy Moore , English general (b. 1928)
2007 –
Aldemaro Romero , Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928)
2007 –
Brett Somers , Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1924)
2008 –
Richard Wright , English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1943)
2009 –
Troy Kennedy Martin , Scottish-English screenwriter (b. 1932)
2010 –
Arrow , Caribbean singer-songwriter (b. 1949)
2011 –
Frances Bay , Canadian-American actress (b. 1919)
2012 –
Tibor Antalpéter , Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat,
Ambassador of Hungary to the United Kingdom (b. 1930)
2012 –
Nevin Spence , Northern Irish rugby player (b. 1990)
2013 –
Habib Munzir Al-Musawa , Indonesian cleric and scholar (b. 1973)
2013 –
Jerry G. Bishop , American radio and television host (b. 1936)
2013 –
Gerard Cafesjian , American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1925)
2013 –
Jackie Lomax , English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1944)
2014 –
John Anderson Jr. , American lawyer and politician, 36th
Governor of Kansas (b. 1917)
2014 –
Eugene I. Gordon , American physicist and engineer (b. 1930)
2014 –
Nicholas Romanov, Prince of Russia (b. 1922)
2014 –
Jürg Schubiger , Swiss psychotherapist and author (b. 1936)
2014 –
Wayne Tefs , Canadian anthologist, author, and critic (b. 1947)
2015 –
Harry J. Lipkin , Israeli physicist and academic (b. 1921)
2015 –
Meir Pa'il , Israeli commander, historian, and politician (b. 1926)
2015 –
Bernard Van de Kerckhove , Belgian cyclist (b. 1941)
2017 –
Harry Dean Stanton , American actor (b. 1926)
2018 –
Helen Clare , British singer (b. 1916)
[56]
2019 –
Ric Ocasek , American musician (b. 1944)
[57]
2021 –
Lou Angotti , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1938)
[58]
2023 –
Fernando Botero , Colombian painter and sculptor (b. 1932)
[59]
Holidays and observances
Battle of Britain Day (United Kingdom)
Christian
feast day :
Cry of Dolores , celebrated on the eve of
Independence Day (Mexico) .
Earliest day on which
Father's Day can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Sunday in September. (
Ukraine )
Earliest day on which
German-American Steuben Parade can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Saturday in September. (United States, especially New York City)
Earliest day on which
POW/MIA Recognition Day can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Friday in September. (United States)
Earliest day on which
Prinsjesdag can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Tuesday in September. (Netherlands)
Earliest day on which
Respect for the Aged Day can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Monday in September. (Japan)
Engineer's Day (India)
Independence Day , celebrates the
Act of Independence of Central America from Spain in 1821 of
Guatemala (a
Patriotic Day ),
El Salvador ,
Honduras ,
Nicaragua , and
Costa Rica .
International Day of Democracy
[60]
Knowledge Day (Azerbaijan)
Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day (
Slovenia )
Silpa Bhirasri Day (
Thailand ).
The beginning of
German American Heritage Month , celebrated until October 15
[61]
The beginning of
National Hispanic Heritage Month , celebrated until October 15 (United States)
World Lymphoma Awareness Day (
International )
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