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What happend on 8. September in History
In our data base we found 409 events happened on 8. September:
• 70: Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. [category: Events]
• 394: Arbogast, Frankish general [category: Deaths]
• 701: Pope Sergius I (b. 650) [category: Deaths]
• 780: Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (b. 750) [category: Deaths]
• 801: Ansgar, German archbishop (d. 865) [category: Births]
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• 828: Ali al-Hadi, Shia tenth of the Twelve Imams (d. 868) [category: Births]
• 1100: Antipope Clement III (b. 1029) [category: Deaths]
• 1134: Alfonso the Battler, Spanish king (b. 1073) [category: Deaths]
• 1157: Richard I of England (d. 1199) [category: Births]
• 1209: Sancho II of Portugal (d. 1248) [category: Births]
• 1264: The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Boleslaus the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland. [category: Events]
• 1271: Charles Martel of Anjou (d. 1295) [category: Births]
• 1331: Stephen Uroš IV Dušan declares himself king of Serbia [category: Events]
• 1380: Bernardino of Siena, Italian priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1444) [category: Births]
• 1380: Battle of Kulikovo – Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance. [category: Events]
• 1397: Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (b. 1355) [category: Deaths]
• 1425: Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361) [category: Deaths]
• 1474: Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (d. 1533) [category: Births]
• 1504: Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence. [category: Events]
• 1514: Battle of Orsha – in one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army. [category: Events]
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• 1515: Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish scholar (d. 1585) [category: Births]
• 1539: John Stokesley, English bishop (b. 1475) [category: Deaths]
• 1551: The foundation day in Vitória, Brazil [category: Events]
• 1560: Amy Robsart, English wife of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (b. 1532) [category: Deaths]
• 1565: The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta that began on May 18. [category: Events]
• 1588: Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (d. 1648) [category: Births]
• 1601: John Shakespeare, English father of William Shakespeare (b. 1530) [category: Deaths]
• 1603: George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician (b. 1547) [category: Deaths]
• 1611: Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar (d. 1671) [category: Births]
• 1613: Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (b. 1566) [category: Deaths]
• 1621: Louis, Grand Condé, French general (d. 1686) [category: Births]
• 1633: Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (d. 1654) [category: Births]
• 1637: Robert Fludd, English physician (b. 1574) [category: Deaths]
• 1644: Francis Quarles, English poet (b. 1592) [category: Deaths]
• 1644: John Coke, English politician (b. 1563) [category: Deaths]
• 1645: Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish politician and writer (b. 1580) [category: Deaths]
• 1655: Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army. [category: Events]
• 1656: Joseph Hall, English bishop (b. 1574) [category: Deaths]
• 1672: Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703) [category: Births]
• 1675: Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (b. 1602) [category: Deaths]
• 1682: Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish philosopher and writer (b. 1606) [category: Deaths]
• 1698: François Francoeur, French composer and violinist (d. 1787) [category: Births]
• 1721: Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686) [category: Deaths]
• 1727: A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children. [category: Events]
• 1742: Ozias Humphry, English painter (d. 1810) [category: Births]
• 1749: Princess Marie Louise of Savoy (d. 1792) [category: Births]
• 1749: Yolande de Polastron, French educator (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1750: Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna (d. 1795) [category: Births]
• 1752: Carl Stenborg, Swedish opera singer, actor, composer, and director (d. 1813) [category: Births]
• 1755: Ephraim Williams, American soldier and philanthropist (b. 1715) [category: Deaths]
• 1755: French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George. [category: Events]
• 1756: French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition. [category: Events]
• 1761: Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b. 1698) [category: Deaths]
• 1761: Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. [category: Events]
• 1767: August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet (d. 1845) [category: Births]
• 1774: Anne Catherine Emmerich, German nun, stigmatic, and mystic (d. 1824) [category: Births]
• 1779: Mustafa IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1808) [category: Births]
• 1780: Enoch Poor, American general (b. 1736) [category: Deaths]
• 1781: American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory. [category: Events]
• 1783: Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1784: Ann Lee, English-American religious leader (b. 1736) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote. [category: Events]
• 1796: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano – French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa. [category: Events]
• 1804: Eduard Mörike, German poet (d. 1875) [category: Births]
• 1806: Patrick Cotter O'Brien, Irish giant (b. 1760) [category: Deaths]
• 1810: The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. [category: Events]
• 1811: Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (b. 1741) [category: Deaths]
• 1814: Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer, archaeologist, and historian (d. 1874) [category: Births]
• 1815: Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian soprano (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1824: Jaime Nunó, Spanish composer (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1828: Clarence Cook, American writer and critic (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1828: Joshua Chamberlain, American soldier and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1830: Frédéric Mistral, French poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1831: Wilhelm Raabe, German novelist (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1831: John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (b. 1745) [category: Deaths]
• 1831: William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. [category: Events]
• 1841: Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1841: Charles J. Guiteau, American preacher, writer, and lawyer, assassin of James A. Garfield (d. 1882) [category: Births]
• 1846: Paul Chater, Indian-Hong Kong businessman (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1851: John Jenkins, American-Australian politician, 22nd Premier of South Australia (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1852: Gojong of the Korean Empire (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1853: Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1857: Georg Michaelis, German politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1860: The Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives. [category: Events]
• 1863: American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass – on the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas. [category: Events]
• 1871: Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded McLaughlin automobile (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1873: Alfred Jarry, French playwright (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1873: David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1881: Harry Hillman, American hurdler (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1882: Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (b. 1809) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries. [category: Events]
• 1884: Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1886: Ninon Vallin, French soprano (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1886: Siegfried Sassoon, English poet (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1888: Annie Chapman, English victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: In England the first six Football League matches are played. [category: Events]
• 1888: In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found. [category: Events]
• 1889: Robert Taft, American politician (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1892: The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited. [category: Events]
• 1894: John Samuel Bourque, Canadian politician (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1894: Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and critic (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1894: Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1895: Sara García, Mexican actress (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1896: Howard Dietz, American publicist, songwriter, and librettist (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1897: Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1933) [category: Births]
• 1900: Claude Pepper, American politician (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1900: Tilly Devine, English-Australian criminal (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1900: Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people. [category: Events]
• 1901: Hendrik Verwoerd, South African politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1903: Jane Arbor, English author (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1904: Tzavalas Karousos, Greek actor (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1905: Henry Wilcoxon, Dominican-American actor (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1905: Ivy Bean, English centenarian (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1906: Andrei Kirilenko, Soviet politician (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1907: William Wentworth, Australian politician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1909: Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player and murderer (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1910: Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1914: Denys Lasdun, English architect, designed the Royal National Theatre (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1914: Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1914: World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war. [category: Events]
• 1915: Frank Cady, American actor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1915: Frank Pullen, English businessman (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1916: Friedrich Baumfelder, German composer, conductor, and pianist (b. 1836) [category: Deaths]
• 1917: Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1918: Derek Barton, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1919: Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and author (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1921: Harry Secombe, Welsh tenor and actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1921: 16-year-old Margaret Gorman wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America. [category: Events]
• 1922: Lyndon LaRouche, American politician and activist, founded the LaRouche movement [category: Births]
• 1922: Sid Caesar, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1923: Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1923: Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed. [category: Events]
• 1924: Grace Metalious, American novelist (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1924: Jean-Paul Cloutier, Canadian politician (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1924: Marie-Claire Kirkland, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician [category: Births]
• 1924: Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1925: Jacqueline Ceballos, American activist [category: Births]
• 1925: Peter Sellers, English film actor, comedian and singer (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1926: Germany is admitted to the League of Nations. [category: Events]
• 1927: Harlan Howard, American songwriter (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1929: Christoph von Dohnányi, German conductor [category: Births]
• 1929: Roger Byrne, English footballer (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1930: Mario Adorf, Swiss-German actor [category: Births]
• 1930: Nguyen Cao Ky, Vietnamese politician, 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1930: Robert W. Firestone, American psychologist and author [category: Births]
• 1930: 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape. [category: Events]
• 1931: John Garrett, English politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1932: Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1933: Asha Bhosle, Indian singer [category: Births]
• 1933: Eric Salzman, American composer [category: Births]
• 1933: Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese businessman (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1933: Michael Frayn, English playwright and author [category: Births]
• 1933: Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician and author [category: Births]
• 1933: Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor [category: Births]
• 1934: Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1934: Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people. [category: Events]
• 1935: Carl Weiss, American physician, assassin of Huey Long (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish", is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building. [category: Events]
• 1937: Barbara Frum, Canadian journalist (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1938: Kenichi Horie, Japanese sailor [category: Births]
• 1938: Sam Nunn, American lawyer and politician [category: Births]
• 1939: Carsten Keller, German field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1939: Guitar Shorty, American guitarist [category: Births]
• 1940: Jack Prelutsky, American author [category: Births]
• 1940: Quentin L. Cook, American religious leader, Quorum of the Twelve Apostles [category: Births]
• 1941: Bernie Sanders, American politician [category: Births]
• 1941: World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad. [category: Events]
• 1942: Brian Cole, American bass player (The Association) (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1943: Adelaide C. Eckardt, American politician [category: Births]
• 1943: Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1943: World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) in Frascati is bombed by USAAF. [category: Events]
• 1943: World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy. [category: Events]
• 1944: Peter Bellamy, English singer-songwriter (The Young Tradition) (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1944: Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1944: Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b.1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time. [category: Events]
• 1944: World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany. [category: Events]
• 1945: Jon Scieszka, American author [category: Births]
• 1945: Kelly Groucutt, English singer and bass player (Electric Light Orchestra and ELO Part II) (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1945: Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1945: Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American singer-songwriter and musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1945: Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier. [category: Events]
• 1946: L. C. Greenwood, American football player [category: Births]
• 1946: Ronnie Burns, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Cotton Keays & Morris) [category: Births]
• 1947: Ann Beattie, American author [category: Births]
• 1947: Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Cars) (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1947: Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland [category: Births]
• 1947: Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist [category: Births]
• 1948: Great Kabuki, Japanese wrestler [category: Births]
• 1948: Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1948: Thomas Mofolo, Mosotho author (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Richard Strauss, German composer (b. 1864) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Mike Simpson, American politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Zachary Richard, American singer-songwriter and poet [category: Births]
• 1951: Dezső Ránki, Hungarian pianist [category: Births]
• 1951: Nikos Karvelas, Greek composer [category: Births]
• 1951: Tim Gullikson American tennis player (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1951: Tom Gullikson, American tennis player and coach [category: Births]
• 1951: Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan in formal recognition of the end of the Pacific War. [category: Events]
• 1952: David R. Ellis, American director, actor, and stuntman (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1952: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang. [category: Events]
• 1953: Pascal Greggory, French actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Anne Diamond, English journalist [category: Births]
• 1954: Giorgos Toussas, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Mark Foley, American politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Mark Lindsay Chapman, English actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Michael Shermer, American historian and writer, founded The Skeptics Society [category: Births]
• 1954: André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1954: The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established. [category: Events]
• 1955: Julian Richings, English-Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Terry Tempest Williams, American author and environmentalist [category: Births]
• 1956: Fad Gadget, English singer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1956: Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1956: Mick Brown, American drummer (Dokken and Tooth and Nail) [category: Births]
• 1956: Stefan Johansson, Swedish Grand Prix driver and 1997 Le Mans 24 hours winner [category: Births]
• 1957: Heather Thomas, American actress [category: Births]
• 1958: Michael Lardie, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Great White and Night Ranger) [category: Births]
• 1958: Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1958: Émile Delchambre, French rower (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Carmen Campagne, Canadian singer [category: Births]
• 1959: Daler Nazarov, Tajik singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1959: The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established. [category: Events]
• 1960: Aguri Suzuki, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
• 1960: Aimee Mann, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress ('Til Tuesday) [category: Births]
• 1960: David Steele, English bass player and songwriter (The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals) [category: Births]
• 1960: Stefano Casiraghi, Italian businessman, husband of Caroline, Princess of Hanover (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1960: In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1). [category: Events]
• 1962: Christopher Klim, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1962: Jay Ziskrout, American drummer and producer (Bad Religion) [category: Births]
• 1962: Sergio Casal, Spanish tennis player [category: Births]
• 1962: Thomas Kretschmann, German actor [category: Births]
• 1962: Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 Evening Star. [category: Events]
• 1962: Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a constitution. [category: Events]
• 1963: Alexandros Alexiou, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1963: Brad Silberling, American director [category: Births]
• 1963: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Japanese comedian [category: Births]
• 1964: Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter guitarist, and poet (Jokke & Valentinerne) (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1964: Michael Johns, American businessman and author [category: Births]
• 1964: Raven, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1965: Darlene Zschech, Australian singer-songwriter, and pastor [category: Births]
• 1965: Dorothy Dandridge, American actress (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Pakistan Navy raids Indian coasts without any resistance in Operation Dwarka, Pakistan celebrates Victory Day annually. [category: Events]
• 1966: Carola Häggkvist, Swedish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1966: Peter Furler, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Newsboys) [category: Births]
• 1966: The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. [category: Events]
• 1966: The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC. [category: Events]
• 1967: Eerik-Niiles Kross, Estonian politician and diplomat [category: Births]
• 1967: James Packer, Australian businessman [category: Births]
• 1967: Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballer [category: Births]
• 1967: Kimberly Peirce, American director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1967: The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways. [category: Events]
• 1968: Ray Wilson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Genesis and Stiltskin) [category: Births]
• 1968: Wolfram Klein, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Chris Powell, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Gary Speed, Welsh footballer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1969: Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Oswaldo Ibarra, Ecuadorian footballer [category: Births]
• 1969: Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and writer (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1970: Andy Ward, Irish rugby player [category: Births]
• 1970: Brad Cain, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1970: Latrell Sprewell, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Neko Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The New Pornographers, The Corn Sisters, and Maow) [category: Births]
• 1970: Paul DiPietro, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1970: Yuji Nishizawa, Japanese hijacker of All Nippon Airways Flight 61 [category: Births]
• 1970: Percy Spencer, American engineer and inventor, inventor of the microwave oven, (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Brooke Burke Charvet, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer [category: Births]
• 1971: David Arquette, American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1971: Dustin O'Halloran, American pianist and composer [category: Births]
• 1971: Khalid Gonçalves, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Lachlan Murdoch, Australian-American businessman [category: Births]
• 1971: Martin Freeman, English actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Pierre Sévigny, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1971: In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass. [category: Events]
• 1972: Giovanni Frezza, Italian actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, American radio and television host [category: Births]
• 1972: Markus Babbel, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Os du Randt, South African rugby player [category: Births]
• 1972: Phil Laak, Irish-American poker player [category: Births]
• 1972: Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Gabrial McNair, American musician and composer (Oslo) [category: Births]
• 1973: Khamis Al-Dosari, Saudi Arabian footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Troy Sanders, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Mastodon) [category: Births]
• 1974: Braulio Luna, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Marios Agathokleous, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Tanaz Eshaghian, Iranian-American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1974: Wolfgang Windgassen, German tenor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office. [category: Events]
• 1975: Chris Latham, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1975: Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1975: Larenz Tate, American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Lee Eul-Yong, South Korean footballer and coach [category: Births]
• 1975: Richard Hughes, English drummer (Keane) [category: Births]
• 1975: Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". [category: Events]
• 1976: Brendan Kelly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lawrence Arms, The Broadways, and The Falcon) [category: Births]
• 1976: Gerald Drummond, Costa Rican footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Sarah Kucserka, American screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1976: Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player [category: Births]
• 1977: Jay McKee, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Nate Corddry, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Zero Mostel, American actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Angela Rawlings, Canadian-American author [category: Births]
• 1978: Emanuele Ferraro, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Gerard Autet, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Gil Meche, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Pink, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Slim Thug, American rapper (Boss Hogg Outlawz) [category: Births]
• 1980: Teruyuki Moniwa, Japanese footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Willard Libby, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Selim Benachour, Tunisian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian Advaita Vedanta spiritual teacher (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Roy Wilkins, American activist (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Travis Daniels, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Chris Judd, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Lewis Roberts-Thompson, Australian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Wali Lundy, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Will Blalock, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Bobby Parnell, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Jürgen Säumel, Austrian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Peter Whittingham, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Tiago Treichel, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Vitaly Petrov, Russian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1985: Yendi Phillips, Jamaican model, Miss Jamaica World 2007 [category: Births]
• 1985: John Franklin Enders, American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Kirill Nababkin, Russian footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Matt Grothe, American football player [category: Births]
• 1987: Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian skier [category: Births]
• 1987: Danielle Frenkel, Israeli high jumper [category: Births]
• 1987: Marcel Nguyen, German gymnast [category: Births]
• 1987: Wiz Khalifa, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1988: Arrelious Benn, American football player [category: Births]
• 1988: Caitlin Hill, Australian blogger [category: Births]
• 1988: Chantal Jones, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1988: Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires. [category: Events]
• 1989: Avicii, Swedish DJ and producer [category: Births]
• 1989: Gylfi Sigurdsson, Icelandic footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Matt Barkley, American football player [category: Births]
• 1991: Alex North, American composer (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Brad Davis, American actor (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent. [category: Events]
• 1994: Marco Benassi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1994: USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard; resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry. [category: Events]
• 1995: Elsabeth Black, Canadian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1995: James Gandhi, English actor [category: Births]
• 1995: Erich Kunz, Austrian opera singer (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Krystal Reyes, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1997: Kimberlea Berg, English actress [category: Births]
• 1999: Moondog, American singer, composer, musician, and poet (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Bill Ricker, Canadian scientist (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b. 1986) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Leni Riefenstahl, German director (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Frank Thomas, American animator (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open. [category: Events]
• 2005: Donald Horne, Australian journalist and critic (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America. [category: Events]
• 2006: Erk Russell, American football player and coach (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Frank Middlemass, English actor (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author, artist, and activist (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Peter Brock, Australian race car driver (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Ramón Cardemil, Chilean horse rider (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist, conservationist, and author (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ahn Jae-hwan, South Korean actor (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Evan Tanner, American mixed martial arts (b. 1971) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ralph Plaisted, American explorer (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Aage Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Mike Bongiorno, American-Italian television host (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Ray Barrett, Australian actor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Murali, Indian actor (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Adnan Farhan Abd Al Latif, Yemeni criminal (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Adolf Bechtold, German footballer (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Allyre Sirois, Canadian judge (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bill Moggridge, English-American designer, author, and educator, co-founded IDEO (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Leigh Hamilton, New Zealand-American actress (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mario Armond Zamparelli, American artist and designer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Mārtiņš Roze, Latvian politician (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Peter Hussing, German boxer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Ronald Hamowy, Canadian historian (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• _: Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Auditor's Day can fall, while September 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in September. (Church of Scientology) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Day of the Workers in the Oil, Gas, Power, and Geological Industry can fall, while September 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Saturday in September. (Turkmenistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Grandparents Day can fall, while September 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in September. (Estonia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which National Grandparents Day can fall, while September 14 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day. (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which National Grandparents Day can fall, while September 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in September. (Canada) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Turkmen Bakhshi Day can fall, while September 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in September. (Turkmenistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Feast of 'Izzat (Might) – First day of the tenth month of the Bahá'í calendar. (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence day, celebrates the independence of Macedonia from Yugoslavia in 1991. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Literacy Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National day, also the feast of Our Lady of Meritxell. (Andorra) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nativity of Mary (Roman Catholic Church), (Anglo-Catholicism) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Our Lady of Charity [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope Sergius I [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: September 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Fiestas de Santa Fe, marked by the burning of the Zozobra (New Mexico) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Victory Day (Pakistan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Victory Day, also the feast of Our Lady of Victories or il-Vittorja (Malta) [category: Holidays and observances]