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What happend on 15. September in History
In our data base we found 380 events happened on 15. September:
• 668: Constans II, Byzantine emperor (b. 630) [category: Deaths]
• 668: Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse, Italy. [category: Events]
• 921: Ludmila of Bohemia, Bohemian martyr and saint (b. 860) [category: Deaths]
• 921: At Tetin Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law. [category: Events]
• 994: Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes. [category: Events]
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• 1231: Louis I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1173) [category: Deaths]
• 1254: Marco Polo, Italian explorer. (d. 1324) [category: Births]
• 1326: Dmitry of Tver (b. 1299) [category: Deaths]
• 1352: Ewostatewos, Ethiopian monk and religious leader (b. 1273) [category: Deaths]
• 1440: Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by the Bishop of Nantes. [category: Events]
• 1500: John Morton, English archbishop (b. 1420) [category: Deaths]
• 1533: Catherine of Austria, Queen of Poland (d. 1572) [category: Births]
• 1556: Departing from Vlissingen, ex-Holy Roman Emperor Charles V returns to Spain. [category: Events]
• 1580: Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (d. 1659) [category: Births]
• 1596: Leonhard Rauwolf, German physician and botanist (b. 1535) [category: Deaths]
• 1613: François de La Rochefoucauld, French author (d. 1680) [category: Births]
• 1613: Thomas Overbury, English poet (b. 1581) [category: Deaths]
• 1616: The first non-aristocratic, free public school in Europe is opened in Frascati, Italy. [category: Events]
• 1643: Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (b. 1566) [category: Deaths]
• 1649: Titus Oates, English minister, fabricated the Popish Plot (d. 1705) [category: Births]
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• 1649: John Floyd, English preacher (b. 1572) [category: Deaths]
• 1666: Sophia Dorothea of Celle (d. 1726) [category: Births]
• 1690: Ignazio Prota, Italian composer and educator (d. 1748) [category: Births]
• 1700: André Le Nôtre, French gardener (b. 1613) [category: Deaths]
• 1701: Edmé Boursault, French playwright (b. 1638) [category: Deaths]
• 1707: George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663) [category: Deaths]
• 1712: Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician (b. 1645) [category: Deaths]
• 1715: Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general(d. 1789) [category: Births]
• 1736: Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer (d. 1793) [category: Births]
• 1750: Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (b. 1690) [category: Deaths]
• 1759: Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinean military officer and statesman (d. 1829) [category: Births]
• 1760: Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general (d. 1824) [category: Births]
• 1762: Seven Years War: Battle of Signal Hill. [category: Events]
• 1776: American Revolutionary War: British forces land at Kip's Bay during the New York Campaign. [category: Events]
• 1789: James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist (d. 1851) [category: Births]
• 1789: The United States Department of State is established (formerly known as the "Department of Foreign Affairs"). [category: Events]
• 1794: Abraham Clark, American politician, signer of the United States Declaration of Independence (b. 1725) [category: Deaths]
• 1803: Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (b. 1719) [category: Deaths]
• 1805: Christopher Gadsden, American soldier and politician (b. 1724) [category: Deaths]
• 1812: The French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow. [category: Events]
• 1812: War of 1812: A second supply train sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows. [category: Events]
• 1815: Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (d. 1868) [category: Births]
• 1816: HMS Whiting ran aground on the Doom Bar [category: Events]
• 1819: Cyprien Tanguay, Canadian priest and historian (d. 1902) [category: Births]
• 1820: Constitutionalist revolution in Lisbon, Portugal. [category: Events]
• 1821: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica jointly declare independence from Spain. [category: Events]
• 1828: Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov, Russian chemist (d. 1886) [category: Births]
• 1830: Porfirio Díaz, Mexican general and politician, 29th President of Mexico (d. 1915) [category: Births]
• 1830: François Baillairgé, Canadian painter and sculptor (b. 1759) [category: Deaths]
• 1830: William Huskisson, English politician (b. 1770) [category: Deaths]
• 1830: The Liverpool to Manchester railway line opens. [category: Events]
• 1831: The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad. [category: Events]
• 1835: Sarah Knox Taylor, American wife of Jefferson Davis (b. 1814) [category: Deaths]
• 1835: HMS Beagle, with Charles Darwin aboard, reaches the Galápagos Islands. The ship lands at Chatham or San Cristobal, the easternmost of the archipielago. [category: Events]
• 1841: Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1757) [category: Deaths]
• 1842: Francisco Morazán, Guatemalan lawyer and politician (b. 1792) [category: Deaths]
• 1842: Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (b. 1771) [category: Deaths]
• 1851: Saint Joseph's University is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [category: Events]
• 1852: Edward Bouchet, American physicist (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1857: William Howard Taft, American politician, 27th President of the United States (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1858: Charles de Foucauld, French priest (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1858: Jenő Hubay, Hungarian violinist (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1859: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, English engineer, designed the Great Western Railway (b. 1806) [category: Deaths]
• 1860: Visvesvaraya, Indian engineer scholar, and statesman, Diwan of the Mysore Kingdom (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1862: American Civil War: Confederate forces capture Harpers Ferry, Virginia. [category: Events]
• 1863: Horatio Parker, American composer (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1864: Prince Sigismund of Prussia (d. 1866) [category: Births]
• 1864: John Hanning Speke, English army officer and explorer (b. 1827) [category: Deaths]
• 1867: Vladimir May-Mayevsky, Russian general (d. 1920) [category: Births]
• 1870: Rose Sutro, American pianist (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1873: Franco-Prussian War: The last German troops leave France upon completion of payment of indemnity. [category: Events]
• 1876: Bruno Walter, German conductor (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1876: Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay, Indian novelist (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1877: Jakob Ehrlich, Austrian zionist (d. 1938) [category: Births]
• 1879: Joseph Lyons, Australian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1939) [category: Births]
• 1880: Chujiro Hayashi, Japanese physician (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1881: Ettore Bugatti, Italian-French businessman, founded Bugatti (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1881: Julian Schmitz, American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1883: Esteban Terradas i Illa, Spanish mathematician and engineer (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1883: Joseph Plateau, Belgian physicist (b. 1801) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Jumbo, African elephant (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1887: Carlos Dávila, Chilean politician, President of Chile (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1888: Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (d. 1925) [category: Births]
• 1889: Claude McKay, Jamaican-American poet and author (d. 1948) [category: Births]
• 1889: Robert Benchley, American author (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1890: Agatha Christie, English author (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1890: Ernest Bullock, English organist and composer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1890: Frank Martin, Swiss composer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1892: Silpa Bhirasri, Italian sculptor (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1893: Thomas Hawksley, English engineer (b. 1807) [category: Deaths]
• 1894: Jean Renoir, French director (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1894: Oskar Klein, Swedish physicist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1894: First Sino-Japanese War: Japan defeats China in the Battle of Pyongyang. [category: Events]
• 1895: Chic Harley, American football player (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1895: Magda Lupescu, Romanian wife of Carol II of Romania (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1898: J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and novelist (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1901: Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed Bailey bridge (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1903: Roy Acuff, American singer-songwriter (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1904: Sheilah Graham Westbrook, English-American columnist (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1904: Umberto II of Italy (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1906: Jacques Becker, French screenwriter and director (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1906: Walter E. Rollins, American songwriter (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1907: Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1907: Gunnar Ekelöf, Swedish poet and author (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1908: Kid Sheik, American trumpet player (Preservation Hall Jazz Band) (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1908: Penny Singleton, American actress (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1909: C. N. Annadurai, Indian politician (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1909: Phil Arnold, American actor (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1910: Betty Neels, English novelist (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1911: Karsten Solheim, Norwegian-American businessman, founded PING (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1911: Luther Terry, American physician, 9th Surgeon General of the United States (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1913: Bruno Hoffmann, German glass harp player (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1913: Henry Brant, Canadian-American composer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1913: Johannes Steinhoff, German pilot (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1913: John N. Mitchell, American lawyer, 67th United States Attorney General (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1914: Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine journalist and writer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1914: Creighton Abrams, American general (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1914: Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1915: Al Casey, American guitarist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1915: Albert Whitlock, English painter (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1915: Fawn M. Brodie, American biographer and historian (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1915: Ismail Yasin, Egyptian comedian and actor (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1915: José Nicomedes Grossi, Brazilian bishop (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1915: Paul Ch'eng Shih-kuang, Taiwanese bishop (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1915: Ernest Gagnon, Canadian composer and organist (b. 1834) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Frederick C. Weyand, American general (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1916: Margaret Lockwood, English actress (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1916: World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme. [category: Events]
• 1917: Hilde Gueden, Austrian soprano (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1918: Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1918: Phil Lamason, New Zealand pilot (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1919: Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1919: Heda Margolius Kovály, Czech writer and translator (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1919: Nelson Gidding, American screenwriter (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1920: Kym Bonython, Australian broadcaster and musician (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1921: Gene Roland, American composer and musician (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1921: Norma MacMillan, Canadian actress (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1921: Richard Gordon, English author [category: Births]
• 1921: Snooky Pryor, American harmonica player (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1921: Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Russian general (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1922: Bob Anderson, English fencer and choreographer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1922: Jackie Cooper, American actor and director (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1923: Anton Heiller, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1924: Bobby Short, American singer and pianist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1924: György Lázár, Hungarian politician [category: Births]
• 1924: Lucebert, Dutch poet and painter (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1925: Forrest Compton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1925: Helle Virkner, Danish actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1925: Stanley Chapman, English architect, designer, and author (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1926: Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician [category: Births]
• 1926: Shohei Imamura, Japanese director (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1926: Rudolf Christoph Eucken, German philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1927: David Stove, Australian philosopher (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1927: Erika Köth, German soprano (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1927: Norm Crosby, American comedian [category: Births]
• 1928: Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist and bandleader (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1929: Eva Burrows, Australian 13th General of The Salvation Army [category: Births]
• 1929: Murray Gell-Mann, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1930: Milton Sills, American actor (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1931: Brian Henderson, Australian journalist [category: Births]
• 1932: Neil Bartlett, English chemist (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1933: Henry Darrow, American actor [category: Births]
• 1933: Monica Maughan, Australian actress (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1933: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer [category: Births]
• 1934: Fred Nile, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1934: Tomie dePaola, American author and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1935: India's first all-boys public school, The Doon School, was founded. [category: Events]
• 1935: Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag with the swastika. [category: Events]
• 1935: The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship. [category: Events]
• 1936: Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1936: Sara Henderson, Australian author (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1937: Fernando de la Rúa, Argentine politician, 51st President of Argentina [category: Births]
• 1937: Pino Puglisi, Italian priest (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1937: Robert Lucas, Jr., American economist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1938: Gaylord Perry, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1938: Thomas Wolfe, American author (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Merlin Olsen, American football player and actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1940: Norman Spinrad, American author [category: Births]
• 1940: William B. Bankhead, American politician (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft. [category: Events]
• 1941: Flórián Albert, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1941: Mirosław Hermaszewski, Polish astronaut [category: Births]
• 1941: Signe Toly Anderson, American singer (Jefferson Airplane and KBC Band) [category: Births]
• 1941: Viktor Zubkov, Russian politician, 37th Prime Minister of Russia [category: Births]
• 1941: Yuriy Norshteyn, Russian animator [category: Births]
• 1942: Lee Dorman, American bass player (Iron Butterfly and Captain Beyond) (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1942: World War II: U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp is torpedoed at Guadalcanal. [category: Events]
• 1944: Sotirios Hatzigakis, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Walter Middelberg, Dutch rower (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy. [category: Events]
• 1945: Carmen Maura, Spanish actress [category: Births]
• 1945: Hans-Gert Pöttering, German politician, 23rd President of the European Parliament [category: Births]
• 1945: Jessye Norman, American opera singer [category: Births]
• 1945: Ron Shelton, American director [category: Births]
• 1945: André Tardieu, French politician, 102nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at NAS Richmond. [category: Events]
• 1946: Howard Waldrop, American author [category: Births]
• 1946: Mike Procter, South African cricketer, coach, and referee [category: Births]
• 1946: Ola Brunkert, Swedish drummer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1946: Oliver Stone, American director, screenwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1946: Tommy Lee Jones, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1947: Charles "Bobo" Shaw, American drummer (Black Artists Group and Human Arts Ensemble) [category: Births]
• 1947: Larry Sparks, American Bluegrass singer and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1947: Theodore Long, American wrestling referee and manager [category: Births]
• 1947: RCA releases the 12AX7 vacuum tube. [category: Events]
• 1947: Typhoon Kathleen hit the Kanto Region in Japan killing 1,077. [category: Events]
• 1948: The F-86 Sabre sets the world aircraft speed record at 671 miles per hour (1,080 km/h). [category: Events]
• 1949: Joe Barton, American politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Mirza Masroor Ahmad, Pakistani spiritual leader [category: Births]
• 1950: Korean War: United States forces land at Inchon [category: Events]
• 1951: Johan Neeskens, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1951: Pete Carroll, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1952: Kelly Keagy, American singer and drummer (Night Ranger) [category: Births]
• 1952: Paula Duncan, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Richard Brodeur, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1952: United Nations gives Eritrea to Ethiopia. [category: Events]
• 1953: Paul Piché, Canadian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1954: Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian journalist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1955: Bruce Reitherman, American voice actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1955: Renzo Rosso, Italian fashion designer and businessman, co-founded Diesel Clothing [category: Births]
• 1955: Željka Antunović, Croatian politician [category: Births]
• 1956: Jaki Graham, English singer [category: Births]
• 1956: Maggie Reilly, Scottish singer-songwriter (Cado Belle) [category: Births]
• 1956: Ned Rothenberg, American musician and composer [category: Births]
• 1958: Dr. Know, American guitarist (Bad Brains) [category: Births]
• 1958: Joel Quenneville, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1958: Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1958: A Central Railroad of New Jersey commuter train runs through an open drawbridge at the Newark Bay, killing 58. [category: Events]
• 1959: Mark Kirk, American politician [category: Births]
• 1959: Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States. [category: Events]
• 1960: Ed Solomon, American screenwriter, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1960: Kevin Allen, Welsh actor [category: Births]
• 1961: Dan Marino, American football player [category: Births]
• 1961: Terry Lamb, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1961: Hurricane Carla strikes Texas with winds of 175 miles per hour. [category: Events]
• 1962: Dina Lohan, American dancer, actress, and manager [category: Births]
• 1962: Scott McNeil, Australian-Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1962: The Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis. [category: Events]
• 1963: Pete Myers, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1963: The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing: Four children killed at an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States [category: Events]
• 1964: Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, American guitarist and songwriter (The Misfits and Kryst the Conqueror) [category: Births]
• 1965: Dyan Castillejo, Filipino tennis player [category: Births]
• 1965: Robert Fico, Slovak politician, 14th Prime Minister of Slovakia [category: Births]
• 1965: Steve Brown, American bassist (New Orleans Rhythm Kings) (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Sherman Douglas, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1967: Huw Bunford, Welsh guitarist and songwriter (Super Furry Animals) [category: Births]
• 1967: Paul Abbott, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Sari Kaasinen, Finnish singer (Värttinä) [category: Births]
• 1968: Danny Nucci, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: The Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere. [category: Events]
• 1969: Revaz Arveladze, Georgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Carsten Klee, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Ben Wallers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Teasers) [category: Births]
• 1971: Josh Charles, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1972: Jimmy Carr, English-Irish comedian [category: Births]
• 1972: Kit Chan, Singaporean singer and actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Letizia, Princess of Asturias [category: Births]
• 1972: Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: A Scandinavian Airlines System domestic flight from Gothenburg to Stockholm is hijacked and flown to Malmö-Bulltofta Airport. [category: Events]
• 1973: Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland [category: Births]
• 1973: Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Air Vietnam flight 727 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board. [category: Events]
• 1975: Martina Krupičková, Czech painter [category: Births]
• 1975: Tom Dolan, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1975: The French département of Corse (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud. [category: Events]
• 1976: Matt Thornton, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer (Franz Ferdinand, Correcto, and The Yummy Fur) [category: Births]
• 1977: Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1977: Jason Terry, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Leander Jordan, American football player [category: Births]
• 1977: Marisa Ramirez, American actress [category: Births]
• 1977: Sophie Dahl, English model and author [category: Births]
• 1977: Tom Hardy, English actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Eiður Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Robert Cliche, Canadian politician and judge (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Willy Messerschmitt, German aircraft designer, designed the Messerschmitt Bf 109 (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Amy Davidson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Carlos Ruiz, Guatemalan footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Dave Annable, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Patrick Marleau, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1979: Tommy Leonetti, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: David Diehl, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: Jolin Tsai, Taiwanese singer, actress, and dancer [category: Births]
• 1980: Mike Dunleavy, Jr., American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Bill Evans, American pianist and composer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Harold Bennett, English actor (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 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 [category: Events]
• 1981: Vanuatu becomes a member of the United Nations. [category: Events]
• 1983: Luke Hochevar, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Prince Far I, Jamaican DJ and producer (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns. [category: Events]
• 1984: Prince Harry of Wales [category: Births]
• 1985: François-Olivier Roberge, Canadian speed skater [category: Births]
• 1985: Cootie Williams, American trumpet player (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Heidi Montag, American model and singer [category: Births]
• 1986: Peter Wilson, English target shooter [category: Births]
• 1987: Aly Cissokho, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Clare Maguire, English singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1987: United States Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze sign a treaty to establish centers to reduce the risk of nuclear war. [category: Events]
• 1988: Chelsea Kane, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1989: Kris Chetan Ramlu, New Zealand drummer [category: Births]
• 1989: Jan DeGaetani, American soprano (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Olga Erteszek, American fashion designer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Robert Penn Warren, American poet, author, and critic (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Matt Shively, American actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Oliver Gill, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: France announces it will send 4,000 troops to the Persian Gulf. [category: Events]
• 1991: Lee Jung Shin, South Korean rapper, bass player, and actor (CN Blue) [category: Births]
• 1991: Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, German-Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: John Hoyt, American actor (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: India; Shibam saha,west bangal, kolkata, Indian blues guitarist [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Pino Puglisi, Italian priest (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Liechtenstein Prince Hans-Adam II disbands Parliament [category: Events]
• 1995: Gunnar Nordahl, Swedish football player (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Harry Calder, South African cricketer (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Jake Cherry, American actor [category: Births]
• 1998: Louis Rasminsky, Canadian economist, 3rd Governor of the Bank of Canada (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: With the landmark merger of WorldCom and MCI Communications completed the day prior, the new MCI WorldCom opens its doors for business. [category: Events]
• 2001: Balbir Singh Sodhi, Indian murder victim (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: June Salter, Australian actress (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Jack Brymer, English clarinet player (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Josef Hirsal, Czech novelist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Johnny Ramone, American guitarist and songwriter (The Ramones) (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Walter Stewart, Canadian journalist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman announces lockout of the players union and cessation of operations by the NHL head office. [category: Events]
• 2005: Guy Green, English cinematographer and director (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Sidney Luft, American director (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Pablo Santos, Mexican actor (b. 1987) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Raymond Baxter, English television host (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Aldemaro Romero, Venezuelan pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Colin McRae, Scottish race car driver (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Jeremy Moore, English military commander (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Richard Wright, English keyboard player and songwriter (Pink Floyd) (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Stavros Paravas, Greek actor (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Lehman Brothers files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest bankruptcy filing in U.S. history. [category: Events]
• 2009: Troy Kennedy Martin, Scottish screenwriter (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Arrow, Caribbean singer-songwriter (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Richard Livsey, Baron Livsey of Talgarth, Welsh politician (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Frances Bay, Canadian actress (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Arthur Magugu, Kenyan politician (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: James "Sugar Boy" Crawford, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jean-Louis Heinrich, French footballer (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: K. S. Sudarshan, Indian nationalist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nevin Spence, Irish rugby player (b. 1990) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Olga Ferri, Argentine dancer and choreographer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Paul Okesene, Samoan rugby player (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Pierre Mondy, French actor and director (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Predrag Brzaković, Serbian footballer (b. 1964) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Stephen Paul, American physicist (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Tibor Antalpéter, Hungarian volleyball player and diplomat (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• _: Battle of Britain Day (United Kingdom) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Catherine of Genoa [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cry of Dolores or Grito de Dolores, celebrated on the eve of the Independence Day (Mexico). [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: 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) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: 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) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Earliest day on which Prinsjesdag can fall, while September 21 is the latest; celebrated on the third Tuesday in September. (Netherlands) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: 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) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Engineer's Day (India) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guatemala (a Patriotic Day), El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica from Spain in 1821. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day of Democracy (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Joseph Abibos [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Knowledge Day (Azerbaijan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nicomedes [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Our Lady of Sorrows [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Restoration of Primorska to the Motherland Day (Slovenia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: September 15 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics). [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Silpa Bhirasri Day (Thailand). [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated until October 15 (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Lymphoma Awareness Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]