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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020 September
September 3 is the 246th day of the
year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 119 days remain until the end
of the year. Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events
·
36 BC In
the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian,
defeats Sextus Pompey,
son of Pompey, thus ending
Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. ·
301 San Marino, one of
the smallest nations in the world and the world's
oldest republic still
in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus. ·
590
Consecration of Pope Gregory
I (Gregory the Great). ·
673
King Wamba of
the Visigoths puts
down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nξmes (France)
and rival for the throne. ·
863
Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid. ·
1189 Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the
Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster. ·
1260
The Mamluks defeat
the Mongols at
the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and
the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire. ·
1411
The Treaty of Selymbria is concluded between
the Ottoman
Empire and the Republic of Venice. ·
1650
Victory over the royalists in the Battle of Dunbar opens the way to Edinburgh
for the New Model Army in the Third English Civil War.[1] ·
1651
The Battle of Worcester is the last significant
action in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. ·
1658
The death of Oliver
Cromwell; Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of
England. ·
1666
The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London. ·
1777 American Revolutionary War: During the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle
for the first time. ·
1783
American Revolutionary War: The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and
the Kingdom of Great Britain. ·
1798
The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain
and Britain off the coast of Belize. ·
1812
Twenty-four settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana. ·
1838
Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery. ·
1843 King Otto of Greece is
forced to grant a constitution following an uprising in Athens. ·
1855 American Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700
soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan massacre by
attacking a Sioux village
and killing 100 men, women and children. ·
1861 American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades
neutral Kentucky, prompting
the state legislature to ask for Union assistance. ·
1870 Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a
decisive Prussian victory on October 23. ·
1875
The first official game of polo is
played in Argentina after
being introduced by British ranchers. ·
1878
Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the Bywell Castle in
the River Thames. ·
1879 Siege of the British Residency in Kabul:
British envoy Sir Louis Cavagnari and 72 men of the Guides are massacred by Afghan troops while
defending the British Residency in Kabul. Their heroism
and loyalty became famous and revered throughout the British Empire. ·
1895 John Brallier becomes
the first openly professional American football player, when he was paid
US$10 by David Berry, to play for the Latrobe Athletic Association in a 120 win
over the Jeanette Athletic Association. ·
1914 William, Prince of Albania leaves the country
after just six months due to opposition to his rule. ·
1914 French composer Albιric
Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading
German soldiers. ·
1914 World War I: Start
of the Battle of Grand Couronnι, a German assault against
French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy. ·
1916
World War I: Leefe
Robinson destroys the German airship Schόtte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of
London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil. ·
1925 USS Shenandoah, the United States'
first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew
perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne. ·
1933 Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach
the highest point in the Soviet Union,
Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495
m). ·
1935
Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331
miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive
an automobile over
300 mph. ·
1939 World War II:
France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany
after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allied nations. The Viceroy of
India also declares war, but without consulting the provincial
legislatures. ·
1939 World War II: The United Kingdom and
France begin a naval blockade of Germany that lasts until the
end of the war. This also marks the beginning of the Battle of the Atlantic. ·
1941 The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch,
deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the
use of Zyklon B in the
gassing of Soviet POWs. ·
1942
World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads
an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus). ·
1943
World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day,
Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not
announced for another five days. ·
1944
Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and
her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days
later. ·
1945
A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2. ·
1950 "Nino" Farina becomes
the first Formula One Drivers' champion after
winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix. ·
1954
The People's Liberation Army begins shelling
the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting
the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. ·
1967 Dagen H in
Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right
overnight. ·
1971 Qatar becomes
an independent state. ·
1976 Viking program: The
American Viking 2 spacecraft
lands at Utopia
Planitia on Mars. ·
1981
The Convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an
international bill of
rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.[2] ·
1987
In a coup d'ιtat in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya. ·
1997 Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134)
crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport,
killing 64. ·
2001
In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin
a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for
girls. ·
2004 Beslan school siege results in over 330
fatalities, including 186 children. ·
2010
After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight
fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba,
killing both crew members on board.[3] ·
2016
The U.S. and China, together
responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions,
both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement. ·
2017 North Korea conducts
its sixth and most powerful nuclear test. Births
·
1034 Emperor Go-Sanjō of Japan (d. 1073) ·
1568 Adriano Banchieri, Italian organist and composer
(d. 1634) ·
1675 Paul Dudley, American lawyer and jurist (d. 1751) ·
1693 Charles Radclyffe, English captain and politician
(d. 1746) ·
1695 Pietro Locatelli,
Italian viola player and composer (d. 1764) ·
1704 Joseph de Jussieu, French explorer, geographer, and
mathematician, (d. 1779) ·
1710 Abraham Trembley,
Swiss biologist and zoologist (d. 1784)[4] ·
1724 Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Irish-English
general and politician, 21st Governor General of Canada (d. 1808) ·
1781 Eugθne de Beauharnais, French general and
politician (d. 1824) ·
1803 Prudence Crandall, American educator (d. 1890)[5] ·
1810 Paul Kane,
Irish-Canadian painter (d. 1871) ·
1811 John Humphrey Noyes, American activist, founded
the Oneida Community (d. 1886) ·
1814 James Joseph Sylvester, English mathematician and
academic (d. 1897) ·
1820 George Hearst,
American businessman and politician (d. 1891) ·
1840 Jacob Christian Fabricius, Danish composer (d.
1919) ·
1841 Tom Emmett, English
cricketer (d. 1904) ·
1849 Sarah Orne Jewett, American novelist, short story
writer and poet (d. 1909) ·
1851 Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Queen consort of the
Hellenes (d. 1926)[6] ·
1854 Charles Tatham, American fencer (d. 1939) ·
1856 Louis Sullivan,
American architect and educator, designed the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building (d.
1924) ·
1869 Fritz Pregl,
Slovenian chemist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930) ·
1875 Ferdinand Porsche, Austrian-German engineer and
businessman, founded Porsche (d.
1951) ·
1878 Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers, English tennis
player (d. 1960) ·
1882 Johnny Douglas,
English cricketer and boxer (d. 1930) ·
1887 Frank Christian, American trumpet player (d. 1973) ·
1893 Andrey Dikiy,
Russian-American journalist, historian, and politician (d. 1977) ·
1897 Sally Benson,
American author and screenwriter (d. 1972) ·
1899 Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Australian virologist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) ·
1900 Percy Chapman,
English cricketer (d. 1961) ·
1900 Urho Kekkonen,
Finnish journalist, lawyer, and politician, 8th President of Finland (d. 1986) ·
1901 Eduard van Beinum, Dutch violinist, pianist, and
conductor (d. 1959) ·
1905 Carl David Anderson, American physicist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) ·
1905 John Mills, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1972) ·
1907 Loren Eiseley, American
anthropologist, philosopher, and author (d. 1977) ·
1908 Lev Pontryagin,
Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1988) ·
1910 Kitty Carlisle,
American actress, singer, socialite, and game show panelist (d. 2007) ·
1910 Franz Jαchym,
Austrian Roman Catholic archbishop (d.1984) ·
1910 Maurice Papon,
French civil servant (d. 2007) ·
1911 Bernard Mammes,
American cyclist and sergeant (d. 2000) ·
1913 Alan Ladd, American
actor and producer (d. 1964) ·
1914 Dixy Lee Ray,
American biologist and politician, 17th Governor of Washington (d. 1994)[7] ·
1915 Knut Nystedt,
Norwegian organist and composer (d. 2014) ·
1915 Memphis Slim,
American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1988) ·
1916 Eddie Stanky,
American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1999) ·
1918 Helen Wagner,
American actress (d. 2010) ·
1919 Phil Stern, American
soldier and photographer (d. 2014) ·
1920 Tereska
Torrθs, French soldier and author (d. 2012) ·
1921 John Aston Sr.,
English footballer (d. 2003) ·
1921 Thurston Dart,
English pianist, conductor, and musicologist (d. 1971) ·
1921 Marguerite Higgins, American journalist and author
(d. 1966) ·
1923 Glen Bell, American
businessman, founded Taco Bell (d.
2010) ·
1923 Alice Gibson,
Belizean chief Librarian and educator[8] ·
1923 Fred Hawkins,
American golfer (d. 2014) ·
1923 Mort Walker,
American cartoonist (d. 2018) ·
1924 Mary Grace Canfield, American actress (d. 2014) ·
1925 Anne Jackson,
American actress (d. 2016) ·
1925 Bengt
Lindstrφm, Swedish painter and sculptor (d. 2008) ·
1925 Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (d. 2007) ·
1926 Alison Lurie,
American author and academic ·
1926 Irene Papas, Greek
actress ·
1926 Uttam Kumar, Indian
Bengali actor, director, producer, singer, composer and playback singer (d.
1980) ·
1928 Gaston Thorn,
Luxembourg lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Luxembourg (d. 2007) ·
1929 Whitey Bulger,
American organized crime boss (d. 2018) ·
1929 Carlo Clerici, Swiss
cyclist (d. 2007) ·
1929 Steve Rickard, New
Zealand-Australian wrestler, trainer, and promoter (d. 2015) ·
1929 Armand Vaillancourt, Canadian sculptor and painter ·
1930 Cherry Wilder, New
Zealand author and poet (d. 2002) ·
1931 Dick Motta, American
basketball player and coach ·
1931 Guy Spitaels,
Belgian academic and politician, 7th Minister-President of the Walloon Region (d.
2012) ·
1932 Eileen Brennan,
American actress and singer (d. 2013) ·
1933 Basil Butcher,
Guyanese cricketer (d. 2019) ·
1933 Tompall Glaser,
American singer-songwriter (d. 2013) ·
1934 Freddie King,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1976) ·
1935 Helmut Clasen,
German-Canadian motorcycle racer ·
1936 Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisian soldier and
politician, 2nd President of Tunisia (d. 2019) ·
1936 Pilar Pallete,
Peruvian-American actress ·
1938 Liliane Ackermann, Jewish-French microbiologist,
community leader, writer, and lecturer (d. 2007) ·
1938 Sarah Bradford,
English historian and author ·
1938 Caryl Churchill,
English-Canadian playwright ·
1938 Richard MacCormac, English architect, founded MJP Architects (d.
2014) ·
1938 Ryōji Noyori,
Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ·
1940 Frank Duffy, English architect ·
1940 Pauline Collins,
English actress ·
1940 Eduardo Galeano,
Uruguayan journalist and author (d. 2015) ·
1940 Brian Lochore, New
Zealand rugby player and coach (d. 2019) ·
1941 Sergei Dovlatov, Russian-American
journalist and author (d. 1990) ·
1942 Al Jardine, American
singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1943 Valerie Perrine,
American model and actress ·
1944 Geoff Arnold,
English cricketer and coach ·
1944 Ray Groom,
Australian footballer, lawyer, and politician, 39th Premier of Tasmania ·
1945 George Biondo,
American bass player and songwriter ·
1945 Peter Goddard, English physicist and mathematician ·
1947 Kjell Magne Bondevik, Norwegian minister and
politician, 26th Prime Minister of Norway ·
1947 Michael Connarty,
Scottish educator and politician ·
1947 Mario Draghi,
Italian banker and economist ·
1947 Gιrard
Houllier, French footballer and coach ·
1947 Susan Milan, English
flute player and composer ·
1948 Don Brewer, American
drummer and singer-songwriter ·
1948 Lyudmila Karachkina, Ukrainian astronomer ·
1948 Fotis Kouvelis,
Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Justice ·
1948 Levy Mwanawasa,
Zambian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Zambia (d. 2008) ·
1949 Josι Pιkerman,
Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager ·
1949 Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (d. 2004) ·
1950 Doug Pinnick,
American rock singer-songwriter and bass player ·
1951 Denys Hobson, South
African cricketer ·
1953 Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French director, producer, and
screenwriter ·
1953 George Peponis,
Greek-Australian rugby league player and physician ·
1954 Jaak Uudmδe,
Estonian triple jumper and coach ·
1955 Steve Jones, English singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1956 Jishu Dasgupta, Indian
actor and director (d. 2012) ·
1956 Pat McGeown, Irish
republican activist (d. 1996) ·
1956 Stephen Woolley,
English director and producer ·
1957 Garth Ancier,
American businessman ·
1957 Earl Cureton,
American basketball player and coach ·
1957 Steve Schirripa,
American actor and producer ·
1957 Sadhguru, Indian
yogi, mystic ·
1960 Nick Gibb, English
accountant and politician ·
1961 Andy Griffiths, Australian author ·
1962 David De Roure,
English computer scientist and academic ·
1963 Sam Adams, American politician, 51st Mayor of Portland ·
1963 Mubarak Ghanim,
Emirati footballer ·
1963 Malcolm Gladwell,
Canadian journalist, essayist, and critic ·
1964 Adam Curry,
American-Dutch businessman and television host, co-founded mevio ·
1964 Spike Feresten,
American screenwriter and producer ·
1964 Junaid Jamshed,
Pakistani singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2016) ·
1965 Rachel Johnson,
British journalist ·
1965 Vaden Todd Lewis,
American singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1965 Charlie Sheen,
American actor and producer ·
1966 Steven Johnson Leyba, American painter and author ·
1966 Vladimir Ryzhkov,
Russian historian and politician ·
1967 Chris Gatling,
American basketball player ·
1967 Luis Gonzalez, Cuban-American baseball player ·
1968 Grace Poe, Filipino
educator and politician ·
1969 Noah Baumbach,
American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1969 John Fugelsang,
American comedian, actor, and talk show host ·
1969 Robert Karlsson,
Swedish golfer ·
1969 Marianna Komlos,
Canadian bodybuilder, model, and wrestler (d. 2004) ·
1969 Matthew Offord,
English journalist and politician ·
1970 Jeremy Glick,
American businessman (d. 2001) ·
1970 George Lynch, American basketball player and
manager ·
1970 Gareth Southgate,
English footballer and manager ·
1971 Kiran Desai,
Indian-American author ·
1971 Glen Housman,
Australian swimmer ·
1971 Chabeli Iglesias,
Portuguese-Spanish journalist ·
1971 Paolo Montero,
Uruguayan footballer and manager ·
1972 Christine Boudrias, Canadian speed skater ·
1972 Bob Evans, American wrestler and trainer ·
1972 Robbie O'Davis,
Australian rugby league player ·
1972 Martin Straka, Czech
ice hockey player ·
1973 Damon Stoudamire,
American basketball player and coach ·
1974 Clare Kramer,
American actress, producer, and screenwriter ·
1974 Rahul Sanghvi,
Indian cricketer ·
1975 Daniel Chan, Hong
Kong singer-songwriter and actor ·
1975 Cristobal Huet,
French ice hockey player ·
1975 Redfoo, American
singer-songwriter, producer, and dancer ·
1976 Valery V. Afanasyev, Russian ice hockey player and
coach ·
1976 Jevon Kearse, American
football player ·
1976 Raheem Morris,
American football player and coach ·
1977 Rui Marques, Angolan
footballer ·
1977 Olof Mellberg,
Swedish footballer ·
1977 Nate Robertson,
American baseball player ·
1978 Terje Bakken,
Norwegian singer-songwriter (d. 2004) ·
1978 John Curtis, English footballer ·
1978 Michal
Rozsνval, Czech ice hockey player ·
1978 Nick Wechsler, American actor ·
1979 Jϊlio Cιsar, Brazilian footballer ·
1979 Tomo Miličević, Bosnian-American
guitarist ·
1980 B.G., American
rapper and actor ·
1980 Daniel Bilos,
Argentinian footballer ·
1980 Cindy Burger, Dutch footballer ·
1980 Jason McCaslin,
Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer ·
1982 Sarah Burke,
Canadian skier (d. 2012) ·
1982 Andrew McMahon,
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer ·
1982 Kaori Natori,
Japanese singer ·
1982 Tiago Rannow,
Brazilian footballer ·
1983 Augusto Farfus,
Brazilian race car driver ·
1983 Nicky Hunt, English
footballer ·
1983 Marcus McCauley,
American football player ·
1983 Valdas Vasylius,
Lithuanian basketball player ·
1984 Garrett Hedlund,
American actor ·
1984 T.J. Perkins,
Filipino-American wrestler ·
1985 Scott Carson,
English footballer ·
1985 Kelvin Wilson,
English footballer ·
1986 Shaun White,
American snowboarder, skateboarder, and guitarist ·
1986 OMI, Jamaican singer ·
1987 Allie, Canadian
wrestler ·
1987 Modibo Maοga, Malian
footballer ·
1987 Dawid Malan, English
cricketer ·
1987 James Neal, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1988 Jιrτme
Boateng, Ghanaian-German footballer ·
1988 Hana Makhmalbaf,
Iranian director and producer ·
1992 August Alsina,
American singer-songwriter ·
1993 Dominic Thiem,
Austrian tennis player ·
1994 Francis Molo, New
Zealand rugby league player ·
1994 Glen Rea,
English-Irish footballer ·
1995 Niklas Sόle, German
footballer ·
1996 Joy, South
Korean idol and
actress ·
1996 Adama Barro,
Burkinabι footballer[9] ·
1996 Abrahm DeVine,
American swimmer[10] ·
1996 Veronika Domjan,
Slovenian athlete[11] ·
1996 William Eskelinen, Swedish footballer[12] ·
1996 Dwayne Green, Dutch
footballer[13] ·
1996 D. J. Hogg, American
basketball player[14] ·
1996 Moonga K., Zambian
singer[citation
needed] ·
1996 Nanda Kyaw, Burmese
footballer[15] ·
1996 Florian Maitre,
French cyclist[16] ·
1996 Callum Moore, Australian footballer[17] ·
1996 Neilson Powless,
American cyclist[18] ·
1996 Osgar O'Hoisin,
Irish tennis player[19] ·
1996 Zhang Tingting,
Chinese handball player[20] ·
1996 Brad Walsh, Australian footballer[21] ·
1996 Yoane Wissa, French
footballer[22] ·
1997 Andrew Austin, Irish cricketer[23] ·
1997 Sulayman Bojang,
Norwegian footballer[24] ·
1997 Reniece Boyce, West
Indian criketer[25] ·
1997 Carter Kieboom,
American baseball player[26] ·
1997 Petar Krstić, Macedonian footballer[27] ·
1997 Devin Singletary,
American football player[28] ·
1997 Bernard Tekpetey,
Ghanaian footballer[29] ·
1997 Christopher Udeh,
Nigerian footballer[30] ·
2010 Tanitoluwa Adewumi, Nigerian-American chess player[31] Deaths
·
264 Sun Xiu, Chinese
emperor (b. 235) ·
618 Xue Ju, emperor of
Qin ·
863 Umar al-Aqta, Arab
emir ·
931 Uda, emperor of
Japan (b. 867) ·
1120 Gerard Thom (The
Blessed Gerard), founder of the Knights Hospitaller (b. c. 1040) ·
1189 Jacob of Orlιans, French Jewish scholar[32] ·
1301 Alberto I della Scala, Lord of Verona ·
1313 Anna of Bohemia (b. 1290) ·
1354 Joanikije II,
Serbian patriarch and saint ·
1400 John Holland, 1st Duke of Exeter (b. c. 1352) ·
1402 Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Italian son of Galeazzo II Visconti (b. 1351) ·
1420 Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (b. 1340) ·
1467 Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (b.
1434) ·
1592 Robert Greene, English author and playwright (b.
1558) ·
1609 Jean Richardot,
Belgian diplomat (b. 1540) ·
1634 Edward Coke, English
lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (b.
1552) ·
1653 Claudius Salmasius, French scholar and author (b.
1588) ·
1658 Oliver Cromwell,
English general and politician (b. 1599) ·
1720 Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway, French general and
diplomat (b. 1648) ·
1729 Jean Hardouin,
French historian and scholar (b. 1646) ·
1766 Archibald Bower,
Scottish historian and author (b. 1686) ·
1808 John Montgomery, American merchant and politician
(b. 1722) ·
1857 John McLoughlin,
Canadian-American businessman (b. 1784) ·
1866 Konstantin Flavitsky, Russian painter (b. 1830) ·
1877 Adolphe Thiers,
French historian and politician, 2nd President of France (b. 1797) ·
1883 Ivan Turgenev,
Russian author and playwright (b. 1818) ·
1886 William W. Snow,
American lawyer and politician (b. 1812) ·
1893 James Harrison, Scottish-Australian engineer,
journalist, and politician (b. 1816) ·
1906 Mihαly
Kolossa, Hungarian author and poet (b. 1846) ·
1914 Albιric
Magnard, French composer and educator (b. 1865) ·
1929 John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist
and politician (b. 1840) ·
1936 Nikita Balieff,
Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (b. 1876) ·
1942 Will James, Canadian-American author and
illustrator (b. 1892) ·
1942 Sιraphine
Louis, French painter (b. 1864) ·
1944 John Lumsden, Irish
physician, founded the St. John Ambulance Brigade of Ireland (b.
1869) ·
1948 Edvard Bene, Czech
academic and politician, 2nd President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1884) ·
1954 Marika Kotopouli,
Greek actress (b. 1887) ·
1961 Robert E. Gross, American businessman (b. 1897) ·
1962 E. E. Cummings,
American poet and playwright (b. 1894) ·
1963 Louis MacNeice,
Irish poet and playwright (b. 1907) ·
1967 Francis Ouimet,
American golfer and banker (b. 1893) ·
1969 John Lester,
American cricketer and soccer player (b. 1871) ·
1970 Vasil Gendov,
Bulgarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1891) ·
1970 Vince Lombardi,
American football player and coach (b. 1913)[33] ·
1970 Alan Wilson, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (b. 1943) ·
1974 Harry Partch,
American composer and theorist (b. 1901) ·
1977 Gianni Vella,
Maltese artist (b. 1885)[34] ·
1980 Barbara O'Neil,
American actress (b. 1910) ·
1980 Duncan Renaldo,
Romanian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1904) ·
1981 Alec Waugh, English
soldier and author (b. 1898) ·
1985 Johnny Marks,
American songwriter (b. 1909) ·
1986 Beryl Markham,
English-Kenyan pilot, horse trainer, and author (b. 1902) ·
1987 Morton Feldman,
American composer and educator (b. 1926) ·
1988 Ferit Melen, Turkish
civil servant and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Turkey (b. 1906) ·
1989 Gaetano Scirea,
Italian footballer (b. 1953) ·
1991 Frank Capra,
Italian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1897) ·
1993 David Brown, English businessman (b. 1904) ·
1994 James Thomas Aubrey, Jr., American screenwriter and
producer (b. 1918) ·
1994 Billy Wright, English footballer and manager (b.
1924) ·
1995 Mary Adshead,
English painter (b. 1904)[35] ·
1996 Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Australian painter (b. 1910) ·
2000 Edward Anhalt,
American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1914) ·
2001 Pauline Kael,
American film critic and author (b. 1919) ·
2002 Kenneth Hare,
Canadian climatologist and academic (b. 1919) ·
2002 W. Clement Stone,
American businessman, philanthropist, and author (b. 1902) ·
2003 Alan Dugan, American
soldier and poet (b. 1923) ·
2003 Rudolf Leiding,
German businessman (b. 1914) ·
2005 R. S. R. Fitter,
English biologist and author (b. 1913) ·
2005 William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist,
16th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1924) ·
2007 Carter Albrecht,
American keyboard player and guitarist (b. 1973) ·
2007 Syd Jackson, New Zealand trade union leader and
activist (b. 1939) ·
2007 Jane Tomlinson,
English runner (b. 1964) ·
2007 Steve Fossett, American
aviator (b. 1944) ·
2008 Donald Blakeslee,
American colonel and pilot (b. 1917) ·
2010 Noah Howard,
American saxophonist (b. 1943) ·
2010 Robert Schimmel,
American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1950) ·
2012 Griselda Blanco,
Colombian drug lord (b. 1943) ·
2012 Harold Dunaway,
American race car driver and pilot (b. 1933) ·
2012 Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (b. 1957) ·
2012 Siegfried Jamrowski, Russian-German soldier and
pilot (b. 1917) ·
2012 Sun Myung Moon,
Korean religious leader and businessman, founded the Unification Church (b. 1920) ·
2012 Charlie Rose, American lawyer and politician (b.
1939) ·
2013 Ralph M. Holman,
American lawyer and judge (b. 1914) ·
2013 Pedro Ferriz Santacruz, Mexican-American journalist
(b. 1921) ·
2013 Josι Ramσn Larraz, Spanish director and
screenwriter (b. 1929) ·
2013 Janet Lembke,
American author and scholar (b. 1933) ·
2013 Don Meineke,
American basketball player (b. 1930) ·
2013 Lewis Morley, Hong
Kong-Australian photographer (b. 1925) ·
2014 Aarno Raninen,
Finnish singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944) ·
2014 A. P. Venkateswaran, Indian soldier and politician,
14th Foreign Secretary of India (b. 1930) ·
2015 Adrian Cadbury,
English rower and businessman (b. 1929) ·
2015 Judy Carne, English
actress and comedian (b. 1939) ·
2015 Carter Lay, American
businessman and philanthropist (b. 1971) ·
2015 Zhang Zhen, Chinese general and politician (b.
1914) ·
2017 Walter Becker,
American musician, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1950) ·
2017 John Ashbery,
American poet (b. 1927) Holidays and observances
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Christian feast day: o Marinus o Remaclus o Prudence Crandall (Episcopal Church (USA)) o September 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
China's victory over Japan commemoration related
observances: o Armed Forces Day (Republic of China) o V-J Day (People's Republic of China) ·
Feast of San Marino and the Republic, celebrates
the foundation of the Republic of San Marino in 301. ·
Independence Day,
celebrates the second independence of Qatar from the
United Kingdom in 1971. ·
Merchant Navy Remembrance Day (Canada) ·
Merchant Navy Day (United Kingdom) ·
National Welsh Rarebit Day (United States) ·
Tokehega Day (Tokelau, New Zealand) |
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