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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020 September
September 24 is the 267th day of the
year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 98 days remain until the end of
the year. Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events[edit]
·
787 – Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at
the church of Hagia Sophia. ·
1568 –
Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John
Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz.[1] ·
1645 –
The Battle of Rowton Heath is a Parliamentarian
victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles. ·
1674 –
Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji. ·
1789 –
The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney
General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the
Supreme Court. ·
1830 –
A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium. ·
1841 –
The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom. ·
1846 – Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey. ·
1852 –
The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard,
travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes. ·
1853 –
Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New
Caledonia in the name of France. ·
1869 –
Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities
of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market. ·
1877 –
The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of
the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion. ·
1890 –
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy. ·
1906 –
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first
National Monument. ·
1906 – Racial tensions exacerbated by
rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial
segregation. ·
1911 – His Majesty's Airship No. 1,
Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden
flight at Barrow-in-Furness. ·
1929 – Jimmy Doolittle performs
the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from
take off to landing is possible. ·
1932 –
Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which
reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed
Classes" (Untouchables). ·
1935 – Earl and Weldon Bascom produce
the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights. ·
1946 – Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong
Kong. ·
1946 – The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on
the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman. ·
1948 –
The Honda Motor Company is
founded. ·
1950 –
The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in
western Canada.[2] ·
1957 –
President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock,
Arkansas, to enforce desegregation. ·
1960 – USS Enterprise, the world's first
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched. ·
1972 – Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu
Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India. ·
1973 – Guinea-Bissau declares
its independence from Portugal. ·
1975 – Southwest Face expedition members
become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its
faces, instead of using a ridge route. ·
1993 –
The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as
king. ·
1996 –
Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the
United Nations. ·
2005 – Hurricane Rita makes
landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana
and extreme southeastern Texas. ·
2007 –
Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the
largest in 20 years. ·
2008 – Thabo Mbeki resigns
as president of South Africa. ·
2009 –
The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global
leaders in attendance. ·
2009 – Airlink Fight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban, South Africa,
killing the captain and injuring the rest of the crew.[3] ·
2013 –
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing
at least 327 people. ·
2014 –
The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian
nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its
first attempt. ·
2015 –
At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Births[edit]
·
AD 15 – Vitellius, Roman
emperor (d. 69)[4] ·
936 – 'Adud al-Dawla,
Buyid king (d. 983) ·
1301 – Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford,
English soldier (d. 1372)[5] ·
1418 – Anne of Cyprus,
Duchess of Savoy (probable;[6] d.
1462) ·
1433 – Shekha of Amarsar, Rajput chieftain (d. 1488) ·
1473 – Georg von Frundsberg, German Knight and landowner
(d. 1528) ·
1501 – Gerolamo Cardano,
Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (d. 1576) ·
1534 – Guru Ram Das,
fourth Sikh Guru (d.
1581) ·
1564 – William Adams, English sailor and navigator (d.
1620) ·
1583 – Albrecht von Wallenstein, Bohemian general (d.
1634) ·
1625 – Johan de Witt, Dutch
mathematician and politician (d. 1672) ·
1667 – Jean-Louis Lully,
French composer (d. 1688) ·
1705 – Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field
marshal (d. 1766) ·
1717 – Horace Walpole,
English historian, author, and politician (d. 1797)[7] ·
1755 – John Marshall,
American Continental Army officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme Court (d. 1835) ·
1761 – F.L.Ć. Kunzen,
German-Danish composer and conductor (d. 1817) ·
1796 – Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor and educator
(d. 1875) ·
1801 – Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian
mathematician and physicist (d. 1862) ·
1802 – Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and
geologist (d. 1868) ·
1812 – Mary Ann Browne,
British poet and writer of musical scores (d. 1845)[8] ·
1817 – Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and
philosopher (d. 1901) ·
1829 – Charles S. West,
American jurist and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (d. 1885) ·
1845 – Nikolai Anderson,
Estonian philologist and author (d. 1905) ·
1858 – Eugene Foss,
American businessman and politician, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1939) ·
1859 – Julius Klengel,
German cellist and composer (d. 1933) ·
1861 – Bhikaiji Cama,
Indian activist (d. 1936) ·
1870 – Georges Claude,
French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting (d.
1960) ·
1871 – Lottie Dod, English
tennis player, golfer, and archer (d. 1960) ·
1872 – Jaan Teemant,
Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th State Elder of Estonia (d. 1941) ·
1873 – María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui,
Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1957) ·
1878 – Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (d.
1947) ·
1880 – Sarah Knauss,
American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever (d. 1999) ·
1882 – Max Decugis, French
tennis player (d. 1978) ·
1883 – Franklin Clarence Mars, American businessman, founded Mars, Incorporated (d. 1934) ·
1883 – Lawson Robertson,
Scottish-American high jumper and coach (d. 1951) ·
1884 – Gustave Garrigou,
French cyclist (d. 1963) ·
1884 – İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and
politician, 2nd President of Turkey (d. 1973) ·
1884 – Hugo Schmeisser,
German weapons designer and engineer (d. 1953) ·
1885 – Artur Lemba,
Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1963) ·
1890 – Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and
manager (d. 1977) ·
1890 – A. P. Herbert,
English author and playwright (d. 1971) ·
1892 – Adélard
Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Québec (d. 1956) ·
1893 – Blind Lemon Jefferson, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist (d. 1929) ·
1894 – Tommy Armour,
Scottish-American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1968) ·
1894 – Billy Bletcher,
American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1979) ·
1895 – André Frédéric Cournand, French physician and
physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988) ·
1896 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short
story writer (d. 1940) ·
1898 – Howard Florey,
Australian pharmacologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968) ·
1898 – Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (d.
1990) ·
1899 – William Dobell,
Australian painter (d. 1970) ·
1900 – Ham Fisher, American
cartoonist (d. 1955) ·
1901 – Alexandra Adler,
Austrian neurologist and psychologist (d.2001) ·
1902 – Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and
politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (d. 1989) ·
1905 – Severo Ochoa,
Spanish–American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993) ·
1906 – Leonard Marsh,
Canadian sociologist and academic (d. 1982) ·
1906 – Józef Nawrot, Polish
footballer (d. 1982) ·
1907 – Ben Oakland,
American pianist, composer, and songwriter (d. 1979) ·
1909 – Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish historian and
architect (d. 1966) ·
1910 – Jean Servais,
Belgian-French actor (d. 1976) ·
1911 – Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet politician (d. 1985) ·
1912 – Robert Lewis Taylor, American soldier and author
(d. 1998) ·
1913 – Herb Jeffries,
American singer (d. 2014) ·
1914 – Esther Eng,
Chinese-American film director (d. 1970)[9] ·
1914 – John Kerr, Australian politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991) ·
1914 – Andrzej Panufnik,
Polish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1991) ·
1916 – Ruth Leach Amonette, American businesswoman and
author (d. 2004) ·
1918 – Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American
theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (d. 1997) ·
1918 – Audra Lindley,
American actress (d. 1997) ·
1920 – Richard Bong,
American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient
(d. 1945) ·
1920 – Jan Carew,
Guyanese-American author, poet, and playwright (d. 2012) ·
1920 – Ovadia Yosef,
Iraqi-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2013) ·
1921 – Jim McKay, American
sportscaster and journalist (d. 2008) ·
1921 – Sheila MacRae,
English-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2014) ·
1922 – Ettore Bastianini, Italian actor and singer (d.
1967) ·
1922 – Bert I. Gordon,
American director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1922 – Theresa Merritt,
American actress and singer (d. 1998) ·
1922 – John Moffatt, English actor and playwright (d.
2012) ·
1923 – Louis Edmonds,
American actor (d. 2001) ·
1923 – Fats Navarro,
American trumpet player and composer (d. 1950) ·
1923 – Raoul Bott,
Hungarian-American mathematician (d. 2005) ·
1924 – Nina Bocharova,
Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2020) ·
1924 – Voula Zouboulaki,
Egyptian-Greek actress (d. 2015) ·
1925 – Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and
academic (d. 2004) ·
1927 – Arthur Malet,
English-American actor and singer (d. 2013) ·
1929 – John Carter, American clarinet player, saxophonist,
and flute player (d. 1991) ·
1930 – Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (d.
1998) ·
1930 – Angelo Muscat,
Maltese-English actor (d. 1977) ·
1930 – Benjamin Romualdez, Filipino politician and
diplomat (d. 2012) ·
1930 – John W. Young, American captain, engineer, and
astronaut (d. 2018) ·
1931 – Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and educator ·
1931 – Cardiss Collins,
American lawyer and politician (d. 2013) ·
1931 – Brian Glanville,
English journalist and author ·
1931 – Anthony Newley,
English singer and actor (d. 1999) ·
1931 – Mike Parkes, English
race car driver (d. 1977) ·
1932 – Miguel Montuori,
Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (d. 1998) ·
1932 – Walter Wallmann,
German politician, Minister-President of Hesse (d. 2013) ·
1933 – Raffaele Farina,
Italian cardinal ·
1933 – Mel Taylor, American
drummer (d. 1996) ·
1934 – Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer and manager ·
1934 – John Brunner, English-Scottish author and
screenwriter (d. 1995) ·
1934 – John Kasmin, English
art dealer ·
1934 – Bernard Nevill,
English painter, designer, and academic ·
1934 – Chick Willis,
American singer and guitarist (d. 2013) ·
1934 – Manfred
Wörner, German politician and diplomat, 7th Secretary General of NATO (d. 1994) ·
1934 – Donald Wrye,
American director, screenwriter and producer (d. 2015) ·
1936 – Sivanthi Adithan,
Indian businessman (d. 2013) ·
1936 – Jim Henson, American
puppeteer, director, producer and screenwriter, created The Muppets (d.
1990) ·
1938 – Steve Douglas, American saxophonist, flute player,
and producer (d. 1993) ·
1939 – Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer
(d. 2014) ·
1939 – Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (d. 2015) ·
1939 – Jacques
Vallée, French ufologist ·
1940 – Yves Navarre, French
author (d. 1994) ·
1941 – John Mackey, American football player (d. 2011) ·
1941 – Linda McCartney,
American singer, photographer, and activist (d. 1998) ·
1942 – Gerry Marsden,
English singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1944 – Eavan Boland, Irish
poet and academic ·
1944 – Sven-Ole Thorsen,
Danish bodybuilder and stuntman ·
1944 – Victoria Vetri,
Playboy's 1967 Miss September & 1968 Playmate of the Year. ·
1945 – Lou Dobbs, American
journalist and author ·
1945 – Carson Van Osten,
American comics creator and musician (d. 2015) ·
1945 – John Rutter, English
composer, conductor, and producer ·
1946 – Jerry Donahue,
American guitarist and producer ·
1946 – Joe Greene, American football player, coach, and
actor ·
1946 – Lars Emil Johansen, Greenlandic educator and
politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greenland ·
1946 – César Pedroso, Cuban
pianist and songwriter ·
1946 – Pat Pocock,
Welsh-English cricketer ·
1946 – María Teresa Ruiz, Chilean astronomer ·
1947 – Stephen Mueller,
American painter (d. 2011) ·
1948 – Phil Hartman,
Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (d. 1998) ·
1948 – Garth Porter, New
Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and producer ·
1949 – Baleka Mbete, South
African politician, Speaker of the National
Assembly of South Africa ·
1949 – Anders Arborelius, Swedish cardinal ·
1950 – Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer, coach, and
sportscaster ·
1950 – John Kessel,
American author, poet, and playwright ·
1950 – Harriet Walter,
English actress ·
1951 – Douglas Kmiec,
American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Malta ·
1952 – Dieter Hochheimer, German footballer and manager ·
1952 – Mark Sandman,
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1999) ·
1954 – Marco Tardelli,
Italian footballer and coach ·
1955 – Riccardo Illy,
Italian businessman and politician, President of Friuli Venezia Giulia ·
1956 – Hubie Brooks,
American baseball player ·
1957 – Wolfgang Wolf,
German footballer and manager ·
1958 – Kevin Sorbo,
American actor and producer ·
1959 – Theo Paphitis,
Cypriot-English businessman ·
1959 – Steve Whitmire,
American puppeteer ·
1960 – Amy Sky, Canadian
singer-songwriter, producer, and actress ·
1961 – Christopher L. Eisgruber, American lawyer and
academic ·
1961 – John Logan, American screenwriter and producer ·
1961 – Luc Picard, Canadian
actor, director, and screenwriter ·
1962 – Ally McCoist,
Scottish footballer and manager ·
1962 – Mike Phelan, English
footballer, coach, and manager ·
1962 – Tim Supple, English
director and producer ·
1962 – Nia Vardalos,
Canadian-American actress and screenwriter ·
1962 – Ilgvars Zalāns, Latvian painter ·
1963 – Michael Potter,
Australian rugby player and coach ·
1963 – Ben Preston, English
journalist ·
1964 – Rafael Palmeiro,
Cuban-American baseball player ·
1964 – Marko Pomerants,
Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior ·
1964 – Ronald van der Kemp, Dutch fashion designer ·
1965 – Robert Irvine,
English chef and television host ·
1965 – Njĺl Řlnes,
Norwegian saxophonist and composer ·
1965 – Sean McNabb,
American singer and bass player ·
1965 – Janet Weiss,
American drummer ·
1966 – Christophe Bouchut, French race car driver ·
1966 – Rajesh Khattar,
Indian voice actor ·
1966 – Bernard Gilkey,
American baseball player ·
1966 – Stefan Molyneux,
Irish-Canadian philosopher, author, and blogger ·
1966 – Michael O. Varhola, American journalist and author ·
1967 – Noreena Hertz,
English economist, author, and academic ·
1969 – Shawn Crahan,
American drummer, songwriter, and producer ·
1969 – Christopher Pincher, English politician ·
1969 – Shamim Sarif,
English author, director, and screenwriter ·
1969 – Paul Ray Smith,
American sergeant, Medal of
Honor recipient (d. 2003) ·
1969 – Megan Ward, American
actress ·
1971 – Michael S. Engel,
American paleontologist and entomologist ·
1971 – Mike Michalowicz,
American businessman and author ·
1971 – Kevin Millar,
American baseball player and sportscaster ·
1971 – Peter Salisbury,
English drummer ·
1972 – Conor Burns, British
politician ·
1972 – Kate Fleetwood,
English actress ·
1973 – Eddie George,
American football player and sportscaster ·
1973 – Gillian Lindsay,
Scottish rower[10] ·
1973 – Rodrick Rhodes,
American basketball player and coach ·
1974 – John McDonald, American baseball player ·
1976 – Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player ·
1976 – Stephanie McMahon, American wrestler and
businesswoman ·
1976 – Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and
singer (d. 2013) ·
1976 – Vahur Vahtramäe,
Estonian footballer ·
1977 – Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer and manager ·
1977 – Casey Rabach,
American football player ·
1978 – Wietse van Alten,
Dutch archer ·
1979 – Fábio Aurélio,
Brazilian footballer ·
1979 – Kim Jong-min, South
Korean singer ·
1980 – Daniele Bennati,
Italian cyclist ·
1980 – Dean Canto,
Australian race car driver ·
1980 – Petri Pasanen,
Finnish footballer ·
1980 – Victoria Pendleton, English cyclist ·
1980 – John Arne Riise,
Norwegian footballer ·
1981 – Ryan Briscoe,
Australian race car driver ·
1981 – Drew Gooden,
American basketball player ·
1982 – Morgan Hamm,
American gymnast ·
1982 – Paul Hamm, American
gymnast ·
1982 – Jeff Karstens,
American baseball player ·
1983 – Liam Finn,
Australian-New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1983 – Randy Foye, American
basketball player ·
1983 – Ben Harris,
Australian rugby league player ·
1984 – Taylor Eigsti,
American pianist and composer ·
1984 – Senzo Meyiwa, South
African footballer (d. 2014) ·
1985 – Eric Adjetey Anang, Ghanaian sculptor and carpenter ·
1985 – Eleanor Catton,
Canadian-New Zealand author ·
1985 – Cameron Price,
Australian news journalist ·
1985 – Jonathan Soriano,
Spanish footballer ·
1987 – Matthew Connolly,
English footballer ·
1987 – Gürhan Gürsoy,
Turkish footballer ·
1988 – Karl Alzner,
Canadian ice hockey player ·
1989 – Pia Wurtzbach,
Filipina actress, model, and Miss Universe 2015 titleholder ·
1991 – Maximiliano Uggč, Italian footballer ·
1991 – Oriol Romeu, Spanish
footballer ·
1993 – Ben Platt, American actor ·
1997 – Tosin Adarabioyo, English
Footballer Deaths[edit]
·
366 – Pope Liberius ·
768 – Pepin the Short,
Frankish king (b. 714) ·
887 – Gao Pian, general of
the Tang Dynasty (b. 821) ·
1054 – Hermann of Reichenau, German composer,
mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1013)[11] ·
1120 – Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072) ·
1143 – Agnes of Germany (b.
1072) ·
1143 – Pope Innocent II ·
1180 – Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1118) ·
1218 – Robert of Knaresborough (b. 1160) ·
1228 – Stefan the First-Crowned, Serbian king (b. 1165) ·
1270 – Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres ·
1275 – Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford,
English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1208) ·
1435 – Isabeau of Bavaria (b. 1370) ·
1459 – Eric of Pomerania, King of Norway, Denmark and
Sweden (b. 1382) ·
1494 – Poliziano, Italian
poet and scholar (b. 1454) ·
1534 – Michael Glinski,
Lithuanian prince (b. c. 1470) ·
1541 – Paracelsus,
German-Swiss physician, botanist, and chemist (b. 1493) ·
1545 – Albert of Mainz,
German cardinal (b. 1490) ·
1562 – Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent, English politician
(b. 1495) ·
1572 – Túpac Amaru, last of
the Incas ·
1605 – Manuel Mendes,
Portuguese composer and educator (b. 1547) ·
1621 – Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish commander (b. 1560) ·
1646 – Duarte Lobo,
Portuguese composer and educator (b. 1565) ·
1655 – Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (b.
1617) ·
1707 – Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet and author (b.
1642) ·
1732 – Emperor Reigen of
Japan (b. 1654) ·
1742 – Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician,
astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1684) ·
1790 – John Keyse Sherwin, English engraver (b. 1751) ·
1802 – Alexander Radishchev, Russian author and critic (b.
1749) ·
1834 – Pedro I of Brazil (b. 1798) ·
1848 – Branwell
Brontë, English painter and poet (b. 1817) ·
1863 – William Debenham,
English businessman, founded Debenhams (b.
1794) ·
1889 – D. H. Hill, American
general and academic (b. 1821) ·
1889 – Charles Leroux,
American balloonist and skydiver (b. 1856) ·
1892 – Patrick Gilmore,
Irish-American soldier and composer (b. 1829) ·
1896 – Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and
politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1818) ·
1904 – Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and
author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860) ·
1929 – Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (b. 1892) ·
1930 – William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and
politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857) ·
1933 – Mike Donlin,
American baseball player and actor (b. 1878) ·
1933 – Alice Muriel Williamson, English author (b. 1869) ·
1936 – József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (b.
1879) ·
1938 – Lev Schnirelmann,
Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1900) ·
1939 – Carl Laemmle,
German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (b. 1867) ·
1939 – Charles Tatham, American fencer (b. 1854) ·
1945 – Hans Geiger, German
physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (b.
1882) ·
1947 – Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author
(b. 1861) ·
1948 – Warren William,
American actor (b. 1894) ·
1950 – Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b.
1863) ·
1962 – Charles Reisner,
American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887) ·
1973 – August Kippasto,
Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (b. 1887) ·
1973 – Josué de
Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (b. 1908) ·
1975 – Earle Cabell,
American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1906) ·
1976 – Philip Gbeho,
Ghanaian composer and educator (b. 1904) ·
1978 – James Bassett, American journalist and author (b.
1912) ·
1978 – Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician
(b. 1897) ·
1980 – Theodor Luts,
Estonian-Brazilian director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1896) ·
1981 – Patsy Kelly, American
actress and dancer (b. 1910) ·
1982 – Sarah Churchill, English actress (b. 1914) ·
1982 – Józef Nawrot,
Polish-English footballer (b. 1906) ·
1984 – Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899) ·
1991 – Dr. Seuss, American
children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (b. 1904) ·
1993 – Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and
guitarist (b. 1957) ·
1993 – Bruno Pontecorvo,
Italian physicist and academic (b. 1913) ·
1994 – Barry Bishop, American mountaineer, photographer,
and scholar (b. 1932) ·
1996 – Zeki Müren, Turkish
singer-songwriter (b. 1931) ·
1998 – Jeff Moss, American
composer and screenwriter (b. 1942) ·
2002 – Youssouf Togoďmi, Chadian politician (b. 1953) ·
2002 – Mike Webster,
American football player (b. 1952) ·
2003 – Rosalie Allen,
American singer and radio host (b. 1924) ·
2003 – Lyle Bettger,
American actor (b. 1915) ·
2004 – Françoise
Sagan, French author and screenwriter (b. 1935) ·
2006 – Michael Ferguson, PIRA volunteer, lawyer, and
politician (b. 1953) ·
2006 – Phil Latulippe,
Canadian soldier and runner (b. 1909) ·
2008 – Oliver Crawford,
American screenwriter and author (b. 1917) ·
2008 – Irene Dailey,
American actress (b. 1920) ·
2008 – Mickey Vernon,
American baseball player and coach (b. 1918) ·
2009 – Nelly Arcan,
Canadian author (b. 1975) ·
2010 – Gennady Yanayev,
Russian engineer and politician, Vice President of the Soviet Union (b.
1937) ·
2012 – Pierre Adam, French
cyclist (b. 1924) ·
2012 – Bruno Bobak,
Polish-Canadian painter and educator (b. 1923) ·
2012 – Pedro Vázquez Colmenares, Mexican lawyer and
politician, Governor of Oaxaca (b. 1934) ·
2013 – Paul Dietzel,
American football player and coach (b. 1924) ·
2013 – Margaret Feilman,
Australian architect and urban planner (b. 1921) ·
2013 – Boris Karvasarsky, Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist
and author (b. 1931) ·
2013 – Anthony Lawrence, English-Hong Kong journalist and
author (b. 1912) ·
2013 – Sagadat Nurmagambetov, Kazakh general and
politician (b. 1924) ·
2013 – Paul Oliver, American football player (b. 1984) ·
2014 – Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire,
English aristocrat, socialite, and author (b. 1920) ·
2014 – Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player
and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (b. 1941) ·
2014 – Madis Kőiv, Estonian
physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1929) ·
2015 – Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (b.
1914) ·
2015 – Wang Zhongshu,
Chinese archaeologist and academic (b. 1925) ·
2016 – Mel Charles, Welsh
footballer (b. 1935) ·
2016 – Vladimir Kuzmichyov, Russian footballer (b. 1979) ·
2016 – Bill Mollison,
Australian researcher, author and biologist (b. 1928) ·
2016 – Bill Nunn, American
actor (b. 1953) ·
2016 – Buckwheat Zydeco,
American accordionist and bandleader (b. 1947) ·
2020 - Dean Jones, Australian Cricketer, coach and
commentator (b. 1961)[12] Holidays and observances[edit]
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Christian feast day: o Our Lady of Mercy and
its related observance: o Our Lady of Ransom (Mercedarians) o Our Lady of Walsingham (Church of England) o September 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics). ·
Earliest day on which Maple Leaf Day can
fall, while September 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Wednesday in
September. (Canada) ·
Heritage Day (South Africa). ·
Independence Day, celebrates the independence
of Guinea-Bissau from
Portugal in 1973. ·
Mahidol Day (Thailand) ·
New Caledonia Day (New Caledonia) ·
Republic Day (Trinidad and Tobago) |
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