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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020 September
September 8 is the 251st day of the
year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 114 days remain until the end
of the year. Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events
·
617 – Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army,
opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the
eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty. ·
1100 –
Election of Antipope Theodoric. ·
1198 – Philip of Swabia,
Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans) ·
1253 – Pope Innocent IV canonises Stanislaus of Szczepanów, killed by king Bolesław II. ·
1264 –
The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and
personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction
over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Bolesław the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland. ·
1276 – Pope John XXI is
chosen. ·
1331 – Stefan Dušan declares
himself king of Serbia. ·
1380 – Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces defeat a mixed
army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance. ·
1504 –
Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence. ·
1514 – Battle of Orsha: In
one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the
Russian army. ·
1522 – Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation: Victoria arrives
at Seville, technically completing the first circumnavigation. ·
1565 – St. Augustine, Florida is founded by Spanish
admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. ·
1565 – The Knights of Malta lift
the Ottoman siege of Malta that began on May 18. ·
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. ·
1727 –
A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78
people, many of whom are children. ·
1755 – French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George. ·
1756 –
French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition. ·
1761 –
Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to
Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. ·
1775 –
The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta. ·
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. ·
1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote. ·
1796 –
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian
troops at Bassano del Grappa. ·
1810 –
The Tonquin sets
sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly
created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a
six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the
mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town
of Astoria,
Oregon. ·
1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King
and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ·
1831 – November uprising: The Battle of Warsaw effectively ends the Polish
insurrection. ·
1860 –
The steamship PS Lady Elgin sinks
on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives. ·
1862 – Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in
Novgorod. ·
1863 – American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate
force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas. ·
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. ·
1888 – Isaac Peral's submarine is
first tested. ·
1888 – In London, the body of Jack the
Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is
found. ·
1888 – In England, the first six Football League matches are played. ·
1892 –
The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited. ·
1900 – Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits
Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people. ·
1905 –
The 7.2 Mw Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with
a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme),
killing between 557 and 2,500 people. ·
1914 – World War I:
Private Thomas
Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for
desertion during the war. ·
1916 –
In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch
riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los
Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles. ·
1921 – Margaret Gorman, a
16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant
officials later dubbed her the first Miss America. ·
1923 – Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run
aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors
killed. ·
1925 – Rif War: Spanish
forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under
Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco. ·
1926 – Germany is
admitted to the League of Nations. ·
1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent
tape. ·
1933 – Ghazi bin Faisal became
King of Iraq. ·
1934 –
Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 137 people. ·
1935 –
US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is
fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building. ·
1941 – World War II: German
forces begin the Siege of Leningrad. ·
1943 –
World War II: The Armistice of Cassibile is proclaimed by
radio. OB Süd immediately
implements plans to disarm the Italian forces. ·
1944 –
World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for
the first time. ·
1945 –
The division of Korea begins when 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. ·
1946 –
The referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria. ·
1952 –
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its
first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang. ·
1954 –
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is
established. ·
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). ·
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, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star. ·
1966 –
The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired
episode, "The Man Trap". ·
1970 – Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes
during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City,
killing all 11 aboard.[1] ·
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. ·
1974 – Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs
the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon
may have committed while in office. ·
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". He is given a general
discharge, later upgraded to honorable. ·
1978 – Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against
protesters in Tehran, results in 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end
of the monarchy in Iran. ·
1988 –
Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due
to ongoing fires. ·
1989 – Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea,
killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane
vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been
fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade. ·
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. ·
2004 –
NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute
fails to open. ·
2005 –
Two Ilyushin
Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM 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. ·
2016 –
NASA launches OSIRIS-REx,
its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe will visit 101955 Bennu and
is expected to return with samples in 2023. Births
·
685 – Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (d. 762) ·
801 – Ansgar, German
archbishop and saint (d. 865) ·
828 – Ali al-Hadi, Hijazi
(Western Arabian), 10th
of the Twelve Imams (d. 868) ·
1157 – Richard I of England (d. 1199) ·
1209 – Sancho II of Portugal (d. 1248) ·
1271 – Charles Martel of Anjou (d. 1295) ·
1380 – Bernardino of Siena, Italian priest, missionary,
and saint (d. 1444) ·
1413 – Catherine of Bologna, Italian nun and saint (d.
1463)[2] ·
1442 – John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English
commander and politician, Lord Great Chamberlain of England (d. 1513) ·
1462 – Henry Medwall, first
known English vernacular dramatist (d. 1501) ·
1474 – Ludovico Ariosto,
Italian playwright and poet (d. 1533) ·
1515 – Alfonso Salmeron,
Spanish priest and scholar (d. 1585) ·
1588 – Marin Mersenne,
French mathematician, philosopher, and theologian (d. 1648) ·
1593 – Toyotomi Hideyori, Japanese nobleman (d. 1615) ·
1611 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and
critic (d. 1671) ·
1621 – Louis, Grand Condé, French general (d. 1686) ·
1633 – Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (d. 1654) ·
1672 – Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d.
1703) ·
1698 – François Francoeur, French violinist and composer
(d. 1787) ·
1742 – Ozias Humphry,
English painter and academic (d. 1810)[3] ·
1749 – Yolande de Polastron, French educator (d. 1793) ·
1750 – Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the
4th Yokozuna (d.
1795) ·
1752 – Carl Stenborg,
Swedish opera singer, actor, and director (d. 1813) ·
1767 – August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet and critic (d.
1845) ·
1774 – Anne Catherine Emmerich, German nun and mystic (d.
1824) ·
1779 – Mustafa IV, Ottoman
sultan (d. 1808) ·
1783 – N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and
author (d. 1872) ·
1804 – Eduard Mörike,
German pastor, poet, and academic (d. 1875) ·
1814 – Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French
archaeologist, ethnographer, and historian (d. 1874) ·
1815 – Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian soprano and educator
(d. 1897) ·
1822 – Karl von Ditmar,
German geologist and explorer (d. 1892) ·
1824 – Jaime Nunó,
Spanish-American composer, conductor, and director (d. 1908) ·
1828 – Joshua Chamberlain, American general and
politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (d. 1914) ·
1828 – Clarence Cook,
American author and critic (d. 1900) ·
1830 – Frédéric Mistral, French poet and
lexicographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914) ·
1831 – Wilhelm Raabe,
German author and painter (d. 1910) ·
1841 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer and academic
(d. 1904) ·
1846 – Paul Chater,
Indian-Hong Kong businessman and politician (d. 1926) ·
1851 – John Jenkins, American-Australian businessman and
politician, 22nd Premier of South Australia (d. 1923) ·
1852 – Gojong of Korea (d.
1919) ·
1857 – Georg Michaelis,
German academic and politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936) ·
1863 – Mary of the Divine Heart, German nun and saint (d.
1899) ·
1863 – W.W. Jacobs, English
novelist and short story writer (d. 1943) ·
1867 – Alexander Parvus,
Belarusian-German theoretician and activist (d. 1924) ·
1868 – Seth Weeks, American
mandolin player, composer, and bandleader (d. 1953) ·
1869 – José María Pino Suárez, Mexican politician, Vice President of Mexico, murdered in a military
coup (d. 1913) ·
1871 – Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and
philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Carriage Company (d. 1972) ·
1872 – James William McCarthy, American judge (d. 1939) ·
1873 – Alfred Jarry, French
author and playwright (d. 1907) ·
1873 – David O. McKay,
American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970) ·
1876 – Inez Knight Allen, Mormon missionary and Utah
politician (d. 1937) ·
1881 – Harry Hillman,
American runner and hurdler (d. 1945) ·
1881 – Refik Saydam,
Turkish physician and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1942) ·
1884 – Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (d. 1921) ·
1886 – Siegfried Sassoon, English captain, journalist, and
poet (d. 1967) ·
1886 – Ninon Vallin, French
soprano and actress (d. 1961) ·
1889 – Robert A. Taft,
American lawyer and politician (d. 1953) ·
1894 – John Samuel Bourque, Canadian soldier and
politician (d. 1974) ·
1894 – Willem Pijper, Dutch
composer and critic (d. 1947) ·
1896 – Howard Dietz,
American publicist and songwriter (d. 1983) ·
1897 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and
guitarist (d. 1933) ·
1900 – Tilly Devine,
English-Australian organised crime boss (d. 1970) ·
1900 – Claude Pepper,
American lawyer and politician (d. 1989) ·
1901 – Hendrik Verwoerd,
Dutch-South African journalist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1966) ·
1903 – Jane Arbor, English
author (d. 1994) ·
1906 – Andrei Kirilenko, Russian engineer and politician
(d. 1990) ·
1907 – William Wentworth, Australian economist
and politician, 11th Australian Minister for Human Services (d.
2003) ·
1909 – Józef Noji, Polish
runner (d. 1943) ·
1910 – Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d.
1994) ·
1914 –
Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (d. 1991) ·
1914 – Denys Lasdun,
English architect, designed the Royal National Theatre (d. 2001) ·
1915 – N. V. M. Gonzalez, Filipino novelist, poet, and
writer (d. 1999) ·
1917 – Jan Sedivka,
Czech-Australian violinist and educator (d. 2009) ·
1918 – Derek Barton,
English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998) ·
1919 – Gianni Brera,
Italian journalist and author (d. 1992) ·
1919 – Maria Lassnig,
Austrian painter and academic (d. 2014) ·
1921 – Harry Secombe,
Welsh-English actor (d. 2001) ·
1921 – Dinko Šakić,
Croatian concentration camp commander (d. 2008)[4] ·
1922 – Sid Caesar, American
comic actor and writer (d. 2014) ·
1922 – Lyndon LaRouche,
American politician and activist, founded the LaRouche movement (d. 2019) ·
1923 – Rasul Gamzatov,
Russian poet (d. 2003) ·
1923 – Wilbur Ware,
American double-bassist (d. 1979) ·
1924 – Wendell H. Ford,
American lieutenant and politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (d. 2015) ·
1924 – Marie-Claire Kirkland, American-Canadian lawyer,
judge, and politician (d. 2016) ·
1924 – Grace Metalious,
American author (d. 1964) ·
1924 – Mimi Parent,
Canadian-Swiss painter (d. 2005) ·
1925 – Jacqueline Ceballos, American activist, founded
the Veteran Feminists of America ·
1925 – Peter Sellers,
English actor and comedian (d. 1980) ·
1926 – Bhupen Hazarika,
Indian singer-songwriter, poet, and director (d. 2011) ·
1927 – Harlan Howard,
American songwriter (d. 2002) ·
1927 – Robert L. Rock,
American soldier and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (d. 2013) ·
1927 – Marguerite Frank,
American-French mathematician ·
1929 – Christoph von Dohnányi, German conductor ·
1930 – Nguyễn Cao Kỳ,
Vietnamese general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d.
2011) ·
1931 – Marion Brown,
American saxophonist and composer (d. 2010) ·
1931 – John Garrett, English soldier and politician (d.
2007) ·
1932 – Patsy Cline,
American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1963) ·
1933 – Asha Bhosle, Indian
singer [5] ·
1933 – Michael Frayn,
English author and playwright ·
1933 – Jeffrey Koo Sr.,
Taiwanese banker and businessman (d. 2012) ·
1933 – Eric Salzman,
American composer, producer, and critic (d. 2017) ·
1933 – Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player and
coach (d. 1999) ·
1934 – Rodrigue Biron,
Canadian politician ·
1934 – Ross Brown, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2014) ·
1934 – Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and
conductor (d. 2016) ·
1934 – Bernard Donoughue, Baron Donoughue, English
academic and politician ·
1936 – Roy Newman, English
admiral ·
1937 – Edna Adan Ismail, Somaliland politician
and activist[6] ·
1937 – Barbara Frum,
American-Canadian journalist (d. 1992) ·
1937 – Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (d.
1998) ·
1938 – Adrian Cronauer,
American sergeant and radio host (d. 2018) ·
1938 – Kenichi Horie,
Japanese sailor ·
1938 – Sam Nunn, American
lawyer and politician ·
1939 – Carsten Keller,
German field hockey player and coach ·
1939 – Guitar Shorty,
American singer and guitarist ·
1940 – Quentin L. Cook,
American religious leader ·
1940 – Jerzy Robert Nowak, Polish historian and journalist ·
1940 – Jack Prelutsky,
American author and poet ·
1941 – Bernie Sanders,
American politician ·
1942 – Brian Cole, American
bass player (d. 1972) ·
1942 – Judith Hann, English
journalist and author ·
1942 – Sal Valentino,
American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1943 – Adelaide C. Eckardt, American academic and
politician ·
1944 – Peter Bellamy,
English singer-songwriter (d. 1991) ·
1944 – Margaret Hodge,
English economist and politician ·
1944 – Terry Jenner,
Australian cricketer and coach (d. 2011) ·
1945 – Lem Barney, American
football player ·
1945 – Kelly Groucutt,
English bass player (d. 2009) ·
1945 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American
singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 1973) ·
1945 – Vinko Puljić,
Croatian cardinal ·
1945 – Rogie Vachon,
Canadian ice hockey player and coach ·
1946 – L. C. Greenwood,
American football player (d. 2013) ·
1946 – Aziz Sancar,
Turkish-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ·
1946 – Wong Kan Seng,
Singaporean business executive, former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore[7] ·
1947 – Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist and conductor ·
1947 – Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic accountant and
politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 2015) ·
1947 – Ann Beattie,
American novelist and short story writer ·
1947 – Benjamin Orr,
American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2000) ·
1947 – Marianne Wiggins,
American author ·
1948 – Great Kabuki, Japanese
wrestler ·
1948 – Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971) ·
1949 – Edward Hinds,
English physicist and academic ·
1950 – Ian Davidson, Scottish lawyer and politician ·
1950 – Zachary Richard,
American singer-songwriter and poet ·
1950 – Mike Simpson,
American dentist and politician ·
1951 – Tim Gullikson,
American tennis player and coach (d. 1996) ·
1951 – Tom Gullikson,
American tennis player and coach ·
1951 – John McDonnell,
English politician ·
1951 – Dezső Ránki,
Hungarian pianist ·
1952 – Will Lee, American bass player ·
1952 – Geoff Miller,
English cricketer ·
1952 – Graham Mourie, New
Zealand rugby player ·
1953 – Pascal Greggory,
French actor ·
1953 – Stein-Erik Olsen,
Norwegian guitarist ·
1954 – Mark Lindsay Chapman, English actor ·
1954 – Ruby Bridges,
American civil rights activist ·
1954 – Michael Shermer,
American historian, author, and academic, founded The Skeptics Society ·
1955 – David O'Halloran, Australian footballer (d. 2013) ·
1955 – Terry Tempest Williams, American environmentalist
and author ·
1956 – Mick Brown, American drummer ·
1956 – David Carr, American journalist and author (d.
2015) ·
1956 – Maurice Cheeks,
American basketball player and coach ·
1956 – Stefan Johansson,
Swedish race car driver ·
1957 – Walt Easley,
American football player (d. 2013) ·
1958 – Bart Batten,
American wrestler ·
1958 – Brad Batten,
American wrestler (d. 2014) ·
1958 – Michael Lardie,
American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer ·
1960 – Aimee Mann, American
singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress ·
1960 – David Steele, English bass player and songwriter ·
1960 – Aguri Suzuki,
Japanese race car driver ·
1961 – Timothy Well,
American wrestler (d. 2017) ·
1963 – Alexandros Alexiou, Greek footballer ·
1963 – Daniel Wolpert,
American scientist ·
1964 – Michael Johns, American businessman and political
activist ·
1964 – Joachim Nielsen,
Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000) ·
1964 – Raven, American
wrestler ·
1965 – Darlene Zschech,
Australian singer-songwriter and pastor ·
1965 – Tutilo Burger,
German Benedictine monk and abbot ·
1966 – Peter Furler,
Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ·
1967 – Eerik-Niiles Kross, Estonian politician and
diplomat ·
1967 – James Packer,
Australian businessman ·
1967 – Kimberly Peirce,
American director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1968 – Wolfram Klein,
German footballer ·
1968 – Ray Wilson, Scottish singer-songwriter and
guitarist ·
1969 – Lars Bohinen,
Norwegian footballer and manager ·
1969 – Oswaldo Ibarra,
Ecuadorian footballer ·
1969 – Chris Powell,
English footballer and manager ·
1969 – Gary Speed, Welsh
footballer and manager (d. 2011) ·
1970 – Neko Case, American
singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1970 – Paul DiPietro,
Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player ·
1970 – Nidal Malik Hasan, American soldier, psychiatrist,
and mass murderer ·
1970 – Latrell Sprewell,
American basketball player ·
1970 – Lodi, American
wrestler ·
1970 – Andy Ward, Irish rugby player and coach ·
1970 – John Welborn,
Australian rugby player ·
1971 – David Arquette,
American actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and wrestler ·
1971 – Martin Freeman,
English actor ·
1971 – Lachlan Murdoch,
English-Australian businessman ·
1971 – Dustin O'Halloran, American pianist and composer ·
1971 – Daniel Petrov,
Bulgarian boxer ·
1971 – Pierre Sévigny, Canadian ice hockey player and
coach ·
1972 – Markus Babbel,
German footballer and manager ·
1972 – Os du Randt, South
African rugby player and coach ·
1972 – Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, American radio and
television host ·
1973 – Khamis Al-Dosari,
Saudi Arabian footballer (d. 2020) ·
1973 – Gabrial McNair,
American saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer ·
1973 – Troy Sanders,
American singer-songwriter and bass player ·
1973 – Matteo Strukul,
Italian writer and journalist ·
1974 – Marios Agathokleous, Cypriot footballer ·
1974 – Tanaz Eshaghian,
Iranian-American director and producer ·
1974 – Braulio Luna,
Mexican footballer ·
1974 – Rick Michaels,
American wrestler ·
1975 – Lee Eul-yong, South
Korean footballer and manager ·
1975 – Richard Hughes, English drummer ·
1975 – Chris Latham, Australian rugby player ·
1975 – Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player ·
1975 – Larenz Tate,
American actor, director, and producer ·
1976 – Gerald Drummond,
Costa Rican footballer ·
1976 – Jervis Drummond,
Costa Rican footballer ·
1976 – Sjeng Schalken,
Dutch tennis player ·
1977 – Jay McKee, Canadian
ice hockey player and coach ·
1978 – Gerard Autet,
Spanish footballer and manager ·
1978 – Emanuele Ferraro,
Italian footballer ·
1978 – Gil Meche, American
baseball player ·
1978 – Angela Rawlings,
Canadian-American author and poet ·
1978 – Rebel, American
wrestler ·
1979 – Pink, American
singer-songwriter, producer, and actress ·
1981 – Kate Abdo, English
journalist ·
1981 – Selim Benachour,
Tunisian footballer ·
1981 – Māris Ļaksa,
Latvian basketball player ·
1981 – Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer ·
1981 – Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor ·
1982 – Travis Daniels,
American football player ·
1983 – Kate Beaton,
Canadian cartoonist ·
1983 – Diego Benaglio,
Swiss footballer ·
1983 – Will Blalock,
American basketball player ·
1983 – Chris Judd,
Australian footballer ·
1983 – Wali Lundy, American
football player ·
1983 – Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Australian footballer ·
1983 – Sarah Stup, American
writer and autism activist[8][9] ·
1984 – Bobby Parnell,
American baseball player ·
1984 – Vitaly Petrov,
Russian race car driver ·
1984 – Jürgen Säumel,
Austrian footballer ·
1984 – Tiago Treichel,
Brazilian footballer ·
1984 – Peter Whittingham, English footballer ·
1985 – Tomasz Jodłowiec, Polish footballer ·
1986 – Brett Anderson, Australian rugby league player ·
1986 – Carlos Bacca,
Colombian footballer ·
1986 – Matt Grothe,
American football player ·
1986 – Dan Hunt, Australian
rugby league player ·
1986 – Joăo Moutinho,
Portuguese footballer ·
1986 – Kirill Nababkin,
Russian footballer ·
1987 – Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian skier ·
1987 – Danielle Frenkel,
Israeli high jumper ·
1987 – Wiz Khalifa, Haitian
rapper and actor ·
1987 – Illya Marchenko,
Ukrainian tennis player ·
1987 – Marcel Nguyen,
German gymnast ·
1988 – Arrelious Benn,
American football player ·
1988 – Chantal Jones,
American model and actress ·
1988 – Rie Kaneto, Japanese
swimmer ·
1989 – Gylfi Sigurđsson, Icelandic footballer ·
1989 – Avicii, Swedish
electronic musician (d. 2018) ·
1990 – Matt Barkley,
American football player ·
1990 – Tokelo Rantie, South
African footballer ·
1990 – Musa Nizam, Turkish
footballer ·
1990 – Jos Buttler, English
cricketer ·
1991 – Ignacio González, Mexican footballer ·
1991 – Joe Sugg, British
vlogger ·
1992 – Nino Niederreiter, Swiss ice hockey player ·
1992 – Kilian Pruschke,
German footballer ·
1993 – Will Bosisto,
Australian cricketer ·
1993 – Yoshikazu Fujita,
Japanese rugby union player[10] ·
1994 – Marco Benassi,
Italian footballer ·
1994 – Cameron Dallas,
American Internet personality ·
1995 – Ellie Black,
Canadian gymnast[11] ·
1998 – Matheus Leist,
Brazilian race car driver ·
2000 – Brennan Malone,
American baseball pitcher Deaths
·
394 – Arbogast, Frankish general ·
701 – Pope Sergius I (b.
650) ·
780 – Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (b. 750) ·
869 – Ahmad ibn Isra'il al-Anbari, Muslim vizier ·
1100 – Antipope Clement III (b. 1029) ·
1306 – Sir Simon Fraser, Scottish knight, hung drawn and
quartered by the English ·
1397 – Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester,
English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1355) ·
1425 – Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361) ·
1539 – John Stokesley,
English bishop (b. 1475) ·
1555 – Saint Thomas of Villanueva, Spanish bishop and
saint(b. 1488) ·
1560 – Amy Robsart, English
noblewoman (b. 1536) ·
1613 – Carlo Gesualdo,
Italian lute player and
composer (b. 1566) ·
1637 – Robert Fludd,
English physician, mathematician, and cosmologist (b. 1574) ·
1644 – John Coke, English
civil servant and politician (b. 1563) ·
1644 – Francis Quarles,
English poet and author (b. 1592) ·
1645 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician
(b. 1580) ·
1656 – Joseph Hall, English bishop (b. 1574) ·
1682 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician
and philosopher (b. 1606) ·
1721 – Michael Brokoff,
Czech sculptor (b. 1686) ·
1755 – Ephraim Williams,
American soldier and philanthropist (b. 1715) ·
1761 – Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French mathematician and
engineer (b. 1698) ·
1780 – Enoch Poor, American
general (b. 1736) ·
1784 – Ann Lee,
English-American religious leader (b. 1736) ·
1811 – Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist
(b. 1741) ·
1831 – John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (b. 1745) ·
1853 – Frédéric
Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813) ·
1882 – Joseph Liouville,
French mathematician and academic (b. 1809) ·
1916 – Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and
conductor (b. 1836) ·
1894 – Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and
physicist (b. 1821) ·
1909 – Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853) ·
1933 – Faisal I of Iraq (b.
1883) ·
1935 – Carl Weiss, American
physician (b. 1906) ·
1940 – Hemmo Kallio,
Finnish actor (b. 1863) ·
1942 – Rıza Nur,
Turkish surgeon and politician (b. 1879) ·
1943 – Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (b. 1903) ·
1944 – Jan van Gilse, Dutch
composer and conductor (b. 1881) ·
1949 – Richard Strauss,
German composer and manager (b. 1864) ·
1954 – André Derain, French
painter and sculptor (b. 1880) ·
1963 – Maurice Wilks,
English engineer and businessman (d. 1904) ·
1965 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b.
1922)[12] ·
1965 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881) ·
1969 – Bud Collyer,
American game show host (b. 1908) ·
1969 – Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and
activist (b. 1868) ·
1970 – Percy Spencer,
American engineer, invented the microwave oven (b.
1894) ·
1974 – Wolfgang Windgassen, French-German tenor (b. 1914) ·
1977 – Zero Mostel,
American actor and comedian (b. 1915) ·
1980 – Willard Libby,
American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908) ·
1981 – Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher, and
educator (b. 1897) ·
1981 – Roy Wilkins,
American journalist and activist (b. 1901) ·
1981 – Hideki Yukawa,
Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907) ·
1983 – Antonin Magne,
French cyclist (b. 1904) ·
1985 – John Franklin Enders, American virologist and
academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) ·
1990 – Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and
illustrator (b. 1905) ·
1991 – Alex North, American
composer and conductor (b. 1910) ·
1997 – Derek Taylor,
English journalist and author (b. 1932) ·
1999 – Moondog,
American-German singer-songwriter, drummer, and poet (b. 1916) ·
1999 – Michalis Kounelis, Greek violinist (b. 1928) ·
2001 – Bill Ricker,
Canadian entomologist and author (b. 1908) ·
2002 – Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (b. 1968) ·
2003 – Leni Riefenstahl,
German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902) ·
2004 – Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and
screenwriter (b. 1913) ·
2005 – Noel Cantwell, Irish
cricketer, footballer, and manager (b. 1932) ·
2005 – Donald Horne,
Australian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1921) ·
2006 – Hilda Bernstein,
English-South African author and activist (b. 1915) ·
2006 – Peter Brock,
Australian race car driver and sportscaster (b. 1945) ·
2007 – Vincent Serventy,
Australian ornithologist, conservationist, and author (b. 1916) ·
2008 – Ralph Plaisted,
American explorer (b. 1927) ·
2009 – Aage Bohr, Danish
physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922) ·
2009 – Mike Bongiorno,
American-Italian television host (b. 1924) ·
2012 – Ronald Hamowy,
Canadian historian and academic (b. 1937) ·
2012 – Bill Moggridge,
English-American designer, author, and educator, co-founded IDEO (b. 1943) ·
2012 – Thomas Szasz,
Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1920) ·
2013 – Goose Gonsoulin,
American football player (b. 1938) ·
2013 – Don Reichert,
Canadian painter and photographer (b. 1932) ·
2013 – Jean Véronis, French
linguist, computer scientist, and blogger (b. 1955) ·
2014 – Marvin Barnes,
American basketball player (b. 1952) ·
2014 – S. Truett Cathy,
American businessman, founded Chick-fil-A (b.
1921) ·
2014 – Sean O'Haire,
American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kick-boxer (b. 1971) ·
2014 – Magda Olivero,
Italian soprano (b. 1910) ·
2014 – Gerald Wilson,
American trumpet player and composer (b. 1918) ·
2014 – George Zuverink,
American baseball player (b. 1924) ·
2015 – Joaquín
Andújar, Dominican baseball player (b. 1952) ·
2015 – Andrew Kohut,
American political scientist and academic (b. 1942) ·
2015 – Tyler Sash, American
football player (b. 1988) ·
2015 – Joost Zwagerman,
Dutch author and poet (b. 1963) ·
2016 – Hannes Arch,
Austrian race pilot (b. 1967) ·
2016 – Dragiša Pešić, Montenegrin politician,
5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (b. 1954) ·
2016 – Prince Buster,
Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938) ·
2017 – Pierre Bergé, French
businessman (b. 1930) ·
2017 – Blake Heron,
American actor (b. 1982) ·
2017 – Jerry Pournelle,
American author and journalist (b. 1933) ·
2017 – Ljubiša Samardžić, Serbian actor and director
(b. 1936) ·
2017 – Don Williams, American
musician (b. 1939) ·
2018 – Gennadi Gagulia,
Prime Minister of Abkhazia (b. 1948) ·
2018 – Chelsi Smith,
American singer and beauty pageant winner (b. 1973) Holidays and observances
·
Christian Feast Day: o Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (Roman Catholic Church) o Disibod o Nativity of Mary (Roman Catholic Church), (Anglo-Catholicism) § Monti Fest (Mangalorean Catholic) o Our Lady of Good Health of Vailankanni o September 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) o Feast Day of Our Lady of Meritxell (national
holiday in Andorra) ·
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) ·
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) ·
Earliest day on which Grandparents Day (Estonia) can fall, while
September 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in September. (Estonia) ·
Earliest day on which Mid-Autumn Festival can fall, while October 8
is the latest; celebrated on the 15th day in the 8th month of Chinese calendar.
(China, Chinese diaspora) ·
Earliest day on which Turkmen Bakhshi Day can fall, while September
14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in September. (Turkmenistan) ·
Day of the Battle of Borodino (Russia) ·
Feast of 'Izzat –
First day of the tenth month of the Bahá'í
calendar. (Bahá'í Faith) ·
Independence Day, celebrates the independence
of Macedonia from Yugoslavia in
1991. ·
International Literacy Day (International) ·
Martyrs' Day (Afghanistan) (date may fall on
September 9, follows a non-Gregorian calendar) ·
National Day, also the feast of Our Lady of Meritxell (Andorra) ·
Victory Day, also the feast of Our Lady of Victories or il-Vittorja (Malta) In literature
Daniel Defoe published
an pamphlet entitled "A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs.
Veal the Next Day after her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th
of September, 1705", purporting to document the details of the
encounter between the living Mrs. Bargrave and the ghost of her dead neighbor
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