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Contents

 1Events
 o 1.1Pre-1600
o 1.21601-1900
o 1.31901-present
 2Births
o 2.1Pre-1600
o 2.21601-1900
o 2.31901-present
 3Deaths
o 3.1Pre-1600
o 3.21601-1900
o 3.31901-present
 4Holidays and observances
 5References
 6External links

Events[edit]
Pre-1600[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]
1601-1900[edit]

 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.
 1745 – Jacobite rising of 1745: Bonnie Prince
Charles beats British government army in the Battle
of Prestonpans.[2]
 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 powered, passenger-carrying
airship, the Giffard dirigible, 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.
1901-present[edit]

 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.[3]
 1957 – President Eisenhower sends the 101st
Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to
enforce desegregation.
 1959 – TAI Flight 307 crashes during takeoff
from Bordeaux–Mérignac
Airport in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France,
killing 55 people.[4]
 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. [5]
 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]
Pre-1600[edit]

 15 – Vitellius, Roman emperor (d. 69)[6]

 936 – 'Adud al-Dawla, Buyid king (d. 983)
 1301 – Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford,
English soldier (d. 1372)[7]
 1418 – Anne of Cyprus, Duchess of Savoy
(probable;[8] 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)
1601-1900[edit]

 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)[9]
 1755 – John Marshall, American Continental Army
officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the
United States Supreme Court (d. 1835)
 1761 – F.L.Æ. 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)[10]
 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-present[edit]

 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 author (d.
1998)
 1913 – Herb Jeffries, American singer (d. 2014)
 1914 – Esther Eng, Chinese-American film director
(d. 1970)[11]
 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
printmaker (d. 2021)[12]
 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 (d. 2019)
 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 (d. 2021)
 1944 – Eavan Boland, Irish poet and academic (d.
2020)
 1944 – Sven-Ole Thorsen, Danish bodybuilder and
stuntman
 1944 – Victoria Vetri, Playboy's 1967 Miss
September and 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 – Njål Ølnes, 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[13]
 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 Uggè, Italian footballer
 1991 – Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer
 1993 – Ben Platt, American actor
 1997 – Tosin Adarabioyo, English footballer

Deaths[edit]
Pre-1600[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)[14]
 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
1601-1900[edit]

 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)
1901-present[edit]

 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 Togoïmi, 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 Kõiv, 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)[15]

Holidays and observances[edit]

 Armed Forces Day (Peru)
 Christian feast day:
o Anathalon (in Brescia)
o Antonio Gonzalez
o Blessed Émilie Gamelin[16] (Canada)
o Gerard of Csanád
o Our Lady of Mercy and its related
observance:
 La Mercè (Barcelona)
o Our Lady of Ransom (Mercedarians)
o Our Lady of Walsingham (Church of
England)
o Pacificus of San Severino
o Rupert of Salzburg
o September 24 (Eastern Orthodox
liturgics).
 Constitution Day (Cambodia)
 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)

References[edit]
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of History. Book Sales. p.  279. ISBN 9780785835530.
2. ^ Campsie, Alison (24 April 2019). "New battlefield centre to
mark Jacobite victory at Prestonpans".  The Scotsman.
Retrieved 22 September  2019.
3. ^ Field, Robert (Fall 2008).  "Revisiting the 1950 Great Smoke
Pall"  (PDF).  Canadian Smoke Newsletter: 13–16. Archived
from  the original  (PDF)  on 2009-04-04. Retrieved  7
March  2020.
4. ^ Ranter, Harro.  "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-7C F-
BIAP Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD)".  aviation-
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(DUR)". aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network.
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Taylor and Walton. 1849. p.  1273.
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Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware,
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Ardent Media. p.  10.
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British hymns, with biographical sketches of the hymn writers,
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12. ^ "Dame Elizabeth Blackadder obituary". The Guardian. 25
August 2021. Retrieved  25 August 2021.
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Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original  on 18 April
2020. Retrieved  17 April 2020.
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15. ^ "Dean Jones, ODI batting pioneer, dies aged
59".  www.espncricinfo.com. Retrieved  2020-09-26.
16. ^ https://www.cccb.ca/wp-
content/uploads/2017/11/Blessed_Emilie_Tavernier_Gamelin-
EN.pdf

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