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== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
-== Births ==+*[[506]] - The [[bishop]]s of [[Visigoths|Visigothic]] [[Gaul]] meet in the [[Council of Agde]].
-== Deaths ==+*[[1185]] - [[Isaac II Angelus]] kills [[Stephanus Hagiochristophorites]] and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt which deposes [[Andronicus I Comnenus]] and places Isaac on the throne of the [[Byzantine Empire]].
 +*[[1226]] - The [[Roman Catholic]] practice of [[Eucharistic adoration|perpetual adoration]] begins.
 +*[[1297]] - [[Battle of Stirling Bridge]]: [[Scottish People|Scots]] led by [[William Wallace]] defeat the [[England|English]].
 +*[[1541]] - [[Santiago, Chile]], is destroyed by [[Amerindian|indigenous]] warriors, lead by [[Michimalonco|Michimalonko]].
 +*[[1609]] - [[Henry Hudson]] lands on [[Manhattan]] island.
 +* 1609 - Expulsion order announced against the [[Morisco]]s of [[Valencia (autonomous community)|Valencia]]; beginning of the expulsion of all [[Spain]]'s [[Moriscos]].
 +*[[1649]] - [[Siege of Drogheda]] ends: [[Oliver Cromwell]]'s [[England|English]] [[Parliamentarian]] troops take the town and execute its garrison.
 +*[[1683]] - [[Battle of Vienna]].
 +*[[1708]] - [[Charles XII of Sweden]] stops his march to conquer [[Moscow]] outside [[Smolensk]], marking the turning point in the [[Great Northern War]]. The army is defeated nine months later in the [[battle of Poltava]], and the [[Swedish empire]] is no longer a [[major power]].
 +*[[1709]] - [[Battle of Malplaquet]]: [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]], [[Netherlands]] and [[Austria]] fight against [[France]].
 +*[[1714]] - [[Barcelona]] surrenders to [[Spain|Spanish]] and [[France|French]] [[Philip V of Spain|Bourbon]] armies in the [[War of the Spanish Succession]].
 +*[[1773]] - ''[[The Public Advertiser]]'' publishes a satirical [[essay]] titled ''[[s:Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One|Rules By Which A Great Empire May Be Reduced To A Small One]],'' which is written by [[Benjamin Franklin]].
 +*[[1776]] - [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]]-[[United States|American]] peace conference on [[Staten Island, New York|Staten Island]] fails to stop nascent [[American Revolution]].
 +*[[1777]] - [[Battle of Brandywine]] - Major [[American Revolution]]ary war victory for [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] in [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]], [[Pennsylvania]].
 +*[[1786]] - The Beginning of the [[Annapolis Convention (1786)|Annapolis Convention]].
 +*[[1789]] - [[Alexander Hamilton]] is appointed as first [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]].
 +*[[1792]] - [[Hope Diamond]] is stolen along with other crown jewels when six men broke into the house used to store the jewels.
 +*[[1802]] - [[France]] annexed the [[Kingdom of Sardinia|Kingdom of Piedmont]].
 +*[[1814]] - The climax of the [[Battle of Plattsburgh]], a major [[United States|United States]] victory in the [[War of 1812]].
 +*[[1847]] - [[Stephen Foster]]'s most well-known song, ''[[Oh! Susanna]]'', is first performed at a saloon in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]].
 +*[[1857]] - The [[Mountain Meadows Massacre]]: [[Mormon]] settlers and [[Paiute]]s massacre 120 pioneers at [[Mountain Meadows, Utah]].
 +*[[1869]] - Work completed on the [[Wallace Monument]].
 +*[[1888]] - Death of the [[Argentina|Argentine]] [[politician]] [[Domingo Sarmiento]], after whom the [[Latin America]]n [[Teacher's Day]] was chosen.
 +*[[1891]] - The [[Jewish Colonization Association]] is established by [[Baron Maurice de Hirsch]].
 +*[[1893]] - First [[World Parliament of Religions]] conference held.
 +*[[1897]] - After months of pursuit, [[general]]s of [[Menelik II of Ethiopia]] capture [[Gaki Sherocho]], the last king of [[Kingdom of Kaffa|Kaffa]], bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
 +*[[1906]] - [[Mahatma Gandhi]] coins the term [[Satyagraha]] to characterize the [[Non-Violence]] movement in South Africa.
 +*[[1911]] - [[Middle Tennessee State University]] is founded in [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee]], as [[Middle Tennessee Normal School]].
 +*[[1914]] - [[Australia]] invades [[New Britain]], defeating a [[Germany|German]] contingent there.
 +*[[1915]] - The [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] begins [[R5 (SEPTA)|electrified commuter rail]] service between [[Paoli, Pennsylvania|Paoli]] and [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], using overhead AC trolley wires for power.
 +*[[1916]] - The [[Quebec Bridge]]'s central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed ''in toto'' on [[August 29]], [[1907]].
 +*[[1918]] - [[Major League Baseball]]: The [[Boston Red Sox]] win last [[1918 World Series|World Series]] until [[2004 World Series|2004]], starting the "[[Curse of the Bambino]]."
 +*[[1919]] - [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] invade [[Honduras]].
 +*[[1921]] - Motion picture star [[Roscoe Arbuckle|Fatty Arbuckle]] is arrested for rape.
 +*[[1921]] - [[Nahalal]], the first [[moshav]] in [[Israel]], is settled.
 +*[[1922]] - The [[British Mandate of Palestine]] begins.
 +* 1922 - The [[Treaty of Kars]] is ratified in [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]].
 +* 1922 - One of the ''[[Herald Sun]]'' of [[Melbourne, Australia]]'s predecessor papers ''[[The Sun News-Pictorial]]'' is founded.
 +*[[1926]] - An assassination attempt on [[Benito Mussolini]] fails.
 +*[[1931]] - [[Salvatore Maranzano]] is murdered by [[Lucky Luciano|Charles Luciano]]'s hitmen.
 +*[[1932]] - [[Franciszek Zwirko|Franciszek Żwirko]] and [[Stanislaw Wigura|Stanisław Wigura]], [[Poland|Polish]] [[Challenge 1932]] winners, killed in a plane crash as their [[RWD 6]] crashed into the ground during a storm.
 +*[[1940]] - [[George Stibitz]] pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
 +* 1940 - [[World War II]]: Buckingham Palace is damaged during a German air raid.
 +*[[1941]] - Ground broken for the construction of [[The Pentagon]].
 +* 1941 - [[World War II]]: [[U.S. Navy]] ordered to attack [[Germany|German]] U-boats.
 +* 1941 - [[Charles Lindbergh#Outbreak_of_war|Charles Lindberg's Des Moines Speech]] accusing the British, Jews and FDR's administration of pressing for war with Germany.
 +*[[1943]] - [[World War II]]: [[Wehrmacht|German troops]] occupy [[Corsica]] and [[Kosovo]]-[[Metohija]].
 +* 1943 - [[World War II]]: start of the liquidation of the [[Ghetto]]s in [[Minsk]] and [[Lida]] by the [[Nazis]].
 +*[[1944]] - [[World War II]]: the first [[allies|allied]] troops of the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] cross the western border of [[Nazi Germany]].
 +* 1944 - [[World War II]]: [[RAF]] bombing raid on [[Darmstadt]] and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
 +*[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: Liberation of the Japanese-run POW and civilian internee camp at [[Batu Lintang camp|Batu Lintang]], Kuching, [[Sarawak]] on the island of [[Borneo]] by [[9th Division (Australia)|Australian 9th Division]] forces. Over 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, were due to be executed on 15 September.
 +*[[1948]] - [[Henri Queuille]] becomes [[Prime Minister of France]].
 +*[[1955]] - Dedication of the first [[Temple (Latter Day Saints)|Temple]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] in [[Europe]], the [[Bern Switzerland Temple]].
 +*[[1956]] - [[People to People International]] is founded by President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].
 +*[[1959]] - [[Lee Harvey Oswald]] is discharged from the [[United States Marine Corps]].
 +*[[1960]] - [[Young Americans for Freedom]] meeting at home of [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]] promulgates the [[Sharon Statement]].
 +*[[1961]] - Formation of the [[World Wildlife Fund]].
 +* 1961 - [[Hurricane Carla]] strikes the [[Texas]] coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the strongest storm ever to hit the state.
 +*[[1965]] - The [[US 1st Cavalry Division|1st Cavalry Division]] of the [[United States Army]] arrives in [[Vietnam]].
 +*[[1970]] - 88 of the hostages from the [[Dawson's Field hijackings]] are released. The remaining hostages, mostly [[Jews]] or [[Israeli]] citizens, are held until [[September 25]].
 +* 1970 - The [[Ford Pinto]] is introduced.
 +*[[1971]] - The [[Politics of Egypt#Constitution:|Egyptian Constitution]] becomes official.
 +*[[1972]] - [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] ([[BART]]) in [[San Francisco, California]] begins regular service.
 +* 1972 - The [[Closing Ceremony]] of the [[Munich Olympics]] takes place. It was the [[Summer Olympics]] when the [[terrorist attack]] known as the [[Munich Massacre]] happened.
 +*[[1973]] - A [[Chilean coup of 1973|coup]] in [[Chile]] headed by [[General]] [[Augusto Pinochet]] topples the democratically elected [[President]] [[Salvador Allende]][http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB8/nsaebb8.htm]. Pinochet remains in power for almost 17 years.
 +*[[1974]] - [[Eastern Air Lines Flight 212]] crashes in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]], killing 69 passengers and two crew.
 +* 1974 - [[The Stranglers]] formed in [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]].
 +*[[1978]] - [[U.S. President]] [[Jimmy Carter]], President Sadat of [[Egypt]], and Prime Minister Begin of [[Israel]] met at [[Camp David]] and agreed on a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the [[Middle East]].
 +*[[1982]] - The international forces, which were guaranteeing the safety of [[Palestinian]] refugees following [[Israel]]'s [[1982 Invasion of Lebanon]], left [[Beirut]]. Five days later, several thousand refugees were massacred in the [[Sabra and Shatila massacre|Sabra and Shatila refugee camps]].
 +*[[1985]] - [[Baseball]]: [[Pete Rose]] gets his 4,192nd career base hit, breaking [[Ty Cobb]]'s record which stood for over 60 years.
 +*[[1987]] - ''[[CBS]] Evening News'' [[anchor]] [[Dan Rather]], angry over being preempted for a [[tennis]] match, marches off the set, leaving affiliates with six minutes of an empty news desk.
 +* 1987 - Twelve people die in a shoot-out in [[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]]'s church in [[Haiti]].
 +*[[1989]] - The [[iron curtain]] opens between the [[communist]] [[Hungary]] and [[Austria]]. From [[Hungary]] thousands of [[East Germany|East Germans]] throng to [[Austria]] and [[West Germany]].
 +*[[1990]] - [[U.S. President]] [[George H. W. Bush]] delivers a nationally televised speech in which he threatens the use of force to remove [[Iraq]]i soldiers from [[Kuwait]], which [[Iraq]] had recently invaded. He mentions the term "[[New World Order (political)|New World Order]]" in this speech for the first time, which is also named "Towards a New World Order".
 +*[[1992]] - [[Hurricane Iniki]], one of the most damaging [[hurricane]]s in [[United States]] history , devastates the [[Hawaii|State of Hawaii]], especially the islands of [[Kauai]] and [[Oahu]].
 +*[[1994]] - [[Frank Eugene Corder]] steals a [[Cessna]] plane, intending to crash it into the [[White House]].
 +*[[1996]] - [[Union Pacific]] Railroad purchases [[Southern Pacific Railroad]].
 +*[[1997]] - [[NASA]]'s [[Mars Global Surveyor]] reaches [[Mars]].
 +* 1997 - [[Scotland referendum, 1997]] - [[Scotland]] votes to establish a [[Scottish Parliament|devolved parliament]].
 +*[[1998]] - Independent [[counsel]] [[Kenneth Starr]] sends a report to the [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] accusing [[President]] [[Bill Clinton]] of 11 possible impeachable offenses.
 +* 1998 - [[Yevgeny Primakov]] is appointed [[Prime Minister of Russia]].
 +* 1998 - Opening ceremony for the [[1998 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]]. [[Malaysia]] was the first [[Asia|Asian]] country to host the games.
 +*[[1999]] - [[Tennis]]: [[Serena Williams]], 2 weeks short of her 18th birthday, wins her first [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournament when she became [[U.S. Open (tennis)|U.S. Open]] champion, becoming the first [[African American]] woman to win a Grand Slam tournament since [[Althea Gibson]] in [[1958]].
 +*[[2000]] - Activists protest against the [[World Economic Forum]] meeting in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]. See [[S11 (protest)|S11]].
 +[[Image:National Park Service 9-11 Statue of Liberty and WTC fire.jpg|200px|thumb|right|View of the [[WTC]] on fire and the [[Statue of Liberty]]]]
 +*[[2001]] - The [[September 11, 2001 attacks|September 11 attacks]] destroy the [[World Trade Center]] in [[New York City]] and the western wall of [[The Pentagon]] in [[Arlington, Virginia]], and crash a passenger airliner in [[Shanksville, Pennsylvania]]. In total, 2,974 people are killed.
 +*[[2003]] - [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[foreign minister]] [[Anna Lindh]] dies after being assaulted and fatally wounded on [[September 10]].
 +* 2003 - The [[Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety]] enters into effect.
 +*[[2004]] - All passengers are killed when a helicopter crashes in the [[Aegean Sea]]. Passengers include [[Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria]] and 16 others (including journalists and bishops of the [[Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria]]).
 +*[[2005]] - The [[Israel|State of Israel]] completes its [[Israel's unilateral disengagement plan|unilateral disengagement]] from the [[Gaza Strip]].
 +*[[2007]] - The inaugral [[World twenty20]] [[cricket]] tournament starts in [[South Africa]].
 + 
 +==Births==
 +*[[1182]] - [[Minamoto no Yoriie]], Japanese shogun (d. [[1204]])
 +*[[1522]] - [[Ulisse Aldrovandi]], Italian naturalist (d. [[1605]])
 +*[[1524]] - [[Pierre de Ronsard]], French poet (d. [[1585]])
 +*[[1611]] - [[Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne]], Marshal of France (d. [[1675]])
 +*[[1681]] - [[Johann Gottlieb Heineccius]], German jurist (d. [[1741]])
 +*[[1700]] - [[James Thomson (Seasons)|James Thomson]], Scottish poet (d. [[1748]])
 +*[[1711]] - [[William Boyce]], English composer (d. [[1779]])
 +*[[1723]] - [[Johann Bernhard Basedow]], German educational reformer (d. [[1790]])
 +*[[1786]] - [[Friedrich Kuhlau]], German composer (d. [[1832]])
 +*[[1798]] - [[Franz Ernst Neumann]], German mineralogist and physicist (d. [[1895]])
 +*[[1800]] - [[Daniel S. Dickinson]], New York senator (d. [[1866]])
 +*[[1816]] - [[Carl Zeiss]], German lens maker (d. [[1888]])
 +*[[1825]] - [[Eduard Hanslick]], German music critic (d. [[1904]])
 +*[[1836]] - [[Fitz Hugh Ludlow]], American author (d. [[1870]])
 +*[[1838]] - [[John Ireland (archbishop)|John Ireland]], American Catholic archbishop (d. [[1918]])
 +*[[1859]] - [[Vjenceslav Novak]], Croatian writer (d. [[1905]])
 +*[[1860]] - [[Marianne von Werefkin]], Russian-Swiss painter (d. [[1938]])
 +* 1860 - [[James Allan (rugby)|James Allan]], former All Black (d. [[1934]])
 +*[[1862]] - [[O. Henry]], American writer (d. [[1910]])
 +* 1862 - [[Julian Byng]], British army officer (d. [[1935]])
 +*[[1865]] - [[Rainis]], Latvian poet and playwright (d. [[1929]])
 +*[[1877]] - [[James Hopwood Jeans]], Scientist (d. [[1946]])
 +*[[1885]] - [[D.H. Lawrence]], English novelist (d. [[1930]])
 +*[[1892]] - [[Pinto Colvig]], [[Goofy]]'s and [[Pluto]]'s voice (d. [[1967]])
 +*[[1892]] - [[Lucien Buysse]], Belgian cyclist (d. [[1980]])
 +*[[1893]] - [[W. Douglas Hawkes]], British racing driver (d. [[1974]])
 +*[[1899]] - [[Jimmie Davis]], composer (d. [[2000]])
 +* 1899 - [[Philipp Bouhler]], German nazi leader (d. [[1945]])
 +*[[1903]] - [[Theodor Adorno]], German philosopher, composer, and sociologist (d. [[1969]])
 +*[[1911]] - [[Bola de Nieve]], Cuban pianist (d. [[1971 in music|1971]])
 +*[[1913]] - [[Bear Bryant|Paul "Bear" Bryant]], American football coach (d. [[1983]])
 +*[[1914]] - [[Pavle, Patriarch of Serbia|Patriarch Pavle]], Patriarch of Serbian Orthodox Church
 +*[[1917]] - [[Ferdinand Marcos]], [[President of the Philippines]] (d. [[1989]])
 +* 1917 - [[Jessica Mitford]], British writer (d. [[1996]])
 +* 1917 - [[Herbert Lom]], film actor
 +*[[1923]] - [[Dharmsamrat Paramhans Swami Madhavananda]], Hindu guru (d. [[2003]])
 +*[[1924]] - [[Daniel Akaka]] [[Chinese-American]] politician
 +* 1924 - [[Tom Landry]], American football coach (d. [[2000]])
 +* 1924 - [[Rudolf Vrba]], Jewish Canadian professor, Holocaust survivor (d. [[2006]])
 +*[[1925]] - [[Harry Somers]], Canadian composer (d. [[1999]])
 +*[[1926]] - [[Eddie Miksis]], baseball player (d. [[2005]])
 +*[[1927]] - [[G. David Schine]], American businessman (d. [[1996]])
 +* 1927 - [[Vernon Corea]], Sri Lankan broadcaster (d. [[2002]])
 +* 1927 - [[Willie Christine King]], Elder sister of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]
 +*[[1928]] - [[Reubin O'Donovan Askew]], American politician
 +* 1928 - [[Earl Holliman]], American actor
 +*[[1930]] - [[Saleh Selim]], Egyptian football player (d. [[2002]])
 +*[[1932]] - [[Peter Anderson (footballer)|Peter Anderson]], English footballer
 +*[[1933]] - [[William Luther Pierce]], American author and activist (d. [[2002]])
 +*[[1934]] - [[Oliver Jones (pianist)|Oliver Jones]], Canadian jazz pianist
 +* 1934 - [[Norma Croker]], Australian sprinter
 +*[[1935]] - [[Arvo Pärt]], Estonian composer
 +* 1935 - [[Gherman Titov]], second man in space (d. [[2000]])
 +*[[1936]] - [[Ian Abercrombie]], English actor
 +*[[1937]] - [[Iosif Kobzon]], Soviet singer and Russian businessman
 +* 1937 - [[Queen Paola of Belgium|Queen Paola Ruffo di Calabria]] of Belgium
 +* 1937 - [[Robert Crippen]], American astronaut
 +*[[1938]] - [[David Higgins]], British Composer and Conductor
 +*[[1939]] - [[Charles Geschke]], American inventor and businessman
 +*[[1940]] - [[Brian de Palma]], American film director
 +* 1940 - [[Theodore Olson]], [[United States Solicitor General|U.S. Solicitor General]]
 +*[[1942]] - [[Lola Falana]], American singer
 +* 1942 - [[Gerome Ragni]] American Playwright
 +*[[1943]] - [[Mickey Hart]], American drummer ([[Grateful Dead]])
 +* 1943 - [[Raymond Villeneuve]], Canadian terrorist
 +*[[1944]] - [[Everaldo]], Brazilian footballer
 +*[[1945]] - [[Franz Beckenbauer]], German footballer
 +* 1945 - [[Leo Kottke]], American acoustic guitarist
 +* 1945 - [[Felton Perry]], American actor
 +*[[1948]] - [[John Martyn]], English musician
 +*[[1950]] - [[Bruce Doull]], Australian rules footballer
 +* 1950 - [[Amy Madigan]], American actress
 +* 1950 - [[Barry Sheene]], British motorcyclist
 +*[[1951]] - [[Richard D. Gill (mathematician)|Richard D. Gill]], British-Dutch mathematician
 +* 1951 - [[Hugo Porta]], Argentine rugby player
 +*[[1953]] - [[Tommy Shaw]], American musician and singer [[Styx (band)|Styx]]
 +* 1953 - [[Jani Allan]], South African journalist and media personality.
 +*[[1957]] - [[Brad Bird]], American director and animator
 +* 1957 - [[Jeff Sluman]], American professional golfer
 +*[[1958]] - [[Scott Patterson (actor)|Scott Patterson]], American actor
 +* 1958 - [[Roxann Dawson]], American actress
 +*[[1961]] - [[Virginia Madsen]], American actress
 +* 1961 - [[Philip Ardagh]], British writer
 +*[[1962]] - [[Elizabeth Daily]], American actress
 +* 1962 - [[Filip Dewinter]] Belgian politician
 +* 1962 - [[Kristy McNichol]], American actress
 +* 1962 - [[Julio Salinas]], Spanish footballer
 +*[[1963]] - [[Patrick McWilliams|Dr Patrick McWilliams]], Irish author
 +*[[1964]] - [[Ellis Burks]], American baseball player
 +* 1964 - [[Victor Wooten]], American musician
 +*[[1965]] - [[Bashar al-Assad]], President of Syria
 +* 1965 - [[Paul Heyman]], American wrestling manager
 +* 1965 - [[Moby]], American musician
 +* 1965 - [[David Roe]], English snooker player
 +*[[1966]] - [[Princess Akishino]], [[Japanese Imperial Family]]
 +*[[1967]] - [[Maria Bartiromo]], financial broadcast journalist
 +* 1967 - [[Harry Connick, Jr.]], American singer
 +* 1967 - [[Tony David]], Australian darts player
 +*[[1968]] - [[Kay Hanley]], American musician
 +* 1968 - [[Paul Mayeda Berges]], American film writer and director
 +*[[1969]] - [[Eduardo Perez]], American baseball player
 +* 1969 - [[Gidget Gein]], American musician
 +*[[1970]] - [[Chris Garver]], tattoo artist
 +* 1970 - [[Taraji P. Henson]], American actress and singer
 +* 1970 - [[William Joppy]], American boxer
 +* 1970 - [[Ted Leo]], American musician
 +*[[1971]] - [[Richard Ashcroft]], British singer
 +* 1971 - [[Markos Moulitsas]], American blogger and author
 +* 1971 - [[Johnny Vegas]], English comedian
 +*[[1975]] - [[Mark Klepaski]], American musician
 +*[[1976]] - [[Elephant Man]], Jamaican musician
 +* 1976 - [[Tomáš Enge]], Czech racing driver
 +* 1976 - [[Flora Redoumi]], Greek hurdler
 +*[[1977]] - [[Ludacris]], American rapper
 +* 1977 - [[Matthew Stevens]], Welsh snooker player
 +* 1977 - [[Jon Buckland]], British guitarist ([[Coldplay]])
 +* 1977 - [[Becky Lee]], American [[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]] contestant
 +*[[1978]] - [[Ed Reed]], American football player
 +* 1978 - [[Ben Lee]], Australian musician and singer
 +* 1978 - [[Dejan Stanković]], Serbian footballer
 +*[[1979]] - [[Andols Herrick]], American drummer ([[Chimaira]])
 +* 1979 - [[Nathan Gale]], American murderer (d. [[2004]])
 +* 1979 - [[Ariana Richards]], American actress
 +* 1979 - [[Frank Francisco]], [[Major League Baseball]] pitcher
 +* 1979 - [[Steve Hofstetter]], comedian & radio personality
 +* 1979 - [[David Pizarro]], Chilean footballer
 +*[[1980]] - [[Mike Comrie]], Canadian ice hockey player
 +* 1980 - [[Antônio Pizzonia]], Brazilian [[Formula One]] driver
 +*[[1981]] - [[Andrea Dossena]], Italian footballer
 +* 1981 - [[Dylan Klebold]], [[Columbine High School Massacre]] co-perpetrator (d. [[1999]])
 +*[[1982]] - [[Shriya Saran]], South Indian actress
 +*[[1983]] - [[Ike Diogu]], American basketball player
 +* 1983 - [[Jacoby Ellsbury]], American baseball player
 +*[[1985]] - [[Shaun Livingston]], American basketball player
 +* 1985 - [[Zack Stortini]], Canadian ice hockey player
 +*[[1986]] - [[Chiliboy Ralepelle]], South African rugby player
 +* 1986 - [[Dwayne Jarrett]], [[Wide Receiver]] for the [[Carolina Panthers]].
 +*[[1987]] - [[Tyler Hoechlin]], American actor
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 +==Deaths==
 +*[[1161]] - Queen [[Melisende of Jerusalem]] (b. [[1105]])
 +*[[1185]] - [[Stephanus Hagiochristophorites]], Byzantine courtier
 +*[[1279]] - [[Robert Kilwardby]], Archbishop of Canterbury (b. c. [[1215]])
 +*[[1298]] - [[Philip of Artois]], French soldier (b. [[1269]])
 +*[[1349]] - [[Bonne of Luxembourg]], wife of John II of France (b. [[1315]])
 +*[[1599]] - [[Beatrice Cenci]], Italian noblewoman executed for planned fratricide (b. [[1577]])
 +*[[1677]] - [[James Harrington]], English political philosopher (b. [[1611]])
 +*[[1680]] - [[Roger Crab]], English Puritan political writer (b. [[1621]])
 +* 1680 - [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan]] (b. [[1596]])
 +*[[1721]] - [[Rudolf Jakob Camerarius]], German botanist and physician (b. [[1665]])
 +*[[1733]] - [[François Couperin]], French composer (b. [[1668]])
 +*[[1760]] - [[Louis Godin]], French astronomer (b. [[1704]])
 +*[[1822]] - [[Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski]], Polish actor (b. [[1777]])
 +*[[1823]] - [[David Ricardo]], economist (b. [[1772]])
 +*[[1843]] - [[Joseph Nicollet]], mathematician and explorer (b. [[1786]])
 +*[[1851]] - [[Sylvester Graham]], American nutritionist (b. [[1794]])
 +*[[1865]] - [[Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière]], French general (b. [[1806]])
 +*[[1888]] - [[Domingo Faustino Sarmiento]], President of Argentina (b. [[1811]])
 +*[[1896]] - [[Francis James Child]], American ballad collector (b. [[1825]])
 +*[[1911]] - [[Louis Henri Boussenard]], French novelist (b. [[1847]])
 +*[[1915]] - [[William Cornelius Van Horne]], North American railway executive (b. [[1843]])
 +*[[1917]] - [[Georges Guynemer]], French World War I aviator (b. [[1894]])
 +*[[1921]] - [[Subramanya Bharathy]], Tamil poet (b. [[1882]])
 +*[[1926]] - [[Matsunosuke Onoe]], Japanese actor (b. [[1875]])
 +*[[1931]] - [[Salvatore Maranzano]], crime boss (b. [[1868]])
 +*[[1932]] - [[Franciszek Zwirko]] and [[Stanislaw Wigura]], Polish pilots who died in a plane crash (Żwirko b. [[1895]] Wigura b. [[1901]])
 +*[[1939]] - [[Konstantin Korovin]], Russian painter (b. [[1861]])
 +*[[1941]] - [[Christian Rakovsky]], Bulgarian-born socialist revolutionary (b. [[1873]])
 +*[[1948]] - [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], founder of Pakistan (b. [[1876]])
 +*[[1950]] - [[Jan Smuts]], South African soldier and statesman (b. [[1870]])
 +*[[1956]] - [[Billy Bishop]], Canadian pilot in World War I (b. [[1894]])
 +*[[1958]] - [[Robert W. Service]], Scottish-born Canadian poet (b. [[1874]])
 +* 1958 - [[Camillien Houde]], French Canadian politician, mayor of Montreal (b. [[1889]])
 +*[[1966]] - [[C. E. Woolman]], American airline magnate (b. [[1889]])
 +*[[1967]] - [[Tadeusz Żyliński]], Polish technician and textilist (b. [[1904]])
 +*[[1968]] - [[René Cogny]], French General (b. [[1904]])
 +*[[1971]] - [[Nikita Khrushchev|Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev]], Soviet politician and leader (b. [[1894]])
 +*[[1972]] - [[Max Fleischer]], American animator (b. [[1883]])
 +*[[1973]] - [[Salvador Allende]], [[President of Chile]] (b. [[1908]])
 +*[[1974]] - [[Víctor Olea Alegría]], member of the [[Socialist Party (Chile)|Chilean Socialist Party]], "[[forced disappearance|disappeared]]."
 +*[[1978]] - [[Georgi Markov]], Bulgarian dissident (assassinated) (b. [[1929]])
 +* 1978 - [[Janet Parker]], medical photographer, the final victim of smallpox, (b. c. [[1938]])
 +* 1978 - [[Ronnie Peterson]], Swedish F1 driver. Crashed on Monza circuit. (b. [[1944]])
 +*[[1984]] - [[Jerry Voorhis]], American politician (b. [[1901]])
 +*[[1985]] - [[William Alwyn]], English composer (b. [[1905]])
 +* 1985 - [[Andrew C. Thornton II]], Former Lexington, KY narcotics agent turned smuggler (b. [[1945]])
 +*[[1987]] - [[Lorne Greene]], Canadian actor (b. [[1915]])
 +* 1987 - [[Peter Tosh]], Jamaican musician and singer (murdered) (b. [[1944]])
 +*[[1988]] - [[John Sylvester White]], American actor (b. [[1919]])
 +*[[1990]] - [[Myrna Mack]], Guatemalan anthropologist (assassinated) (b. [[1949]])
 +*[[1993]] - [[Erich Leinsdorf]], Austrian conductor (b. [[1912]])
 +* 1993 - [[Antoine Izméry]], Haitian pro-democracy activist (assassinated) (b. unknown)
 +*[[1994]] - [[Jessica Tandy]], American actress (b. [[1909]])
 +* 1994 - [[William Obanhein]], police officer, mentioned in "Alice's Restaurant" (b. [[1924]])
 +*[[1995]] - [[Anita Harding]], neurologist (b. [[1952]])
 +*[[1997]] - [[Camille Henry]], National Hockey League player (b. [[1933]])
 +*[[1998]] - [[Dane Clark]], American actor (b. [[1913]])
 +*[[1999]] - [[Gonzalo Rodriguez]], Uruguayan auto racing driver (b. [[1972]])
 +*[[2001]] - [[Alice Stewart Trillin]], American author (b. [[1938]])
 +* 2001 &ndash; ''see also [[:Category:Victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks]]'':
 +** 2001 - [[Marwan Al-Shehhi]], 9/11 terrorist (b. [[1978]])
 +** 2001 - [[David Angell]], American sitcom creator, passenger on American Airlines Flight 11 (b. [[1946]])
 +** 2001 - [[Mohamed Atta]], 9/11 terrorist (b. [[1968]])
 +** 2001 - [[Garnet Bailey]], NHL player and Los Angeles Kings scout, passenger on United Airlines Flight 175 (b. [[1948]])
 +** 2001 - [[Todd Beamer]], passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (b. 1968)
 +** 2001 - [[Berry Berenson]], widow of actor Anthony Perkins and a passenger on American Airlines flight 11 (b. 1948)
 +** 2001 - [[Mark Bingham]], passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (b. [[1970]])
 +** 2001 - [[Tom Burnett]], businessman and passenger on United Airlines Flight 93, (b. [[1963]])
 +** 2001 - [[Kevin Cosgrove]], worker in the south tower of the world trade center (b. [[1955]])
 +** 2001 - [[Peter J. Ganci, Jr.]], Chief of Department, FDNY (b. [[1946]])
 +** 2001 - [[Hani Hanjour]], 9/11 terrorist (b. [[1972]])
 +** 2001 - [[Ziad Jarrah]], 9/11 terrorist (b. [[1975]])
 +** 2001 - [[Mychal Judge|Father Mychal F. Judge]], Chaplain, FDNY (b. [[1933]])
 +** 2001 - [[Angel L. Juarbe, Jr.]], American firefighter, winner of Murder in Small Town X (b. [[1966]])
 +** 2001 - [[John P. O'Neill]], former FBI agent, and Director of Security at the World Trade Center (b. [[1952]])
 +** 2001 - [[John Ogonowski]], pilot for American Airlines Flight 11 (b. [[1951]])
 +** 2001 - [[Barbara Olson]], American political commentator, passenger on American Airlines Flight 77 (b. 1955)
 +*[[2002]] - [[Kim Hunter]], American actress (b. [[1922]])
 +* 2002 - [[Johnny Unitas]], American football player (b. [[1933]])
 +*[[2003]] - [[Anna Lindh]], Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (assassinated) (b. [[1957]])
 +* 2003 - [[John Ritter]], American actor (b. [[1948]])
 +*[[2004]] - [[Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria]] (helicopter crash) (b. [[1949]])
 +* 2004 - [[Fred Ebb]], American lyricist (b. [[1933]])
 +* 2004 - [[David Mann (painter)|David Mann]], U.S. artist (emphysema) (b. [[1939]])
 +*[[2005]] - [[Chris Schenkel]], American sportscaster (b. [[1923]])
 +*[[2006]] - [[William Auld]], Scottish poet, writer and supporter of Esperanto (b. [[1924]])
 +* 2006 - [[Pat Corley]], American actor (b. [[1930]])
 +* 2006 - [[Joachim Fest]], German journalist and author (b. [[1926]])
 +* 2006 - [[Johannes Bob van Benthem]], Dutch lawyer, first president of the European Patent Office (b. [[1921]])
== Notes == == Notes ==
# [[Daniel Wildenstein]] # [[Daniel Wildenstein]]

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