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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *[[AD 38|38]] – [[Julia Drusilla|Drusilla]], [[Caligula]]'s sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified.<ref>{{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Legrand|title=Chronicle of the World|publisher=Ecam Publication|year=1989|page=210|isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> *[[1122]] – [[Pope Callixtus II]] and Holy Roman Emperor [[Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry V]] agree to the [[Concordat of Worms]] to put an end to the [[Investiture Controversy]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Stroll|first=Mary|title=Callixtus II (1119–1124): A Pope Born to Rule|location=Leiden|publisher=Brill|date=2004|isbn=9789004139879|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5IZSEAAAQBAJ|page=389}}</ref> *[[1338]] – The [[Battle of Arnemuiden]], in which a French force defeats the English, is the first naval battle of the [[Hundred Years' War]] and the first naval battle in which gunpowder artillery is used.<ref name="Castex">{{cite book |first=Jean-Claude |last=Castex |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U9tChhhw62AC&q=%2223+septembre+1338%22+%22bataille+navale%22&pg=PA18 |title=Dictionnaire des batailles navales franco-anglaises |publisher=Presses de l'Université Laval |year=2004 |page=21|isbn=9782763780610 }}</ref> *[[1409]] – The [[Battle of Kherlen]] is the second significant victory over Ming dynasty China by the Mongols since 1368. *[[1459]] – The [[Battle of Blore Heath]], the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is won by the Yorkists.<ref>Edward Hall. ''The Union of The Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke'' (1548; reprinted as ''Hall's Chronicle'' 1809; quoted in English Heritage Battlefield Report: Blore Heath 1459)</ref> *[[1561]] – King [[Philip II of Spain]] issues [[Cedula de identidad|cedula]], ordering a halt to colonizing efforts in Florida.<ref>{{cite book|first=Clifton|last=Daniel|title=Chronicle of America|publisher=Chronicle publication|year=1989|page=31|isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1642]] – [[First English Civil War]]: The [[Battle of Powick Bridge]], the first engagement between the primary field armies of the [[Cavalier|Royalists]] and the [[Roundheads|Parliamentarians]], ended in a Royalist victory.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gaunt|first=Peter|title=The English Civil War: A Military History|location=London|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|year=2019|isbn=9781350143517|pages=69–71}}</ref> *[[1779]] – [[American Revolution]]: [[John Paul Jones]], naval commander of the United States, on board the {{USS|Bonhomme Richard|1765|6}}, wins the [[Battle of Flamborough Head]].<ref>{{Citation| last = Thomas| first = Ewan| title = John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy| page = 170| year = 2010| publisher = Simon and Schuster| isbn = 978-1-451-60399-6}}</ref> *[[1803]] – [[Second Anglo-Maratha War]]: The [[Battle of Assaye]] is fought between the [[British East India Company]] and the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] in India.<ref name=Naravane>{{Cite book |last=Naravane |first=M.S. |title=Battles of the Honorable East India Company |publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation |year=2014 |isbn=9788131300343 |pages=69–71}}</ref> *[[1821]] – [[Siege of Tripolitsa|Tripolitsa]], Greece, is captured by Greek rebels during the Greek War of Independence. *[[1846]] – Astronomers [[Urbain Le Verrier]], [[John Couch Adams]] and [[Johann Gottfried Galle]] collaborate on the [[discovery of Neptune]]. *[[1868]] – The [[Grito de Lares]] occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule. *[[1879]] – The [[Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society]] is founded.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://life.hotnews.ro/stiri-prin_oras-23377159-moment-aniversar-referinta-societatea-cultura-macedo-romana-implineste-140-ani-infiintare-baneadza-armanamea.htm|title=Moment aniversar de referință: Societatea de Cultură Macedo-Română împlinește 140 de ani de la înființare. S-bâneadzâ Armânamea!|first=Ionuț|last=Băiaș|newspaper=[[HotNews]]|date=20 September 2019|language=ro}}</ref> *[[1884]] – On the night of 23–24 September, the steamship ''Arctique'' runs aground near [[Cape Virgenes]] leading to the discovery of nearby [[Placer mining|placer]] gold, beginning the [[Tierra del Fuego gold rush]].<ref>{{Cite journal|title=La minería aurífera en la región austral americana (1869-1950)|journal=[[Historia (history of the Americas journal)|Historia]]|url=https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-71942003003600009|last=Martinic Beros|first=Mateo|volume=36|doi=10.4067/S0717-71942003003600009|year=2003|doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 |language=Spanish|author-link=Mateo Martinic}}</ref> *[[1899]] – The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the [[Battle of Olongapo]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – Norway and Sweden sign the Karlstad Treaty, peacefully [[Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden|dissolving]] the Union between the two countries. *[[1913]] – The [[United Mine Workers of America]] launch a strike which eventually escalated into the [[Colorado Coalfield War]].<ref>{{cite journal|title='From the Eye to the Soul': Industrial Labor's Mary Harris "Mother" Jones and the Rhetorics of Display |last1=Boor Tonn |first1=Mari |s2cid=144700584 |jstor=23064465 |journal=Rhetoric Society Quarterly |publisher=[[Rhetoric Society of America]] |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages =231–249|year=2011 |doi = 10.1080/02773945.2011.575325}}</ref> *[[1918]] – [[World War I]]: [[Battle of Haifa (1918)|The Battle of Haifa]] takes place in present-day [[Haifa|Israel]], part of the [[Ottoman Empire]] at that time.<ref name=India>{{cite web |last=Eyadat |first=Fadi |url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/on-haifa-day-india-salutes-wwi-troops-1.315380 |title=On Haifa Day India salutes World War I troops |work=Haaretz |date=24 September 2010 |access-date=24 March 2013 |archive-date=2 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102100519/http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/on-haifa-day-india-salutes-wwi-troops-1.315380 |url-status=live}}</ref> *[[1920]] – The [[1920 Louisiana hurricane|Louisiana hurricane]] dissipated over [[Kansas]]<ref name=Metadata>{{cite web|title=Documentation of Atlantic Tropical Cyclones Changes in HURDAT|url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/metadata_dec12.html|publisher=United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date=January 16, 2013|author=Landsea, Chris|display-authors=etal}}</ref> after forcing around 4,500 people to evacuate<ref>{{cite news|title=4,500 Move Out of Galveston|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/09/22/107002526.pdf|access-date=January 17, 2013|newspaper=New York Times|date=September 21, 1920}}</ref> and causing $1.45 million in damages.<ref name=Metadata /> *[[1932]] – [[Saudi National Day]]: Crown Prince (later king) [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia]], on behalf of [[Ibn Saud]], proclaims the unification of the [[Saudi Arabia|Kingdom of Saudi Arabia]], the current iteration of the [[Third Saudi State]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saudi National Day |url=https://www.mofa.gov.sa/en/ksa/Pages/nationalday.aspx |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia |language=en-US}}</ref> *[[1942]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Actions along the Matanikau|Matanikau action]] on [[Guadalcanal]] begins: U.S. Marines attack Japanese units along the [[Matanikau River]]. *[[1947]] – A [[1947 Dustabad earthquake|magnitude 6.9 earthquake]] strikes South Khorasan in Iran, killing over 500 people.<ref name="ngdc">{{cite web |title=Significant Earthquake Information|date=1972 |doi=10.7289/V5TD9V7K |url=https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/3863 |publisher=National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information |access-date=7 June 2024 |author=National Geophysical Data Center }}</ref> *[[1950]] – [[Korean War]]: The [[Battle of Hill 282]] is the first US friendly-fire incident on British military personnel since World War II. *[[1951]] – [[George VI]], king of the United Kingdom, has his [[Pneumonectomy|left lung removed]] in an operation after a malignant tumour was found.<ref>{{cite news|title=King Has a Lung Operation|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=24 September 1951|pages=1, 8|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=King's Condition Critical After Two-Hour-Long Operation|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=24 September 1951|pages=1, 2}}</ref> *[[1952]] – After being accused of financial improprieties, Senator [[Richard Nixon]] delivers his "[[Checkers speech]]" nationwide on television and radio, defending his actions and successfully salvaging his nomination as the Republican candidate for [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Bochin|first=Hal|title=Richard Nixon: Rhetorical Strategist|location=New York|publisher=Greenwood Press|date=1990|isbn=9780313261084|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gOjEEAAAQBAJ|pages=33–34, 40–44}}</ref> *[[1955]] – An all-white jury in [[Mississippi]] finds Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam not guilty in the torture-murder of 14-year-old African American boy [[Emmett Till]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Whitfield|first=Stephen|title=A Death in the Delta: The Story of Emmett Till|location=Baltimore|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press|year=1991|isbn=9780801843266|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vxoAEAAAQBAJ|page=42}}</ref> *[[1956]] – A [[Tropical cyclone#Classification and naming|tropical storm]] originating in the eastern [[Pacific Ocean]] passes into the [[Gulf of Mexico]] and is upgraded and named [[Hurricane Flossy (1956)|Hurricane Flossy]] just hours before striking the [[Gulf Coast of the United States|Gulf Coast]] and causing 15 deaths and an estimated [[United States dollar|USD]]$24.8 million in damages.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barnes|first=Jay|title=Florida's Hurricane History|location=Chapel Hill, N.C.|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|date=2007|isbn=9780807830680|url=https://archive.org/details/floridashurrican00barn|pages=194–195}}</ref> *[[1957]] – [[Little Rock Nine|Little Rock schools integration crisis]]: President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] sends the [[101st Airborne Division]] to [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], and [[National Guard (United States)#Federal duty|federalizes]] the [[Arkansas National Guard]], ordering both to support the [[School integration in the United States|integration]] of [[Little Rock Central High School]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Jean Edward|title=Eisenhower in War and Peace|location=New York|publisher=Random House|date=2012|isbn=9780679644293|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_LhouUaI5ecC|pages=723–724}}</ref> *[[1961]] – U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] nominates African American civil rights lawyer [[Thurgood Marshall]] to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit|Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Tushnet|first=Mark V.|title=Making Constitutional Law: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court, 1961–1991|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=1997|isbn=9780195093148|url=https://archive.org/details/makingconstituti0000tush/page/n5/mode/2up|page=10}}</ref> although pro-[[Racial segregation in the United States|segregation]] Southern senators manage to delay his confirmation until September 11, 1962.<ref>{{cite book|last=Ball|first=Howard|title=A Defiant Life: Thurgood Marshall and the Persistence of Racism in America|location=New York|publisher=Crown Publishers|date=1998|isbn=9780517599310|url=https://archive.org/details/defiantlifethurg00ball|pages=181–183}}</ref> *[[1962]] – [[Flying Tiger Line Flight 923]], a [[Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation]] registered as N6923C, [[ditched]] into the [[Atlantic Ocean]] killing 28 out the 76 occupants onboard. The remaining 48 were rescued six hours later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accident Lockheed L-1049H Super Constellation N6923C, Sunday 23 September 1962 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/333234 |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Crash of a Lockheed L-1049H-82 Super Constellation into the Atlantic Ocean: 28 killed {{!}} Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-lockheed-l-1049h-82-super-constellation-atlantic-ocean-28-killed |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=www.baaa-acro.com}}</ref> *[[1964]] – [[Typhoon Wilda (1964)|Typhoon Wilda]], one of the strongest typhoons to ever strike [[Japan]], makes landfall,<ref>{{cite news|title=Typhoon Wilda Hits Japan With 100 MPH Wind|work=The Sacramento Bee|date=September 24, 1964|page=B4}}</ref> causing at least 30 fatalities<ref>{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=Gregory|title=Typhoon Batters Olympic City|work=The Age|date=September 26, 1964|pages=1, 4}}</ref> and sinking at least 64 ships.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wilda's Damage: 30 Dead, 8 lost|work=Santa Ana Register|date=September 25, 1964|page=A7}}</ref> *[[1967]] – Seven people die, 46 people are injured, and more than 150 boats capsize when a [[1967 Coho Salmon Fishing Disaster|squall hit Lake Michigan]] during [[Michigan]]'s first [[coho salmon]] sport fishing season.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hansen|first=Jerome|title=Lake Squall Traps Boats; Six Anglers Die|work=Detroit Free Press|date=September 24, 1967|pages=A1, A17|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=At Least 7 Die As Squall Tips Lake Michigan Boats|work=New York Daily News|date=September 24, 1967|page=C2}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Argentine general election, September 1973|Argentine general election]]: [[Juan Perón]] returns to power in Argentina. *[[1983]] – [[Gulf Air Flight 771]] is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 112 people on board. *[[1999]] – [[Qantas Flight 1]] overrun a runway in [[Bangkok]] during a storm, causing minor injuries to some passengers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://skybrary.aero/accidents-and-incidents/b744-bangkok-thailand-1999|title=B744, Bangkok Thailand, 1999|access-date=2025-02-28|website=sky bary}}</ref> *[[2004]] – Over 3,000 people die in [[Haiti]] after [[Hurricane Jeanne]] produces massive flooding and mudslides. *[[2008]] – Matti Saari [[Kauhajoki school shooting|kills ten people]] at a school in Finland before committing suicide.<ref>{{cite web |title=Finnish college gunman kills 10 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7630969.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=23 September 2020 |date=23 September 2008}}</ref> *[[2010]] – [[Teresa Lewis]] becomes the first woman to be executed by the U.S. state of [[Virginia]] since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed by [[lethal injection]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Teresa Lewis executed in Virginia|work=UPI|date=September 23, 2010|accessdate=September 23, 2024|url=https://www.upi.com/Teresa-Lewis-executed-in-Virginia/70171285262137/}}</ref> *[[2013]] – Twenty-five people are killed after [[Typhoon Usagi (2013)|Typhoon Usagi]] passes Hong Kong and China.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-09-22 |title=Typhoon Usagi kills at least 25 people in China |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-24193201.amp |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=BBC News |language=en-gb}}</ref> *[[2019]] – Twenty people die on the first of two days of [[2019 Papua protests|rioting]] in [[Papua (province)|Papua]] and [[West Papua (province)|West Papua]] over an alleged racist incident.<ref>{{cite news|title=20 killed in protests in Indonesia's Papua|work=AP|date=September 23, 2019|accessdate=September 23, 2024|url=https://apnews.com/94beb45b65c849d5b6f98682fb0d7d7d|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=Papua unrest death toll hits 26: Indonesian police|website=Agence France-Presse|date=September 24, 2019|accessdate=September 23, 2024|url=https://www.afp.com/en/news/3954/papua-unrest-death-toll-hits-26-indonesian-police-doc-1kk5jc1|archive-date=September 24, 2019|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190924125821/https://www.afp.com/en/news/3954/papua-unrest-death-toll-hits-26-indonesian-police-doc-1kk5jc1|url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[2020]] – A [[grand jury]] in [[Kentucky]] declines to indict three police officers for the shooting death of [[Breonna Taylor]] in a drug raid gone wrong, leading to [[Breonna Taylor protests|nationwide protests in the U.S.]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Kevin|last2=Craig|first2=Tim|last3=Tati|first3=Marisa|title=Kentucky grand jury declines to file homicide charges in death of Breonna Taylor|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=September 23, 2020|accessdate=September 23, 2024|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/kentucky-grand-jury-declines-to-file-homicide-charges-in-death-of-breonna-taylor/2020/09/23/2472392a-fdb7-11ea-b555-4d71a9254f4b_story.html|postscript=none}}; {{cite web|title=Breonna Taylor's family speaks out as protests continue nationwide|website=Good Morning America|date=September 26, 2020|accessdate=September 23, 2024|url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/video/breonna-taylors-family-speaks-protests-continue-nationwide-73259094}}</ref> *[[2022]] – Voting begins in the five-day [[Election#Shams|sham]] [[2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine|annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine]], leading to [[Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Arhirova|first=Anna|title=Occupied Ukraine Holds Kremlin-Staged Vote on Joining Russia|work=The Los Angeles Times|date=September 24, 2022|page=A3|accessdate=September 23, 2024|url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-09-23/occupied-regions-ukraine-vote-on-joining-russia|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=Russia Stages 'Referendums' to Annex Occupied Ukraine Lands|work=Bloomberg|date=September 23, 2022|accessdate=September 23, 2024|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-23/russia-stages-referendums-to-annex-occupied-ukraine-lands |archive-date=October 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001212939/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-23/russia-stages-referendums-to-annex-occupied-ukraine-lands|url-status=live|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|title=Putin Signs Independence Decrees in Precursor to Seizing Ukrainian Regions|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|date=September 30, 2022|accessdate=September 23, 2024|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-to-accept-ukrainian-regions-into-russia-sham-referendums/32057599.html|archive-date=October 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001213956/https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-to-accept-ukrainian-regions-into-russia-sham-referendums/32057599.html|url-status=live}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Israel]] launches [[September 2024 Israeli attacks against Lebanon#23 September in Lebanon|airstrikes]] against [[Hezbollah]] targets in [[Lebanon]], killing more than 490 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-23 |title=Is this war? The Israeli-Hezbollah conflict is hard to define — or predict |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-conflict-war-57eb5ef4a77f3bcc0d2b920bc4536706 |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *[[63 BC]] – [[Augustus]], Roman emperor (died 14 AD)<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - Augustus |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/augustus.shtml#:~:text=Augustus%20was%20born%20Gaius%20Octavius,at%20the%20Battle%20of%20Actium. |website=BBC |access-date=5 April 2021}}</ref> *[[1158]] – [[Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany]] (died 1186) *[[1215]] – [[Kublai Khan]], Mongolian emperor (died 1294) *[[1495]] – [[Bagrat III of Imereti]], King of Imereti (died 1565) *[[1597]] – [[Francesco Barberini (1597–1679)|Francesco Barberini]], Catholic cardinal (died 1679) *[[1598]] – [[Eleonora Gonzaga (1598–1655)|Eleonore Gonzaga]], Italian wife of [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (died 1655)<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|editor=Commire, Anne|title=Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia|volume=6|year=2000|publisher=Yorkin Publications, Gale Group|location=Waterford|isbn=978-0-78764-065-1|page=364}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1642]] – [[Giovanni Maria Bononcini]], Italian violinist and composer (died 1678) *[[1647]] – [[Joseph Dudley]], English politician, [[List of colonial governors of Massachusetts|Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay]] (died 1720) *[[1650]] – [[Jeremy Collier]], English bishop and theologian (died 1726) *[[1713]] – [[Ferdinand VI of Spain]] (died 1759) *[[1740]] – [[Empress Go-Sakuramachi]] of Japan (died 1813) *[[1756]] – [[John Loudon McAdam]], Scottish engineer (died 1836)<ref name="Douglas1962">{{cite book|author=Damon Greenleaf Douglas|title=John Loudon McAdam, His Contributions to Highway Technology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bdNUAAAAYAAJ|year=1962|publisher=Cornell Univ|page=36}}</ref> *[[1771]] – [[Emperor Kōkaku]] of Japan (died 1840) *[[1778]] – [[Mariano Moreno]], Argentinian journalist, lawyer, and politician (died 1811) *[[1781]] – [[Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]] (died 1860) *[[1791]] – [[Johann Franz Encke]], German astronomer and academic (died 1865) * 1791 – [[Theodor Körner (author)|Theodor Körner]], German soldier and author (died 1813) *[[1800]] – [[William Holmes McGuffey]], American author and academic (died 1873) *[[1819]] – [[Hippolyte Fizeau]], French physicist and academic (died 1896) *[[1823]] – [[John Colton (politician)|John Colton]], English-Australian politician, 13th [[Premier of South Australia]] (died 1902) *[[1838]] – [[Victoria Woodhull]], American journalist and activist (died 1927) *[[1851]] – [[Ellen Hayes]], American mathematician and astronomer (died 1930) *[[1852]] – [[James Carroll Beckwith]], American painter and academic (died 1917) * 1852 – [[William Stewart Halsted]], American physician and surgeon (died 1922) *[[1853]] – [[Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen]] (died 1923) *[[1861]] – [[Robert Bosch]], German engineer and businessman, founded [[Robert Bosch GmbH]] (died 1942) *[[1863]] – [[Mary Church Terrell]], American author and activist (died 1954) *[[1865]] – [[Pekka Halonen]], Finnish painter (died 1933) * 1865 – [[Emma Orczy]], Hungarian-English author and playwright (died 1947) * 1865 – [[Suzanne Valadon]], French model and painter (died 1938) *[[1867]] – [[John Lomax]], American teacher, musicologist, and folklorist (died 1948) *[[1869]] – [[Mary Mallon]], American cook and [[typhoid]] carrier (died 1938)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/11/12/archives/typhoid-mary-dies-of-a-stroke-at-68-carrier-of-disease-blamed-for.html |title='Typhoid Mary' Dies Of A Stroke At 68. Carrier of Disease, Blamed for 51 Cases and 3 Deaths, but Immune |date=November 12, 1938 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605105457/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D15FE3859117389DDAB0994D9415B888FF1D3 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> *[[1876]] – [[Moshe Zvi Segal]], Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 1968) *[[1880]] – [[John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr]], Scottish biologist, physician, and politician, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1971) *[[1889]] – [[Walter Lippmann]], American journalist and publisher, co-founded ''[[The New Republic]]'' (died 1974) *[[1890]] – [[Friedrich Paulus]], German general (died 1957) *[[1895]] – [[Miron Merzhanov]], Russian architect and engineer (died 1975) * 1895 – [[Johnny Mokan]], American baseball player (died 1985) *[[1897]] – [[Paul Delvaux]], Belgian painter (died 1994) * 1897 – [[Walter Pidgeon]], Canadian-American actor and singer (died 1984) *[[1898]] – [[Les Haylen]], Australian journalist and politician (died 1977) *[[1899]] – [[Tom C. Clark]], American lawyer and judge, 59th [[Attorney General of the United States]] (died 1977) * 1899 – [[Louise Nevelson]], American sculptor (died 1988) *[[1900]] – [[Bill Stone (Royal Navy sailor)|Bill Stone]], English soldier (died 2009) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Jaroslav Seifert]], Czech poet and journalist, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1986) *[[1902]] – [[Su Buqing]], Chinese mathematician and academic (died 2003) *[[1903]] – [[Cec Fifield]], Australian rugby league player and coach (died 1957) *[[1904]] – [[Arthur Folwell]], English-Australian rugby league player, coach, and administrator (died 1966) *[[1906]] – [[Charles Ritchie (diplomat)|Charles Ritchie]], Canadian diplomat, [[High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom]] (died 1995) *[[1907]] – [[Tiny Bradshaw]], American singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1958) * 1907 – [[Anne Desclos]], French journalist and author (died 1998)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Flower |first1=John |title=Historical Dictionary of French Literature |date=17 January 2013 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7945-4 |pages=44–45 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kd6tAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA44 |language=en}}</ref> * 1907 – [[Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza]] (died 1976) *[[1908]] – [[Ramdhari Singh Dinkar]], Indian poet, academic, and politician (died 1974) *[[1909]] – [[Lorenc Antoni]], Kosovo-Albanian composer and conductor (died 1991) *[[1910]] – [[Jakob Streit]], Swiss anthroposophist and author (died 2009) *[[1911]] – [[Frank Moss (politician)|Frank Moss]], American lawyer and politician (died 2003) *[[1912]] – [[Ghulam Mustafa Khan]], Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (died 2005) * 1912 – [[Tony Smith (sculptor)|Tony Smith]], American sculptor and educator (died 1980) *[[1913]] – [[Carl-Henning Pedersen]], Danish painter and sculptor (died 2007) *[[1915]] – [[Julius Baker]], American flute player and educator (died 2003) * 1915 – [[Clifford Shull]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2001) *[[1916]] – [[Aldo Moro]], Italian academic and politician, 39th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (died 1978) *[[1917]] – [[El Santo]], Mexican Luchador enmascarado, film actor, and folk icon (died 1984) * 1917 – [[Asima Chatterjee]], Indian chemist (died 2006) *[[1920]] – [[Mickey Rooney]], American actor, singer, director, and producer (died 2014)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1923]] – [[Mohamed Hassanein Heikal]], Egyptian journalist (died 2016) * 1923 – [[Vello Helk]], Estonian-Danish historian and author (died 2014) *[[1924]] – [[Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal]], Nicaraguan journalist and publisher (died 1978) *[[1925]] – [[Denis C. Twitchett]], English historian and scholar (died 2006) *[[1926]] – [[André Cassagnes]], French toy maker, created the [[Etch A Sketch]] (died 2013) * 1926 – [[John Coltrane]], American saxophonist and composer (died 1967)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1928]] – [[Frank Foster (jazz musician)|Frank Foster]], American saxophonist and composer (died 2011) * 1928 – [[Roger Grimsby]], American journalist and actor (died 1995) *[[1930]] – [[Sehba Akhtar]], Pakistani poet and songwriter (died 1996) * 1930 – [[Colin Blakely]], Northern Irish actor (died 1987) * 1930 – [[Ray Charles]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2004)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1931]] – [[Hilly Kristal]], American businessman, founded [[CBGB]] (died 2007) * 1931 – [[Stan Lynde]], American author and illustrator (died 2013) * 1931 – [[Gerald Merrithew]], Canadian educator and politician (died 2004) *[[1932]] – [[Georg Keßler]], German footballer and manager *[[1933]] – [[Lloyd J. Old]], American immunologist and academic (died 2011) *[[1934]] – [[Per Olov Enquist]], Swedish journalist, author, and playwright (died 2020) *[[1935]] – [[Prem Chopra]], Indian actor * 1935 – [[Les McCann]], American soul-jazz singer and pianist (died 2023) * 1935 – [[Ron Tindall]], English-Australian footballer, cricketer, and manager (died 2012) *[[1936]] – [[George Eastham]], English footballer (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Glanville |first=Brian |date=December 23, 2024 |title=George Eastham obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/dec/23/george-eastham-obituary |access-date=December 27, 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> * 1936 – [[Valentín Paniagua]], Peruvian lawyer and politician, 91st [[President of Peru]] (died 2006) * 1936 – [[Sylvain Saudan]], Swiss skier * 1936 – [[Tareq Suheimat]], Jordanian physician, general, and politician (died 2014) *[[1937]] – [[Jacques Poulin]], Canadian author and translator *[[1938]] – [[Arie L. Kopelman]], American businessman (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lockwood |first=Lisa |date=2024-10-08 |title=Arie Kopelman, Former President of Chanel, Dies at 86 |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/designer-luxury/arie-kopelman-chanel-dies-age-86-karl-lagerfeld-1236608441/ |access-date=2024-10-09 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}</ref> *1938 – [[Romy Schneider]], German-French actress (died 1982) *[[1939]] – [[Henry Blofeld]], English cricketer and journalist * 1939 – [[Roy Buchanan]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1988) * 1939 – [[Joan Hanham, Baroness Hanham]], English politician * 1939 – [[Sonny Vaccaro]], American businessman *[[1940]] – [[Michel Temer]], Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th [[Vice President of Brazil]] * 1940 – [[Dick Thornett]], Australian rugby player and water polo player (died 2011) *[[1941]] – [[George Jackson (Black Panther)|George Jackson]], American activist and author, co-founded the [[Black Guerrilla Family]] (died 1971) * 1941 – [[Simon Nolet]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1941 – [[Norma Winstone]], English singer-songwriter *[[1942]] – [[Sila María Calderón]], Puerto Rican-American businesswoman and politician, 12th [[Secretary of State of Puerto Rico]] * 1942 – [[Colin Low, Baron Low of Dalston]], Scottish scholar and politician * 1942 – [[David Renneberg]], Australian cricketer *[[1943]] – [[Julio Iglesias]], Spanish singer-songwriter<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 23, 2022 includes celebrities Bruce Springsteen, Jason Alexander |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-23-2022-includes-celebrities-bruce-springsteen-jason-alexander.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=22 September 2023 |date=23 September 2022}}</ref> * 1943 – [[Marty Schottenheimer]], American football player and coach (died 2021) *[[1944]] – [[Eric Bogle]], Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist *[[1945]] – [[Igor Ivanov]], Russian politician and diplomat, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia)|Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs]] * 1945 – [[Alan Old]], English rugby player * 1945 – [[Paul Petersen]], American actor, singer, author, and activist<ref name="AP" /> *[[1946]] – [[Franz Fischler]], Austrian politician * 1946 – [[Bernard Maris]], French economist and journalist (died 2015) * 1946 – [[Genista McIntosh, Baroness McIntosh]], English politician * 1946 – [[Davorin Popović]], Bosnian singer-songwriter (died 2001) * 1946 – [[Anne Wheeler]], Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1947]] – [[Christian Bordeleau]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1947 – [[Mary Kay Place]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1947 – [[Neal Smith (drummer)|Neal Smith]], American drummer and songwriter *[[1948]] – [[Dan Toler]], American guitarist (died 2013)<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1949]] – [[Floella Benjamin]], Trinidadian-English actress, academic, and politician * 1949 – [[Bruce Springsteen]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> * 1949 – [[Kostas Tournas]], Greek singer-songwriter *[[1950]] – [[George Garzone]], American saxophonist and educator *[[1951]] – [[Steven Springer]], American guitarist and songwriter (died 2012) *[[1952]] – [[Mark Bego]], American author * 1952 – [[Anshuman Gaekwad]], Indian cricketer * 1952 – [[Dennis Lamp]], American baseball player * 1952 – [[Kim Duk-soo]], Korean musician<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boram |first=Kim |date=2020-05-11 |title=Korean 'samulnori' master Kim Duk-soo stars in biographical musical |url=https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200511005900315 |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=Yonhap News Agency |language=en}}</ref> * 1952 – [[Jim Morrison (baseball)|Jim Morrison]], American baseball player and manager *[[1953]] – [[Nicholas Witchell]], English journalist *[[1954]] – [[Charlie Barnett (comedian)|Charlie Barnett]], American actor (died 1996) * 1954 – [[Cherie Blair]], English lawyer and academic *[[1956]] – [[Peter David]], American author, actor, and screenwriter (died 2025) * 1956 – [[Tom Hogan]], Australian cricketer * 1956 – [[Paolo Rossi]], Italian footballer (died 2020) *[[1957]] – [[Rosalind Chao]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> *[[1958]] – [[Danielle Dax]], English singer-songwriter and producer * 1958 – [[Khaled El Sheikh]], Bahraini singer-songwriter * 1958 – [[Tony Fossas]], Cuban-American baseball player and coach * 1958 – [[Marvin Lewis]], American football player and coach * 1958 – [[Larry Mize]], American golfer *[[1959]] – [[Jason Alexander]], American actor, singer, and voice artist<ref name="AP" /> * 1959 – [[Frank Cottrell-Boyce]], English author and screenwriter * 1959 – [[Hans Nijman]], Dutch mixed martial artist and wrestler (died 2014) * 1959 – [[Chris O'Sullivan (rugby league)|Chris O'Sullivan]], Australian rugby league player * 1959 – [[Elizabeth Peña]], American actress (died 2014)<ref name="UPI" /> * 1959 – [[Karen Pierce]], English diplomat *[[1960]] – [[Kurt Beyer]], American wrestler * 1960 – [[Luis Moya]], Spanish race car driver *[[1961]] – [[Chi McBride]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1961 – [[William C. McCool]], American commander, pilot, and astronaut (died 2003) *[[1962]] – [[Deborah Orr]], Scottish journalist (died 2019)<ref>{{cite web |title=Remembering Deborah Orr, the columnist whose writing was charged with energy and integrity |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/deborah-orr-death-journalist-columnist-independent-guardian-a9165916.html |website=The Independent |access-date=23 September 2020 |language=en |date=22 October 2019}}</ref> *[[1963]] – [[Anne-Marie Cadieux]], Canadian actress, director, and screenwriter * 1963 – [[Alex Proyas]], Egyptian-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1964]] – [[Clayton Blackmore]], Welsh footballer and manager * 1964 – [[Josefa Idem]], German-born Italian kayaker<ref>{{cite web|title=Josefa Idem|url=https://www.olympic.org/josefa-idem|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=23 April 2020}}</ref> * 1964 – [[Koshi Inaba]], Japanese singer-songwriter * 1964 – [[Larry Krystkowiak]], American basketball player and coach * 1964 – [[Katie Mitchell]], English director and producer * 1964 – [[Julian Parkhill]], English biologist and academic * 1964 – [[Bill Phillips (author)|Bill Phillips]], American businessman and author *[[1965]] – [[Mark Woodforde]], Australian tennis player and sportscaster *[[1966]] – [[Pete Harnisch]], American baseball player and coach *[[1967]] – [[LisaRaye McCoy]], American actress, model, fashion designer, and First Lady of the [[Turks and Caicos Islands]]<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 23: Jermaine Dupri, Mary Kay Place |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/23/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-23-Jermaine-Dupri-Mary-Kay-Place/3531663901324/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=22 September 2023 |date=23 September 2022}}</ref> * 1967 – [[Chris Wilder]], English footballer and manager *[[1968]] – [[Yvette Fielding]], English actress and producer * 1968 – [[Adam Price]], Welsh politician *[[1969]] – [[Donald Audette]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1969 – [[Patrick Fiori]], French singer-songwriter * 1969 – [[Jan Suchopárek]], Czech footballer and manager *[[1970]] – [[Adrian Brunker]], Australian rugby player * 1970 – [[Lucia Cifarelli]], American singer-songwriter and keyboard player * 1970 – [[Ani DiFranco]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> * 1970 – [[Giorgos Koltsidas]], Greek footballer *[[1971]] – [[Moin Khan]], Pakistani cricketer and coach * 1971 – [[Eric Montross]], American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2023) * 1971 – [[Sean Spicer]], American political aide, 30th [[White House Press Secretary]] *[[1972]] – [[Sam Bettens]], Belgian singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP" /> * 1972 – [[Alistair Campbell (cricketer)|Alistair Campbell]], Zimbabwean cricketer * 1972 – [[Jermaine Dupri]], American rapper and producer<ref name="AP" /> * 1972 – [[Karl Pilkington]], English actor and producer *[[1973]] – [[Ingrid Fliter]], Argentinian pianist * 1973 – [[Vangelis Krios]], Greek footballer and coach *[[1974]] – [[Ben Duckworth]], Australian rugby league player * 1974 – [[Matt Hardy]], American wrestler * 1974 – [[Layzie Bone]], American rapper *[[1975]] – [[Kim Dong-moon]], South Korean badminton player * 1975 – [[Chris Hawkins]], English journalist and producer * 1975 – [[Eric Miller (rugby union)|Eric Miller]], Irish rugby player, footballer, and coach * 1975 – [[Vitali Yeremeyev]], Kazakhstani ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Vitali Yeremeyev |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/vitali-yeremeyev-8460695 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=22 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1976]] – [[Sarah Blasko]], Australian singer-songwriter and producer * 1976 – [[Robert James-Collier]], English actor<ref>[https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/life-downton-abbey-former-huddersfield-4942167 My life in Downton Abbey by former Huddersfield student Rob James-Collier], YorkshireLive, 30 OCT 2012.</ref> * 1976 – [[Kip Pardue]], American actor and model * 1976 – [[Valeriy Sydorenko]], Ukrainian boxer * 1976 – [[Volodymyr Sydorenko]], Ukrainian boxer *[[1977]] – [[Matthieu Descoteaux]], Canadian ice hockey player * 1977 – [[Dmitri Kulikov (footballer)|Dmitri Kulikov]], Estonian footballer * 1977 – [[Fabio Ongaro]], Italian rugby player * 1977 – [[Rachael Yamagata]], American singer-songwriter and pianist<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/fdf9fd10-8a2a-4cb4-bed0-3c476c976ce0 |title=Rachael Yamagata |work=BBC Music |access-date=September 27, 2018}}</ref> *[[1978]] – [[Benjamin Curtis (musician)|Benjamin Curtis]], American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (died 2013) * 1978 – [[Anthony Mackie]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> *[[1979]] – [[Ricky Davis]], American basketball player * 1979 – [[Bryant McKinnie]], American football player * 1979 – [[Fábio Simplício]], Brazilian footballer * 1979 – [[Lote Tuqiri (rugby, born 1979)|Lote Tuqiri]], Fijian-Australian rugby player *[[1981]] – [[Robert Doornbos]], Dutch racing driver * 1981 – [[Helen Richardson-Walsh]], English field hockey player *[[1982]] – [[Mait Künnap]], Estonian tennis player * 1982 – [[Shyla Stylez]], Canadian pornographic actress (died 2017) *[[1983]] – [[Shane del Rosario]], American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (died 2013) * 1983 – [[Joffrey Lupul]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[1984]] – [[Patrick Ehelechner]], German ice hockey player * 1984 – [[Matt Kemp]], American baseball player * 1984 – [[Anneliese van der Pol]], Dutch-American entertainer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/anneliese-van-der-pol/person/176737/summary.html|title=TV.com Biography |access-date=2010-08-29 |publisher=TV.com}}</ref> *[[1985]] – [[Joba Chamberlain]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Joba Chamberlain |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/joba-chamberlain-501955 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=22 September 2023}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Chris Johnson (running back)|Chris Johnson]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Johnson |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/11258/chris-johnson |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=22 September 2023}}</ref> * 1985 – [[Cush Jumbo]], British actress<ref name="AP" /> * 1985 – [[Lukáš Kašpar]], Czech ice hockey player * 1985 – [[Hasan Minhaj]], American comedian, actor, and television host<ref name="UPI" /> *[[1986]] – [[Martin Cranie]], English footballer * 1986 – [[Chris Volstad]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Volstad |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/chris-volstad-458690 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=22 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Skylar Astin]], American actor and singer<ref name="AP" /> *[[1988]] – [[Juan Martín del Potro]], Argentinian tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/D683/overview|title=Juan Martin del Potro|website=ATP|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Kairi Sane]], Japanese wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Kairi Sane |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/26610902/wwe-profile-page-kairi-sane |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=22 September 2023 |date=7 October 2019}}</ref> * 1988 – [[Yannick Weber]], Swiss ice hockey player *[[1989]] – [[Brandon Jennings]], American basketball player * 1989 – [[Taniela Lasalo]], Australian rugby league player *[[1991]] – [[Lee Alexander (footballer)|Lee Alexander]], Scottish footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Lee Alexander - Player Profile - Football |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/lee-alexander_prs333642/person.shtml |website=Eurosport UK |access-date=27 April 2020}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Key (entertainer)|Key]], South Korean singer and entertainer<ref>{{cite book |last=Russell |first=Mark |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |title=K-Pop Now!: The Korean Music Revolution |date=April 29, 2014 |publisher=Tuttle Publishing |isbn=978-1-4629-1411-1 |page=67 |access-date=December 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527064350/https://books.google.com/books?id=etDZAwAAQBAJ |archive-date=May 27, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> * 1991 – [[Melanie Oudin]], American tennis player<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/313963/melanie-oudin|title=Melanie Oudin|website=WTA|access-date=22 October 2020}}</ref> *[[1992]] – [[Angel Garza]], Mexican wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Angel Garza |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/29125602/wwe-profile-page-angel-garza |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=22 September 2023 |date=1 May 2020}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Petteri Lindbohm]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Petteri Lindbohm |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/petteri-lindbohm-8476989 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=22 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Lee Mi-joo]], South Korean singer and entertainer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lvlz8.com/|title=Lovelyz - About|website=Lovelyz Official Website|access-date=22 February 2022}}</ref> *[[1994]] – [[Bai Lu (actress)|Bai Lu]], Chinese Actress<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bai Lu |url=https://www.iq.com/actor-info/bai-lu-236210805 |access-date=3 December 2024 |website=[[iQIYI]] |language=en}}</ref> *[[1996]] – [[Napheesa Collier]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Napheesa Collier |url=https://www.wnba.com/player/1629483/napheesa-collier |publisher=[[WNBA]] |access-date=22 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1997]] – [[John Collins (basketball)|John Collins]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=John Collins |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1628381/john-collins |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=22 September 2023}}</ref> *[[1999]] – [[Song Yuqi|Song Yu-qi]], Chinese singer<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-02-15 |title=宋雨琦个人资料简介 |url=https://www.ijq.tv/mingxing/15502108015716.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200424150725/https://www.ijq.tv/mingxing/15502108015716.html |archive-date=April 24, 2020 |access-date=2019-03-15 |website=IJQ.tv}}</ref> *[[2001]] – [[Lai Kuan-lin]], Taiwanese film director<ref>{{cite web|title=워너원 라이관린, 뷰티 브랜드 '닥터자르트' 中 앰배서더 전격 발탁|url=https://m.segye.com/view/20181002001348|work=세계일보|date=2 October 2018|access-date=26 February 2025|language=ko}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[788]] – [[Ælfwald I of Northumbria|Ælfwald I]], king of [[Kingdom of Northumbria|Northumbria]] * [[965]] – [[Al-Mutanabbi]], Arab poet (born 915) *[[1193]] – [[Robert IV de Sablé|Robert de Sablé]], French knight *[[1241]] – [[Snorri Sturluson]], Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (born 1178) *[[1253]] – [[Wenceslaus I of Bohemia]] *[[1267]] – [[Beatrice of Provence]], countess regnant of Provence (born 1234) *[[1386]] – [[Dan I of Wallachia]] *[[1390]] – [[John I, Duke of Lorraine]] (born 1346) *[[1448]] – [[Adolph I, Duke of Cleves]] (born 1373) *[[1461]] – [[Charles, Prince of Viana]], King of Navarre (born 1421) *[[1508]] – [[Beatrice of Naples]], queen consort of Hungary (born 1457) *[[1535]] – [[Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg]] (born 1513) *[[1571]] – [[John Jewel]], English bishop (born 1522) *[[1573]] – [[Azai Hisamasa]], Japanese warlord (born 1524) ===1601–1900=== *[[1605]] – [[Pontus de Tyard]], French priest and poet (born 1521) *[[1675]] – [[Valentin Conrart]], French author, founded the [[Académie française]] (born 1603) *[[1728]] – [[Christian Thomasius]], German jurist and philosopher (born 1655) *[[1738]] – [[Herman Boerhaave]], Dutch botanist and physician (born 1668) *[[1764]] – [[Robert Dodsley]], English poet and playwright (born 1703) *[[1773]] – [[Johan Ernst Gunnerus]], Norwegian bishop and botanist (born 1718) *[[1789]] – [[John Rogers (Continental Congress)|John Rogers]], American lawyer and politician (born 1723) *[[1835]] – [[Vincenzo Bellini]], Italian composer (born 1801) *[[1851]] – [[Émilie Gamelin]], Canadian nun, founded the [[Sisters of Providence (Montreal)|Sisters of Providence]] (born 1800)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Francess G.|last1=Halpenny|first2=Jean|last2=Hamel|title=Dictionary of Canadian Biography / Dictionaire Biographique du Canada: Volume VII, 1836 - 1850|location=Toronto|publisher=University of Toronto Press|year=1990|isbn=978-0-80203-461-8|page=1033}}</ref> *[[1846]] – [[John Ainsworth Horrocks]], English-Australian explorer (born 1818) *[[1850]] – [[José Gervasio Artigas]], Uruguayan general and politician (born 1764) *[[1870]] – [[Prosper Mérimée]], French archaeologist and historian (born 1803) *[[1871]] – [[Louis-Joseph Papineau]], Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1786) *[[1873]] – [[Jean Chacornac]], French astronomer (born 1823) *[[1877]] – [[Urbain Le Verrier]], French mathematician and astronomer (born 1811) *[[1889]] – [[Wilkie Collins]], English novelist, short story writer, and playwright (born 1824) *[[1896]] – [[Emmanuel Benner]], French artist (born 1836)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oberlé |first1=Raymond |title=BENNER Emmanuel |url=https://www.alsace-histoire.org/netdba/benner-emmanuel/ |website=alsace-histoire.org |date=1983}}</ref> *[[1900]] – [[William Marsh Rice]], American businessman, founded [[Rice University]] (born 1816) ===1901–present=== *[[1913]] – [[Donato Álvarez]], Argentinian general (born 1825) *[[1917]] – [[Werner Voss]], German lieutenant and pilot (born 1897) *[[1929]] – [[Richard Adolf Zsigmondy]], Austrian-German chemist, physicist, and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1865) *[[1939]] – [[Sigmund Freud]], Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (born 1856) * 1939 – [[Francisco León de la Barra]], Mexican politician and diplomat, interim president, 1911 (born 1863)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://presidentes.mx/francisco-leon-de-la-barra|publisher=Presidentes.mx|access-date=May 28, 2019|title=Francisco León de la Barra|language=es}}</ref> *[[1940]] – [[Hale Holden]], American businessman (born 1869) *[[1943]] – [[Elinor Glyn]], English author, screenwriter, and producer (born 1864) *[[1944]] – [[Jakob Schaffner]], Swiss author and critic (born 1875) *[[1950]] – [[Sam Barry]], American basketball player and coach (born 1892) *[[1951]] – [[Siegfried Bettmann]], German engineer (born 1863)<ref>{{cite web|title=On This Day In Automotive History Motoring|website=365 Days Of Motoring|date=23 September 1951 |url=https://365daysofmotoring.com/siegfried-bettmann-87-german-born-bicycle-motorcycle-and-car-manufacturer-and-initiator-of-the-triumph-motorcycle-company-died/}}</ref> *[[1958]] – [[Jacob Nicol]], Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (born 1876) *[[1967]] – [[Stanislaus Zbyszko]], Polish wrestler and strongman (born 1879) *[[1968]] – [[Pio of Pietrelcina]], Italian priest and saint (born 1887) *[[1971]] – [[James Waddell Alexander II]], American mathematician and topologist (born 1888) *[[1973]] – [[Pablo Neruda]], Chilean poet and diplomat, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1904) *[[1974]] – [[Cliff Arquette]], American actor and comedian (born 1905) * 1974 – [[Robbie McIntosh (drummer)|Robbie McIntosh]], Scottish drummer (born 1950) *[[1978]] – [[Lyman Bostock]], American baseball player (born 1950) *[[1979]] – [[Catherine Lacey]], English actress (born 1904) *[[1981]] – [[Chief Dan George]], Canadian actor, author, and poet (born 1899)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Berumen |first1=Frank Javier Garcia |title=American Indian Image Makers of Hollywood |date=2020 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476636474 |pages=187–188}}</ref> *[[1987]] – [[Bob Fosse]], American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (born 1927) *[[1988]] – [[Tibor Sekelj]], Hungarian-Serbian explorer and author (born 1912) *[[1992]] – [[Ivar Ivask]], Estonian poet and scholar (born 1927) * 1992 – [[Glendon Swarthout]], American author and academic (born 1918) * 1992 – [[James Van Fleet]], American general (born 1892) *[[1994]] – [[Jerry Barber]], American golfer (born 1916) * 1994 – [[Robert Bloch]], American author and screenwriter (born 1917) * 1994 – [[Madeleine Renaud]], French actress (born 1900) *[[1997]] – [[Natalie Savage Carlson]], American author (born 1906) *[[1998]] – [[Ray Bowden]], English footballer (born 1909) * 1998 – [[Mary Frann]], American actress (born 1943) *[[1999]] – [[Ivan Goff]], Australian-American screenwriter and producer (born 1910) *[[2000]] – [[Aurelio Rodríguez]], Mexican baseball player and manager (born 1947) * 2000 – [[Carl Rowan]], American journalist and author (born 1925) * 2000 – [[Raoul Berger]], American attorney and law professor (born 1901) *[[2001]] – [[Ron Hewitt (footballer, born 1928)|Ron Hewitt]], Welsh footballer (born 1928) *[[2003]] – [[Yuri Senkevich]], Russian physician and journalist (born 1937) *[[2004]] – [[Billy Reay]], Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (born 1918) *[[2005]] – [[Filiberto Ojeda Ríos]], Puerto Rican activist (born 1933) *[[2006]] – [[Malcolm Arnold]], English trumpet player and composer (born 1921) * 2006 – [[Etta Baker]], American singer and guitarist (born 1913) *[[2008]] – [[Peter Leonard (journalist)|Peter Leonard]], Australian journalist (born 1942) * 2008 – [[Loren Pope]], American journalist and author (born 1910) *[[2009]] – [[Paul B. Fay]], American sailor and politician, [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (born 1918) *[[2010]] – [[Malcolm Douglas (documentary maker)|Malcolm Douglas]], Australian hunter and television host (born 1941) *[[2012]] – [[Henry Champ]], Canadian journalist and academic (born 1937) * 2012 – [[Pavel Grachev]], Russian general and politician, 1st [[Ministry of Defence (Russia)|Minister of Defence for Russia]] (born 1948) * 2012 – [[Roberto Rodríguez (baseball)|Roberto Rodríguez]], Venezuelan baseball player and coach (born 1941) * 2012 – [[Corrie Sanders]], South African boxer (born 1966) * 2012 – [[Sam Sniderman]], Canadian businessman, founded [[Sam the Record Man]] (born 1920) *[[2013]] – [[Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj]], Syrian colonel and politician (born 1925) * 2013 – [[Gil Dozier]], American captain, lawyer, and politician (born 1934) * 2013 – [[Ruth Patrick]], American botanist and immunologist (born 1907) *[[2014]] – [[A. W. Davis]], American basketball player and coach (born 1943) * 2014 – [[Irven DeVore]], American anthropologist and biologist (born 1934) * 2014 – [[Don Manoukian]], American football player and wrestler (born 1934) * 2014 – [[Al Suomi]], American ice hockey player and referee (born 1913) *[[2015]] – [[Dayananda Saraswati (Arsha Vidya)|Dayananda Saraswati]], Indian monk and philosopher (born 1930) *[[2018]] – [[Charles Kuen Kao]], Hong Kong-American-British electrical engineer and physicist (born 1933)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news.php?id=200486 |title=Physics Nobel laureate Charles Kao dies after long battle with Alzheimer's|date=2018-09-24|newspaper=The Standard}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Gary Kurtz]], American film producer (born 1940)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gary Kurtz |url=https://www.bafta.org/heritage/in-memory-of/gary-kurtz |website=www.bafta.org |access-date=5 April 2021 |language=en |date=20 November 2018}}</ref> * 2018 – [[Jane Fortune]], American author, journalist, and philanthropist (born1942)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artsy.net/news/artsy-editorial-jane-fortune-author-philanthropist-championed-women-artists-died-76|title=Jane Fortune, an author and philanthropist who championed women artists, has died at 76.|website=Artsy News|date=25 September 2018 |access-date=2018-09-26}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Juliette Gréco]], French singer and actress (born 1927)<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-44230634|title= Obituary: Juliette Gréco dies aged 93|date=2020-09-23|website=BBC News|access-date=2020-10-23}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[John Elliott (businessman)|John Elliott]], Australian businessman (born 1941)<ref name="death">{{cite news |title=Long-time Carlton president John Elliott dead aged 79 |url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/carlton-blues/afl-2021-former-carlton-president-john-elliott-dies-aged-79-how-did-he-die-liberal-party-president-history-at-blues/news-story/d54b1f816267ebeed8c67c7c0e762db4 |access-date=23 September 2021 |work=Fox Sports |date=23 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Nino Vaccarella]], Italian race car driver (born 1933)<ref>{{cite web |last=Tobin |first=Dominic |date=September 23, 2021 |title=Targa Florio hero Nino Vaccarella dies aged 88 |url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/sports-cars/targa-florio-hero-nino-vaccarella-dies-aged-88 |access-date=March 4, 2022 |website=MotorSport}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[feast day]]: **[[Adomnán]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cooper |first1=J. C. |title=Dictionary of Christianity |date=2013 |location=Abingdon, Oxon |isbn=9781315074047 |page=2}}</ref> **[[Cissa of Crowland|Cissa of Crowland (or of Northumbria)]] **Blessed [[Francisco de Paula Victor]]<ref>[https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/96517 Beato Francisco de Paula Victor], Santi e Beati, accessed February 24, 2025.</ref> **[[Pio of Pietrelcina|Padre Pio]] **[[Pope Linus]] **[[Sossius]] **[[Thecla]] ([[Roman Catholic Church]]) **[[Acts of Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca|Xanthippe and Polyxena]] **[[September 23 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[Grito de Lares]] ([[Puerto Rico]]) *[[Battle of Haifa (1918)|Haifa Day]] ([[Haifa|Israel]])<ref name=India/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-25 |title=105th Anniversary of Battle of Haifa - GKToday |url=https://www.gktoday.in/105th-anniversary-of-battle-of-haifa/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=www.gktoday.in|quote=Every year on September 23, diplomats from India’s Embassy in Israel and Israeli government officials gather at the Haifa War Cemetery to pay respects to the Indian soldiers who played a pivotal role in the Battle of Haifa in 1918.}}</ref> *[[Holocaust Memorial Day (Lithuania)]] *[[Public holidays in Kyrgyzstan|Kyrgyz Language Day]] ([[Kyrgyzstan]]) *[[Saudi National Day|National Day]] ([[Saudi Arabia]]) *[[Teachers' Day (Brunei)]] *[[Celebrate Bisexuality Day]] ([[bisexual community]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bisexuality Day Celebrated|website=Long Beach Post News|date=23 September 2008 |url=https://lbpost.com/news/bisexuality-day-celebrated|access-date=2020-09-07}}</ref> *[[International Day of Sign Languages]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2017|website=eSubscription to United Nations Documents|url=http://undocs.org/A/RES/72/161|access-date=2020-09-23}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/23 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=09|day=23}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/23 |title=Historical Events on September 23 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:September 23}} [[Category:Days of September]]
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