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September 12is the 255th day of the year (256th inleap years) in theGregorian calendar;110 days remain until the end of the year.
Events[edit]
Pre-1600[edit]
- 490 BC–Battle of Marathon:The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. TheAtheniansand theirPlataeanallies defeat thefirst Persian invasion force of Greece.[1]
- 372–Sixteen Kingdoms:Jin Xiaowudi,age 10, succeeds his fatherJin Jianwendias Emperor of theEastern Jin dynasty.
- 1213–Albigensian Crusade:Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester,defeatsPeter II of Aragonat theBattle of Muret.
- 1229–Battle of Portopí:The Aragonese army under the command ofJames I of Aragondisembarks atSanta Ponça,Majorca,with the purpose of conquering the island.
- 1309– TheFirst Siege of Gibraltartakes place in the context of the SpanishReconquistapitting the forces of theKingdom of Castileagainst theEmirate of Granadaresulting in a Castilian victory.
1601–1900[edit]
- 1609–Henry Hudsonbegins his exploration of theHudson Riverwhile aboard theHalve Maen.
- 1634– A gunpowder factoryexplodesinValletta,Malta, killing 22 people and damaging several buildings.
- 1683–Austro-Ottoman War:Battle of Vienna:Several European armies join forces to defeat theOttoman Empire.
- 1814–Battle of North Point:an American detachment halts the British land advance toBaltimorein theWar of 1812.
- 1846–Elizabeth Barrettelopes withRobert Browning.
- 1847–Mexican–American War:theBattle of Chapultepecbegins.
- 1848– A new constitution marks the establishment ofSwitzerland as a federal state.
- 1857– TheSSCentral Americasinks about 160 miles east ofCape Hatteras,North Carolina,drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including CaptainWilliam Lewis Herndon.The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from theCalifornia Gold Rush.
- 1885–Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord,a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
- 1890–Salisbury,Rhodesia,is founded.
- 1897–Tirah Campaign:In theBattle of Saragarhi,ten thousand Pashtun tribesmen suffer several hundred casualties while attacking 21 Sikh soldiers in British service.
1901–present[edit]
- 1906– TheNewport Transporter Bridgeis opened inNewport, South WalesbyViscount Tredegar.
- 1910– Premiere performance ofGustav Mahler'sSymphony No. 8in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players. Mahler's rehearsal assistantconductorwasBruno Walter).
- 1915– French soldiers rescue over 4,000Armenian genocidesurvivors stranded onMusa Dagh.
- 1923–Southern Rhodesia,today calledZimbabwe,is annexed by theUnited Kingdom.
- 1933–Leó Szilárd,waiting for a red light onSouthampton RowinBloomsbury,conceives the idea of thenuclear chain reaction.
- 1938–Adolf Hitlerdemands autonomy and self-determination for theGermansof theSudetenlandregion ofCzechoslovakia.
- 1940–Cave paintingsare discovered inLascaux,France.
- 1940 – TheHercules Powder Plant Disasterin the United States kills 51 people and injures over 200.
- 1942–World War II:RMSLaconia,carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and ItalianPOWsistorpedoedoff the coast ofWest Africaand sinks with a heavy loss of life.
- 1942 – World War II: First day of theBattle of Edson's Ridgeduring theGuadalcanal Campaign.U.S. MarinesprotectingHenderson Fieldare attacked byImperial Japanese Armytroops.
- 1943– World War II: Benito Mussolini isrescued from house arrestby German commando forces led by Otto Skorzeny.
- 1944– World War II: Theliberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupationcontinues.Bajina Baštain western Serbia is among the liberated cities.
- 1953– U.S. Senator and future PresidentJohn Fitzgerald KennedymarriesJacqueline Lee BouvieratSt. Mary's ChurchinNewport, Rhode Island.
- 1958–Jack Kilbydemonstrates the first workingintegrated circuitwhile working atTexas Instruments.
- 1959– TheSoviet Unionlaunches a large rocket,Lunik II,at the Moon.
- 1959 –Bonanza,the first regularly scheduled TV program presented incolor,is launched in the United States.
- 1961– TheAfrican and Malagasy Unionis founded.
- 1961 –Air France Flight 2005crashes nearRabat–Salé Airport,inRabat,Morocco,killing 77 people.[2]
- 1962– US PresidentJohn F. Kennedydelivers his "We choose to go to the Moon"speech at Rice University.
- 1966–Gemini 11,the penultimate mission of NASA'sGemini program,and the current human altitude record holder (except for theApollo lunar missions).
- 1969–Philippine Air Lines Flight 158crashes inAntipolo,nearManila International Airportin the Philippines, killing 45 people.[3]
- 1970–Dawson's Field hijackings:Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestineterrorists blow up three hijacked airliners inZarqa,Jordan,continuing to hold the passengers hostage in various undisclosed locations inAmman.
- 1974– EmperorHaile SelassieofEthiopia,'Messiah' of theRastafari movement,is deposed following amilitary coupby theDerg,ending a reign of 58 years.
- 1977– South Africananti-apartheid activistSteve Bikodies in police custody.
- 1980– The43rd government of Turkeyis overthrown in acoup d'étatled by GeneralKenan Evren.
- 1983– AWells Fargodepot inWest Hartford, Connecticut,United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million byLos Macheteros.
- 1983 – TheUSSRvetoes aUnited Nations Security CouncilResolution deploring the Soviet destruction ofKorean Air Lines Flight 007.
- 1984–Dwight Goodensets thebaseballrecord forstrikeoutsin a season by a rookie with 276, previously set byHerb Scorewith 246 in 1954. Gooden's 276 strikeouts that season, pitched in 218 innings, set the current record.
- 1988–Hurricane GilbertdevastatesJamaica;it turns towards Mexico'sYucatán Peninsulatwo days later, causing an estimated $5 billion in damage.
- 1990– The two German states and theFour Powerssign theTreaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germanyin Moscow, paving the way forGerman reunification.
- 1990 – TheRed Cross organizations of mainland ChinaandTaiwansignKinmen Agreementon repatriation of illegal immigrants and criminal suspects after two days of talks inKinmen,Fujian Provincein response to the two tragedies in repatriation in the previous two months. It is the first agreement reached by private organizations across theTaiwan Strait.[4]
- 1991– NASA launchesSpace ShuttleDiscoveryonSTS-48to deploy theUpper Atmosphere Research Satellite.[5]
- 1992–NASAlaunchesSpace ShuttleEndeavouronSTS-47which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board areMae Carol Jemison,the firstAfrican-Americanwoman in space,Mamoru Mohri,the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, andMark LeeandJan Davis,the first married couple in space.
- 1992 –Abimael Guzmán,leader of theShining Path,is captured byPeruvianspecial forces; shortly thereafter the rest ofShining Path's leadership fell as well.
- 1993– NASA launches Space ShuttleDiscoveryonSTS-51.[6]
- 1994–Frank Eugene Corderfatally crashes a single-engineCessna150 into theWhite House's south lawn, striking the West wing. There were no other casualties.
- 2001–Ansett Australia,Australia's first commercial interstate airline, collapses due to increased strain on the international airline industry, leaving 10,000 people unemployed.
- 2003– TheUnited NationsliftssanctionsagainstLibyaafter that country agreed to accept responsibility and recompense the families of victims in the1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.
- 2003 –Iraq War:InFallujah,U.S. forces mistakenly shoot and kill eight Iraqi police officers.
- 2003 –Typhoon Maemi,the strongest recorded typhoon to strike South Korea, made landfall nearBusan.[7]
- 2005–Israeli-Palestinian conflict:theIsraeli disengagement from Gazais completed, leaving some 2,530 homes demolished.[8]
- 2007– Former Philippine PresidentJoseph Estradais convicted ofplunder.
- 2007 –Two earthquakes measuring 8.4 and 7.9on theRichter Scalehits theIndonesianisland ofSumatra,killing 25 people and injuring 161.[9]
- 2008– The2008 Chatsworth train collisionin Los Angeles between aMetrolinkcommuter train and aUnion Pacificfreight train kills 25 people.
- 2011– TheNational September 11 Memorial & Museumin New York City opens to the public.
- 2012–Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Air Flight 251crashes on approach toPalana Airport,killing 10 and injuring four.[10]
- 2013–NASAconfirms that itsVoyager 1probe has become the firstmanmade object to enter interstellar space.[11]
- 2014–Synagogue Church building collapsesaw the deaths of 115 people and several injured, in the Church run byNigeria's,T. B. Joshua.[12]
- 2015– A series ofexplosionsinvolvingpropanetriggering nearby illegally stored mining detonators in the Indian town ofPetlawadin the state ofMadhya Pradeshkills at least 105 people with over 150 injured.
- 2021–Siberian Light Aviation Flight 51crashes short of the runway atKazachinskoye Airport,killing four.[13]
Births[edit]
Pre-1600[edit]
- 1415–John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk(d. 1461)[14]
- 1494–Francis I of France(d. 1547)[15]
- 1590–María de Zayas,Spanish writer (d. 1661)[16]
1601–1900[edit]
- 1605–William Dugdale,English genealogist and historian (d. 1686)
- 1690–Peter Dens,Flemish theologian and academic (d. 1775)[17]
- 1725–Guillaume Le Gentil,French astronomer (d. 1792)[18]
- 1736–Hsinbyushin,Burmese king (d. 1776)
- 1739–Mary Bosanquet Fletcher,Methodistpreacher and philanthropist (d. 1815)[19]
- 1740–Johann Heinrich Jung,German author and academic (d. 1817)
- 1768–Benjamin Carr,English-American singer-songwriter, educator, and publisher (d. 1831)
- 1797–Samuel Joseph May,American activist (d. 1871)
- 1812–Edward Shepherd Creasy,English historian and jurist (d. 1878)
- 1812 –Richard March Hoe,American engineer and businessman, invented theRotary printing press(d. 1886)
- 1818–Richard Jordan Gatling,American inventor, invented theGatling gun(d. 1903)
- 1818 –Theodor Kullak,German pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1882)
- 1828–William Morgan,English-Australian politician, 14thPremier of South Australia(d. 1883)
- 1829–Anselm Feuerbach,German painter (d. 1880)
- 1829 –Charles Dudley Warner,American essayist and novelist (d. 1900)[20]
- 1830–William Sprague,American businessman and politician, 27thGovernor of Rhode Island(d. 1915)
- 1837–Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse(d. 1892)
- 1852–H. H. Asquith,English lawyer and politician,Prime Minister of the United Kingdom(d. 1928)[21]
- 1855–Simon-Napoléon Parent,Canadian lawyer and politician, 12thPremier of Quebec(d. 1920)
- 1856–Johann Heinrich Beck,American composer and conductor (d. 1924)
- 1857–Manuel Espinosa Batista,Colombian pharmacist and politician (d. 1919)
- 1862–Carl Eytel,German-American painter and illustrator (d. 1925)
- 1866–Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon,English cricketer and politician, 13thGovernor General of Canada(d. 1941)
- 1869–Paweł Owerłło,Polish actor (d. 1957)
- 1875–Matsunosuke Onoe,Japanese actor and director (d. 1926)
- 1880–H. L. Mencken,American journalist and critic (d. 1956)
- 1882–Ion Agârbiceanu,Romanian journalist, politician, and archbishop (d. 1963)
- 1884–Martin Klein,Estonian wrestler and coach (d. 1947)
- 1885–Heinrich Hoffmann,German photographer and art dealer (d. 1957)
- 1888–Maurice Chevalier,French actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1972)[22]
- 1889–Ugo Pasquale Mifsud,Maltese politician, 3rdPrime Minister of Malta(d. 1942)
- 1891–Pedro Albizu Campos,Puerto Rican lawyer and politician (d. 1965)
- 1891 –Jean-François Martial,Belgian actor (d. 1977)
- 1891 –Arthur Hays Sulzberger,American publisher (d. 1968)
- 1892–Alfred A. Knopf, Sr.,American publisher, foundedAlfred A. Knopf Inc.(d. 1984)
- 1894–Kyuichi Tokuda,Japanese lawyer and politician (d. 1953)
- 1894 –Dorothy Maud Wrinch,Argentinian-English mathematician, biochemist and philosopher (d. 1976)[23]
- 1895–Freymóður Jóhannsson,Icelandic painter and composer (d. 1973)
- 1897–Irène Joliot-Curie,French chemist and physicist,Nobel Prizelaureate (d. 1956)[24]
- 1897 –Walter B. Gibson,American magician and author (d. 1985)
- 1898–Salvador Bacarisse,Spanish composer (d. 1963)
- 1898 –Alma Moodie,Australian violinist and educator (d. 1943)
- 1898 –Ben Shahn,Lithuanian-American painter and photographer (d. 1969)
- 1900–Martha Atwell,American radio director (d. 1949)[25]
- 1900 –Haskell Curry,American mathematician, logician, and academic (d. 1982)
1901–present[edit]
- 1901–Shmuel Horowitz,Israeli agronomist and academic (d. 1999)
- 1902–Juscelino Kubitschek,Brazilian physician and politician, 21stPresident of Brazil(d. 1976)
- 1902 –Marya Zaturenska,Ukrainian-American poet and author (d. 1982)[26]
- 1904–István Horthy,Hungarian fighter pilot and deputy regent (d. 1942)
- 1904 –John Courtney Murray,American priest and theologian (d. 1967)
- 1904 –Lou Moore,American race car driver (d. 1956)
- 1905–Linda Agostini,English-Australian murder victim (d. 1934)[27]
- 1907–Louis MacNeice,Irish poet and playwright (d. 1963)
- 1908–Werner Flume,German jurist (d. 2009)[28]
- 1909–Donald MacDonald,Canadian trade union leader and politician (d. 1986)
- 1913–Jesse Owens,American sprinter and long jumper (d. 1980)[29]
- 1914–Rais Amrohvi,Pakistani psychoanalyst, poet, and scholar (d. 1988)
- 1914 –Desmond Llewelyn,Welsh-English soldier and actor (d. 1999)
- 1916–Tony Bettenhausen,American race car driver (d. 1961)
- 1917–Pierre Sévigny,Canadian colonel, academic, and politician (d. 2004)
- 1917 –Han Suyin,Chinese-Swiss physician and author (d. 2012)
- 1920–Irene Dailey,American actress (d. 2008)
- 1921–Frank McGee,American journalist (d. 1974)
- 1921 –Stanisław Lem,Polish philosopher and author (d. 2006)
- 1921 –Turgut Cansever,Turkish architect, city planner, and thinker (d. 2009)
- 1922–Antonio Cafiero,Argentinian accountant and politician,Governor of Buenos Aires Province(d. 2014)
- 1922 –Jackson Mac Low,American poet, playwright, and composer (d. 2004)
- 1922 –Mark Rosenzweig,American psychologist and academic (d. 2009)
- 1924–Amílcar Cabral,Guinea-Bissauan political leader (d. 1973)
- 1925–Stan Lopata,American baseball player (d. 2013)
- 1925 –Dickie Moore,American actor (d. 2015)
- 1927–Mathé Altéry,French soprano and actress
- 1928–Robert Irwin,American painter and gardener (d. 2023)
- 1928 –Muriel Siebert,American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
- 1928 –Ernie Vandeweghe,Canadian-American basketball player and physician (d. 2014)
- 1928 –Joseph John Gerry,American Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2023)[30]
- 1929–Harvey Schmidt,American composer and illustrator (d. 2018)
- 1930–Larry Austin,American composer and educator (d. 2018)
- 1931–Ian Holm,English actor (d. 2020)[31]
- 1931 –George Jones,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)[31]
- 1932–Atli Dam,Faroese engineer and politician, 5thPrime Minister of the Faroe Islands(d. 2005)
- 1934–Glenn Davis,American hurdler, sprinter, and football player (d. 2009)
- 1934 –Jaegwon Kim,South Korean-American philosopher and academic (d. 2019)
- 1934 –Nellie Wong,Chinese American poet and activist[32]
- 1935–Richard Hunt,American sculptor (d. 2023)
- 1937–George Chuvalo,Canadian boxer
- 1937 –Wes Hall,Barbadian cricketer and politician
- 1938–Judy Clay,American soul and gospel singer (d. 2001)[33]
- 1938 –Claude Ruel,Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
- 1938 –Tatiana Troyanos,American operatic soprano (d. 1993)
- 1939–Henry Waxman,American lawyer and politician
- 1940–Linda Gray,American model and actress[34]
- 1942–Michel Drucker,French journalist
- 1942 –Tomás Marco,Spanish composer
- 1942 –Maria Muldaur,American folk and blues singer[34]
- 1942 –François Tavenas,Canadian engineer and academic (d. 2004)
- 1943–Ralph Neely,American football player (d. 2022)[35]
- 1943 –Michael Ondaatje,Sri Lankan-Canadian author and poet[31]
- 1943 –Leonard Peltier,American political activist and convicted criminal
- 1944–Lonnie Mayne,American wrestler (d. 1978)
- 1944 –Vladimir Spivakov,Russian violinist and conductor
- 1944 –Barry White,American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)[31]
- 1945–Russell "Jungle Jim" Liberman,Americandrag racer(d. 1977)[36]
- 1945 –Milo Manara,Italian author and illustrator
- 1945 –John Mauceri,American conductor and producer
- 1946–Tony Bellamy,American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
- 1946 –Neil Lyndon,British journalist and writer
- 1947–David Grant,English engineer and academic
- 1947 –Gerald Howarth,English soldier, pilot, and politician,Minister for International Security Strategy
- 1947 –Christopher Neame,English actor[37]
- 1948–Steve Turre,American trombonist and educator
- 1948 –Max Walker,Australian footballer, cricketer, sportscaster, and architect (d. 2016)
- 1949–Charles Burlingame,American captain and pilot (d. 2001)
- 1949 –Irina Rodnina,Russian figure skater and politician
- 1950–Marguerite Blais,Canadian journalist and politician
- 1950 –Gustav Brunner,Austrian engineer
- 1950 –Bruce Mahler,American actor and screenwriter
- 1950 –Mike Murphy,Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1951–Bertie Ahern,Irish accountant and politician, 11thTaoiseach of Ireland
- 1951 –Norm Dubé,Canadian ice hockey player
- 1951 –Ray Gravell,Welsh rugby player and actor (d. 2007)
- 1951 –Joe Pantoliano,American actor and producer[34]
- 1951 –Ali-Ollie Woodson,American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2010)
- 1952–Gerry Beckley,American singer-songwriter and guitarist[34]
- 1952 –Neil Peart,Canadian drummer, songwriter, and producer (d. 2020)[38]
- 1953–Nan Goldin,American photographer
- 1954–Robert Gober,American sculptor
- 1954 –Scott Hamilton,American saxophonist
- 1954 –Peeter Volkonski,Estonian singer-songwriter and actor
- 1955–Peter Scolari,American actor (d. 2021)[31]
- 1955 –Brian Smith,English footballer (d. 2013)
- 1956–Barry Andrews,English singer and keyboard player
- 1956 –Leslie Cheung,Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2003)
- 1956 –David Goodhart,English journalist and author
- 1956 –BA Robertson,Scottish songwriter[39]
- 1956 –Walter Woon,Singaporean lawyer and politician, 7thAttorney-General of Singapore
- 1957–Paul M. Sharp,British academic and educator
- 1957 –Jan Egeland,Norwegian politician, diplomat and humanitarian
- 1957 –Rachel Ward,English-Australian actress[34]
- 1957 –Hans Zimmer,German composer and producer[31]
- 1958–Wilfred Benítez,American boxer
- 1958 –Gregg Edelman,American actor and singer
- 1959–Scott Brown,American colonel and politician
- 1959 –Deron Cherry,American football player and sportscaster
- 1959 –Sigmar Gabriel,German educator and politician, 17thVice-Chancellor of Germany
- 1960–Road Warrior Animal,American wrestler (d. 2020)[40]
- 1960 –Evan Jenkins,American academic and politician
- 1960 –Stefanos Korkolis,Greek pianist and composer
- 1961–Mylène Farmer,Canadian-French singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1962–Sunay Akın,Turkish poet, journalist, and philanthropist
- 1962 –Amy Yasbeck,American actress[34]
- 1964–Greg Gutfeld,American television journalist and author
- 1964 –Dieter Hecking,German footballer and manager
- 1965–Einstein Kristiansen,Norwegian animator and producer
- 1965 –Vernon Maxwell,American basketball player
- 1965 –Midnight,Jamaican wrestler
- 1966–Darren E. Burrows,American actor[34]
- 1966 –Ben Folds,American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[34]
- 1966 –Vezio Sacratini,Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967–Louis C.K.,American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter[34]
- 1967 –Pat Listach,American baseball player, coach, and manager
- 1968–Larry LaLonde,American guitarist and songwriter[34]
- 1968 –Nicholas Russell, 6th Earl Russell,English politician (d. 2014)
- 1968 –Richard Snell,South African cricketer and physiotherapist
- 1968 –Paul F. Tompkins,American comedian, actor, and writer
- 1969–Max Boot,Russian-American historian and author
- 1969 –Ángel Cabrera,Argentinian golfer
- 1969 –James Frey,American author and screenwriter
- 1969 –Shigeki Maruyama,Japanese golfer
- 1970–Will Chase,American actor, director, and singer[34]
- 1970 –Nathan Larson,American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1971–Younes El Aynaoui,Moroccan tennis player
- 1971 –Shocker,Mexican wrestler
- 1972–Gideon Emery,English-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1972 –Paul Green,Australian rugby league player and coach (d. 2022)[41]
- 1972 –Sidney Souza,Brazilian footballer
- 1973–Kara David,Filipino journalist and documentarian
- 1973 –Martina Ertl-Renz,German skier
- 1973 –Martin Lapointe,Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1973 –Paul Walker,American actor (d. 2013)[42]
- 1974–Caroline Aigle,French soldier and pilot (d. 2007)
- 1974 –Jennifer Nettles,American singer-songwriter[34]
- 1974 –Guy Smith,English race car driver
- 1974 –Kenichi Suzumura,Japanese voice actor and singer-songwriter
- 1974 –Nuno Valente,Portuguese footballer and coach
- 1975–Luis Castillo,Dominican baseball player
- 1975 –Bill Kirby,Australian swimmer and coach
- 1976–Lauren Stamile,American actress[34]
- 1976 –Maciej Żurawski,Polish footballer
- 1977–Nathan Bracken,Australian cricketer
- 1977 –2 Chainz,American rapper[34]
- 1977 –Grant Denyer,Australian race car driver and journalist
- 1977 –Jeff Irwin,American singer-songwriter and producer
- 1977 –David Thompson,English footballer
- 1978–Elisabetta Canalis,Italian model and actress
- 1978 –Benjamin McKenzie,American actor[34]
- 1978 –Ruben Studdard,American R&B, pop, and gospel singer[34]
- 1980–Sean Burroughs,American baseball player (d. 2024)[43]
- 1980 –Fernando César de Souza,Brazilian footballer
- 1980 –Yao Ming,Chinese basketball player[31]
- 1980 –Kevin Sinfield,English rugby player
- 1980 –Josef Vašíček,Czech ice hockey player (d. 2011)[44]
- 1981–Marty Adams,Canadian actor and screenwriter
- 1981 –Alan Arruda,Brazilian footballer
- 1981 –Jennifer Hudson,American singer and actress[34]
- 1981 –Staciana Stitts,American swimmer
- 1982–Zoran Planinić,Croatian basketball player
- 1982 –Sal Rinauro,American wrestler
- 1983–Tom Geißler,German footballer
- 1983 –Rami Haikal,Jordanian guitarist
- 1983 –Sebastian Hofmann,German footballer
- 1983 –Daniel Muir,American football player
- 1983 –Sergio Parisse,Argentinian-Italian rugby player
- 1983 –Clayton Richard,American baseball player
- 1983 –Carly Smithson,Irish singer-songwriter
- 1984–Nashat Akram,Iraqi footballer
- 1984 –Chelsea Carey,Canadian curler
- 1984 –Petra Marklund,Swedish singer[45]
- 1986–Alfie Allen,English actor[46]
- 1986 –Kamila Chudzik,Polish heptathlete
- 1986 –Akwasi Fobi-Edusei,English footballer
- 1986 –Joanne Jackson,English swimmer
- 1986 –Yuto Nagatomo,Japanese footballer
- 1986 –Dimitrios Regas,Greek sprinter
- 1986 –Emmy Rossum,American singer and actress[34]
- 1988–Amanda Jenssen,Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1989–Freddie Freeman,American-Canadian baseball player
- 1989 –Andrew Luck,American football player
- 1991–Mike Towell,Scottish professional boxer (d. 2016)[47]
- 1991 –Scott Wootton,English footballer
- 1992–Sviatlana Pirazhenka,Belarusian tennis player
- 1993–Kelsea Ballerini,American country pop singer[48]
- 1994–RM,South Korean rapper, songwriter and record producer[49]
- 1994 –Elina Svitolina,Ukrainian tennis player[50]
- 1995–Steven Gardiner,Bahamian sprinter[51]
- 1996–Colin Ford,American actor[34]
- 1997–Sydney Sweeney,American actress[52]
- 1997 –Almida de Val,Swedish curler[53]
- 2001–Ziaire Williams,American basketball player[54]
Deaths[edit]
Pre-1600[edit]
- 640–Sak K'uk',Mayan queen
- 973–Nefingus,bishop ofAngers
- 1185–Andronikos I Komnenos,Byzantine emperor (b. 1118)[55]
- 1213–Peter II of Aragon(b. 1174)
- 1362–Pope Innocent VI(b. 1295)
- 1368–Blanche of Lancaster(b. 1345/1347)
- 1439–Sidi El Houari,Algerian imam (b. 1350)
- 1500–Albert III, Duke of Saxony(b. 1443)
- 1544–Clément Marot,French poet (b. 1496)
1601–1900[edit]
- 1612–Vasili IV of Russia(b. 1552)
- 1642–Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-Mars,French conspirator (b. 1620)
- 1660–Jacob Cats,Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (b. 1577)
- 1665–Jean Bolland,Belgian priest and hagiographer (b. 1596)
- 1672–Tanneguy Le Fèvre,French scholar and author (b. 1615)
- 1674–Nicolaes Tulp,Dutch anatomist and politician (b. 1593)
- 1683–Afonso VI of Portugal(b. 1643)
- 1712–Jan van der Heyden,Dutch painter and illustrator (b. 1637)
- 1764–Jean-Philippe Rameau,French composer and theorist (b. 1683)
- 1779–Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple,English politician,Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire(b. 1711)
- 1810–Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet,English banker and politician (b. 1740)
- 1814–Robert Ross,Irish general (b. 1766)
- 1819–Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher,Prussian general (b. 1742)
- 1836–Christian Dietrich Grabbe,German playwright (b. 1801)
- 1869–Peter Mark Roget,English physician, theologian, and lexicographer (b. 1779)
- 1870–Eleanora Atherton,English philanthropist (b. 1782)[56]
- 1870 –Fitz Hugh Ludlow,American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)
- 1874–François Guizot,French historian and politician, 22ndPrime Minister of France(b. 1787)
1901–present[edit]
- 1903–Duncan Gillies,Scottish-Australian businessman and politician, 14thPremier of Victoria(b. 1834)
- 1907–Ilia Chavchavadze,Georgian poet, journalist, and lawyer (b. 1837)
- 1912–Pierre-Hector Coullié,French cardinal (b. 1829)
- 1918–George Reid,Australian accountant and politician, 4thPrime Minister of Australia(b. 1845)
- 1919–Leonid Andreyev,Russian author and playwright (b. 1871)
- 1923–Jules Violle,French physicist and academic (b. 1841)
- 1927–Sarah Frances Whiting,American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
- 1942–Valentine Baker,Welsh co-founder of theMartin-Baker Aircraft Company(b. 1888)
- 1945–Hajime Sugiyama,Japanese field marshal and politician, 44thJapanese Minister of War(b. 1880)
- 1949–Erik Adolf von Willebrand,Finnish physician (b. 1870)
- 1953–James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of Abercorn,English politician,Governor of Northern Ireland(b. 1869)
- 1953 –Hugo Schmeisser,German engineer (b. 1884)
- 1953 –Lewis Stone,American actor (b. 1879)
- 1956–Sándor Festetics,Hungarian politician,Hungarian Minister of War(b. 1882)
- 1961–Carl Hermann,German physicist and academic (b. 1898)
- 1962–Spot Poles,American baseball player and soldier (b. 1887)
- 1962 –Rangeya Raghav,Indian author and playwright (b. 1923)
- 1967–Vladimir Bartol,Italian-Slovene author and playwright (b. 1903)
- 1968–Tommy Armour,Scottish-American golfer and journalist (b. 1894)
- 1971–Walter Egan,American golfer (b. 1881)
- 1972–William Boyd,American actor and producer (b. 1895)
- 1977–Steve Biko,South African activist (b. 1946)
- 1977 –Les Haylen,Australian journalist and politician (b. 1898)
- 1977 –Robert Lowell,American poet (b. 1917)
- 1978–William Hudson,New Zealand-Australian engineer (b. 1896)
- 1981–Eugenio Montale,Italian writer,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1896)[57]
- 1982–Federico Moreno Torroba,Spanish composer and conductor (b. 1891)
- 1986–Jacques Henri Lartigue,French painter and photographer (b. 1894)
- 1986 –Charlotte Wolff,German-English psychotherapist and physician (b. 1897)
- 1987–John Qualen,Canadian-American actor (b. 1899)
- 1990–Athene Seyler,English actress (b. 1889)
- 1991–Bruce Matthews,Canadian general and businessman (b. 1909)
- 1992–Ruth Nelson,American actress[58]
- 1992 –Anthony Perkins,American actor, singer, and director (b. 1932)
- 1993–Raymond Burr,Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1917)
- 1994–Tom Ewell,American actor (b. 1909)
- 1994 –Boris Yegorov,Russian physician and astronaut (b. 1937)
- 1995–Jeremy Brett,English actor (b. 1933)
- 1995 –Yasutomo Nagai,Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1965)
- 1996–Ernesto Geisel,Brazilian general and politician, 29thPresident of Brazil(b. 1907)
- 1997–Judith Merril,American-Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist (b. 1923)
- 1999–Bill Quackenbush,Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922)
- 2000–Stanley Turrentine,American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
- 2003–Johnny Cash,American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)
- 2005–Serge Lang,French-American mathematician, author and academic (b. 1927)
- 2007–Bobby Byrd,American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1934)
- 2008–Bob Quinn,Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
- 2008 –David Foster Wallace,American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1962)
- 2009–Norman Borlaug,American agronomist and humanitarian,Nobel Prizelaureate (b. 1914)
- 2009 –Jack Kramer,American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1921)
- 2009 –Willy Ronis,French photographer and author (b. 1910)
- 2010–Claude Chabrol,French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- 2010 –Giulio Zignoli,Italian footballer (b. 1946)
- 2011–Alexander Galimov,Russian ice hockey player (b. 1985)
- 2012–Arkadii Dragomoshchenko,Russian poet and author (b. 1946)
- 2012 –Jon Finlayson,Australian actor and screenwriter (b. 1938)
- 2012 –Derek Jameson,English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1929)
- 2012 –Tom Sims,American skateboarder and snowboarder, foundedSims Snowboards(b. 1950)
- 2013–Ray Dolby,American engineer and businessman, foundedDolby Laboratories(b. 1933)
- 2013 –Warren Giese,American football player, coach, and politician (b. 1924)
- 2013 –Erich Loest,German author and screenwriter (b. 1926)
- 2013 –Candace Pert,American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (b. 1946)
- 2014–Atef Ebeid,Egyptian academic and politician, 47thPrime Minister of Egypt(b. 1932)
- 2014 –John Gustafson,English singer-songwriter and bass player (b. 1942)
- 2014 –Ian Paisley,Northern Irish evangelical pastor (Free Presbyterian Church) and politician, 2ndFirst Minister of Northern Ireland(b. 1926)
- 2014 –Joe Sample,American pianist and composer (b. 1939)
- 2014 –Hugh Royer, Jr.,American golfer (b. 1936)
- 2015–Claudia Card,American philosopher and academic (b. 1940)
- 2015 –Frank D. Gilroy,American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- 2015 –Al Monchak,American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
- 2015 –Aronda Nyakairima,Ugandan general and politician (b. 1959)
- 2017–Allan MacEachen,Canadian economist and politician,Deputy Prime Minister of Canada(b. 1921)[59]
- 2017 –Edith Windsor,American LGBT rights activist and technology manager at IBM (b. 1929)[60]
- 2018–Shen Chun-shan,Taiwanese academic (b. 1932)[61]
- 2019–ʻAkilisi Pōhiva,Tongan politician and activist,Prime Minister of Tonga(b. 1941)[62]
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Christianfeast day:
- Commemoration of the mass hanging of theSaint Patrick's Battalion(Mexico)
- Day of Conception(Russia)
- Defenders Day(Maryland,United States)
- Enkutatashfalls on this day if it is a leap year. Celebrated on the first day ofMäskäräm.(Ethiopia,Eritrea,Rastafari)
- Nayrouz(Coptic Orthodox Church) (leap years only, September 11 on normal years)
- National Day(Cape Verde)
- National Day of Encouragement(United States)
- Saragarhi Day(Sikhism)
- United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation(International)[64]
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