September 14
Day of the year
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September 14 is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 108 days remain until the end of the year.
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Events
Pre-1600
- AD 81 â Domitian became Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.[1]
- 786 â "Night of the three Caliphs": Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun's son al-Ma'mun.[2]
- 919 â Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Vikings of Uà Ãmair, led by King Sitric Cáech.[3]
- 1115 â Roger of Salerno's Crusader army defeats a numerically superior Seljuk army in the battle of Sarmin[4]
- 1180 â Genpei War: In the Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan, the new military commander of the Minamoto clan, Minamoto no Yoritomo, is routed by Åba Kagechika of the Taira clan.[5]
- 1226 â The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in Avignon, France.[6]
- 1402 â Battle of Homildon Hill: An invading Scottish army under Murdoch Stewart, Duke of Albany and Archibald, Earl Douglas is decimated by a contingent of 500 English archers under the command of George, Earl of March and Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland.[7]
1601â1900
- 1682 â Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.[8]
- 1685 â Morean War: the Battle of Kalamata ends in a Venetian victory over the forces of the Ottoman Empire under the Kapudan Pasha.[9]
- 1723 â Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.
- 1741 â George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah.[10]
- 1752 â The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
- 1763 â Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
- 1782 â American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.
- 1791 â The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
- 1808 â Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais.
- 1812 â Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
- 1814 â Battle of Baltimore: The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
- 1829 â The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
- 1846 â Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
- 1862 â American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.
1901âpresent
- 1901 â U.S. president William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
- 1911 â Russian Premier Pyotr Stolypin is shot by Dmitry Bogrov while attending a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tale of Tsar Saltan at the Kiev Opera House, in the presence of Tsar Nicholas II.[11]
- 1914 â HMAS AE1, the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, is lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
- 1917 â The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
- 1936 â Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaurès, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza.
- 1939 â World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine ORP OrzeÅ in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
- 1940 â Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, SÄlaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
- 1943 â World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of Viannos, whose death toll would eventually exceed 500 persons.
- 1944 â World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
- 1948 â The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.
- 1954 â In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
- 1958 â The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
- 1960 â The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
- 1960 â Congo Crisis: Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
- 1975 â The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
- 1979 â Afghan leader Nur Muhammad Taraki is assassinated upon the order of Hafizullah Amin, who becomes the new General Secretary of the People's Democratic Party.
- 1982 â President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated.
- 1984 â Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1985 â Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
- 1989 â The Standard Gravure shooting where Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman, killed eight people and injured 12 people at his former workplace, Standard Gravure, before committing suicide.
- 1992 â The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
- 1993 â Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at OkÄcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people.[12]
- 1994 â The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
- 1997 â Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the AhmedabadâHowrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
- 1998 â Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
- 1999 â Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
- 2000 â Microsoft releases Windows Me.
- 2001 â Historic National Prayer Service held at Washington National Cathedral for victims of the September 11 attacks. A similar service is held in Canada on Parliament Hill, the largest vigil ever held in the nation's capital.
- 2002 â Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashes near Paranapanema, Brazil, killing both pilots on board.[13]
- 2003 â In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
- 2003 â Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General VerÃssimo Correia Seabra.[14]
- 2007 â Prelude to the 2008 financial crisis: Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
- 2008 â Aeroflot Flight 821, a Boeing 737-500, crashes into a section of the Trans-Siberian Railway while on approach to Perm International Airport, in Perm, Russia, killing all 88 people on board.[15]
- 2015 â The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
- 2019 â Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.[16][17]
- 2022 â Death of Queen Elizabeth II: The Queen's coffin is taken from Buckingham Palace, placed on a gun carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and moved in a procession to Westminster Hall for her lying in state over the next four days with the queue of mourners stretching for miles along the River Thames.[18][19]
Births
Pre-1600
- 208 â Diadumenian, Roman emperor (died 218)
- 768 â Al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph, 7th (died 833)
- 938 â Sahib ibn Abbad, Persian scholar and statesman (died 995)
- 953 â Guo Zongxun, Chinese emperor (died 973)
- 1032 â Dao Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1101)
- 1246 â John Fitzalan III, English nobleman (died 1272)
- 1384 â Ephraim of Nea Makri, Greek martyr and saint (died 1426)
- 1388 â Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer and cartographer (died 1438)
- 1401 â Maria of Castile, Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (died 1458)
- 1485 â Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Landgravine of Hesse (died 1525)
- 1486 â Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist (died 1535)
- 1543 â Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1615)
- 1547 â Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (died 1619)
- 1580 â Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (died 1645)
1601â1900
- 1618 â Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (died 1680)
- 1643 â Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith (died 1718)
- 1656 â Thomas Baker, English historian and author (died 1746)
- 1713 â Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1781)
- 1721 â Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 1807)
- 1736 â Robert Raikes, English philanthropist, founded Sunday school (died 1811)
- 1737 â Michael Haydn, Austrian singer and composer (died 1806)
- 1769 â Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (died 1859)
- 1774 â Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (died 1839)
- 1791 â Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (died 1867)
- 1804 â John Gould, English ornithologist and illustrator (died 1881)
- 1804 â Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (died 1882)
- 1816 â Mary Hall Barrett Adams, American book editor and letter writer (died 1860)[20]
- 1837 â Nikolai Bugaev, Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher (died 1903)
- 1843 â Lola RodrÃguez de Tió, Puerto Rican poet, abolitionist, and women's rights activist (died 1924)
- 1847 â Fanny Holland, English actress and singer (died 1931)
- 1850 â Anton MahniÄ, Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (died 1920)
- 1853 â Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Ceylonese civil servant and politician (died 1924)
- 1857 â Julia Platt, American embryologist and politician (died 1935)
- 1860 â Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (died 1940)
- 1864 â Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
- 1867 â Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (died 1944)
- 1868 â Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright (died 1925)
- 1869 â Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (died 1953)
- 1872 â John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1963)
- 1879 â Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist (died 1966)[21]
- 1880 â Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary (died 1961)
- 1880 â Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach (died 1955)
- 1883 â Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1908)
- 1885 â Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic (died 1975)
- 1886 â Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1948)
- 1887 â Karl Taylor Compton, American physicist (died 1954)
- 1891 â Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1983)
- 1892 â Laurence W. Allen, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1968)
- 1896 â José Mojica, Mexican tenor and actor (died 1974)
- 1898 â Lawrence Gellert, Hungarian-American musicologist and song collector (died 1979)
- 1898 â Ernest Nash, German-Italian photographer and scholar (died 1974)
1901âpresent
- 1902 â Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (died 1977)
- 1902 â Alice Tully, American soprano and philanthropist (died 1993)
- 1903 â Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (died 1980)
- 1904 â Frank Amyot, Canadian sprint canoeist (died 1962)[22]
- 1904 â Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (died 1957)
- 1907 â Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (died 1986)
- 1909 â Peter Scott, English ornithologist, painter, and sailor (died 1989)
- 1910 â Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (died 1982)
- 1910 â Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer (died 1973)
- 1910 â Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (died 2003)
- 1910 â Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (died 1999)
- 1910 â Rasuna Said, Indonesian women's rights campaigner and national hero (died 1965)[23]
- 1911 â William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (died 1999)
- 1913 â Jacobo Ãrbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (died 1971)
- 1913 â Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (died 2013)
- 1914 â Mae Boren Axton, American composer and educator (died 1997)
- 1915 â John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope (died 2014)
- 1916 â Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic (died 2020)
- 1916 â John Heyer, Australian director and producer (died 2001)
- 1917 â Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (died 2002)
- 1918 â Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (died 1967)
- 1918 â Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (died 2008)
- 1919 â Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (died 1976)
- 1919 â Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (died 2001)
- 1919 â Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (died 2013)
- 1919 â Kay Medford, American actress (died 1980)
- 1920 â Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist and author (died 2009)
- 1920 â Lawrence Klein, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
- 1920 â Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (died 1998)
- 1921 â Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2005)
- 1921 â A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and academic (died 2022)
- 1921 â Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (died 2013)
- 1921 â Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (died 2001)
- 1922 â Michel Auclair, German-French actor (died 1988)
- 1922 â Frances Bergen, American model and actress (died 2006)
- 1922 â Alfred Käärmann, Estonian soldier and author (died 2010)
- 1923 â Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (died 2001)
- 1924 â Patricia Barringer, American baseball player and accountant (died 2007)
- 1924 â Jerry Coleman, American baseball player and manager (died 2014)
- 1924 â Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1994)
- 1924 â Wim Polak, Dutch journalist and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam (died 1999)
- 1926 â Michel Butor, French author and critic (died 2016)
- 1926 â Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (died 1972)
- 1926 â Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Spanish noblewoman (died 2017)
- 1927 â Martin Caidin, American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
- 1927 â Janet Davies, English actress (died 1986)
- 1927 â Gardner Dickinson, American golfer (died 1998)
- 1927 â Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (died 2015)
- 1927 â Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (died 2014)
- 1928 â Jay Cameron, American reed player and saxophonist (died 2001)
- 1928 â Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (died 2001)
- 1928 â Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (died 2004)
- 1929 â Larry Collins, American-French journalist, historian, and author (died 2005)
- 1930 â Allan Bloom, American philosopher and academic (died 1992)
- 1930 â Romola Costantino, Australian pianist and critic (died 1988)
- 1930 â Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (died 2014)
- 1932 â Harry Sinden, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
- 1932 â John Tembo, Malawian politician (died 2023)
- 1933 â Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (died 2020)
- 1933 â Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (died 2009)
- 1934 â Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (died 1994)
- 1934 â Paul Little, New Zealand rugby player (died 1993)
- 1934 â Don Walser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
- 1935 â Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (died 2008)
- 1936 â Harry Danielsen, Norwegian educator and politician (died 2011)
- 1936 â Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (died 1996)
- 1936 â Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)
- 1936 â Lucas Samaras, Greek-American painter and photographer (died 2024)
- 1937 â Renzo Piano, Italian architect and engineer, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building
- 1938 â Franco Califano, Libya-born Italian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
- 1938 â Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (died 2011)
- 1939 â DeWitt Weaver, American golfer (died 2021)
- 1940 â Ventseslav Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer and translator (died 2019)
- 1940 â Padmakar Shivalkar, Indian cricketer (died 2025)[24]
- 1941 â Bruce Hyde, American actor and academic (died 2015)
- 1941 â Ian Kennedy, English lawyer and academic
- 1941 â Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American civil rights activist
- 1941 â Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan drummer, composer, and bandleader (died 2020)
- 1941 â Alex St. Clair, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2006)
- 1942 â Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
- 1942 â Roger Lyons, English trade union leader
- 1942 â Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
- 1943 â Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer-composer and guitarist (died 1991)
- 1943 â Marcos Valle, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
- 1944 â Rowena Morrill, American artist (died 2021)[25]
- 1944 â Günter Netzer, German footballer and manager
- 1945 â Martin Tyler, English sportscaster
- 1946 â Pete Agnew, Scottish rock bassist and singer
- 1946 â Jim Angle, American soldier and journalist (died 2022)
- 1946 â Wolfgang Sühnholz, German-American soccer player and coach (died 2019)
- 1946 â Kjell Gjerseth, Norwegian novelist and journalist (died 2025)[26]
- 1948 â Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (died 2000)
- 1949 â Steve Gaines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)
- 1949 â Ed King, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2018)
- 1949 â Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2003)
- 1949 â Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1994)
- 1949 â Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
- 1950 â Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1976)
- 1950 â Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver
- 1950 â Mike Nifong, American lawyer and politician
- 1950 â John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (died 1989)
- 1951 â Volodymyr Melnykov, Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter and composer
- 1951 â Joe McDonnell, Northern Irish hunger striker (died 1981)[27]
- 1953 â Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (died 1998)
- 1953 â Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer
- 1954 â Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2005)
- 1954 â David Wojnarowicz, American painter and photographer (died 1992)
- 1955â Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American novelist and journalist
- 1955 â William Jackson, Scottish harp player and composer
- 1955 â Edu Manzano, American-Filipino actor and politician
- 1955 â Pope Leo XIV[28]
- 1956 â Paul Allott, English cricketer and sportscaster
- 1956 â Kostas Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece
- 1956 â Nathalie Roussel, French actress
- 1956 â Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (died 2018)
- 1956 â Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek lawyer and politician
- 1957 â Tim Wallach, American baseball player and coach
- 1957 â Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
- 1958 â Paul Clark, English footballer and manager
- 1958 â Jeff Crowe, New Zealand cricketer, referee, and manager
- 1958 â Arlindo Cruz, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- 1958 â Billy Abercromby, Scottish footballer (died 2024)[29]
- 1960 â Ronald Lengkeek, Dutch footballer
- 1960 â Callum Keith Rennie, English-Canadian actor and producer
- 1961 â Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician
- 1961 â Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman
- 1962 â Robert Herjavec, Croatian-Canadian businessman
- 1962 â Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2021)
- 1962 â Nick Botterill, British business man[30]
- 1962 â Bonnie Jo Campbell, American novelist and short story writer
- 1963 â Robin Singh, Trinidadian-Indian cricketer and coach
- 1965 â Emily Bell, English journalist and academic
- 1965 â Kevin O'Hare, English ballet dancer and director
- 1966 â Iztok Puc, Croatian-Slovenian handball player (died 2011)[31]
- 1966 â Aamer Sohail, Pakistani cricketer and politician
- 1967 â Jens Lien, Norwegian director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967 â John Power, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1968 â Grant Shapps, English politician
- 1969 â Denis Betts, English rugby league player and coach
- 1969 â Konstandinos Koukodimos, Australian-Greek long jumper and politician
- 1970 â Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist
- 1970 â Satoshi Kojima, Japanese wrestler
- 1970 â Jason Martin, Australian rugby league player, singer, and guitarist
- 1970 â Craig Montoya, American singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1970 â Mark Webber, English guitarist
- 1971 â Jeff Loomis, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1971 â Andre Matos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019)
- 1971 â Christopher McCulloch, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1972 â Notah Begay III, American golfer
- 1972 â David Bell, American baseball player and coach
- 1973 â Tony Bui, Vietnamese director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1973 â Terrell Fletcher, American football player
- 1973 â Linvoy Primus, English footballer
- 1973 â Mike Ward, Canadian comedian and actor
- 1974 â Chad Bradford, American baseball player
- 1974 â Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan runner
- 1974 â Mattias Marklund, Swedish guitarist
- 1974 â Sunday Oliseh, Nigerian footballer and manager
- 1974 â Helgi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1974 â Patrick van Balkom, Dutch sprinter
- 1976 â AgustÃn Calleri, Argentinian tennis player
- 1976 â Kevin Lyttle, Vincentian soca artist[32]
- 1977 â Mattias Agabus, Estonian architect
- 1977 â Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (died 2014)
- 1977 â Miyu Matsuki, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2015)
- 1978 â Ben Cohen, English rugby union player
- 1978 â Ron DeSantis, American politician, 46th Governor of Florida[33]
- 1978 â Carmen Kass, Estonian model and actress
- 1978 â Danielle Peck, American singer-songwriter
- 1979 â Ivica OliÄ, Croatian footballer
- 1979 â Stefan Stam, Dutch footballer
- 1980 â Ayá», German singer-songwriter and actress
- 1980 â Gareth Maybin, Northern Irish professional golfer
- 1981 â Miyavi, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1981 â Stefan Reisinger, German footballer
- 1981 â Yumi Adachi, Japanese actress and singer
- 1982 â SoShy, French-American singer-songwriter
- 1982 â Petr Průcha, Czech ice hockey player
- 1983 â Arash Borhani, Iranian footballer
- 1983 â Josh Outman, American baseball player
- 1983 â Frostee Rucker, American football player
- 1984 â Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor, singer and anchor
- 1985 â Alex Clare, English singer and songwriter[34]
- 1985 â Paolo Gregoletto, American bass player and songwriter
- 1985 â Trevis Smith, American football player
- 1985 â Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer
- 1985 â Delmon Young, American baseball player
- 1986 â David Desharnais, Canadian ice hockey player[35]
- 1986 â Jonathan Monaghan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1986 â Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer
- 1986 â BarıŠÃzbek, German-Turkish footballer
- 1986 â Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
- 1986 â Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress
- 1986 â Reggie Williams, American basketball player[36]
- 1987 â Michael Crabtree, American football player
- 1987 â Tinchy Stryder, Ghanaian-English rapper and producer
- 1988 â Martin Fourcade, French biathlete
- 1988 â Diogo Salomão, Portuguese footballer
- 1989 â Jimmy Butler, American basketball player[37]
- 1989 â Tony Finau, American golfer
- 1989 â Jesse James, American actor
- 1989 â Lee Jong-suk, South Korean actor and model
- 1989 â Alex Killorn, Canadian ice hockey player[38]
- 1989 â Jonathon Simmons, American basketball player[39]
- 1989 â Miriam Zetter, Mexican ten-pin bowler[40]
- 1990 â Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer
- 1990 â Petar FilipoviÄ, German-born Croatian footballer
- 1990 â Belinda Hocking, Australian backstroke swimmer
- 1990 â Cecilie Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
- 1991 â Dee Milliner, American football player
- 1991 â Nana, South Korean singer, actress and model
- 1991 â Shayne Topp, American actor and Smosh cast member
- 1992 â Connor Fields, American cyclist
- 1992 â Cassie Sharpe, Canadian freestyle skier[41]
- 1992 â Zico, South Korean rapper
- 1993 â Brandon Brown, American race car driver
- 1994 â Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer
- 1994 â Gary Harris, American basketball player[42]
- 1994 â Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Finnish footballer
- 1994 â Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer
- 1995 â Jevon Carter, American basketball player[43]
- 1995 â Deshaun Watson, American football player
- 1996 â Hugh Bernard, English cricketer
- 1996 â Myles Wright, English professional footballer
- 1997 â Benjamin Ingrosso, Swedish singer and songwriter[44]
- 1997 â Dominic Solanke, English footballer[45]
- 2000 â Han, South Korean rapper[46]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- AD 23 â Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (born 13 BC)
- 258 â Cyprian, African bishop and saint (born 200)
- 407 â John Chrysostom, Byzantine archbishop and saint (born 347)
- 585 â Bidatsu, emperor of Japan (born 538)
- 619 â Yang You, emperor of the Sui Dynasty (born 605)
- 775 â Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (born 718)
- 786 â Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph (born 764)
- 788 â Li Mian, Chinese judge, military general, musician, poet, and politician (born 717)[47]
- 820 â Li Yong, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty
- 891 â Stephen V, pope of the Catholic Church
- 919 â Niall Glúndub, High King of Ireland
- 927 â Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal, Irish abbot
- 949 â Fujiwara no Tadahira, Japanese statesman (born 880)
- 1146 â Imad ad-Din Zengi, Syrian ruler (born 1087)
- 1164 â Emperor Sutoku of Japan (born 1119)
- 1214 â Albert Avogadro, Italian lawyer, patriarch, and saint (born 1149)
- 1321 â Dante Alighieri, Italian writer (born 1265)[48]
- 1401 â Dobrogost of Nowy Dwór, Polish bishop (born 1355)
- 1404 â Albert IV, duke of Austria (born 1377)
- 1412 â Ingegerd Knutsdotter, Swedish abbess (born 1356)
- 1435 â John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord High Admiral (born 1389)
- 1487 â Mara BrankoviÄ, Serbian princess (born 1416)
- 1523 â Pope Adrian VI (born 1459)[49]
- 1538 â Henry III of Nassau-Breda (born 1483)
1601â1900
- 1605 â Jan Tarnowski, Polish archbishop (born 1550)
- 1613 â Thomas Overbury, English poet
- 1638 â John Harvard, English-American minister and philanthropist (born 1607)
- 1646 â Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (born 1591)
- 1712 â Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, and engineer (born 1625)
- 1715 â Dom Pérignon, French monk and priest (born 1638)
- 1743 â Nicolas Lancret, French painter (born 1690)
- 1749 â Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (born 1675)
- 1759 â Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (born 1712)
- 1807 â George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1724)
- 1821 â Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist (born 1797)
- 1836 â Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (born 1756)
- 1851 â James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (born 1789)
- 1852 â Augustus Pugin, English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (born 1812)
- 1852 â Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1769)
- 1862 â Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (born 1793)
- 1862 â Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (born 1834)
- 1868 â Swami Virajanand Dandeesha, also known as the Blind Sage of Mathura, celebrated teacher of Arya Samaj founder, Dayanand Saraswati, a scholar and teacher of Sanskrit grammar and Vedic literature (born 1778)[50]
- 1879 â Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (born 1808)
- 1891 â Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (born 1817)
- 1898 â William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (born 1857)
1901âpresent
- 1901 â William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (born 1843)
- 1905 â Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (born 1852)
- 1910 â Lombe Atthill, Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (born 1827)[51]
- 1916 â José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1832)
- 1927 â Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1877)
- 1931 â Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter and educator (born 1856)
- 1936 â Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (born 1878)
- 1936 â Lina Ãdena, Spanish communist and miliciana (born 1911)[52][53]
- 1936 â Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (born 1899)
- 1937 â Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (born 1850)
- 1942 â E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (born 1855)
- 1943 â Jacob Gens, head of the Vilnius Ghetto government (born 1903)[54]
- 1951 â Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (born 1890)
- 1952 â John McPhee, Australian businessman and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (born 1874)
- 1959 â Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914)
- 1960 â M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (born 1908)
- 1961 â Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (born 1885)
- 1962 â Frederick Schule, American hurdler, football player, and coach (born 1879)
- 1965 â J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (born 1891)
- 1966 â Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (born 1899)[55]
- 1966 â Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (born 1881)
- 1966 â Cemal Gürsel, Turkish general and politician, 4th President of Turkey (born 1895)
- 1975 â Walter Herbert, German-American conductor (born 1902)
- 1979 â Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan (born 1917)
- 1981 â Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1899)
- 1982 â Christian Ferras, French violinist (born 1933)
- 1982 â John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1933)
- 1982 â Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (born 1947)
- 1982 â Grace Kelly, American-Monegasque actress; Princess of Monaco (born 1929)[56]
- 1984 â Janet Gaynor, American actress (born 1906)
- 1986 â Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster, founded the Liberty Broadcasting System (born 1921)
- 1989 â Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1916)
- 1991 â Julie Bovasso, American actress and playwright (born 1930)
- 1991 â Russell Lynes, American historian, photographer, and author (born 1910)
- 1992 â August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (born 1906)
- 1992 â Paul Martin Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1903)
- 1993 â Clayton Young, American long-distance runner [57]
- 1994 â Marika Krevata, Greek actress (born 1910)
- 1995 â Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (born 1912)
- 1996 â Juliet Prowse, Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (born 1937)
- 1998 â Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th president of China (born 1907)
- 1999 â Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)
- 1999 â Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (born 1947)
- 2000 â Beah Richards, American actress (born 1920)
- 2000 â Jerzy Giedroyc, Belarusian-Polish soldier and activist (born 1906)
- 2001 â Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (born 1931)
- 2002 â LaWanda Page, American actress (born 1920)
- 2003 â Jerry Fleck, American actor and director (born 1947)
- 2003 â Garrett Hardin, American ecologist and author (born 1915)
- 2003 â John Serry Sr., American accordion player and composer (born 1915)
- 2005 â William Berenberg, American physician and academic (born 1915)
- 2005 â Vladimir Volkoff, French soldier and author (born 1932)
- 2005 â Robert Wise, American director and producer (born 1914)
- 2006 â Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor (born 1926)
- 2006 â Esme Melville, Australian actress (born 1918)
- 2007 â Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (born 1933)
- 2007 â Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (born 1927)
- 2008 â Hyman Golden, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (born 1923)
- 2009 â Keith Floyd, English chef and author (born 1943)
- 2009 â Henry Gibson, American actor (born 1935)
- 2009 â Jody Powell, American diplomat, White House Press Secretary (born 1943)
- 2009 â Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1952)
- 2011 â Malcolm Wallop, American politician (born 1933)
- 2012 â Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created The Crystal Maze and Fort Boyard (born 1924)
- 2012 â Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (born 1963)
- 2012 â Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (born 1949)
- 2012 â Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (born 1913)
- 2013 â Maksym Bilyi, Ukrainian footballer (born 1989)
- 2013 â Osama El-Baz, Egyptian soldier and diplomat (born 1931)
- 2013 â Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (born 1941)[58]
- 2014 â Tony Auth, American illustrator (born 1942)
- 2014 â Peter Gutteridge, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1961)
- 2014 â E. Jennifer Monaghan, English-American historian, author, and academic (born 1933)
- 2015 â Davey Browne, Australian boxer (born 1986)
- 2015 â Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (born 1947)
- 2015 â Martin Kearns, English drummer (born 1977)
- 2015 â Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian journalist and politician (born 1949)
- 2018 â Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler (born 1935)[59]
- 2018 â Zienia Merton, British actress (born 1945)[60]
- 2021 â Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian and actor (born 1959)[61]
- 2024 â Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti royal and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kuwait (born 1942)[62]
- 2024 â Otis Davis, American sprinter (born 1932)[63]
- 2025 â Jim Edgar, American politician, 38th Governor of Illinois[64]
- 2025 â Ricky Hatton, British professional boxer (born 1978)[65]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Engineer's Day (Romania)
- Hindi Day (Hindi-speaking states of India)
- Mobilized Servicemen Day (Ukraine)
- San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua)
