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September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in Leap Year s). There are 99 days remaining.
Events
- 1122 - Concordat Of Worms
- 1459 - Battle Of Blore Heath , the first major battle of the English Wars Of The Roses , is fought at Blore Heath in Staffordshire .
- 1529 - The Siege Of Vienna begins as Suleiman II begins his attack on the city.
- 1642 - First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College .
- 1779 - American Revolution ; '' USS Bonhomme Richard '', commanded by John Paul Jones , wins a fight against the British ships of war '' Serapis '' and ''Countess of Scarborough'' off the coast of England .
- 1780 - American Revolution ; British Major John Andre arrested as a spy by America n soldiers exposing Benedict Arnold 's treason.
- 1806 - Lewis And Clark return, after exploring the Pacific Northwest of the United States .
- 1818 - Border demarcation markers for Moresnet formally installed.
- 1845 - The Knickerbockers Baseball Club, the first Baseball team to play under the modern rules, is founded in New York .
- 1846 - Discovery of Neptune by French astronomer Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier and British astronomer John Couch Adams ; verified by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle
- 1868 - Grito De Lares (Lares Revolt) occurs in Puerto Rico against Spanish rule.
- 1875 - William Bonney ("Billy the Kid") is arrested for the first time.
- 1884 - Herman Hollerith patents his mechanical tabulating machine.
- 1905 - Norway and Sweden sign the " Karlstad treaty", officially ending the Union between the two countries peacfully.
- 1912 - First Mack Sennett "Keystone Comedy" is released.
- 1922 - Gdynia Seaport Construction Act passed by the Polish parliament.
- 1932 - The Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd is renamed the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- 1941 - The first gas experiments are conducted at Auschwitz .
- 1952 - Richard Nixon makes his " Checkers Speech ".
- 1962 - The '' Jetsons ''aired for the first time.
- 1957 - Hank Aaron of the MLB gives the Milwaukee Braves the pennant with a home run.
- 1962 - Lincoln Center For The Performing Arts in New York City opens with the first building completed, Philharmonic Hall, now Avery Fisher Hall home of the New York Philharmonic .
- 1969 - The Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago, Illinois
- 1973 - Juan Perón returns to power in Argentina .
- 1980 - Bob Marley 's last concert
- 1980 - The premiere of Brian Friel 's play '' Translations '' in Derry , Northern Ireland .
- 1981 - Jack Henry Abbott , best-selling author, is arrested for murder.
- 1983 - Saint Kitts And Nevis joins the United Nations .
- 1983 - Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first Africa n Boxing world heavyweight champion.
- 1999 - NASA announces that it lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter .
- 2002 - Mozilla Firefox (Phoenix) web browser is born: version 0.1.
- 2004 - At least 1,070 in Haiti reported killed by Flood s due to Hurricane Jeanne .
- 2005 - FBI killing of Filiberto Ojeda on Plan Bonito Hormigueros, Puerto Rico .
Births
- 480 BC - Euripides , Greek playwright (d. 406 BC )
- 63 BC - Augustus Caesar , Roman Emperor (d. 14 )
- 1158 - Geoffrey II, Duke Of Brittany (d. 1186 )
- 1161 - Emperor Takakura of Japan (d. 1181 )
- 1215 - Kublai Khan of the Mongol Empire (d. 1294 )
- 1598 - Eleonore Gonzaga , wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655 )
- 1647 - Joseph Dudley , colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1720 )
- 1650 - Jeremy Collier , English bishop (d. 1726 )
- 1713 - King Ferdinand VI Of Spain (d. 1759 )
- 1740 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi Of Japan (d. 1813 )
- 1771 - Emperor Kokaku Of Japan (d. 1840 )
- 1819 - Hippolyte Fizeau , French physicist (d. 1896 )
- 1838 - Victoria Woodhull , American suffragist (d. 1927 )
- 1852 - William Stewart Halsted , American surgeon (d. 1922 )
- 1863 - Mary Eliza Church Terrell , American writer and social reformer (d. 1954 )
- 1865 - Emmuska Orczy , British novelist (d. 1947 )
- 1880 - John Boyd Orr , Scottish physician and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1971 )
- 1889 - Walter Lippmann , American journalist (d. 1974 )
- 1890 - Friedrich Paulus , German general (d. 1957 )
- 1895 - Johnny Mokan , baseball player (d. 1985 )
- 1897 - Walter Pidgeon , Canadian actor (d. 1984 )
- 1900 - Louise Nevelson , Ukrainian-born American sculptor (d. 1988 )
- 1901 - Jaroslav Seifert , Czech writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986 )
- 1911 - Frank Moss , U.S. Senator from Utah (d. 2003 )
- 1915 - Clifford Shull , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001 )
- 1916 - Aldo Moro , Italian politician (d. 1978 )
- 1920 - Mickey Rooney , American actor
- 1923 - Timber Wolf , Chinese-Vietnamese revolutionary
- 1924 - Pedro Chamorro , Nicaraguan newspaper editor (d. 1978 )
- 1926 - John Coltrane , American saxophonist and composer (d. 1967 )
- 1930 - Ray Charles , American musician and singer (d. 2004 )
- 1931 - Gerald Stairs Merrithew , Canadian educator and statesman (d. 2004 )
- 1936 - Valentín Paniagua , Peruvian politician, interim president in 2000–01
- 1938 - Tom Lester , American actor
- 1938 - Romy Schneider , Austrian actress (d. 1982 )
- 1939 - Roy Buchanan , American guitarist (d. 1988 )
- 1939 - Janusz Gajos , Polish actor
- 1942 - Sila María Calderón , Governor of Puerto Rico
- 1943 - Julio Iglesias , Spanish singer
- 1943 - Marty Schottenheimer , American football coach
- 1945 - Paul Petersen , American actor
- 1946 - Franz Fischler , Austrian politician
- 1947 - Mary Kay Place , American actress
- 1949 - Bruce Springsteen , American singer and songwriter
- 1954 - Charlie Barnett , American actor (d. 1996 )
- 1956 - Peter David , American writer
- 1958 - Marvin Lewis , American football coach
- 1959 - Jason Alexander ("George Costanza"), American actor
- 1959 - Elizabeth Peña , American actress
- 1960 - Jason Carter , British actor
- 1961 - Willie McCool , American astronaut (d. 2003 )
- 1964 - Koshi Inaba , Japanese singer ( B'z )
- 1969 - Michelle Thomas , American actress (d. 1998 )
- 1969 - Patrick Fiori , French singer
- 1969 - Tapio Laukkanen , Finnish rally driver
- 1970 - Ani DiFranco , American musician
- 1972 - Karl Pilkington , British radio personality and international cult figure
- 1974 - Matt Hardy , American professional wrestler
- 1974 - Harumi Inoue , Japanese actress and model
- 1975 - Jaime Bergman , American model and actress
- 1975 - Chris Hawkins , British radio personality and disk jockey
- 1979 - Ricky Davis , American basketball player
- 1981 - Natalie Horler , voice behind Cascada
- 1985 - Maki Goto , Japanese pop idol
- 1988 - Paris Bennett , American Idol contestant
Deaths
- 79 - Pope Linus
- 1241 - Snorri Sturluson , Icelandic historian, poet, and politician (b. 1178 )
- 1390 - John I, Duke Of Lorraine (b. 1346 )
- 1535 - Catherine Of Saxe-Lauenburg , queen of Gustav I Of Sweden (b. 1513 )
- 1571 - John Jewel , English bishop (b. 1522 )
- 1573 - Azai Hisamasa , Japanese warlord (b. 1524 )
- 1605 - Pontus De Tyard , French poet
- 1675 - Valentin Conrart , founder of the Académie Française (b. 1603 )
- 1728 - Christian Thomasius , German jurist (b. 1655 )
- 1738 - Herman Boerhaave , Dutch humanist and physician (b. 1668 )
- 1764 - Robert Dodsley , English writer (b. 1703 )
- 1773 - Johann Ernst Gunnerus , Norwegian bishop and botanist (b. 1718 )
- 1789 - John Rogers , American Continental Congressman (b. 1723 )
- 1835 - Vincenzo Bellini , Italian composer (b. 1801 )
- 1846 - John Ainsworth Horrocks , English-born explorer of South Australia (b. 1818 )
- 1850 - José Gervasio Artigas , Uruguayan hero (b. 1764 )
- 1870 - Prosper Mérimée , French author (b. 1803 )
- 1873 - Jean Chacornac , French astronomer (b. 1823 )
- 1889 - Wilkie Collins , British author (b. 1824 )
- 1900 - William Marsh Rice , American philanthropist and university founder (b. 1816 )
- 1917 - Werner Voss German World War I pilot (b. 1897 )
- 1929 - Richard Adolf Zsigmondy , Austrian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865 )
- 1939 - Sigmund Freud , Austrian psychiatrist (b. 1856 )
- 1943 - Elinor Glyn , English author (b. 1864 )
- 1950 - Sam Barry , American basketball player and coach (b. 1892 )
- 1968 - Padre Pio , saint (b. 1887 )
- 1971 - Billy Gilbert , American actor (b. 1894 )
- 1973 - Pablo Neruda , Chilean poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904 )
- 1974 - Cliff Arquette , American comedian and actor (b. 1905 )
- 1978 - Lyman Bostock , American baseball player (murdered) (b. 1950 )
- 1981 - Chief Dan George , Canadian actor (b. 1899 )
- 1987 - Bob Fosse , American dancer, choreographer, and actor (b. 1927 )
- 1988 - Tibor Sekelj , Croatian explorer (b. 1912 )
- 1992 - James Van Fleet , U.S. Army general (b. 1892 )
- 1994 - Robert Bloch , American author (b. 1917 )
- 1998 - Mary Frann , American actress (b. 1943 )
- 2000 - Aurelio Rodríguez , Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947 )
- 2000 - Carl Rowan , American journalist (b. 1925 )
- 2002 - Vernon Corea , Sri Lankan broadcaster (b. 1927 )
- 2003 - Yuri Senkevich , Russian cosmonaut (b. 1937 )
- 2004 - André Hazes , Dutch singer (b. 1951 )
- 2005 - Filiberto Ojeda , Puerto Rican revolutionary (b. 1933 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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