- 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel , Saint Fermin of Pamplona is Beheaded in Amiens , France .
- 1066 - The Battle Of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking era.
- 1396 - Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle Of Nicopolis .
- 1513 - Spanish Explorer Vasco Núñez De Balboa reached what would be known as the Pacific Ocean .
- 1555 - The Peace Of Augsburg is signed in Augsburg by Charles V and the Prince s of the Schmalkaldic League .
- 1690 - "'' Publick Occurrences Both Foreign And Domestick ''", the first Newspaper to appear in the Americas , is published for the first and only time.
- , the Congressional Compensation Amendment , and the ten that are known as the Bill Of Rights .
- 1804 - The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis And Clark Expedition as a toll for moving further upriver.
- 1846 - U.S. forces led by Zachary Taylor captured the Mexican city of Monterrey .
- 1868 - The Imperial Russian steam frigate Alexander Neuski shipwrecks off Jutland while carrying the Grand Duke of Russia.
- 1906 - In the presence of the king and before a great crowd, Leonardo Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the Invention of the '' Telekino '' in the port of Bilbao , guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered the birth of the Remote Control .
- 1911 - Ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts .
- 1912 - Columbia University Graduate School Of Journalism is founded in New York, New York .
- 1915 - The Second Battle Of Champagne begins.
- 1929 - Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field proving that full Instrument Flying from take off to landing is possible.
- 1955 - The Royal Jordanian Air Force is founded.
- 1957 - Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas , is integrated through the use of United States Army troops.
- 1959 - Solomon Bandaranaike , Prime Minister of Sri Lanka is mortally wounded by a Buddhist Monk , Talduwe Somarama , and dies the next day.
- 1962 - The People's Democratic Republic Of Algeria is formally proclaimed. Ferhat Abbas is elected President Of The Provisional Government .
- 1970 - Cease-fire between Jordan and the Fedayeen ends fighting triggered by four hijackings on September 6 and 9 .
- 1972 - In the Norwegian EC Referendum, 1972 , the people of Norway reject membership.
- 1976 - The rock band U2 forms at a meeting at Drummer Larry Mullen 's home.
- 1978 - PSA Flight 182 , a Boeing 727-214 , collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego , California , resulting in the deaths of 144 people.
- 1980 - The first congress of the Democratic Youth Organization Of Afghanistan held in Kabul .
- 1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor was the 102nd Justice sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Of The United States , the first Woman to hold the office.
- 1983 - Long Kesh escape. 38 republican prisoners, armed with 6 handguns, hijacked a prison meals lorry and smashed their way out of HMP Maze . The largest prison escape since WWII and in British history.
- 1996 - The last of the Magdalen Asylum s closes in Ireland .
- 2002 - The Vitim Event , a possible Bolide impact in Siberia , Russia .
- 2003 - A Magnitude-8.0 Earthquake strikes just offshore of Hokkaidō , Japan .
- 2005 - Spanish Formula One racing driver Fernando Alonso becomes the youngest FIA Formula One World Champion .
- 2006 - The Louisiana Superdome reopens after 13 months of reconstruction necessitated by Hurricane Katrina .
- 1358 - Ashikaga Yoshimitsu , Japanese shogun (d. 1408 )
- 1525 - Steven Borough , English explorer (d. 1584 )
- 1599 - Francesco Borromini , Italian architect (d. 1667 )
- 1644 - Ole Rømer , Danish astronomer (d. 1710 )
- 1683 - Jean-Philippe Rameau , French composer (d. 1764 )
- 1694 - Henry Pelham , Prime Minister Of The United Kingdom (d. 1754 )
- 1711 - Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799 )
- 1725 - Nicolas Joseph Cugnot , French automobile pioneer (d. 1804 )
- 1738 - Nicholas Van Dyke , American lawyer and President Of Delaware (d. 1789 )
- 1764 - Fletcher Christian , English Bounty mutineer (d. 1793 )
- 1766 - Armand-Emmanuel Du Plessis, Duc De Richelieu , French-Russian statesman (d. 1822 )
- 1773 - Agostino Bassi , Italian entomologist (d. 1856 )
- 1780 - Jason Fairbanks , American murderer (d. 1801 )
- 1782 - Charles Robert Maturin , Irish playwright and novelist (d. 1824 )
- 1796 - Antoine-Louis Barye , French sculptor (d. 1875 )
- 1798 - Jean-Baptiste Élie De Beaumont , French geologist (d. 1874 )
- 1825 - William Pitt Ballinger , Texas lawyer and statesman (d. 1888 )
- 1839 - Karl Alfred Von Zittel , German palaeontologist (d. 1904 )
- 1862 - Billy Hughes , seventh Prime Minister Of Australia (d. 1952 )
- 1866 - Thomas Hunt Morgan , American geneticist, Nobel Laureate (d. 1945 )
- 1867 - Evgenii Miller , Russian counter-revolutionary (d. 1938 )
- 1881 - Lu Xun , Chinese writer (d. 1936 )
- 1889 - C. K. Scott-Moncrieff , Scottish writer and translator (d. 1930 )
- 1896 - Sandro Pertini , President Of The Italian Republic (d. 1990 )
- 1897 - William Faulkner , American writer, Nobel Laureate (d. 1962 )
- 1898 - Robert Brackman American artist (d. 1980 )
- 1901 - Robert Bresson , French film director (d. 1999 )
- 1903 - Mark Rothko , Latvian-born painter (d. 1970 )
- 1906 - Dmitri Shostakovich , Russian composer (d. 1975 )
- 1917 - Phil Rizzuto , American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007 )
- 1917 - Johnny Sain , American baseball player (d. 2006 )
- 1920 - Sergei Bondarchuk , Ukrainian-born actor (d. 1994 )
- 1921 - Sir Robert Muldoon , Prime Minister Of New Zealand (d. 1992 )
- 1922 - Hammer DeRoburt , first President Of Nauru (d. 1992 )
- 1925 - Paul B. MacCready, Jr. , American aeronautical engineer (d. 2007 )
- 1926 - Aldo Ray , American actor (d. 1991 )
- 1927 - Sir Colin Davis , English conductor
- 1929 - Ronnie Barker , British comedian and actor (d. 2005 )
- 1929 - Barbara Walters , American broadcaster
- 1930 - Shel Silverstein , American humorist and author (d. 1999 )
- 1932 - Glenn Gould , Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1982 )
- 1932 - Adolfo Suárez , Prime Minister Of Spain
- 1933 - Hubie Brown , American basketball coach and broadcaster
- 1936 - Juliet Prowse , British actress and dancer (d. 1996 )
- 1938 - Jonathan Motzfeldt , first Prime Minister Of Greenland
- 1939 - Feroz Khan , Indian actor
- 1943 - Robert Gates , American director of the Central Intelligence Agency
- 1944 - Michael Douglas , American actor and producer
- 1944 - Doris Matsui , American politician
- 1945 - Carol Vadnais , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1946 - Felicity Kendal , British actress
- 1947 - Cheryl Tiegs , American model
- 1949 - Pedro Almodóvar , Spanish filmmaker
- 1951 - Mark Hamill , American actor
- 1952 - Christopher Reeve , American actor and activist (d. 2004 )
- 1952 - Gloria Jean Watkins , American scholar
- 1952 - Anson Williams , American actor and director
- 1953 - Richard Harvey , British musician and composer ( Gryphon )
- 1954 - Sylvester Croom , American college football coach
- 1955 - Steven Severin , British musician ( Siouxsie & The Banshees )
- 1955 - Karl-Heinz Rummenigge , German footballer
- 1955 - Ludo Coeck , Belgian footballer (d. 1985 )
- 1958 - Michael Madsen , American actor
- 1960 - Igor Belanov , Ukrainian footballer
- 1960 - Sonia Benezra , Canadian television host
- 1961 - Heather Locklear , American actress and model
- 1962 - Aida Turturro , American actress
- 1964 - Anita Barone , American actress
- 1964 - Kikuko Inoue , Japanese singer and voice actress ( Seiyū )
- 1964 - Joey Saputo , Canadian businessman and sports executive
- 1964 - Gary Ayles , British racing driver
- 1965 - Scottie Pippen , American basketball player
- 1967 - Kim Issel , Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968 - Will Smith , American actor and rapper
- 1968 - John Worsfold , Australian rules football coach
- 1968 - Prince Johan-Friso Of Orange-Nassau
- 1969 - Hansie Cronje , South African cricketer (d. 2002 )
- 1969 - Catherine Zeta-Jones , Welsh actress
- 1969 - Heather Stewart-Whyte , British supermodel
- 1970 - Dean Ween , American musician ( Ween )
- 1971 - John Lynch , American football player
- 1971 - Hal Sparks , American actor
- 1973 - Bridgette Wilson , American actress
- 1973 - Tijani Babangida , Nigerian footballer
- 1975 - Declan Donnelly , English television presenter ( Ant And Dec )
- 1975 - Matt Hasselbeck , American football player
- 1975 - Daniel Hyde , British actor
- 1976 - Chauncey Billups , American basketball player
- 1977 - Clea DuVall , American actress
- 1977 - Wil Nieves , Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1978 - Roudolphe Douala , Cameroonian footballer
- 1978 - Ricardo Gardner , Jamaican footballer
- 1978 - Jodie Kidd , English model
- 1978 - Joel Pineiro , Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1980 - T.I. , American rapper
- 1981 - Rocco Baldelli , American baseball player
- 1981 - Jason Bergmann , American baseball player
- 1981 - Shane Tutmarc , American songwriter/musician
- 1982 - Hyun Bin , South Korean actor
- 1984 - Matt Carle , American ice hockey player
- 1985 - Calvin Johnson , American football player
- 1991 - Emmy Clarke , American actress
- 1066 - Killed at the Battle of Stamford Bridge:
- --- Tostig Godwinson , Earl of Northumbria
- --- Harald III Of Norway (b. 1015 )
- 1086 - William VIII, Duke Of Aquitaine (b. 1025 )
- 1333 - Prince Morikuni , Japanese shogun (b. 1301 )
- 1496 - Piero Capponi , Italian soldier and statesman (b. 1447 )
- 1506 - King Philip I Of Castile (b. 1478 )
- 1534 - Pope Clement VII (b. 1478 )
- 1536 - Johannes Secundus , Dutch poet (b. 1511 )
- 1602 - Caspar Peucer , German reformer (b. 1525 )
- 1617 - Francisco Suarez , Spanish Jesuit, philosopher/theologian (b. 1548 )
- 1617 - Emperor Go-Yozei Of Japan , (b. 1617 )
- 1626 - Lancelot Andrewes , English scholar and Bishop of the Church of England (b. 1555 )
- 1630 - Ambrosio Spinola, Marqués De Los Balbases , Spanish general (b. 1569 )
- 1665 - Maria Anna Of Austria, Electress Of Bavaria (b. 1610 )
- 1703 - Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke Of Argyll , Scottish privy councillor (b. 1658 )
- 1774 - John Bradstreet , Canadian-born soldier (b. 1714 )
- 1777 - Johann Heinrich Lambert , German scientist (b. 1728 )
- 1791 - William Bradford , American printer (b. 1719 )
- 1792 - Adam Gottlob Moltke , Danish statesman (b. 1710 )
- 1794 - Paul Rabaut , French Huguenot pastor (b. 1718 )
- 1825 - Joachim Heer , Swiss politician (b. 1879 )
- 1849 - Johann Strauss, Senior , Austrian composer (b. 1804 )
- 1867 - Oliver Loving , American pioneer rancher (b. 1812 )
- 1900 - Félix-Gabriel Marchand , Premier Of Québec (b. 1832 )
- 1905 - Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac , French politician (b. 1853 )
- 1918 - Mikhail Alekseev , Russian general (b. 1857 )
- 1926 - Herbert Booth , the third son of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1862 )
- 1929 - Miller Huggins , American baseball player and manager (b. 1879 )
- 1933 - Ring Lardner , American writer (b. 1885 )
- 1946 - Hans Eppinger , Austrian physician and war criminal (b. 1879 )
- 1960 - Emily Post , American author & etiquette expert (b. 1873 )
- 1961 - Frank Fay American actor (b. 1897 )
- 1968 - Hans F.K. Günther , German eugenicist (b. 1891 )
- 1970 - Erich Maria Remarque , German author (b. 1898 )
- 1979 - Tapio Rautavaara , Finnish athlete, actor, and singer (b. 1915 )
- 1980 - John Bonham , British drummer ( Led Zeppelin ) (b. 1948 )
- 1980 - Lewis Milestone , Moldovan film director (b. 1895 )
- 1980 - Marie Under , Estonian author and poet (b. 1883 )
- 1980 - Earl Curry , religious thinker and Kirtland Temple overseer (b. 1890 )
- 1983 - King Léopold III Of Belgium (b. 1901 )
- 1984 - Walter Pidgeon , Canadian actor (b. 1897 )
- 1986 - Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov , Russian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896 )
- 1986 - Donald MacDonald former president of the Canadian Labour Congress and politician (b. 1909 )
- 1986 - Hans Vogt , Norwegian linguists (b. 1909 )
- 1986 - Darshan Singh Canadian , Indian communist leader (b. 1917 )
- 1987 - Mary Astor , Academy Award -winning American actress (b. 1906 )
- 1987 - Emlyn Williams , Welsh actor (b. 1905 )
- 1988 - Billy Carter , brother of Jimmy Carter (b. 1937 )
- 1991 - Klaus Barbie , Nazi war criminal (b. 1913 )
- 1991 - Viviane Romance , French actress (b. 1912 )
- 1995 - Bessie Delany , American physician and author (b. 1891 )
- 1996 - Nicu Ceauşescu , Romanian politician (b. 1951 )
- 1997 - Jean Françaix , French composer (b. 1912 )
- 1999 - Marion Zimmer Bradley , American writer (b. 1930 )
- 2000 - R. S. Thomas , Welsh poet (b. 1913 )
- 2003 - Aquila Al-Hashimi , Iraqi politician
- 2003 - Herb Gardner , American playwright (b. 1934 )
- 2003 - Franco Modigliani , Italian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918 )
- 2003 - George Plimpton , American writer and actor (b. 1927 )
- 2003 - Edward Said , Palestinian-born literary critic (b. 1935 )
- 2005 - Don Adams , American actor and comedian (b. 1923 )
- 2005 - George Archer , American golfer (b. 1939 )
- 2005 - Ghulam Mustafa Khan , Pakistani researcher, critic and linguist (b. 1912 )
- 2005 - Urie Bronfenbrenner , American psychologist, founder of Head Start program (b. 1917 )
- 2005 - M. Scott Peck , American psychiatrist and writer (b. 1936 )
- 2005 - Friedrich Peter , Austrian politician (b. 1921 )
- 2006 - Jeff Cooper , renowned firearms expert (b. 1920 )
- 2006 - John M. Ford , American author and poet (b. 1957 )
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