September 14

Events

Pre-1600

*AD 81 – Domitian became Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus.
* 786 – "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.
* 919 – Battle of Islandbridge: High King Niall Glúndub is killed while leading an Irish coalition against the Vikings of Uí Ímair, led by King Sitric Cáech.
* 1180 – Genpei War: In the Battle of Ishibashiyama in Japan, the new military commander of the Minamoto clan, Minamoto no Yoritomo, is routed by Ōba Kagechika of the Taira clan.
* 1226 – The first recorded instance of the Catholic practice of perpetual Eucharistic adoration formally begins in Avignon, France.
* 1402 – 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.

1601–1900

* 1607 – Flight of the Earls from Lough Swilly, Donegal, Ireland.
*1682 – Bishop Gore School, one of the oldest schools in Wales, is founded.
* 1685 – Morean War: the Battle of Kalamata ends in a Venetian victory over the forces of the Ottoman Empire under the Kapudan Pasha.
* 1723 – Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena lays down the first stone of Fort Manoel in Malta.
*1741 – George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio ''Messiah''.
* 1752 – The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
* 1763 – Seneca warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Devil's Hole during Pontiac's War.
*1782 – American Revolutionary War: Review of the French troops under General Rochambeau by General George Washington at Verplanck's Point, New York.
* 1791 – The Papal States lose Avignon to Revolutionary France.
* 1808 – Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais.
* 1812 – Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée enters Moscow. The Fire of Moscow begins as soon as Russian troops leave the city.
*1814 – 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 – The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.
*1846 – Jang Bahadur and his brothers massacre about 40 members of the Nepalese palace court.
*1862 – American Civil War: The Battle of South Mountain, part of the Maryland Campaign, is fought.

1901–present

* 1901 – 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 – 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.
*1914 – , the Royal Australian Navy's first submarine, is lost at sea with all hands near East New Britain, Papua New Guinea.
*1917 – The Russian Empire is formally replaced by the Russian Republic.
*1936 – Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaurès, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza.
*1939 – World War II: The Estonian military boards the Polish submarine in Tallinn, sparking a diplomatic incident that the Soviet Union will later use to justify the annexation of Estonia.
*1940 – Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
*1943 – 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 – World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
*1948 – The Indian Army captures the city of Aurangabad as part of Operation Polo.
*1954 – In a top secret nuclear test, a Soviet Tu-4 bomber drops a 40 kiloton atomic weapon just north of Totskoye village.
* 1958 – The first two German post-war rockets, designed by the German engineer Ernst Mohr, reach the upper atmosphere.
* 1960 – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
* 1960 – Congo Crisis: Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
*1975 – The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
*1979 – 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 – President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated.
*1984 – Joe Kittinger becomes the first person to fly a gas balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
*1985 – Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.
*1989 – 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 – The Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina declares the breakaway Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia to be illegal.
*1993 – Lufthansa Flight 2904, an Airbus A320, crashes into an embankment after overshooting the runway at Okęcie International Airport (now Warsaw Chopin Airport), killing two people.
*1994 – The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
*1997 – Eighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
*1998 – Telecommunications companies MCI Communications and WorldCom complete their $37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom.
*1999 – Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.
*2000 – Microsoft releases Windows Me.
*2001 – 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 – Total Linhas Aéreas Flight 5561 crashes near Paranapanema, Brazil, killing both pilots on board.
*2003 – In a referendum, Estonia approves joining the European Union.
* 2003 – Bissau-Guinean President Kumba Ialá is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Veríssimo Correia Seabra.
*2007 – prelude to the 2008 financial crisis: Northern Rock bank experiences the first bank run in the United Kingdom in 150 years.
*2008 – 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.
*2015 – The first observation of gravitational waves is made, announced by the LIGO and Virgo collaborations on 11 February 2016.
*2019 – Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for an attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
*2022 – 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.

Births

Pre-1600

* 208 – Diadumenian, Roman emperor (died 218)
* 768 – Al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph, 7th (died 833)
* 938 – Sahib ibn Abbad, Persian scholar and statesman (died 995)
* 953 – Guo Zongxun, Chinese emperor (died 973)
* 1032 – Dao Zong, Chinese emperor (died 1101)
* 1246 – John Fitzalan III, English nobleman (died 1272)
* 1384 – Ephraim of Nea Makri, Greek martyr and saint (died 1426)
* 1388 – Claudius Clavus, Danish geographer and cartographer (died 1438)
* 1401 – Maria of Castile, Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (died 1458)
* 1485 – Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Landgravine of Hesse (died 1525)
*1486 – Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, German theologian, astrologer, and alchemist (died 1535)
* 1543 – Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1615)
*1547 – Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (died 1619)
*1580 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (died 1645)

1601–1900

* 1618 – Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (died 1680)
* 1643 – Jeremiah Dummer, American silversmith (died 1718)
* 1656 – Thomas Baker, English historian and author (died 1746)
*1713 – Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (died 1781)
* 1721 – Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 1807)
* 1736 – Robert Raikes, English philanthropist, founded Sunday school (died 1811)
* 1737 – Michael Haydn, Austrian singer and composer (died 1806)
*1769 – Alexander von Humboldt, German geographer and explorer (died 1859)
* 1774 – Lord William Bentinck, English general and politician, 14th Governor-General of India (died 1839)
* 1791 – Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (died 1867)
*1804 – John Gould, English ornithologist and illustrator (died 1881)
* 1804 – Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (died 1882)
* 1816 – Mary Hall Barrett Adams, American book editor and letter writer (died 1860)
* 1837 – Nikolai Bugaev, Georgian-Russian mathematician and philosopher (died 1903)
*1843 – Lola Rodríguez de Tió, Puerto Rican poet, abolitionist, and women's rights activist (died 1924)
* 1847 – Fanny Holland, English actress and singer (died 1931)
*1850 – Anton Mahnič, Slovenian bishop, philosopher, and theologian (died 1920)
*1853 – Ponnambalam Arunachalam, Ceylonese civil servant and politician (died 1924)
*1857 – Julia Platt, American embryologist and politician (died 1935)
*1860 – Hamlin Garland, American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer (died 1940)
*1864 – Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, English lawyer and politician, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
*1867 – Charles Dana Gibson, American illustrator (died 1944)
* 1868 – Théodore Botrel, French singer-songwriter, poet, and playwright (died 1925)
* 1869 – Kid Nichols, American baseball player and manager (died 1953)
*1872 – John Olof Dahlgren, Swedish-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1963)
* 1879 – Margaret Sanger, American nurse and activist (died 1966)
*1880 – Benjamin, Russian bishop and missionary (died 1961)
* 1880 – Archie Hahn, American sprinter, football player, and coach (died 1955)
* 1883 – Richard Gerstl, Austrian painter and illustrator (died 1908)
* 1885 – Vittorio Gui, Italian conductor, composer, and critic (died 1975)
*1886 – Jan Masaryk, Czech soldier and politician, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1948)
* 1887 – Karl Taylor Compton, American physicist (died 1954)
* 1891 – Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian mathematician and academic (died 1983)
* 1892 – Laurence W. Allen, English lieutenant and pilot (died 1968)
* 1896 – José Mojica, Mexican tenor and actor (died 1974)
*1898 – Lawrence Gellert, Hungarian-American musicologist and song collector (died 1979)
* 1898 – Ernest Nash, German-Italian photographer and scholar (died 1974)

1901–present

* 1902 – Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (died 1977)
* 1902 – Alice Tully, American soprano and philanthropist (died 1993)
* 1903 – Mart Raud, Estonian poet and author (died 1980)
* 1904 – Frank Amyot, Canadian sprint canoeist (died 1962)
* 1904 – Richard Mohaupt, German composer and Kapellmeister (died 1957)
*1907 – Yuri Ivask, Russian-American poet and critic (died 1986)
* 1909 – Peter Scott, English ornithologist, painter, and sailor (died 1989)
* 1910 – Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (died 1982)
* 1910 – Jack Hawkins, English actor and producer (died 1973)
* 1910 – Yiannis Latsis, Greek businessman (died 2003)
* 1910 – Rolf Liebermann, Swiss-French composer and manager (died 1999)
* 1910 – Rasuna Said, Indonesian women's rights campaigner and national hero (died 1965)
*1911 – William H. Armstrong, American author and educator (died 1999)
*1913 – Jacobo Árbenz, Guatemalan captain and politician, President of Guatemala (died 1971)
* 1913 – Rubby Sherr, American physicist and academic (died 2013)
*1914 – Mae Boren Axton, American composer and educator (died 1997)
* 1914 – Clayton Moore, American actor (died 1999)
* 1915 – John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author, designed the Dobsonian telescope (died 2014)
* 1916 – Eric Bentley, English-American singer, playwright, and critic (died 2020)
* 1916 – John Heyer, Australian director and producer (died 2001)
*1917 – Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (died 2002)
*1918 – Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (died 1967)
* 1918 – Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (died 2008)
* 1919 – Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (died 1976)
* 1919 – Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (died 2001)
* 1919 – Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (died 2013)
* 1919 – Kay Medford, American actress (died 1980)
* 1920 – Mario Benedetti, Uruguayan journalist and author (died 2009)
* 1920 – Lawrence Klein, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
* 1920 – Alberto Calderón, Argentinian-American mathematician and academic (died 1998)
*1921 – Constance Baker Motley, American lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2005)
* 1921 – A. Jean de Grandpré, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and academic (died 2022)
* 1921 – Paul Poberezny, American pilot and businessman, founded the Experimental Aircraft Association (died 2013)
* 1921 – Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (died 2001)
* 1922 – Michel Auclair, German-French actor (died 1988)
* 1922 – Frances Bergen, American model and actress (died 2006)
* 1922 – Alfred Käärmann, Estonian soldier and author (died 2010)
*1923 – Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (died 2001)
* 1924 – Patricia Barringer, American baseball player and accountant (died 2007)
* 1924 – Jerry Coleman, American baseball player and manager (died 2014)
* 1924 – Abioseh Nicol, Sierra Leonean-English physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1994)
* 1924 – Wim Polak, Dutch journalist and politician, Mayor of Amsterdam (died 1999)
*1926 – Michel Butor, French author and critic (died 2016)
* 1926 – Richard Ellsasser, American organist, composer, and conductor (died 1972)
* 1926 – Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco, Spanish noblewoman (died 2017)
*1927 – Martin Caidin, American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
* 1927 – Janet Davies, English actress (died 1986)
* 1927 – Gardner Dickinson, American golfer (died 1998)
* 1927 – Jim Fanning, American-Canadian baseball player and manager (died 2015)
* 1927 – Edmund Szoka, American cardinal (died 2014)
*1928 – Jay Cameron, American reed player and saxophonist (died 2001)
* 1928 – Alberto Korda, Cuban photographer (died 2001)
* 1928 – Angus Ogilvy, English businessman (died 2004)
* 1929 – Larry Collins, American-French journalist, historian, and author (died 2005)
* 1930 – Allan Bloom, American philosopher and academic (died 1992)
* 1930 – Romola Costantino, Australian pianist and critic (died 1988)
* 1930 – Eugene I. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (died 2014)
*1932 – Harry Sinden, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
* 1932 – John Tembo, Malawian politician (died 2023)
*1933 – Zoe Caldwell, Australian actress (died 2020)
* 1933 – Harve Presnell, American actor and singer (died 2009)
*1934 – Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (died 1994)
* 1934 – Paul Little, New Zealand rugby player (died 1993)
* 1934 – Kate Millett, American author and activist (died 2017)
* 1934 – Don Walser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
*1935 – Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (died 2008)
*1936 – Harry Danielsen, Norwegian educator and politician (died 2011)
* 1936 – Terence Donovan, English photographer and director (died 1996)
* 1936 – Walter Koenig, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1936 – Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2023)
* 1936 – Lucas Samaras, Greek-American painter and photographer (died 2024)
* 1937 – Renzo Piano, Italian architect and engineer, designed The Shard and The New York Times Building
*1938 – Franco Califano, Libya-born Italian singer-songwriter (died 2013)
* 1938 – Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (died 2011)
*1939 – DeWitt Weaver, American golfer (died 2021)
*1940 – Ventseslav Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer and translator (died 2019)
* 1940 – Larry Brown, American basketball player and coach
* 1940 – Padmakar Shivalkar, Indian cricketer (died 2025)
* 1941 – Bruce Hyde, American actor and academic (died 2015)
* 1941 – Ian Kennedy, English lawyer and academic
* 1941 – Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American civil rights activist
* 1941 – Alberto Naranjo, Venezuelan drummer, composer, and bandleader (died 2020)
* 1941 – Alex St. Clair, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2006)
*1942 – Oliver Lake, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
* 1942 – Roger Lyons, English trade union leader
* 1942 – Bernard MacLaverty, Irish author, playwright, and screenwriter
*1943 – Irwin Goodman, Finnish singer-composer and guitarist (died 1991)
* 1943 – Marcos Valle, Brazilian singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
*1944 – Joey Heatherton, American actress, singer, and dancer
* 1944 – Rowena Morrill, American artist (died 2021)
* 1944 – Günter Netzer, German footballer and manager
*1945 – Martin Tyler, English sportscaster
*1946 – Pete Agnew, Scottish rock bassist and singer
* 1946 – Jim Angle, American soldier and journalist (died 2022)
* 1946 – Wolfgang Sühnholz, German-American soccer player and coach (died 2019)
* 1946 – Kjell Gjerseth, Norwegian novelist and journalist (died 2025)
*1947 – Jon Bauman, American singer
* 1947 – Sam Neill, Northern Irish-New Zealand actor and director
*1948 – Marc Reisner, American environmentalist and author (died 2000)
*1949 – Steve Gaines, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)
* 1949 – Ed King, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2018)
* 1949 – Tommy Seebach, Danish singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (died 2003)
* 1949 – Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1994)
* 1949 – Eikichi Yazawa, Japanese singer-songwriter
*1950 – Paul Kossoff, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1976)
* 1950 – Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver
* 1950 – Mike Nifong, American lawyer and politician
* 1950 – John Steptoe, American author and illustrator (died 1989)
*1951 – Volodymyr Melnykov, Ukrainian poet, writer, songwriter and composer
*1951 – Joe McDonnell, Northern Irish hunger striker (died 1981)
*1953 – Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (died 1998)
* 1953 – Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer
* 1953 – Robert Wisdom, American actor
*1954 – Barry Cowsill, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2005)
* 1954 – David Wojnarowicz, American painter and photographer (died 1992)
* 1955 – Steve Berlin, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and producer
* 1955 – Geraldine Brooks, Australian-American novelist and journalist
* 1955 – William Jackson, Scottish harp player and composer
* 1955 – Edu Manzano, American-Filipino actor and politician
* 1955 – Pope Leo XIV
*1956 – Paul Allott, English cricketer and sportscaster
* 1956 – Beth Nielsen Chapman, American singer-songwriter
* 1956 – Kostas Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 181st Prime Minister of Greece
* 1956 – Nathalie Roussel, French actress
* 1956 – Ray Wilkins, English footballer and manager (died 2018)
* 1956 – Lefteris Zagoritis, Greek lawyer and politician
*1957 – Tim Wallach, American baseball player and coach
* 1957 – Kepler Wessels, South African cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
* 1958 – Paul Clark, English footballer and manager
* 1958 – Jeff Crowe, New Zealand cricketer, referee, and manager
* 1958 – Arlindo Cruz, Brazilian singer-songwriter
* 1958 – Billy Abercromby, Scottish footballer (died 2024)
*1959 – John Berry, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
* 1959 – Mary Crosby, American actress
* 1959 – Morten Harket, Norwegian singer-songwriter
* 1960 – Ronald Lengkeek, Dutch footballer
* 1960 – Melissa Leo, American actress
* 1960 – Callum Keith Rennie, English-Canadian actor and producer
* 1961 – Freeman Mbowe, Tanzanian politician
* 1961 – Wendy Thomas, American businesswoman
*1962 – Robert Herjavec, Croatian-Canadian businessman
* 1962 – Tom Kurvers, American ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2021)
* 1962 – Nick Botterill, British business man
* 1962 – Bonnie Jo Campbell, American novelist and short story writer
*1963 – Robin Singh, Trinidadian-Indian cricketer and coach
* 1964 – Faith Ford, American actress
*1965 – Emily Bell, English journalist and academic
* 1965 – Dmitry Medvedev, Russian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Russia
* 1965 – Kevin O'Hare, English ballet dancer and director
* 1965 – Michelle Stafford, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
*1966 – Iztok Puc, Croatian-Slovenian handball player (died 2011)
* 1966 – Aamer Sohail, Pakistani cricketer and politician
*1967 – Jens Lien, Norwegian director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1967 – John Power, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*1968 – Grant Shapps, English politician
* 1969 – Denis Betts, English rugby league player and coach
* 1969 – Bong Joon-ho, South Korean director and screenwriter
* 1969 – Konstandinos Koukodimos, Australian-Greek long jumper and politician
*1970 – Francesco Casagrande, Italian cyclist
* 1970 – Ben Garant, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1970 – Ketanji Brown Jackson, American lawyer and jurist, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
* 1970 – Satoshi Kojima, Japanese wrestler
* 1970 – Jason Martin, Australian rugby league player, singer, and guitarist
* 1970 – Craig Montoya, American singer-songwriter and bass player
* 1970 – Mark Webber, English guitarist
*1971 – Jeff Loomis, American guitarist and songwriter
* 1971 – Andre Matos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2019)
* 1971 – Christopher McCulloch, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
* 1971 – Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress, director, and producer
*1972 – Notah Begay III, American golfer
* 1972 – David Bell, American baseball player and coach
*1973 – Tony Bui, Vietnamese director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1973 – Terrell Fletcher, American football player
* 1973 – Andrew Lincoln, English actor
* 1973 – Nas, American rapper
* 1973 – Linvoy Primus, English footballer
* 1973 – Mike Ward, Canadian comedian and actor
* 1974 – Chad Bradford, American baseball player
* 1974 – Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan runner
* 1974 – Mattias Marklund, Swedish guitarist
* 1974 – Sunday Oliseh, Nigerian footballer and manager
* 1974 – Helgi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
* 1974 – Patrick van Balkom, Dutch sprinter
*1976 – Austin Basis, American actor
* 1976 – Agustín Calleri, Argentinian tennis player
* 1976 – Kevin Lyttle, Vincentian soca artist
*1977 – Mattias Agabus, Estonian architect
* 1977 – Malik Bendjelloul, Swedish director and producer (died 2014)
* 1977 – Miyu Matsuki, Japanese voice actress and singer (died 2015)
*1978 – Ben Cohen (rugby union), Ben Cohen, English rugby union player
* 1978 – Ron DeSantis, American politician, 46th Governor of Florida
* 1978 – Carmen Kass, Estonian model and actress
* 1978 – Danielle Peck, American singer-songwriter
*1979 – Ivica Olić, Croatian footballer
* 1979 – Stefan Stam, Dutch footballer
*1980 – Ayọ, German singer-songwriter and actress
* 1980 – Gareth Maybin, Northern Irish professional golfer
*1981 – Miyavi, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
* 1981 – Katie Lee (food critic), Katie Lee, American chef, author, and critic
* 1981 – Stefan Reisinger, German footballer
* 1981 – Yumi Adachi, Japanese actress and singer
* 1982 – SoShy, French-American singer-songwriter
* 1982 – Petr Průcha, Czech ice hockey player
*1983 – Arash Borhani, Iranian footballer
* 1983 – Josh Outman, American baseball player
* 1983 – Frostee Rucker, American football player
* 1983 – Amy Winehouse, English singer-songwriter (died 2011)
*1984 – Ayushmann Khurrana, Indian actor, singer and anchor
* 1984 – Adam Lamberg, American actor
*1985 – Alex Clare, English singer and songwriter
* 1985 – Paolo Gregoletto, American bass player and songwriter
* 1985 – Trevis Smith, American football player
* 1985 – Aya Ueto, Japanese actress and singer
* 1985 – Delmon Young, American baseball player
*1986 – David Desharnais, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1986 – Jonathan Monaghan, American director, producer, and screenwriter
* 1986 – Steven Naismith, Scottish footballer
* 1986 – Barış Özbek, German-Turkish footballer
* 1986 – Alan Sheehan, Irish footballer
* 1986 – Ai Takahashi, Japanese singer and actress
* 1986 – Reggie Williams (basketball, born 1986), Reggie Williams, American basketball player
*1987 – Jessica Brown Findlay, English actress
* 1987 – Michael Crabtree, American football player
* 1987 – Tinchy Stryder, Ghanaian-English rapper and producer
*1988 – Martin Fourcade, French biathlete
* 1988 – Diogo Salomão, Portuguese footballer
*1989 – Jimmy Butler, American basketball player
* 1989 – Tony Finau, American golfer
* 1989 – Logan Henderson, American singer-songwriter
* 1989 – Jesse James (actor), Jesse James, American actor
* 1989 – Lee Jong-suk, South Korean actor and model
* 1989 – Alex Killorn, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1989 – Jonathon Simmons, American basketball player
* 1989 – Miriam Zetter, Mexican ten-pin bowler
*1990 – Douglas Costa, Brazilian footballer
* 1990 – Petar Filipović, German-born Croatian footballer
* 1990 – Belinda Hocking, Australian backstroke swimmer
* 1990 – Cecilie Pedersen (Norwegian footballer), Cecilie Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
*1991 – Dee Milliner, American football player
* 1991 – Nana (singer), Nana, South Korean singer, actress and model
* 1991 – Shayne Topp, American actor and Smosh cast member
*1992 – Connor Fields (BMX rider), Connor Fields, American cyclist
* 1992 – Cassie Sharpe, Canadian freestyle skier
* 1992 – Zico (rapper), Zico, South Korean rapper
*1993 – Brandon Brown (racing driver), Brandon Brown, American race car driver
*1994 – Brahim Darri, Dutch footballer
* 1994 – Gary Harris, American basketball player
* 1994 – Daniel O'Shaughnessy, Finnish footballer
* 1994 – Krasimir Stanoev, Bulgarian footballer
*1995 – Jevon Carter, American basketball player
* 1995 – Deshaun Watson, American football player
*1996 – Hugh Bernard, English cricketer
* 1996 – Myles Wright, English professional footballer
*1997 – Benjamin Ingrosso, Swedish singer and songwriter
* 1997 – Dominic Solanke, English footballer
*1999 – Emma Kenney, American actress
*2000 – Han (musician), Han, South Korean rapper

Deaths

Pre-1600

*AD 23 – Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman son of Tiberius (born 13 BC)
* 258 – Cyprian, African bishop and saint (born 200)
* 407 – John Chrysostom, Byzantine archbishop and saint (born 347)
* 585 – Emperor Bidatsu, Bidatsu, emperor of Japan (born 538)
* 619 – Yang You, emperor of the Sui dynasty, Sui Dynasty (born 605)
* 775 – Constantine V, Byzantine emperor (born 718)
* 786 – Al-Hadi, Abbasid caliph (born 764)
* 788 – Li Mian, Chinese judge, military general, musician, poet, and politician (born 717)
* 820 – Li Yong (chancellor), Li Yong, chancellor of the Tang dynasty, Tang Dynasty
* 891 – Pope Stephen V, Stephen V, pope of the Catholic Church
* 919 – Niall Glúndub, High King of Ireland
* 927 – Cele Dabhaill mac Scannal, Irish abbot
* 949 – Fujiwara no Tadahira, Japanese statesman (born 880)
*1146 – Imad ad-Din Zengi, Syrian ruler (born 1087)
*1164 – Emperor Sutoku of Japan (born 1119)
*1214 – Albert Avogadro, Italian lawyer, patriarch, and saint (born 1149)
*1321 – Dante Alighieri, Italian writer (born 1265)
* 1401 – Dobrogost of Nowy Dwór, Polish bishop (born 1355)
*1404 – Albert IV of Austria, Albert IV, duke of Austria (born 1377)
*1412 – Ingegerd Knutsdotter, Swedish abbess (born 1356)
*1435 – John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, Lord High Admiral (born 1389)
*1487 – Mara Branković, Serbian princess (born 1416)
*1523 – Pope Adrian VI (born 1459)
*1538 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda (born 1483)

1601–1900

*1605 – Jan Tarnowski (1550–1605), Jan Tarnowski, Polish archbishop (born 1550)
*1613 – Thomas Overbury, English poet
*1638 – John Harvard (clergyman), John Harvard, English-American minister and philanthropist (born 1607)
*1646 – Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire (born 1591)
*1712 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Italian-French mathematician, astronomer, and engineer (born 1625)
*1715 – Dom Pérignon (monk), Dom Pérignon, French monk and priest (born 1638)
*1743 – Nicolas Lancret, French painter (born 1690)
*1749 – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (born 1675)
*1759 – Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (born 1712)
*1807 – George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1724)
*1821 – Heinrich Kuhl, German naturalist and zoologist (born 1797)
*1836 – Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (born 1756)
*1851 – James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian (born 1789)
*1852 – Augustus Pugin, English architect and critic, designed Scarisbrick Hall (born 1812)
* 1852 – Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Irish-English field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1769)
*1862 – Charles Pearson, English lawyer and politician (born 1793)
* 1862 – Charles Lennox Richardson, English-Chinese merchant (born 1834)
* 1879 – Bernhard von Cotta, German geologist and author (born 1808)
* 1891 – Johannes Bosboom, Dutch painter (born 1817)
*1898 – William Seward Burroughs I, American businessman, founded the Burroughs Corporation (born 1857)

1901–present

* 1901 – William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (born 1843)
*1905 – Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Italian-French explorer (born 1852)
* 1910 – Lombe Atthill, Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (born 1827)
* 1916 – José Echegaray, Spanish engineer, mathematician, and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1832)
*1927 – Isadora Duncan, American-Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1877)
*1931 – Tom Roberts, English-Australian painter and educator (born 1856)
*1936 – Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Russian-American pianist and conductor (born 1878)
* 1936 – Irving Thalberg, American screenwriter and producer (born 1899)
* 1937 – Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Czech sociologist and politician, 1st President of Czechoslovakia (born 1850)
*1942 – E. S. Gosney, American eugenicist and philanthropist, founded Human Betterment Foundation (born 1855)
*1943 – Jacob Gens, head of the Vilnius Ghetto government (born 1903)
*1951 – Fritz Busch, German conductor and director (born 1890)
*1952 – John McPhee (politician), John McPhee, Australian businessman and politician, 27th Premier of Tasmania (born 1874)
*1959 – Wayne Morris (American actor), Wayne Morris, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1914)
* 1960 – M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (born 1908)
* 1961 – Ernst Gustav Kühnert, Estonian-German architect and historian (born 1885)
*1962 – Frederick Schule, American hurdler, football player, and coach (born 1879)
*1965 – J. W. Hearne, English cricketer (born 1891)
*1966 – Gertrude Berg, American actress and screenwriter (born 1899)
* 1966 – Hiram Wesley Evans, American Ku Klux Klan leader (born 1881)
* 1966 – Cemal Gürsel, Turkish general and politician, 4th President of Turkey (born 1895)
*1975 – Walter Herbert (conductor), Walter Herbert, German-American conductor (born 1902)
*1979 – Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician, 3rd President of Afghanistan (born 1917)
*1981 – Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1899)
* 1982 – Christian Ferras, French violinist (born 1933)
* 1982 – John Gardner (American writer), John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1933)
* 1982 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (born 1947)
* 1982 – Grace Kelly, American-Monegasque actress; Princess of Monaco (born 1929)
*1984 – Janet Gaynor, American actress (born 1906)
*1986 – Gordon McLendon, American broadcaster, founded the Liberty Broadcasting System (born 1921)
*1989 – Pérez Prado, Cuban-Mexican singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1916)
*1991 – Julie Bovasso, American actress and playwright (born 1930)
* 1991 – Russell Lynes, American historian, photographer, and author (born 1910)
*1992 – August Komendant, Estonian-American engineer and academic (born 1906)
* 1992 – Paul Martin Sr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada), Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1903)
*1994 – Marika Krevata, Greek actress (born 1910)
*1995 – Maurice K. Goddard, American colonel and politician (born 1912)
*1996 – Juliet Prowse, Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (born 1937)
*1998 – Yang Shangkun, Chinese politician, and 4th President of the People's Republic of China, President of China (born 1907)
*1999 – Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)
* 1999 – Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (born 1947)
*2000 – Beah Richards, American actress (born 1920)
* 2000 – Jerzy Giedroyc, Belarusian-Polish soldier and activist (born 1906)
*2001 – Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer and guitarist (born 1931)
*2002 – LaWanda Page, American actress (born 1920)
*2003 – Jerry Fleck, American actor and director (born 1947)
* 2003 – Garrett Hardin, American ecologist and author (born 1915)
* 2003 – John Serry, Sr., American accordion player and composer (born 1915)
*2005 – William Berenberg, American physician and academic (born 1915)
* 2005 – Vladimir Volkoff, French soldier and author (born 1932)
* 2005 – Robert Wise, American director and producer (born 1914)
*2006 – Mickey Hargitay, Hungarian-American bodybuilder and actor (born 1926)
* 2006 – Esme Melville, Australian actress (born 1918)
*2007 – Jacques Martin (TV host), Jacques Martin, French television host and producer (born 1933)
* 2007 – Robert Savoie, Canadian opera singer (born 1927)
*2008 – Hyman Golden, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (born 1923)
*2009 – Keith Floyd, English chef and author (born 1943)
* 2009 – Henry Gibson, American actor (born 1935)
* 2009 – Jody Powell, American diplomat, White House Press Secretary (born 1943)
* 2009 – Patrick Swayze, American actor, singer, and dancer (born 1952)
*2011 – Malcolm Wallop, American politician (born 1933)
*2012 – Jacques Antoine, French game show producer, created ''The Crystal Maze'' and ''Fort Boyard (TV series), Fort Boyard'' (born 1924)
* 2012 – Eduardo Castro Luque, Mexican businessman and politician (born 1963)
* 2012 – Winston Rekert, Canadian actor and director (born 1949)
* 2012 – Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (born 1913)
*2013 – Maksym Bilyi (footballer, born 1989), Maksym Bilyi, Ukrainian footballer (born 1989)
* 2013 – Osama El-Baz, Egyptian soldier and diplomat (born 1931)
* 2013 – Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (born 1941)
*2014 – Tony Auth, American illustrator (born 1942)
* 2014 – Peter Gutteridge, New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1961)
* 2014 – E. Jennifer Monaghan, English-American historian, author, and academic (born 1933)
*2015 – Davey Browne, Australian boxer (born 1986)
* 2015 – Fred DeLuca, American businessman, co-founded Subway (restaurant), Subway (born 1947)
* 2015 – Martin Kearns, English drummer (born 1977)
* 2015 – Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Romanian journalist and politician (born 1949)
*2018 – Ethel Johnson (wrestler), Ethel Johnson, American professional wrestler (born 1935)
* 2018 – Zienia Merton, British actress (born 1945)
*2021 – Norm Macdonald, Canadian comedian and actor (born 1959)
*2024 – Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti royal and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Kuwait (born 1942)
*2024 – Otis Davis, American sprinter (born 1932)

Holidays and observances

*Christian calendar of saints, feast day:
**Aelia Flaccilla (Eastern Orthodox Church)
**Cormac mac Cuilennáin, Cormac mac Cuilennáin (or of Cashel)
**Crescentius of Rome
**Feast of the Cross (Christianity)
***Elevation of the Holy Cross (Eastern Orthodox)
**Lord of Miracles of Buga
**Louis Gabriel Taurin Dufresse (one of Martyr Saints of China)
**Maternus of Cologne
**Saint Notburga, Notburga
**September 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
*Engineer's Day (Romania)
*Hindi Day (Hindi Belt, Hindi-speaking states of India)
*Mobilized Servicemen Day (Ukraine)
*San Jacinto Day (Nicaragua)

References

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