Events

Pre-1600

275 __NOTOC__ Year 275 ( CCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelianus and Marcellinus (or, less frequently, year 10 ...

– For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old

Marcus Claudius Tacitus Marcus Claudius Tacitus (; died June 276) was Roman emperor from 275 to 276. During his short reign he campaigned against the Goths and the Heruli, for which he received the title ''Gothicus Maximus''. Early life His early life is largely u ...

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762 __NOTOC__ Year 762 ( DCCLXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 762 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar ...

– Led by

Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al- Ḥasan al-Muthannā ibn al- Ḥasan al-Mujtabā ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib or Muḥammad al-Nafs al-Zakīyya ( ar, محمد بن عبد الله بن الحسن بن الحسن بن علي الملقَّب ...

, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate. *

1066 1066 ( MLXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. Events Worldwide * March 20 – Halley's Comet reaches perihelion. Its appearance is subsequently recorded in the Bayeux Tapestry. Asia * ''unknown dates'' ...

– In the

Battle of Stamford Bridge The Battle of Stamford Bridge ( ang, Gefeoht æt Stanfordbrycge) took place at the village of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, in England, on 25 September 1066, between an English army under King Harold Godwinson and an invading N ...

Harald Hardrada Harald Sigurdsson (; – 25 September 1066), also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet ''Hardrada'' (; modern no, Hardråde, roughly translated as "stern counsel" or "hard ruler") in the sagas, was King of Norway from 1046 to ...

, the invading King of Norway, is defeated by King

Harold II of England Harold Godwinson ( – 14 October 1066), also called Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 until his death at the Battle of Hastings, fighting the Norman invaders led by William the ...

. * 1237 – England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border. *

1396 Year 1396 ( MCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * May 19 – Martin I succeeds his brother, John I, as King of Aragon (modern-day n ...

– Ottoman Emperor Bayezid I defeats a Christian army at the Battle of Nicopolis. *

1513 Year 1513 ( MDXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * March 9 – Pope Leo X (layman Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici) succeeds Pope Julius ...

– Spanish explorer

Vasco Núñez de Balboa Vasco Núñez de Balboa (; c. 1475around January 12–21, 1519) was a Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador. He is best known for having crossed the Isthmus of Panama to the Pacific Ocean in 1513, becoming the first European to lead an ...

reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean. *

1555 Year 1555 ( MDLV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 22 – The Kingdom of Ava in Upper Burma falls. * February 2 – The Diet o ...

– The Peace of Augsburg is signed by Emperor Charles V and the princes of the Schmalkaldic League.

1601–1900

1690 Events January–March * January 2 – The Ottoman Empire defeats Serbian rebels and Austrian troops in battle at Kaçanik Gorge, prompting more than 30,000 Serb refugees to flee northward from Kosovo, Macedonia and Sandžak to the Aus ...

– '' Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick'', the first newspaper to appear in the Americas, is published for the first and only time. *

1768 Events January–March * January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London. * February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Re ...

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Unification of Nepal The Unification of Nepal, also known as Expansion of Gorkha Kingdom, officially began in 1743 AD (1799 BS) after King Prithvi Narayan Shah of Gorkha launched an aggressive annexation campaign seeking to broaden his own kingdom's border. Afte ...

1775 Events Summary The American Revolutionary War began this year, with the first military engagement being the April 19 Battles of Lexington and Concord on the day after Paul Revere's now-legendary ride. The Second Continental Congress t ...

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American Revolution The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revolu ...

: Ethan Allen surrenders to British forces after attempting to capture Montreal during the

Battle of Longue-Pointe The Battle of Longue-Pointe (french: Bataille de Longue-Pointe) was an attempt by Ethan Allen and a small force of American and Quebec militia to capture Montreal from British forces on September 25, 1775, early in the American Revolutionary Wa ...

. * 1775 – American Revolution:

Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec In September 1775, early in the American Revolutionary War, Colonel Benedict Arnold led a force of 1,100 Continental Army troops on an expedition from Cambridge in the Province of Massachusetts Bay to the gates of Quebec City. The expedition ...

sets off. *

1789 Events January–March * January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet '' What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution. * January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential electio ...

– The United States Congress passes twelve constitutional amendments: the ten known as the

Bill of Rights A bill of rights, sometimes called a declaration of rights or a charter of rights, is a list of the most important rights to the citizens of a country. The purpose is to protect those rights against infringement from public officials and pri ...

, the (unratified)

Congressional Apportionment Amendment The Congressional Apportionment Amendment (originally titled Article the First) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that addresses the number of seats in the House of Representatives. It was proposed by Congress on September ...

, and the Congressional Compensation Amendment. *

1790 Events January–March * January 8 – United States President George Washington gives the first State of the Union address, in New York City. * January 11 – The 11 minor states of the Austrian Netherlands, which took ...

– Four Great Anhui Troupes introduce Anhui opera to Beijing in honor of the Qianlong Emperor's eightieth birthday. *

1804 Events January–March * January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic, having the only successful slave revolt ever. * February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa. * Februar ...

– The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the

Lewis and Clark Expedition The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select gr ...

as a toll for allowing the expedition to move further upriver. *

1868 Events January–March * January 2 – British Expedition to Abyssinia: Robert Napier leads an expedition to free captive British officials and missionaries. * January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Ja ...

– The Imperial Russian steam frigate ''Alexander Nevsky'' is shipwrecked off Jutland while carrying

Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (russian: Алексе́й Алекса́ндрович; in St. Petersburg – 14 November 1908 in Paris) was the fifth child and the fourth son of Alexander II of Russia and his first wife Maria Alex ...

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1890 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa. ** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River. * January 2 ** The steamship '' ...

– The United States Congress establishes

Sequoia National Park Sequoia National Park is an American national park in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. The park was established on September 25, 1890, and today protects of forested mountainous terrain. Encompassing a vertical relief of ...

1901–present

1906 Events January–February * January 12 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: A nationalistic coalition of merchants, religious leaders and intellectuals in Persia forces the shah Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar to grant a constitution, a ...

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Leonardo Torres y Quevedo Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (; 28 December 1852 – 18 December 1936) was a Spanish civil engineer and mathematician of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Torres was a pioneer in the development of the radio control and automat ...

demonstrates the ''Telekino'', guiding a boat from the shore, in what is considered to be the first use of a remote control. *

1911 A notable ongoing event was the race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * Ja ...

– An explosion of badly degraded propellant charges on board the French battleship ''Liberté'' detonates the forward ammunition magazines and destroys the ship. *

1912 Events January * January 1 – The Republic of China is established. * January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens. * January 6 ** German geophysicist Alfred ...

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Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is located in Pulitzer Hall on the university's Morningside Heights campus in New York City. Founded in 1912 by Joseph Pulitzer, Columbia Journalism School is one of the oldest journalism s ...

is founded in New York City. *

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January *January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

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World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

: The

Second Battle of Champagne The Second Battle of Champagne ( or Autumn Battle) in World War I was a French offensive against the German army at Champagne that coincided with an Anglo-French assault at north-east Artois and ended with French retreat. Battle On 25 Septem ...

begins. *

1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...

– World War I: The end of the Battle of Megiddo, the climax of the British Army's Sinai and Palestine campaign under General

Edmund Allenby Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, (23 April 1861 – 14 May 1936) was a senior British Army officer and Imperial Governor. He fought in the Second Boer War and also in the First World War, in which he led ...

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1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos (general), Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Kingdom of Hejaz, Hejaz. ** Bảo Đại, Crown Prince Nguyễn P ...

– The international Convention to Suppress the Slave Trade and Slavery is first signed. *

1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Febr ...

– Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the

Battle of Pingxingguan The Battle of Pingxingguan (), commonly called the Great Victory of Pingxingguan in Mainland China, was an engagement fought on 25 September 1937, at the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War, between the Eighth Route Army of the Chinese Com ...

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1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in No ...

–

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem via Oosterbeek. *

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yiji ...

– The

Royal Jordanian Air Force The Royal Jordanian Air Force (RJAF; ar, سلاح الجو الملكي الأردني, Silāḥ ul-Jawu al-Malakī 'al-Urdunī) is the aerial warfare branch of the Jordanian Armed Forces. History Early days Jordan gained independence in 1 ...

is founded. *

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are kille ...

– TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated. *

1957 1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, t ...

– Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops. *

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

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Solomon Bandaranaike Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike ( si, සොලොමන් වෙස්ට් රිජ්වේ ඩයස් බණ්ඩාරනායක; ta, சாலமன் வெஸ்ட் ரிட்ஜ்வே டயஸ் ப� ...

, Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, is mortally wounded by a Buddhist monk,

Talduwe Somarama Talduwe Ratugama Rallage Weris Singho, better known as Talduwe Somarama Thero (27 August 1915 – 6 July 1962), shot and killed S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, the fourth Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka), who served from 1956 until his assa ...

, and dies the next day. *

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wo ...

– The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is formally proclaimed.

Ferhat Abbas Ferhat is a Turkish given name and the Turkish spelling of the Persian name Ferhad ( fa, فرهاد, ''farhād''). It may refer to: Given name Ferhad * Ferhad Ayaz (born 1994), Turkish-Swedish footballer * Ferhad Pasha Sokolović 16th-century O ...

is elected President of the provisional government. * 1962 – The

North Yemen Civil War The North Yemen Civil War ( ar, ثورة 26 سبتمبر, Thawra 26 Sabtambar, 26 September Revolution) was fought in North Yemen from 1962 to 1970 between partisans of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom and supporters of the Yemen Arab Republic. The w ...

begins when Abdullah al-Sallal dethrones the newly crowned Imam al-Badr and declares Yemen a republic under his presidency. *

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Co ...

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Lord Denning Alfred Thompson "Tom" Denning, Baron Denning (23 January 1899 – 5 March 1999) was an English lawyer and judge. He was called to the bar of England and Wales in 1923 and became a King's Counsel in 1938. Denning became a judge in 1944 whe ...

releases the UK government's official report on the

Profumo affair The Profumo affair was a major scandal in twentieth-century British politics. John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, had an extramarital affair with 19-year-old model Christine Keeler b ...

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1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

– The

Mozambican War of Independence The Mozambican War of Independence ( pt, Guerra da Independência de Moçambique, 'War of Independence of Mozambique') was an armed conflict between the guerrilla forces of the Mozambique Liberation Front or FRELIMO () and Portugal. The wa ...

against Portugal begins. *

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 ** Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

– The charter establishing the

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived fr ...

is signed. *

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom K ...

– Dr.

Frank Jobe Frank James Jobe (July 16, 1925 – March 6, 2014) was an American orthopedic surgeon and co-founder of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic. Jobe pioneered both elbow ligament replacement and major reconstructive shoulder surgery for basebal ...

performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player

Tommy John Thomas Edward John Jr. (born May 22, 1943), nicknamed "The Bionic Man," is an American retired professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 26 seasons between 1963 and 1989. He played for the Cleveland Indians ...

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1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democrati ...

– About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the

Chicago Marathon The Chicago Marathon is a marathon (long-distance foot race) held every October in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the six World Marathon Majors. Thus, it is also a World Athletics Label Road Races, World Athletics Label Road Race. The Chicago ...

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1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 – ...

–

PSA Flight 182 Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) Flight 182 was a scheduled flight of Pacific Southwest Airlines from Sacramento to Los Angeles and San Diego. On September 25, 1978, the Boeing 727-214 serving the flight, registration N533PS, collided with a pr ...

, a Boeing 727, collides in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashes in San Diego, killing all 135 aboard Flight 182, both occupants of the Cessna, as well as seven people on the ground. *

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major off ...

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Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wa ...

joins the United Nations. *

1983 The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call. Events January * January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to TCP/IP is officially completed (this is considered to be the beginning ...

– Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison. *

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engines ...

–

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeedi ...

launches the ''

Mars Observer The ''Mars Observer'' spacecraft, also known as the ''Mars Geoscience/Climatology Orbiter'', was a robotic space probe launched by NASA on September 25, 1992, to study the Martian surface, atmosphere, climate and magnetic field. During the int ...

''. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion. *

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

– PauknAir Flight 4101, a

British Aerospace 146 The British Aerospace 146 (also BAe 146) is a short-haul and regional airliner that was manufactured in the United Kingdom by British Aerospace, later part of BAE Systems. Production ran from 1983 until 2001. Manufacture by Avro Internati ...

, crashes near

Melilla Airport Melilla Airport is an airport located in Melilla, an exclave of Spain in Africa. The airport is located about southwest of the city, near the border with Morocco. Between 1931 and 1967 Melilla was served by the Tauima Aerodrome (now the Nador I ...

Melilla Melilla ( , ; ; rif, Mřič ; ar, مليلية ) is an autonomous city of Spain located in north Africa. It lies on the eastern side of the Cape Three Forks, bordering Morocco and facing the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of . It was ...

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, killing 38 people. *

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, disintegrated during reentry into Atmosphere of Earth, Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an 2002– ...

– The 8.3 Hokkaidō earthquake strikes just offshore Hokkaidō, Japan. *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

–

Bill Cosby William Henry Cosby Jr. ( ; born July 12, 1937) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and media personality. He made significant contributions to American and African-American culture, and is well known in the United States for his eccentri ...

is sentenced to three to ten years in prison for

aggravated sexual assault The precise definitions of and punishments for aggravated sexual assault and aggravated rape vary from nation to nation and state to state within nations. Effects on victims Aggravated sexual assault can lead to short- or long-term effects. Ma ...

Births

Pre-1600

1358 Year 1358 ( MCCCLVIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January 10 – Muhammad II as Said becomes ruler of the Marinid dynasty in mode ...

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Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was the third ''shōgun'' of the Ashikaga shogunate, ruling from 1368 to 1394 during the Muromachi period of Japan. Yoshimitsu was Ashikaga Yoshiakira's third son but the oldest son to survive, his childhood name being Haruō (). Yoshimitsu was ...

, Japanese shōgun (d. 1408) *

1403 Year 1403 ( MCDIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * January / February – Treaty of Gallipoli: Süleyman Çelebi makes wide-rangin ...

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Louis III of Anjou Louis III (25 September 1403 – 12 November 1434) was a claimant to the Kingdom of Naples from 1417 to 1426, as well as count of Provence, Forcalquier, Piedmont, and Maine and duke of Anjou from 1417 to 1434. As the heir designate to the throne of ...

(d. 1434) *

1525 __NOTOC__ Year 1525 ( MDXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 21 – The Swiss Anabaptist Movement is born when Conrad Grebel, Fel ...

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Steven Borough Steven Borough (25 September 1525 – 12 July 1584) was an English navigator and an early Arctic explorer. He was master of the first English ship to reach the White Sea in 1553 and open trade with Russia on behalf of the Muscovy Company. He becam ...

, English explorer and navigator (d. 1584) *

1528 __NOTOC__ Year 1528 ( MDXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * January 12 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned king of Sweden, having alread ...

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Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg, nicknamed ''the Younger'', or ''the Famous'' (25 September 1528, in Celle – 26 October 1603, in Harburg) was from 1549 until his death the Duke of Brunswick-Harburg. Life Otto was the eldest son of the ...

(d. 1603) *

1529 __NOTOC__ Year 1529 ( MDXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–June * February 2 – The Örebro Synod provides the theological foundation of th ...

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Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt Günther XLI, Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt, nicknamed "the Quarrelsome" or , (25 September 1529 in Sondershausen – 23 May 1583 in Antwerp) was the ruling count of Schwarzburg from 1552 to 1571 and then Count of Schwarzburg-Arnstadt until h ...

(d. 1583) *

1599 __NOTOC__ Events January–June * January 8 – The Jesuit educational plan, known as the '' Ratio Studiorum'', is issued. * March 12 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, is appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, by Queen Elizabeth I ...

– Francesco Borromini, Swiss-Italian architect, designed the

San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane The church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (Saint Charles at the Four Fountains), also called , is a Roman Catholic church in Rome, Italy. The church was designed by the architect Francesco Borromini and it was his first independent commission. ...

and

Sant'Agnese in Agone Sant'Agnese in Agone (also called Sant'Agnese in Piazza Navona) is a 17th-century Baroque church in Rome, Italy. It faces onto the Piazza Navona, one of the main urban spaces in the historic centre of the city and the site where the Early Christi ...

(d. 1667)

1601–1900

1636 Events January–March * January 1 – Anthony van Diemen takes office as Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), and will serve until his death in 1645. * January 18 – ''The Duke's Mistress'', the last ...

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Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein Ferdinand Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein (25 July 1628 – 1 December 1698), was a German prince member of the House of Dietrichstein, 3rd Prince ('' Fürst'') of Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg, Princely Count (''gefürsteter Graf'') of Tarasp, Bar ...

, German prince (d. 1698) *

1644 It is one of eight years (CE) to contain each Roman numeral once (1000(M)+500(D)+100(C)+(-10(X)+50(L))+(-1(I)+5(V)) = 1644). Events January–March * January 22 – The Royalist Oxford Parliament is first assembled by King ...

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Ole Rømer Ole Christensen Rømer (; 25 September 1644 – 19 September 1710) was a Danish astronomer who, in 1676, made the first measurement of the speed of light. Rømer also invented the modern thermometer showing the temperature between two fi ...

, Danish astronomer and instrument maker (d. 1710) *

1663 Events January–March * January 10 – The Royal African Company is granted a Royal Charter by Charles II of England. * January 23 – The Treaty of Ghilajharighat is signed in India between representatives of the Mugh ...

– Johann Nikolaus Hanff, German organist and composer (d. 1711) *

1683 Events January–March * January 5 – The Brandenburger—African Company, of the German state of Brandenburg, signs a treaty with representatives of the Ahanta tribe (in what is now Ghana), to establish the fort and settlement ...

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Jean-Philippe Rameau Jean-Philippe Rameau (; – ) was a French composer and music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera ...

, French composer and theorist (d. 1764) *

1694 Events January–March * January 16 – Francesco Morosini, the Doge of Venice since 1688, dies after ruling the Republic for more than five years and a few months after an unsuccessful attempt to capture the island of Negropont from the ...

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Henry Pelham Henry Pelham (25 September 1694 – 6 March 1754) was a British Whig statesman who served as 3rd Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 until his death in 1754. He was the younger brother of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, who ...

, English politician,

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet and selects its ministers. As moder ...

(d. 1754) *

1711 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January – Cary's Rebellion: The Lords Proprietor appoint Edward ...

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Qianlong Emperor The Qianlong Emperor (25 September 17117 February 1799), also known by his temple name Emperor Gaozong of Qing, born Hongli, was the fifth Emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China proper, reigning from 1735 ...

of China (d. 1799) *

1738 Events January–March * January 1 – At least 664 African slaves drown, when the Dutch West Indies Company slave ship ''Leusden'' capsizes and sinks in the Maroni River, during its arrival in Surinam. The Dutch crew escape ...

– Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and politician, 7th

Governor of Delaware A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

(d. 1789) *

1741 Events January–March * January 13 – Lanesborough, Massachusetts is created as a township. *February 13 – Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, popularizes the term "the balance of power" in a speech ...

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Wenzel Pichl Wenzel is a male given name (long version Wenzeslaus) as the German and Old English form of the Czech given name Václav or Venceslav, meaning "praised with glory". Variations are Вячеслав (Ukrainian and Russian), Vencel (Hungarian), Wac ...

, Czech violinist, composer, and director (d. 1805) *

1744 Events January–March * January 6 – The Royal Navy ship ''Bacchus'' engages the Spanish Navy privateer ''Begona'', and sinks it; 90 of the 120 Spanish sailors die, but 30 of the crew are rescued. * January 24 – The Dag ...

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Frederick William II of Prussia Frederick William II (german: Friedrich Wilhelm II.; 25 September 1744 – 16 November 1797) was King of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797. He was in personal union the Prince-elector of Brandenburg and (via the Orange-Nassau inherita ...

(d. 1797) *

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...

– Josepha Barbara Auernhammer, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1820) *

1761 Events January–March * January 14 – Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Durrani and his coalition decisively defeat the Maratha Confederacy, and restore the Mughal Empire to Shah Alam II. * January 16 – Siege of P ...

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William Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry William Townsend Mullins, 2nd Baron Ventry (25 September 1761 – 5 October 1827) was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer. Mullins was the son of Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, and Elizabeth Gunn, the daughter of Townsend Gunn. He served as t ...

, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (d. 1827) *

1764 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday and is the fifth year of the 1760s decade, the 64th year of the 18th century, and the 764th year of the 2nd millennium. Events January–June * January 7 – The Siculicidium ...

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Fletcher Christian Fletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was master's mate on board HMS ''Bounty'' during Lieutenant William Bligh's voyage to Tahiti during 1787–1789 for breadfruit plants. In the mutiny on the ''Bounty'', Christian sei ...

, English sailor (d. 1793) *

1766 Events January–March * January 1 – Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain, as King Charles III, and figurehead for Jacobitism. * January 14 – Chr ...

– Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1822) *

1771 Events January– March * January 5 – The Great Kalmyk (Torghut) Migration is led by Ubashi Khan, from the east bank of the Lower Volga River back to the homeland of Dzungaria, at this time under Qing Dynasty rule. * January 9 ...

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Nikolay Raevsky Nikolay Nikolayevich Raevsky (; — ) was a Russian general and statesman who achieved fame for his feats of arms during the Napoleonic Wars. His family left a lasting legacy in Russian society and culture. Early life Nikolay Raevsky was born ...

, Russian general and politician (d. 1829) *

1773 Events January–March * January 1 – The hymn that becomes known as ''Amazing Grace'', at this time titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17", is first used to accompany a sermon led by curate John Newton in the town of Olney, Bucking ...

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Agostino Bassi Agostino Bassi, sometimes called de Lodi (25 September 1773 – 8 February 1856), was an Italian entomologist. He preceded Louis Pasteur in the discovery that microorganisms can be the cause of disease (the germ theory of disease). He discovered ...

, Italian entomologist and author (d. 1856) *

1782 Events January–March * January 7 – The first American commercial bank (Bank of North America) opens. * January 15 – Superintendent of Finance Robert Morris goes before the United States Congress to recommend establi ...

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Charles Maturin Charles Robert Maturin, also known as C. R. Maturin (25 September 1780 – 30 October 1824), was an Irish Protestant clergyman (ordained in the Church of Ireland) and a writer of Gothic plays and novels.Chris Morgan, "Maturin, Charles R(obert). ...

, Irish author and playwright (d. 1824) *

1798 Events January–June * January – Eli Whitney contracts with the U.S. federal government for 10,000 muskets, which he produces with interchangeable parts. * January 4 – Constantine Hangerli enters Bucharest, as Prince of ...

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Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont Jean-Baptiste Armand Louis Léonce Élie de Beaumont (25 September 1798 – 21 September 1874) was a French geologist. Biography Élie de Beaumont was born at Canon, in Calvados. He was educated at the Lycee Henri IV where he took the f ...

, French geologist and engineer (d. 1874) *

1816 This year was known as the '' Year Without a Summer'', because of low temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere, possibly the result of the Mount Tambora volcanic eruption in Indonesia in 1815, causing severe global cooling, catastrophic in ...

– Georg August Rudolph, German lawyer and politician, 3rd Mayor of Marburg (d. 1893) *

1825 Events January–March * January 4 – King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies dies in Naples and is succeeded by his son, Francis. * February 3 – Vendsyssel-Thy, once part of the Jutland peninsula forming westernmost Denmark, becomes an ...

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William Pitt Ballinger William Pitt Ballinger (September 25, 1825 – January 20, 1888) was a Texas lawyer and statesman. He had a significant impact on the development of Texas realty and railroad law. He originally supported the Confederacy during the Civil War. H ...

, American lawyer and politician (d. 1888) * 1825 –

Joachim Heer Joachim Heer (25 September 1825 – 1 March 1879) was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1875–1878). He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 10 December 1875 and handed over office on 31 December 1878. He was aff ...

, Swiss lawyer and politician, President of the National Council (d. 1879) *

1839 Events January–March * January 2 – The first photograph of the Moon is taken, by French photographer Louis Daguerre. * January 6 – Night of the Big Wind: Ireland is struck by the most damaging cyclone in 300 years. * January 9 � ...

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Karl Alfred von Zittel Karl Alfred Ritter von Zittel (25 September 1839 – 5 January 1904) was a German palaeontologist best known for his ''Handbuch der Palaeontologie'' (1876–1880). Biography Karl Alfred von Zittel was born in Bahlingen in the Grand Duchy ...

, German palaeontologist and geologist (d. 1904) *

1862 Events January–March * January 1 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos Island, in modern-day Nigeria. * January 6 – French intervention in Mexico: French, Spanish and British forces arrive in Veracruz, Mexico. * January ...

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Léon Boëllmann Léon Boëllmann (; 25 September 1862 – 11 October 1897) was a French composer, known for a small number of compositions for organ. His best-known composition is '' Suite gothique'' (1895), which is a staple of the organ repertoire, especially ...

, French organist and composer (d. 1897) * 1862 –

Billy Hughes William Morris Hughes (25 September 1862 – 28 October 1952) was an Australian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Australia, in office from 1915 to 1923. He is best known for leading the country Military history of Austra ...

, English-Australian carpenter and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1952) *

1865 Events January–March * January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City. * January 13 – American Civil War : Second Battle of Fort Fisher ...

– Henri Lebasque, French artist (d. 1937) *

1866 Events January–March * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine ''The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman troo ...

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Thomas Hunt Morgan Thomas Hunt Morgan (September 25, 1866 – December 4, 1945) was an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist, embryologist, and science author who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1933 for discoveries elucidating the role tha ...

, American biologist, geneticist, and embryologist,

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfre ...

laureate (d. 1945) *

1867 Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...

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Yevgeny Miller Eugen Ludwig Müller (russian: Евге́ний-Лю́двиг Ка́рлович Ми́ллер, tr. ; 25 September 1867 – 11 May 1939), better known as Yevgeny Miller, was a Russian general of Baltic German origin and one of the leaders of t ...

, Russian general (d. 1938) *

1877 Events January–March * January 1 – Queen Victoria is proclaimed ''Empress of India'' by the ''Royal Titles Act 1876'', introduced by Benjamin Disraeli, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom . * January 8 – Great S ...

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Plutarco Elías Calles Plutarco Elías Calles (25 September 1877 – 19 October 1945) was a general in the Mexican Revolution and a Sonoran politician, serving as President of Mexico from 1924 to 1928. The 1924 Calles presidential campaign was the first populist ...

, Mexican general and President (d. 1945) *

1879 Events January–March * January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War. * January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins. * Janu ...

– Lope K. Santos, Filipino lawyer and politician, 4th Governor of Rizal (d. 1963) * 1881 –

Lu Xun Zhou Shuren (25 September 1881 – 19 October 1936), better known by his pen name Lu Xun (or Lu Sun; ; Wade–Giles: Lu Hsün), was a Chinese writer, essayist, poet, and literary critic. He was a leading figure of modern Chinese literature. W ...

, Chinese author and critic (d. 1936) *

1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's '' Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price att ...

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Adolf Bolm Adolph Rudolphovich Bolm (russian: Адольф Рудольфович Больм; September 25, 1884 – April 16, 1951) was a Russian-born American ballet dancer and choreographer, of German descent. Biography Bolm graduated from the Russi ...

, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1951) *

1888 In Germany, 1888 is known as the Year of the Three Emperors. Currently, it is the year that, when written in Roman numerals, has the most digits (13). The next year that also has 13 digits is the year 2388. The record will be surpassed as late ...

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Hanna Ralph Hanna Ralph (born Johanna Antonia Adelheid Günther; 25 September 1888 – 25 March 1978) was a German stage and film actress whose career began on the stage and in silent film in the 1910s and continued through the early 1950s. Career Hanna Ra ...

, German actress (d. 1978) *

1889 Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in th ...

– Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff, Scottish author and translator (d. 1930) *

1893 Events January–March * January 2 – Webb C. Ball introduces railroad chronometers, which become the general railroad timepiece standards in North America. * Mark Twain started writing Puddn'head Wilson. * January 6 – Th ...

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Harald Cramér Harald Cramér (; 25 September 1893 – 5 October 1985) was a Swedish mathematician, actuary, and statistician, specializing in mathematical statistics and probabilistic number theory. John Kingman described him as "one of the giants of stati ...

, Swedish mathematician and statistician (d. 1985) *

1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...

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Sandro Pertini Alessandro "Sandro" Pertini (; 25 September 1896 – 24 February 1990) was an Italian socialist politician who served as the president of Italy from 1978 to 1985. Early life Born in Stella ( Province of Savona) as the son of a wealthy landow ...

, Italian journalist and politician, 7th

President of Italy The president of Italy, officially denoted as president of the Italian Republic ( it, Presidente della Repubblica Italiana) is the head of state of Italy. In that role, the president represents national unity, and guarantees that Italian pol ...

(d. 1990) *

1897 Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punit ...

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William Faulkner William Cuthbert Faulkner (; September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most ...

, American novelist and short story writer,

laureate (d. 1962) *

1898 Events January–March * January 1 – New York City annexes land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York as the world's second largest. The city is geographically divided into five boroughs: Manhattan, B ...

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Robert Brackman Robert Brackman (September 25, 1898 – July 16, 1980) was an American artist and teacher, best known for large figural works, portraits, and still lifes. Biography Robert Brackman was born on September 25, 1898, in Odessa, Russian Empire (no ...

, Ukrainian-American painter and educator (d. 1980) *

1899 Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a ...

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Udumalai Narayana Kavi [https://idhatri.com/udumalai-narayana-kavi/ Udumalai Narayana KavUdumalai Narayana Kavi Udumalai Narayana Kavi (25 September 1899 – 23 May 1981) was an Indian poet and lyricist known for his work in Tamil films. Early life Udumalai Narayana w ...

, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 1981) *1900 – Artur Sirk, Estonian soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1937)

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*1901 – Robert Bresson, French director and screenwriter (d. 1999) * 1901 –

Gordon Coventry Gordon Richard James Coventry (25 September 1901 – 7 November 1968) was a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Accorded "Legend" status in the Australian Footbal ...

, Australian footballer (d. 1968) *

1903 Events January * January 1 – Edward VII is proclaimed Emperor of India. * January 19 – The first west–east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England (the first east–west broadcast having been ...

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Mark Rothko Mark Rothko (), born Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz (russian: Ма́ркус Я́ковлевич Ротко́вич, link=no, lv, Markuss Rotkovičs, link=no; name not Anglicized until 1940; September 25, 1903 – February 25, 1970), was a Lat ...

, Latvian-American painter and educator (d. 1970) *

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Volfgangs Dārziņš Volfgangs Dārziņš (25 September 1906 – 24 June 1962) was a Latvian composer, pianist and music critic. Biography Volfgangs Dārziņš was born on 25 September 1906 in Riga to Latvian composer Emīls Dārziņš and Marija Deidere. He was ...

, Latvian composer, pianist, and music critic (d. 1962) * 1906 –

Phyllis Pearsall Phyllis Isobella Pearsall MBE (25 September 1906 – 28 August 1996) was a British painter and writer who founded the Geographers' A-Z Map Company, for which she is regarded as one of the most successful business people of the twentieth cen ...

, English painter, cartographer, and author (d. 1996) * 1906 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian pianist and composer (d. 1975) *

1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 4 ...

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Jacqueline Audry Jacqueline Audry (25 September 1908 – 22 June 1977) was a French film director who began making films in post-World War II France and specialised in literary adaptations. She was the first commercially successful female director of post-war ...

, French director and screenwriter (d. 1977) *

1910 Events January * January 13 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; live performances of the operas ''Cavalleria rusticana'' and ''Pagliacci'' are sent out over the airwaves, from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York Ci ...

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Ralph Jordan Ralph (pronounced ; or ,) is a male given name of English, Scottish and Irish origin, derived from the Old English ''Rædwulf'' and Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse ''Raðulfr'' (''rað'' "counsel" and ''ulfr'' "wolf"). The most common forms ...

, American football player and coach (d. 1980) *

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Eric Williams Eric Eustace Williams (25 September 1911 – 29 March 1981) was a Trinidad and Tobago politician who is regarded by some as the "Father of the Nation", having led the then British Colony of Trinidad and Tobago to majority rule on 28 October 1 ...

, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981) *

1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide schedule ...

– John Manners, English naval officer and cricketer (d. 2020) *

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...

– Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010) * 1916 –

Deendayal Upadhyaya Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya (25 September 1916 – 11 February 1968) was an Indian politician, proponent of integral humanism ideology and leader of the political party Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS), the forerunner of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ...

, Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (d. 1968) *

1917 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary For ...

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Phil Rizzuto Philip Francis Rizzuto (September 25, 1917 – August 13, 2007), nicknamed "The Scooter", was an American Major League Baseball shortstop. He spent his entire 13-year baseball career with the New York Yankees (1941–1956), and was elected to ...

, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2007) *

1920 Events January * January 1 ** Polish–Soviet War in 1920: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20. ** Kauniainen, completely surrounded by the city of Espoo, secedes from Espoo as its own m ...

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Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (russian: Сергей Фёдорович Бондарчук, ; uk, Сергі́й Федорович Бондарчук, Serhíj Fédorovych Bondarchúk; 25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian ...

, Ukrainian-Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1994) * 1920 –

Satish Dhawan Satish Dhawan (25 September 1920 – 3 January 2002) was an Indian mathematician and aerospace engineer, widely regarded as the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India. Born in Srinagar, Dhawan was educated in India and ...

, Indian engineer (d. 2002) *

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in Brazil. ** The Spanish liner ''Santa Isabel'' breaks ...

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Rob Muldoon Sir Robert David Muldoon (; 25 September 19215 August 1992) was a New Zealand politician who served as the 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand, from 1975 to 1984, while leader of the National Party. Serving as a corporal and sergeant in ...

, New Zealand sergeant, accountant, and politician, 31st

Prime Minister of New Zealand The prime minister of New Zealand ( mi, Te pirimia o Aotearoa) is the head of government of New Zealand. The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, took office on 26 October 2017. The prime minister (inform ...

(d. 1992) *

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann, the day after Éamon de Valera ...

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Hammer DeRoburt Hammer DeRoburt (25 September 1922 – 15 July 1992) was the first President of the Republic of Nauru, and ruled the country for most of its first twenty years of independence. Background and early career Born in 1922, DeRoburt was the gr ...

, Nauruian educator and politician, 1st

President of Nauru The president of Nauru is elected by Parliament from among its members, and is both the head of state and the head of government of Nauru. Nauru's unicameral Parliament has 19 members, with an electoral term of 3 years. Political parties only p ...

(d. 1992) *

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, ...

– Robert Laxalt, American author and academic (d. 2001) * 1923 – Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (d. 2011) *

1924 Events January * January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after. * January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China h ...

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Norman Ayrton Norman Ayrton (25 September 1924 – 22 June 2017) was an actor, director, and theatre instructor. As a young man, Ayrton's home was bombed during the London Blitz, forcing him to relocate to the countryside. He later described this experi ...

, English actor and director (d. 2017) * 1924 – Red Webb, American baseball player (d. 1996) *

1925 Events January * January 1 ** The Syrian Federation is officially dissolved, the State of Aleppo and the State of Damascus having been replaced by the State of Syria. * January 3 – Benito Mussolini makes a pivotal speech in the It ...

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Silvana Pampanini Silvana Pampanini (25 September 1925 – 6 January 2016) was an Italian film actress, director and singer. She was also the niece of the well-known soprano of the golden era of opera, Dame Rosetta Pampanini. Silvana Pampanini caused a sensation ...

, Italian model, actress, and director, Miss Italy 1946 (d. 2016) *

– Jack Hyles, American pastor and author (d. 2001) * 1926 –

Aldo Ray Aldo Ray (born Aldo Da Re; September 25, 1926 – March 27, 1991) was an American actor of film and television. He began his career as a contract player for Columbia Studios before achieving stardom through his roles in '' The Marrying Kind ...

, American actor (d. 1991) *

1927 Events January * January 1 – The British Broadcasting ''Company'' becomes the British Broadcasting ''Corporation'', when its Royal Charter of incorporation takes effect. John Reith becomes the first Director-General. * January 7 * ...

– Carl Braun, American basketball player and coach (d. 2010) * 1927 –

Colin Davis Sir Colin Rex Davis (25 September 1927 – 14 April 2013) was an English conductor, known for his association with the London Symphony Orchestra, having first conducted it in 1959. His repertoire was broad, but among the composers with whom h ...

, English conductor and educator (d. 2013) *

1929 This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholi ...

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Ronnie Barker Ronald William George Barker (25 September 1929 – 3 October 2005) was an English actor, comedian and writer. He was known for roles in British comedy television series such as '' Porridge'', ''The Two Ronnies'', and ''Open All Hours''. ...

, English actor and screenwriter (d. 2005) * 1929 –

Delia Scala Delia Scala (born Odette Bedogni; 25 September 1929 – 15 January 2004) was an Italian ballerina, actress and singer who played a leading role in the nascent ''commedia musicale''. Career Scala was born as Odette Bedogni in Bracciano, Lazi ...

, Italian ballerina and actress (d. 2004) * 1929 –

Barbara Walters Barbara Jill Walters (born September 25, 1929) is an American broadcast journalist and television personality. Known for her interviewing ability and popularity with viewers, Walters appeared as a host of numerous television programs, including ...

, American journalist, producer, and author *

1930 Events January * January 15 – The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. This is the closest moon distance at in recent history, and the next one will be ...

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Nino Cerruti Nino Cerruti (25 September 1930 – 15 January 2022) was an Italian businessman and stylist. He founded his own haute couture house, Cerruti, in 1967 in Paris. He managed the Italian family business ''Lanificio Fratelli Cerruti'', which was fo ...

, Italian fashion designer, founded

Cerruti #REDIRECT Cerruti 1881 Cerruti 1881, also known as Cerruti, is a French luxury fashion house founded in 1967 in Paris by the Italian stylist and fashion producer Nino Cerruti. It was named "1881" because Nino's grandfather established the family ...

(d. 2022) * 1930 –

Shel Silverstein Sheldon Allan Silverstein (; September 25, 1930 – May 10, 1999) was an American writer, poet, cartoonist, singer / songwriter, musician, and playwright. Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Silverstein briefly attended university before ...

, American author, poet, illustrator, and songwriter (d. 1999) *

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

– Manouchehr Atashi, Iranian journalist and poet (d. 2005) * 1931 –

Bryan John Birch Bryan John Birch FRS (born 25 September 1931) is a British mathematician. His name has been given to the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture. Biography Bryan John Birch was born in Burton-on-Trent, the son of Arthur Jack and Mary Edith Birch. ...

, English mathematician and scholar * 1932 –

Glenn Gould Glenn Herbert Gould (; né Gold; September 25, 1932October 4, 1982) was a Canadian classical pianist. He was one of the most famous and celebrated pianists of the 20th century, and was renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of Johann ...

, Canadian pianist and composer (d. 1982) * 1932 –

Terry Medwin Terence Cameron Medwin (born 25 September 1932 in Swansea, Glamorgan) is a Welsh former international footballer who played as a winger. Club career Medwin made his debut for his 'home town' team Swansea Town in 1951–52 and went on to ma ...

, Welsh footballer and manager * 1932 –

Adolfo Suárez Adolfo Suárez González, 1st Duke of Suárez (; 25 September 1932 – 23 March 2014) was a Spanish lawyer and politician. Suárez was Spain's first democratically elected prime minister since the Second Spanish Republic and a key figure in th ...

, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st

Prime Minister of Spain The prime minister of Spain, officially president of the Government ( es, link=no, Presidente del Gobierno), is the head of government of Spain. The office was established in its current form by the Constitution of 1978 and it was first regula ...

(d. 2014) *

1933 Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wis ...

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Hubie Brown Hubert Jude Brown (born September 25, 1933) is an American retired basketball coach and player and a current television analyst. Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, the honors being separated by 26 years. Brown was inducted into the Naism ...

, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster * 1933 –

Ian Tyson Ian Dawson Tyson (September 25, 1933 – December 29, 2022) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who wrote several folk songs, including " Four Strong Winds" and " Someday Soon", and performed with partner Sylvia Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia. Ea ...

, Canadian folk singer-songwriter and musician *

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

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Ken Forsse Earl Kenneth Forsse (September 17, 1936 – March 19, 2014) was an American inventor, author, and producer who created the toy Teddy Ruxpin and the subsequent animated series ''The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin''. After working for The Walt Disney C ...

, American toy creator and author, created

Teddy Ruxpin Teddy Ruxpin is an animatronic children's toy in the form of a talking 'Illiop', a creature which looks like a bear. The toy's mouth and eyes move while he reenacts stories played on an audio tape cassette deck built into its back. It was crea ...

(d. 2014) * 1936 –

Juliet Prowse Juliet Anne Prowse (September 25, 1936 – September 14, 1996) was a dancer and actress whose four-decade career included stage, television and film. She was raised in South Africa, where her family emigrated after World War II. Known for her ...

, South African-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1996) * 1936 –

Moussa Traoré Moussa Traoré (25 September 1936 – 15 September 2020) was a Malian soldier, politician, and dictator who was President of Mali from 1968 to 1991. As a Lieutenant, he led the military ousting of President Modibo Keïta in 1968. Thereafter he ...

, Malian general and politician 2nd

President of Mali This is a list of heads of state of Mali since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. A total of seven people have served as head of state of Mali (excluding three acting presidents). Additionally, two people, ...

(d. 2020) *

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Mary Allen Wilkes Mary Allen Wilkes (born September 25, 1937) is a lawyer, former computer programmer and logic designer, known for her work with the LINC computer, now recognized by many as the world's first "personal computer". Career Wilkes was born in Chica ...

, American computer scientist and lawyer * 1938 –

Ron Hill Ronald Hill MBE (25 September 1938 – 23 May 2021) was a British runner and clothing entrepreneur. He was the second man to break 2:10 in the marathon; he set world records at four other distances, and laid claim to the marathon world recor ...

, English runner and businessman (d. 2021) * 1938 –

Jonathan Motzfeldt Jonathan Jakob Jørgen Otto Motzfeldt (25 September 1938 – 28 October 2010) was a Greenlandic priest and politician. He is considered one of the leading figures in the establishment of Greenland Home Rule. Jonathan Motzfeldt was the first pri ...

, Greenlandic priest and politician, 1st

Prime Minister of Greenland The prime minister of Greenland ( kl, Naalakkersuisut siulittaasuat, ; da, Landsstyreformand), officially the premier of Greenland,Enn Tarto, Estonian politician (d. 2021) *

1939 This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Third Reich *** Jews are forbidde ...

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Leon Brittan Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne, (25 September 193921 January 2015) was a British Conservative politician and barrister who served as a European Commissioner from 1989 to 1999. As a member of Parliament from 1974 to 1988, he serv ...

, English lawyer and politician,

Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills The secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The incumbent is a memb ...

(d. 2015) * 1939 – Feroz Khan, Indian actor, director, and producer (d. 2009) * 1939 – David S. Mann, American lawyer and politician,

Mayor of Cincinnati The Mayor of Cincinnati is recognised as the official head and representative of the city for all purposes. There have been seventy-six mayors of Cincinnati, the first of which being David Ziegler in 1802. The current mayor is Aftab Pureval, w ...

1940 A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January *January ...

– Tim Severin, Indian-English explorer, historian, and author (d. 2020) *

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January– August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...

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Vivien Stern, Baroness Stern Vivien Helen Stern, Baroness Stern (born 25 September 1941) is a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Stern was educated at Kent College and read English literature at Bristol University where she graduated in 1963. She was awarded an M ...

, English academic and politician *

1942 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...

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Oscar Bonavena Oscar Natalio "Ringo" Bonavena (September 25, 1942 – May 22, 1976) was an Argentine heavyweight professional boxer with a career record of 58 wins, 9 losses and 1 draw. A rugged, wild-swinging puncher, he was nicknamed "Ringo" because of his B ...

, Argentinian boxer (d. 1976) * 1942 –

Robert Miano Robert Miano (born September 25, 1942) is an American actor. Early life Robert Miano was born in New York City and raised in the Southeast Bronx neighborhood. He is of Italian descent. At the age of fifteen Robert Miano was discovered by a tale ...

, American actor and producer * 1942 –

Henri Pescarolo Henri Jacques William Pescarolo (born 25 September 1942) is a former racing driver from France. He competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans a record 33 times, winning on four occasions, and won a number of other major sports car events including the ...

, French race car driver * 1942 –

John Taylor John Taylor, Johnny Taylor or similar may refer to: Academics *John Taylor (Oxford), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, 1486–1487 *John Taylor (classical scholar) (1704–1766), English classical scholar *John Taylor (English publisher) (178 ...

, English pianist and educator (d. 2015) * 1942 – Dee Dee Warwick, American singer (d. 2008) *1943 – Robert Gates, American lieutenant, academic, and politician, 22nd United States Secretary of Defense * 1943 – John Locke (musician), John Locke, American keyboard player (d. 2006) * 1943 – Aram Saroyan, American poet and novelist * 1943 – Robert Walden, American actor, director, and screenwriter *

– Michael Douglas, American actor and producer * 1944 – Doris Matsui, American politician * 1944 – Grayson Shillingford, Dominican cricketer (d. 2009) *1945 – Kathleen Brown, American lawyer and politician, 29th California State Treasurer * 1945 – Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2014) *1946 – Bishan Singh Bedi, Indian cricketer and coach * 1946 – Felicity Kendal, English actress * 1946 – Bryan MacLean, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1998) * 1946 – Janusz Majer, Polish mountaineer * 1946 – Gil Morgan, American golfer * 1946 – Ali Parvin, Iranian footballer * 1946 – Jerry Penrod, American bass player *1947 – Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (d. 1999) * 1947 – Cheryl Tiegs, American model and actress * 1947 – Cecil Womack, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2013) *1948 – Mimi Kennedy, American actress and screenwriter * 1948 – Vladimir Yevtushenkov, Russian businessman *1949 – Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter * 1949 – Jeff Borowiak, American tennis player * 1949 – Steve Mackay, American saxophonist and composer (d. 2015) *1950 – Stanisław Szozda, Polish cyclist and trainer (d. 2013) *1951 – Yardena Arazi, Israeli singer * 1951 – Burleigh Drummond, American drummer and songwriter * 1951 – Graeme Knowles, English bishop * 1951 – Mark Hamill, American actor, singer, and producer * 1951 – Bob McAdoo, American basketball player and coach *1952 – Colin Friels, Scottish-Australian actor * 1952 – Jimmy Garvin, American wrestler and manager * 1952 – bell hooks, American author and activist (d. 2021) * 1952 – Cherríe Moraga, American poet, playwright, and activist * 1952 – Tommy Norden, American actor * 1952 – Chris Pond, English politician * 1952 – Christopher Reeve, American actor, producer, and activist (d. 2004) *1953 – Richard Harvey, English mandolin player, keyboard player, and composer * 1953 – Ron Rash, American novelist, short story writer, poet * 1954 – Sylvester Croom, American football player and coach * 1954 – Joep Lange, Dutch physician and academic (d. 2014) * 1954 – Juande Ramos, Spanish footballer and manager *

– Ludo Coeck, Belgian footballer (d. 1985) * 1955 – Zucchero Fornaciari, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1955 – Amyr Klink, Brazilian sailor and explorer * 1955 – Luanne Rice, American author and activist * 1955 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, German footballer and manager * 1955 – Steven Severin, English bass player, songwriter, and producer *

– W. Daniel Hillis, American computer scientist, engineer, and author, founded the Thinking Machines Corporation * 1956 – Jamie Hyneman, American special effects designer and television host, founded M5 Industries * 1956 – Miroslav Volf, Croatian Protestant theologian and public intellectual *

– Michael Madsen, American actor and producer * 1957 – Vladimir Popovkin, Russian general (d. 2014) *1958 – Randy Kerber, American keyboard player, composer, and conductor *

– Jeon Soo-il, South Korean director, producer, and screenwriter *1960 – Igor Belanov, Ukrainian footballer and manager *1961 – Mehmet Aslantuğ, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter * 1961 – Heather Locklear, American actress * 1961 – Steve Scott (journalist), Steve Scott, British journalist and presenter * 1961 – Tim Zoehrer, Australian cricketer *

– Kalthoum Sarrai, Tunisian-French psychologist and journalist (d. 2010) * 1962 – Aida Turturro, American actress * 1962 – Dariusz Wdowczyk, Polish footballer and coach *

– Tate Donovan, American actor * 1963 – Keely Shaye Smith, American journalist and author *

– Gary Ayles, English race car driver * 1964 – Barbara Dennerlein, German organist * 1964 – Rebecca Gablé, German novelist * 1964 – Kikuko Inoue, Japanese singer-songwriter and voice actress * 1964 – Joey Saputo, Canadian businessman *1965 – Matt Battaglia, American football player, actor, and producer * 1965 – Saffron Henderson, Canadian voice actress and singer * 1965 – Scottie Pippen, American basketball player and sportscaster * 1965 – Anne Roumanoff, French actress and screenwriter * 1965 – Dave Rundle, South African cricketer * 1965 – Rob Schmidt, American director and screenwriter * 1965 – Rafael Martín Vázquez, Spanish footballer and coach * 1965 – Nicky Winmar, Australian footballer *1966 – Stanislav Bunin, Russian pianist and educator * 1966 – Todd Philcox, American football player *1967 – Kim Issel, Canadian ice hockey player * 1967 – Ashwin Sood, English-Canadian drummer and producer *1968 – John A. List, American economist and academic * 1968 – Will Smith, American actor, producer, and rapper * 1968 – John Worsfold, Australian footballer and coach *

– Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (d. 2002) * 1969 – Bill Simmons, American journalist and author * 1969 – Hal Sparks, American actor, comedian, musician and political commentator * 1969 – Tony Womack, American baseball player * 1969 – Catherine Zeta-Jones, Welsh actress *1970 – Curtis Buckley, American football player and psychiatrist *1971 – Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player and manager * 1971 – John Lynch (American football), John Lynch, American football player and sportscaster * 1971 – Seb Sanders, English jockey *1972 – Douglas September, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer *1973 – Tijani Babangida, Nigerian footballer * 1973 – Jenny Chapman, English politician *

– Bill Bowler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1974 – Olivier Dacourt, French footballer * 1974 – John Granville (diplomat), John Granville, American scholar and diplomat (d. 2008) * 1974 – Paul Hurst, English footballer and manager * 1974 – Daniel Kessler (guitarist), Daniel Kessler, English-American singer and guitarist * 1974 – Frank Leder, German fashion designer * 1974 – Robbie Mears, Australian rugby league player and coach * 1974 – Eric Moss, American football player (d. 2019) * 1974 – Joel Prpic, Canadian ice hockey player * 1974 – Javier Rosas, Mexican triathlete * 1974 – Kemel Thompson, Jamaican hurdler *1975 – Daniela Ceccarelli, Italian skier * 1975 – Declan Donnelly, English entertainer * 1975 – Matt Hasselbeck, American football player * 1975 – Dat Nguyen, American football player and coach *1976 – Santigold, American singer-songwriter and producer * 1976 – Chauncey Billups, American basketball player * 1976 – Eric Roberson, American singer-songwriter and producer * 1976 – Charlotte Ayanna, Puerto Rican American actress *

– Clea DuVall, American actress * 1977 – Joel David Moore, American actor * 1977 – Mike Krahulik, American illustrator * 1977 – Wil Nieves, Puerto Rican-American baseball player *

– Joe Cotton, Canadian-New Zealand singer * 1978 – Roudolphe Douala, Cameroonian footballer * 1978 – Ricardo Gardner, Jamaican footballer * 1978 – Jodie Kidd, English model and actress * 1978 – Ryan Leslie, American singer-songwriter and producer * 1978 – Joel Piñeiro, Puerto Rican baseball player *1979 – Kyle Bennett (BMX rider), Kyle Bennett, American BMX rider (d. 2012) * 1979 – Rashad Evans, American mixed martial artist and wrestler * 1979 – Jason Koumas, Welsh footballer * 1979 – Jean-René Lisnard, French tennis player *1980 – T.I., American rapper, songwriter, producer, and actor *

– Rocco Baldelli, American baseball player * 1981 – Jason Bergmann, American baseball player *1982 – Hyun Bin, South Korean actor *

– Donald Glover, American actor, rapper, producer, and screenwriter * 1983 – Terrance Pennington, American football player *1984 – Cherine Anderson, Jamaican singer-songwriter and actress * 1984 – Matías Silvestre, Argentinian footballer *1985 – Gökhan Güleç, Turkish footballer * 1985 – Marvin Matip, German footballer *1986 – Heidi El Tabakh, Egyptian-Canadian tennis player * 1986 – Jamie O'Hara (footballer), Jamie O'Hara, English footballer * 1986 – Marten Strauch, German rugby player * 1986 – Steve Forrest (musician), Steve Forrest, American drummer * 1986 – Choi Yoon-young, South Korean actress *1987 – Monica Niculescu, Romanian tennis player * 1987 – Mustafa Yumlu, Turkish footballer *1989 – Cuco Martina, Curaçaoan footballer * 1989 – Aldon Smith, American football player *1990 – Mao Asada, Japanese figure skater * 1990 – Daria Strokous, Russian model, actress, and photographer *1991 – Emmy Clarke, American actress * 1991 – Alessandro Crescenzi, Italian footballer * 1991 – Calle Järnkrok, Swedish ice hockey player *

– Zoël Amberg, Swiss race car driver * 1992 – Kerrod Holland, Australian rugby league player * 1992 – Massimo Luongo, Australian footballer * 1992 – Keauna McLaughlin, American figure skater * 1992 – Ruslan Zhiganshin, Russian ice dancer *1993 – Toby Greene, Australian footballer *1995 – Todd Hazelwood, Australian race car driver *1996 – Anett Vilipuu, Estonian footballer *1996 – Yuan Yue, Yue Yuan, Chinese tennis player

Deaths

Pre-1600

–

, Norwegian king (b. 1015) * 1066 – Maria Haraldsdotter, Norwegian princess * 1066 – Tostig Godwinson, English son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex (b. c. 1029) *1086 – William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 1025) *1087 – Simon I de Montfort, French nobleman (b. c. 1025) *1333 – Prince Morikuni, Japanese shōgun (b. 1301) *1367 – Jakushitsu Genkō, Japanese poet (b. 1290) *

– Jean de Carrouges, French knight (b. 1330) * 1396 – Jean de Vienne, French general and admiral (b. 1341) *1496 – Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and politician (b. 1447) *1506 – Philip I of Castile (b. 1478) *1534 – Pope Clement VII (b. 1478) *1536 – Johannes Secundus, Dutch author and poet (b. 1511) *1550 – Georg von Blumenthal, German bishop (b. 1490) *1588 – Tilemann Heshusius, German Gnesio-Lutheran theologian (b. 1527)

1601–1900

*1602 – Caspar Peucer, German physician, scholar, and reformer (b. 1525) *1615 – Arbella Stuart, English noblewoman and woman of letters (b. 1575) *1617 – Emperor Go-Yōzei of Japan (b. 1572) * 1617 – Francisco Suárez, Spanish priest, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1548) *1621 – Mary Sidney, English writer (b. 1561) *1626 – Lancelot Andrewes, English bishop and scholar (b. 1555) *1630 – Ambrogio Spinola, 1st Marquis of the Balbases, Italian general and politician, List of Governors of the Duchy of Milan, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (b. 1569) *1665 – Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1610–1665), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (b. 1610) *1703 – Archibald Campbell, 1st Duke of Argyll, Scottish general (b. 1658) *1774 – John Bradstreet, Canadian-English general (b. 1714) *1777 – Johann Heinrich Lambert, Swiss mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (b. 1728) *1791 – William Bradford (American Revolutionary printer), William Bradford, American soldier and publisher (b. 1719) *1792 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish politician and diplomat (b. 1710) *1794 – Paul Rabaut, French pastor (b. 1718) *1828 – Charlotta Seuerling, Swedish singer, harpsichord player, and composer (b. 1783) *1849 – Johann Strauss I, Austrian composer (b. 1804) *

– Oliver Loving, American rancher, co-developed the Goodnight–Loving Trail (b. 1812) *

– Louise von François, German author (b. 1817) *1900 – Félix-Gabriel Marchand, Canadian journalist and politician, 11th List of Quebec premiers, Premier of Québec (b. 1832) * 1900 – John M. Palmer (politician), John M. Palmer, American general and politician, 15th Governor of Illinois (b. 1817)

1901–present

*1901 – Arthur Fremantle, English general and politician, List of Governors of Malta, Governor of Malta (b. 1835) *1905 – Jacques Marie Eugène Godefroy Cavaignac, French educator and politician (b. 1853) *

– Thomas Ashe, Irish Republican Brotherhood volunteer, and rebel commander (b. 1885) *

– Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (b. 1857) *

– Herbert Booth, English songwriter and bandleader (b. 1862) *1928 – Richard F. Outcault, American cartoonist, created ''The Yellow Kid'' and ''Buster Brown'' (b. 1863) *

– Miller Huggins, American baseball player and manager (b. 1879) *

– Ring Lardner, American journalist and author (b. 1885) *

– Ali Saip Ursavaş, Turkish soldier and politician (b. 1885) *

– Foxhall P. Keene, American polo player, golfer, and race car driver (b. 1867) *1943 – Alexander Hall (soccer), Alexander Hall, Scottish-Canadian soccer player (b. 1880) *1946 – Hans Eppinger, Austrian physician (b. 1879) *

– Martha Norelius Swedish-born American swimmer (b. 1909) *1958 – John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (b. 1878) *1960 – Emily Post, American author and educator (b. 1873) *1961 – Frank Fay (American actor), Frank Fay, American actor and singer (b. 1897) *1968 – Hans F. K. Günther, German eugenicist and academic (b. 1891) * 1968 – Cornell Woolrich, American author and screenwriter (b. 1903) *1970 – Erich Maria Remarque, German-Swiss author and translator (b. 1898) *1971 – Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician (b. 1886) *1980 – John Bonham, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1948) * 1980 – Lewis Milestone, Russian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1895) * 1980 – Marie Under, Estonian author and poet (b. 1883) *

– Leopold III of Belgium (b. 1901) *1984 – Walter Pidgeon, Canadian-American actor (b. 1897) *1986 – Darshan Singh Canadian, Indian-Canadian trade union leader and activist (b. 1917) * 1986 – Donald MacDonald (Nova Scotia politician), Donald MacDonald, Canadian union leader and politician (b. 1909) * 1986 – Nikolay Semyonov, Russian physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896) * 1986 – Hans Vogt (linguist), Hans Vogt, Norwegian linguist and academic (b. 1909) *1987 – Mary Astor, American actress (b. 1906) * 1987 – Emlyn Williams, Welsh actor and playwright (b. 1905) *1988 – Billy Carter, American farmer and businessman (b. 1937) * 1988 – Arthur Võõbus, Estonian-American orientalist and scholar (b. 1909) *1990 – Prafulla Chandra Sen, Indian accountant and politician, 3rd Chief Minister of West Bengal (b. 1897) *1991 – Klaus Barbie, German SS captain, known as the "Butcher of Lyon" (b. 1913) * 1991 – Viviane Romance, French actress and producer (b. 1912) *

– Ivan Vdović, Serbian musician (b. 1961) *1995 – Dave Bowen, Welsh footballer and manager (b. 1928) * 1995 – Annie Elizabeth Delany, American dentist and author (b. 1891) *1997 – Hélène Baillargeon, Canadian singer and actress (b. 1916) * 1997 – Jean Françaix, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1912) *1999 – Marion Zimmer Bradley, American author (b. 1930) *

– Aqila al-Hashimi, Iraqi translator and politician (b. 1953) * 2003 – Herb Gardner, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934) * 2003 – Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize in Economics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1918) * 2003 – George Plimpton, American writer and literary editor (b. 1927) *2005 – Don Adams, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1923) * 2005 – Madeline-Ann Aksich, Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist (b. 1956) * 2005 – George Archer, American golfer (b. 1939) * 2005 – Urie Bronfenbrenner, Russian-American psychologist and ecologist (b. 1917) * 2005 – Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist and critic (b. 1912) * 2005 – M. Scott Peck, American psychiatrist and author (b. 1936) * 2005 – Friedrich Peter, Austrian lawyer and politician (b. 1921) *2006 – Jeff Cooper, American target shooter and author (b. 1920) * 2006 – John M. Ford, American author and poet (b. 1957) *2007 – Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (b. 1919) * 2007 – André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (b. 1924) *2008 – Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd

(b. 1932) *2009 – Alicia de Larrocha, Spanish pianist (b. 1923) * 2009 – Pierre Falardeau, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1946) *2011 – Wangari Maathai, Kenyan environmentalist and activist, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1940) *2012 – Billy Barnes (composer), Billy Barnes, American composer and songwriter (b. 1927) * 2012 – John Bond (footballer), John Bond, English footballer and manager (b. 1923) * 2012 – Eric Ives, English historian and academic (b. 1931) * 2012 – Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (b. 1962) * 2012 – Andy Williams, American singer (b. 1927) *2013 – Ron Fenton, English footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1940) * 2013 – Choi In-ho, South Korean author and screenwriter (b. 1945) * 2013 – José Montoya, American poet and academic (b. 1932) * 2013 – Billy Mure, American guitarist and composer (b. 1915) * 2013 – Pablo Verani, Italian-Argentinian lawyer and politician (b. 1938) * 2013 – Bennet Wong, Canadian psychiatrist and academic, co-founded Haven Institute (b. 1930) *2014 – Ulrick Chérubin, Haitian-Canadian educator and politician (b. 1943) * 2014 – Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1951) * 2014 – Dorothy Tyler-Odam, English high jumper (b. 1920) *2015 – Claudio Baggini, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1936) * 2015 – John Galvin (general), John Galvin, American general (b. 1929) * 2015 – Tom Kelley (baseball), Tom Kelley, American baseball player and manager (b. 1944) * 2015 – Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (b. 1939) *2016 – José Fernández (pitcher), José Fernández, Cuban-American baseball player (b. 1992) * 2016 – Arnold Palmer, American golfer (b. 1929) * 2016 – Nahid Hattar, Jordanian writer and political activist (b. 1960)

Holidays and observances

*Armed Forces Day or Public holidays in Mozambique, Revolution Day (Mozambique) *Christian Calendar of saints, feast day: **Abadir and Iraja and Companions (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Coptic Church) **Aunarius, Aunarius (Aunacharius) **Anathalon (Archdiocese of Milan) **Cadoc **Ceolfrith **Cleopas **Euphrosyne of Alexandria **Finbarr of Cork, Finbarr **Fermin, Fermin of Amiens **Lancelot Andrewes (Calendar of saints (Church of England), Church of England) **Sergius of Radonezh (repose) **Vincent Strambi **September 25 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) *Harki, Day of National Recognition for the Harkis (France) *National Research Administrators Day (United States) *Public holidays in Nauru, National Youth Day (Nauru)

References

External links

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