September 1

September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 121 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 462 – Possible start of first Byzantine indiction cycle.
• 1270 – King Stephen V of Hungary writes his walk to the antiquum castellum near Miholjanec, where the Sword of Attila was recently discovered.
• 1355 – King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the old town of Visoki.
• 1449 – Tumu Crisis – Mongolians capture the Emperor of China.
• 1529 – The Spanish fort Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by natives.
• 1532 – Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.
• 1604 – Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
• 1644 – Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
• 1715 – King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years – the longest of any major European monarch.
• 1763 – Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow
• 1772 – The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
• 1774 – Massachusetts colonists rise up in bloodless Powder Alarm.
• 1804 – Juno, one of the largest main belt asteroids, is discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
• 1836 – Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly – Confederate forces attack retreating Union troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
• 1864 – American Civil War: Confederate General John Bell Hood evacuates Atlanta, Georgia after a four-month siege by General Sherman.
• 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: the Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
• 1873 – Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
• 1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
• 1894 – More than 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
• 1897 – The Boston subway opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
• 1902 – A Trip to the Moon, considered one of the first science fiction films, is released in France.
• 1905 – Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
• 1906 – The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
• 1911 – The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
• 1914 – St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
• 1914 – The last Passenger Pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
• 1920 – The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
• 1923 – The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
• 1928 – Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
• 1934 – SMJK Sam Tet is founded by Father Fourgs from the St. Michael Church, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia.
• 1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany, Slovakia and the Soviet Union invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
• 1939 – George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
• 1939 – The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
• 1939 – Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Army (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
• 1939 – Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
• 1951 – The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
• 1952 – The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulizer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
• 1958 – Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
• 1961 – The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
• 1967 – The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia
• 1969 – A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
• 1969 – Tran Thien Khiem became Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyen Van Thieu.
• 1970 – Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerrillas, who attacked his motorcade.
• 1972 – In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
• 1974 – The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).
• 1979 – The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000 mi).
• 1980 – Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope ends near Thunder Bay, Ontario.
• 1980 – Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes president of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
• 1981 – A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
• 1982 – The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
• 1983 – Cold War: Korean Air Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board die, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
• 1985 – A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
• 1991 – Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union
• 2004 – The Beslan school hostage crisis commences when armed terrorists take children and adults hostage in Beslan in North Ossetia, Russia.

Births

• 1145 – Ibn Jubayr, Muslim geographer, traveler, and poet (d. 1217)
• 1286 – Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (d. 1335)
• 1453 – Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (d. 1515)
• 1566 – Edward Alleyn, English actor (d. 1626)
• 1588 – Henry II, Prince of Condé (d. 1646)
• 1651 – Natalya Naryshkina, Russian wife of Alexis of Russia (d. 1694)
• 1653 – Johann Pachelbel, German composer (d. 1706)
• 1689 – Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Bohemian architect, designed Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral (d. 1751)
• 1711 – William IV, Prince of Orange (d. 1759)
• 1726 – Johann Becker, German organist, teacher, and composer (d. 1803)
• 1789 – Ferenc Gyulay Hungarian army officer and politician (d. 1868)
• 1795 – James Gordon Bennett, Sr., American publisher, founded the New York Herald (d. 1872)
• 1799 – Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (d. 1868)
• 1818 – José María Castro Madriz, Costa Rican lawyer, academic, diplomat, and politician, 1st President of Costa Rica (d. 1892)
• 1848 – Auguste Forel, Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist, and psychiatrist (d. 1931)
• 1851 – John Clum, American journalist and Indian agent (d. 1932)
• 1854 – Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer (d. 1921)
• 1855 – Innokenty Annensky, Russian poet (d. 1909)
• 1856 – Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian scientist (d. 1953)
• 1866 – James J. Corbett, American boxer (d. 1933)
• 1867 – John Gretton, 1st Baron Gretton, English sailor and politician (d. 1947)
• 1868 – Henri Bourassa, Canadian politician and publisher (d. 1952)
• 1871 – J. Reuben Clark, American attorney, civil servant, and religious leader (d. 1961)
• 1875 – Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (d. 1950)
• 1876 – Arthur F. Andrews, American cyclist (d. 1930)
• 1876 – Harriet Shaw Weaver, English activist (d. 1961)
• 1877 – Francis William Aston, English chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1945)
• 1877 – Rex Beach, American novelist, playwright and water polo player (d. 1949)
• 1878 – Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1942)
• 1878 – J. F. C. Fuller, English army officer and historian (d. 1966)
• 1883 – Didier Pitre, Canadian ice-hockey player (d. 1934)
• 1884 – Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and director (d. 1947)
• 1886 – Othmar Schoeck, Swiss composer and conductor (d. 1957)
• 1887 – Blaise Cendrars, Swiss author and poet (d. 1961)
• 1888 – Andrija Štampar, Croatian physician (d. 1958)
• 1892 – Leverett Saltonstall, American politician, 55th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1979)
• 1895 – Chembai, Indian singer (d. 1974)
• 1895 – Engelbert Zaschka, German engineer, designer, and inventor, invented the Human-powered aircraft (d. 1955)
• 1896 – A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (d. 1977)
• 1897 – Andy Kennedy, Irish footballer (d. 1963)
• 1898 – Violet Carson, English actress (d. 1983)
• 1899 – Richard Arlen, American actor (d. 1976)
• 1902 – Kazimierz Dąbrowski, Polish psychiatrist and psychologist (d. 1980)
• 1904 – Johnny Mack Brown, American actor (d. 1974)
• 1905 – Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (d. 2000)
• 1906 – Joaquín Balaguer, Dominican politician, 49th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2002)
• 1906 – Franz Biebl, German composer (d. 2001)
• 1906 – Eleanor Hibbert English author (d. 1993)
• 1907 – Walter Reuther, American labor union leader, founded United Auto Workers (d. 1970)
• 1907 – Miriam Seegar, American actress (d. 2011)
• 1908 – Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1980)
• 1908 – Lou Kenton, English soldier and potter (d. 2012)
• 1909 – E. Herbert Norman, Canadian diplomat and historian (d. 1957)
• 1913 – Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator (d. 1979)
• 1913 – Christian Nyby, American director (d. 1993)
• 1916 – Dorothy Cheney, American tennis player
• 1919 – Ossie Dawson, South African cricketer (d. 2008)
• 1920 – Liz Carpenter, American activist, author, and journalist (d. 2010)
• 1920 – Eduardo J. Corso, Uruguayan lawyer and journalist (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Richard Farnsworth, American actor (d. 2000)
• 1921 – Willem Frederik Hermans, Dutch author (d. 1995)
• 1921 – Madhav Mantri, Indian cricketer
• 1922 – Yvonne De Carlo, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2007)
• 1922 – Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (d. 2000)
• 1923 – Rocky Marciano, American boxer (d. 1969)
• 1923 – Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Art Pepper, American saxophonist (d. 1982)
• 1926 – Abdur Rahman Biswas, Bangladeshi politician, 10th President of Bangladesh
• 1926 – Gene Colan, American illustrator (d. 2011)
• 1926 – Russell Jones, Australian ice hockey player (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Wyatt Cooper, American author and screenwriter (d. 1978)
• 1927 – Bob DiPietro, American baseball player (d. 2012)
• 1928 – Clifford Lincoln, Canadian politician
• 1928 – George Maharis, American actor
• 1931 – Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian scholar (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Sammy Arena, American singer (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Beano Cook, American sportscaster (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Cecil Parkinson, English politician
• 1931 – Sunny von Bülow, American socialite (d. 2008)
• 1931 – Boxcar Willie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
• 1932 – Derog Gioura, Nauruan politician, 23rd President of Nauru (d. 2008)
• 1933 – Ann Richards, American politician, 45th Governor of Texas (d. 2006)
• 1933 – Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
• 1935 – Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor
• 1937 – Al Geiberger, American golfer
• 1937 – Ron O'Neal, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1938 – Alan Dershowitz, American attorney and author
• 1938 – Per Kirkeby, Danish painter, sculptor, and poet
• 1939 – Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, writer, and producer
• 1941 – Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby player
• 1942 – C. J. Cherryh, American author
• 1943 – Don Stroud, American actor
• 1944 – Archie Bell, American singer-songwriter (Archie Bell & the Drells)
• 1944 – Leonard Slatkin, American conductor and composer
• 1945 – Mustafa Balel, Turkish author
• 1946 – Greg Errico, American drummer and producer (Sly & the Family Stone and Weather Report)
• 1946 – Barry Gibb, English singer-songwriter and producer (Bee Gees)
• 1946 – Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean politician, 16th President of South Korea (d. 2009)
• 1947 – Al Green, American politician
• 1948 – James Rebhorn, American actor
• 1948 – Józef Życiński, Polish archbishop and philosopher
• 1949 – P. A. Sangma, Indian politician
• 1950 – Phillip Fulmer, American football coach
• 1950 – Phil McGraw, American psychologist, author, and talk show host
• 1951 – David Bairstow, English cricketer (d. 1998)
• 1951 – Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (d. 1996)
• 1952 – Phil Hendrie, American radio host and actor
• 1952 – Jakub Polák, Czech activist (d. 2012)
• 1953 – Beau Billingslea, American actor
• 1953 – Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2013)
• 1953 – Rocco Rock, American wrestler (d. 2002)
• 1954 – Dave Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 – Billy Blanks, American martial artist
• 1955 – Bruce Foxton, English bass player (The Jam, Stiff Little Fingers, and Casbah Club)
• 1956 – Vinnie Johnson, American basketball player
• 1956 – Philece Sampler, American actress
• 1956 – Bernie Wagenblast, American publisher and editor, founded the Transportation Communications Newsletter
• 1957 – Gloria Estefan, Cuban-American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1957 – Duško Ivanović, Montenegrin basketball player and coach
• 1958 – Armi Aavikko, Finnish model and singer, Miss Finland 1977 (d. 2002)
• 1959 – Kenny Mayne, American journalist
• 1959 – Joe Jusko, American illustrator and painter
• 1960 – Ralf Außem, German footballer
• 1960 – Karl Mecklenburg, American football player
• 1960 – Joseph Williams, American singer and composer (Toto)
• 1961 – Bam Bam Bigelow, American wrestler (d. 2007)
• 1961 – Christopher Ferguson, American astronaut
• 1962 – Tony Cascarino, Irish footballer
• 1962 – Ruud Gullit, Dutch footballer
• 1962 – Michelle Meyrink, Canadian actress
• 1963 – Stephen Kernahan, Australian footballer
• 1963 – Carola Smit, Dutch singer (BZN)
• 1964 – Brian Bellows, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1964 – Ray D'Arcy, Irish radio and television host
• 1964 – Holly Golightly, American illustrator and writer
• 1964 – Nabeel Rajab, Bahraini activist
• 1964 – Cécilia Rodhe, Swedish model, Miss Sweden 1978
• 1964 – Charlie Robison, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1965 – Ľudovít Kaník, Slovak politician
• 1965 – Tibor Simon, Hungarian footballer
• 1966 – Tim Hardaway, American basketball player
• 1967 – Sparky Marcus, American actor
• 1967 – David Whissell, Canadian politician and engineer
• 1968 – Mohamed Atta, Egyptian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 (d. 2001)
• 1969 – Henning Berg, Norwegian footballer
• 1970 – Mitsou, Canadian singer and actress
• 1970 – Vanna, Croatian singer
• 1970 – Hwang Jung-min, South Korean actor
• 1970 – Padma Lakshmi, Indian actress
• 1971 – Lââm, French singer
• 1971 – Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor
• 1971 – Joe Enochs, American soccer player
• 1971 – Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese composer
• 1971 – Jimmy Reiher, Jr., American wrestler
• 1971 – Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
• 1972 – Doug Williams, English wrestler
• 1973 – J.D. Fortune, Canadian singer-songwriter (INXS)
• 1973 – Ram Kapoor, Indian actor
• 1973 – Zach Thomas, American football player
• 1974 – Burn Gorman, American-English actor
• 1974 – Jason Taylor, American football player
• 1974 – Jhonen Vasquez, American writer, illustrator, voice actor, and director
• 1974 – Yutaka Yamamoto, Japanese cartoonist and director, founded Ordet animation studio
• 1975 – R. Kan Albay, Flemish actor and director
• 1975 – Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian singer-songwriter and actress (Rogue Traders)
• 1975 – Nomy Lamm, American singer-songwriter and activist
• 1975 – Cuttino Mobley, American basketball player
• 1975 – Omar Rodríguez-López, Puerto Rican-American musician, songwriter, producer, and actor (The Mars Volta, At the Drive-In, and De Facto)
• 1975 – Scott Speedman, English-Canadian actor
• 1976 – Babydaddy, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Scissor Sisters)
• 1976 – Marcos Ambrose, Australian race car driver
• 1976 – Clare Connor, English cricketer
• 1976 – Erik Morales, Mexican boxer
• 1976 – Sebastián Rozental, Chilean footballer
• 1976 – Polly Shannon, Canadian actress
• 1977 – David Albelda, Spanish footballer
• 1977 – Aamir Ali, Indian actor
• 1977 – Shoshana Bean, American actress and singer
• 1977 – Raffaele Giammaria, Italian race car driver
• 1977 – Arsalan Iftikhar, American attorney
• 1977 – Aaron Schobel, American football player
• 1978 – Adam Yahiye Gadahn, American terrorist
• 1978 – Max Vieri, Australian-Italian footballer
• 1979 – Neg Dupree, English comedian, writer, and actor
• 1979 – James O'Connor, Irish footballer
• 1980 – Sammy Adjei, Ghanaian footballer
• 1980 – Nigar Jamal, Azerbaijani singer (Ell & Nikki)
• 1980 – Lara Pulver, British actress
• 1980 – Chris Riggott, English footballer
• 1980 – Sean Stewart, American singer-songwriter and model
• 1981 – Michael Adamthwaite, Canadian voice actor
• 1981 – Boyd Holbrook, American model and actor
• 1981 – Matthew McGuire, Australian rower
• 1981 – Clinton Portis, American football player
• 1981 – Adam Quick, Australian basketball player
• 1982 – Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater
• 1982 – Paul Dumbrell, Australian race car driver
• 1982 – Ryan Gomes, American basketball player
• 1983 – Iñaki Lejarreta, Spanish cyclist (d. 2012)
• 1983 – José Antonio Reyes, Spanish footballer
• 1983 – Jeff Woywitka, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – László Köteles, Hungarian footballer
• 1984 – Nick Noble, American football player
• 1984 – Rod Pelley, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1984 – Joe Trohman, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Fall Out Boy, The Damned Things, and Arma Angelus)
• 1985 – Larsen Jensen, American swimmer
• 1985 – Camile Velasco, Filipino-American singer
• 1986 – Anthony Allen, English rugby player
• 1986 – Gaël Monfils, French tennis player
• 1986 – Stella Mwangi, Norwegian-Kenyan singer-songwriter and rapper
• 1986 – Shahar Tzuberi, Israeli windsurfer
• 1987 – Dann Hume, New Zealand singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Evermore)
• 1987 – Leonel Suárez, Cuban decathlete
• 1988 – Gabriel Ferrari, American footballer
• 1988 – Vaneza Pitynski, American actress and singer
• 1988 – Mushfiqur Rahim, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1988 – Simona de Silvestro, Swiss race car driver
• 1989 – Astrid Besser, Italian tennis player
• 1989 – Bill Kaulitz, German singer-songwriter and voice actor (Tokio Hotel)
• 1989 – Tom Kaulitz, German guitarist (Tokio Hotel)
• 1989 – Juliana Lohmann, Brazilian actress
• 1989 – Jefferson Montero, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1989 – Daniel Sturridge, English footballer
• 1990 – Aisling Loftus, English actress
• 1992 – Cristiano Biraghi, Italian footballer
• 1992 – Kirani James, Grenadian sprinter
• 1993 – Alexander Conti, Canadian actor
• 1993 – Ilona Mitrecey, French singer
• 1993 – Louise de los Reyes, Filipino actress
• 1994 – Bianca Ryan, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1994 – Anna Smolina, Russian tennis player
• 1996 – Zendaya, American actress, singer and dancer

Deaths

• 1067 – Baldwin V, Count of Flanders (b. 1012)
• 1159 – Pope Adrian IV (b. 1100)
• 1256 – Kujō Yoritsune, Japanese shogun (b. 1218)
• 1414 – William de Ros, 7th Baron de Ros, English lord treasurer (b. 1369)
• 1557 – Jacques Cartier, French explorer (b. 1491)
• 1581 – Guru Ram Das, Pakistani 4th of the Ten Gurus of Sikhism (b. 1534)
• 1600 – Tadeáš Hájek, Czech physician (b. 1525)
• 1615 – Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer (b. 1529)
• 1648 – Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (b. 1588)
• 1678 – Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (b. 1601)
• 1685 – Leoline Jenkins, Welsh lawyer and politician (b. 1625)
• 1687 – Henry More, English philosopher (b. 1614)
• 1715 – Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
• 1715 – François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)
• 1818 – Robert Calder, Scottish-English naval officer (b. 1745)
• 1838 – William Clark, American explorer, part of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (b. 1770)
• 1839 – Izidor Guzmics, Hungarian theologian (b. 1786)
• 1868 – Ferenc Gyulay, Hungarian-Austrian commander and politician (b. 1798)
• 1922 – Samu Pecz, Hungarian architect and academic (b. 1854)
• 1928 – Elemér Bokor, Hungarian entomologist (b. 1887)
• 1930 – Peeter Põld, Estonian scientist and politician (b. 1878)
• 1943 – Charles Atangana, Cameroonian chief (b. 1880)
• 1947 – Frederick Russell Burnham, American scout and adventurer (b. 1861)
• 1953 – Bernard O'Dowd, Australian poet (b. 1866)
• 1957 – Dennis Brain, English horn player (b. 1921)
• 1964 – Ferenc Joachim, Hungarian painter (b. 1882)
• 1967 – Ilse Koch, German nazi war criminal (b. 1906)
• 1967 – Siegfried Sassoon, English poet (b. 1886)
• 1969 – Drew Pearson, American journalist (b. 1897)
• 1970 – François Mauriac, French author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1885)
• 1977 – Ethel Waters, American singer and actress (b. 1896)
• 1981 – Ann Harding, American actress (b. 1901)
• 1981 – Albert Speer, German architect (b. 1905)
• 1982 – Haskell Curry, American mathematician (b. 1900)
• 1982 – Władysław Gomułka, Polish politician (b. 1905)
• 1983 – Henry M. Jackson, American politician (b. 1912)
• 1983 – Larry McDonald, American physician and politician (b. 1935)
• 1985 – Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (b. 1957)
• 1986 – Murray Hamilton, American actor (b. 1923)
• 1988 – Luis Walter Alvarez, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
• 1989 – A. Bartlett Giamatti, American academic and businessman (b. 1938)
• 1989 – Tadeusz Sendzimir, Polish engineer and inventor (b. 1894)
• 1990 – Seub Nakhasathien, Thai environmentalist (b. 1949)
• 1990 – Edwin O. Reischauer, American educator (b. 1910)
• 1991 – Otl Aicher, German graphic designer (b. 1922)
• 1994 – Boris Malenko, American wrestler (b. 1933)
• 1997 – Zoltán Czibor, Hungarian footballer (b. 1929)
• 1998 – Józef Krupiński, Polish poet (b. 1930)
• 1998 – Cary Middlecoff, American golfer (b. 1921)
• 1999 – W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist and author (b. 1951)
• 2001 – Sil Austin, American saxophonist (b. 1929)
• 2001 – Brian Moore English sportscaster (b. 1932)
• 2003 – Terry Frost, English artist (b. 1915)
• 2004 – Ahmed Kuftaro, Syrian religious leader, Grand Mufti of Syria (b. 1915)
• 2005 – R. L. Burnside, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Thanos Leivaditis, Greek actor (b. 1934)
• 2006 – Nellie Connally, American wife of John Connally (b. 1919)
• 2006 – György Faludy, Hungarian author and translator (b. 1910)
• 2006 – Warren Mitofsky, American pollster (b. 1934)
• 2006 – Bob O'Connor, American politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Kyffin Williams, Welsh painter (b. 1918)
• 2007 – Roy McKenzie, New Zealand horse breeder, racer, and philanthropist (b. 1922)
• 2008 – Thomas J. Bata, Canadian businessman (b. 1914)
• 2008 – Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (b. 1940)
• 2008 – Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1937)
• 2008 – Oded Schramm, Israeli-American mathematician (b. 1961)
• 2009 – Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress (b. 1974)
• 2010 – Wakanohana Kanji I, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 45th Yokozuna (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Hal David, American songwriter and composer (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Bob Johnstone, Canadian journalist and broadcaster (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Sat Mahajan, Indian politician (b. 1927)
• 2012 – Smarck Michel, Haitian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (b. 1937)
• 2012 – William Petzäll, Swedish politician (b. 1988)

Holidays and observances

• Anniversary of the Start of the Armed Struggle (Eritrea)
• Beginning of Amerindian Heritage Month (Guyana)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Giles
  • The beginning of the new liturgical year (Eastern Orthodox Church and the Eastern Catholic Church)
  • September 1 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Constitution Day (Slovakia)
• Disaster Prevention Day (Japan)
• Earliest day on which Father's Day can fall, while September 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday in September. (Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea)
• Earliest day on which Labor Day can fall, while September 7 is the latest; celebrated on the first Monday in September. (United States, Canada, Palau)
• First day of school in many countries in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uzbekistan from the Soviet Union in 1991.
• Journalist Day (Republic of China)
• Knowledge Day (Russia)
• Teachers' Day (Singapore)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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