September 11 is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 111 days remaining until the end of the year. It is usually the first day of the year in the Coptic calendar and Ethiopian calendar (in the period AD 1900 to AD 2099).
Events
- 1185 – Isaac II Angelus kills Stephanus Hagiochristophorites and then appeals to the people, resulting in the revolt that deposes Andronicus I Comnenus and places Isaac on the throne of the Byzantine Empire.
- 1226 – The Roman Catholic practice of public adoration of the Blessed Sacrament outside of Mass spreads from monasteries to parishes.
- 1297 – Battle of Stirling Bridge: Scots jointly-led by William Wallace and Andrew Moray defeat the English.
- 1390 – Lithuanian Civil War (1389–1392): the Teutonic Knights begin a five-week siege of Vilnius.
- 1526 – The Ottoman army occupies Buda after the crushing Hungarian defeat in the Battle of Mohács.
- 1541 – Santiago, Chile, is destroyed by indigenous warriors, led by Michimalonco.
- 1565 – Ottoman forces retreat from Malta, End of the Great Siege of Malta.
- 1609 – Expulsion order announced against the Moriscos of Valencia; beginning of the expulsion of all Spain's Moriscos.
- 1609 – Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan Island and the indigenous people living there.
- 1649 – Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's English Parliamentarian troops take the town and execute its garrison.
- 1683 – Battle of Vienna.
- 1697 – Battle of Zenta.
- 1708 – Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
- 1709 – Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.
- 1714 – Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- 1758 – Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
- 1775 – Benedict Arnold's expedition to Quebec leaves Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 1776 – British-American peace conference on Staten Island fails to stop nascent American Revolutionary War.
- 1777 – American Revolution: Battle of Brandywine – The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
- 1786 – The Beginning of the Annapolis Convention.
- 1789 – Alexander Hamilton is appointed the first United States Secretary of the Treasury.
- 1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house used to store them.
- 1802 – France annexes the Kingdom of Piedmont.
- 1803 – Battle of Delhi, during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia's army under General Louis Bourquin.
- 1813 – War of 1812: British troops arrive in Mount Vernon and prepare to march to and invade Washington, D.C..
- 1814 – War of 1812: The climax of the Battle of Plattsburgh, a major United States victory in the war.
- 1829 – Surrender of the expedition led by Isidro Barradas at Tampico, sent by the Spanish crown in order to retake Mexico. This was the final consummation of Mexican independence.
- 1847 – Stephen Foster's well-known song, "Oh! Susanna", is first performed at a saloon in Pittsburgh.
- 1852 – The State of Buenos Aires secedes from the Argentine Federal government, rejoining on 17 September 17, 1861. Several places are named Once de Septiembre after this event.
- 1857 – The Mountain Meadows massacre: Mormon settlers and Paiutes massacre 120 pioneers at Mountain Meadows, Utah.
- 1893 - Parliament of the World's Religions opened on 11 September 1893 in Chicago, where Swami Vivekananda delivers his famous speech on fanaticism, tolerance and the truth inherent in all religions.
- 1897 – After months of pursuit, generals of Menelik II of Ethiopia capture Gaki Sherocho, the last king of Kaffa, bringing an end to that ancient kingdom.
- 1903 – The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
- 1914 – Australia invades New Britain, defeating a German contingent at the Battle of Bita Paka.
- 1916 – The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed in toto on August 29, 1907.
- 1919 – U.S. Marines invade Honduras.
- 1921 – Nahalal, the first moshav in Palestine, is settled as part of a Zionist plan to colonize Palestine and creating a Jewish state, later to be Israel.
- 1922 – The Treaty of Kars is ratified in Yerevan, Armenia.
- 1922 – One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded.
- 1931 – Salvatore Maranzano is murdered by Charles Luciano's hitmen.
- 1932 – Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, Polish Challenge 1932 winners, are killed when their RWD 6 airplane crashes during a storm.
- 1939 – World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, the country's first independent declaration of war
- 1940 – George Stibitz performs the first remote operation of a computer.
- 1941 – Ground is broken for the construction of The Pentagon.
- 1941 – Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines Speech accusing the British, Jews and the Roosevelt administration of pressing for war with Germany.
- 1943 – World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija.
- 1943 – World War II: Start of the liquidation of the Ghettos in Minsk and Lida by the Nazis.
- 1944 – World War II: The first Allied troops of the U.S. Army cross the western border of Germany.
- 1944 – World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500.
- 1945 – World War II: Australian 9th Division forces liberate the Japanese-run Batu Lintang camp, a POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo.
- 1954 – Hurricane Edna hits New England as a Category 3 hurricane, causing significant damage and 29 deaths.
- 1961 – Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund.
- 1961 – Hurricane Carla strikes the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane, the second strongest storm ever to hit the state.
- 1965 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.
- 1968 – Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew.
- 1968 – The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) was found.
- 1970 – The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens, are held until September 25.
- 1971 – The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
- 1972 – The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system has its opening day of passenger service.
- 1973 – A coup in Chile headed by General Augusto Pinochet topples the democratically elected president Salvador Allende. Pinochet exercises dictatorial power until ousted in a referendum in 1988, staying in power until 1990.
- 1974 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
- 1976 – A group of Croatian nationalists planted a bomb in a coin locker at Grand Central Terminal. After stating political demands, they revealed the location and provided instructions for disarming the bomb. The disarming operation was not executed properly, killing one NYPD bomb squad specialist.
- 1978 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel meet at Camp David and agree on the Camp David Accords a framework for peace between Israel and Egypt and a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.
- 1978 – Janet Parker is the last person to die of smallpox, in a laboratory-associated outbreak.
- 1980 – Voters approve a new Constitution of Chile, later amended after the departure of president Pinochet.
- 1982 – The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps.
- 1985 – Pete Rose breaks Ty Cobb's baseball record for most career hits with his 4,192nd hit
- 1988 – The St Jean Bosco massacre takes place in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
- 1989 – Hungary announces that the East German refugees who had been housed in temporary camps were free to leave for West Germany.
- 1992 – Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.
- 1997 – NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
- 1997 – After a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
- 1997 – 14 Estonian soldiers die in the Kurkse tragedy, drowning in the Baltic Sea
- 1998 – Opening ceremony for the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia is the first Asian country to host the games.
- 2000 – Melbourne hosts World Economic Forum where S11 protests also took place.
- 2001 – Two hijacked aircraft crash into the World Trade Center in New York City, while a third smashes into The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, in a series of coordinated suicide attacks. A fourth hijacked airliner crashes in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Altogether, 2,996 people are killed.
- 2007 – Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
- 2012 – A total of 315 people are killed in two garment factory fires in Pakistan.
- 2012 – The first day of a series of protests and attacks; in which the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya is attacked, resulting in four deaths, including J. Christopher Stevens, the United States Ambassador to Libya.
Births
- 1182 – Minamoto no Yoriie, Japanese shogun (d. 1204)
- 1522 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian naturalist (d. 1605)
- 1524 – Pierre de Ronsard, French poet (d. 1585)
- 1525 – John George, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1598)
- 1611 – Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French field marshal (d. 1675)
- 1681 – Johann Gottlieb Heineccius, German jurist (d. 1741)
- 1700 – James Thomson, Scottish poet (d. 1748)
- 1711 – William Boyce, English composer (d. 1779)
- 1723 – Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educator, writer, and reformer (d. 1790)
- 1764 – Valentino Fioravanti, Italian composer (d. 1837)
- 1771 – Mungo Park, Scottish explorer (d. 1806)
- 1786 – Friedrich Kuhlau, German composer (d. 1832)
- 1798 – Franz Ernst Neumann, German mineralogist and physicist (d. 1895)
- 1800 – Daniel S. Dickinson, American politician (d. 1866)
- 1816 – Carl Zeiss, German lens maker, created the Optical instrument (d. 1888)
- 1825 – Eduard Hanslick, Bohemian-Austrian critic (d. 1904)
- 1836 – Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (d. 1870)
- 1838 – John Ireland, American archbishop (d. 1918)
- 1859 – Vjenceslav Novak, Croatian author (d. 1905)
- 1860 – James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1934)
- 1861 – Juhani Aho, Finnish author and journalist (d. 1921)
- 1862 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, English army officer, 12th Governor General of Canada (d. 1935)
- 1862 – Hawley Harvey Crippen, American physician and murderer (d. 1910)
- 1862 – O. Henry, American author (d. 1910)
- 1865 – Rainis, Latvian poet and playwright (d. 1929)
- 1876 – Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter (d. 1924)
- 1877 – Felix Dzerzhinsky, Polish-Russian revolutionary and statesman (d. 1926)
- 1877 – James Hopwood Jeans, English physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (d. 1946)
- 1879 – Louis Coatalen, French automobile engineer (d. 1962)
- 1883 – Emil Rausch, German swimmer (d. 1954)
- 1884 – Sudhamoy Pramanick, Indian activist (d. 1974)
- 1885 – D. H. Lawrence, English novelist (d. 1930)
- 1885 – Herbert Stothart, American songwriter and composer (d. 1949)
- 1891 – William Thomas Walsh, American author (d. 1949)
- 1892 – Lucien Buysse, Belgian cyclist (d. 1980)
- 1892 – Pinto Colvig, American actor and cartoonist (d. 1967)
- 1893 – Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver (d. 1974)
- 1895 – Vinoba Bhave, Indian activist (d. 1982)
- 1895 – Nur Ali Elahi, Iranian philosopher and jurist (d. 1974)
- 1898 – Gerald Templer, English military administrator (d. 1979)
- 1899 – Philipp Bouhler, German Nazi official (d. 1945)
- 1899 – Jimmie Davis, American singer-songwriter and politician, 47th Governor of Louisiana (d. 2000)
- 1900 – D. W. Brooks, American farmer and businessman, founded Gold Kist (d. 1999)
- 1903 – Theodor Adorno, German philosopher and sociologist (d. 1969)
- 1904 – Karl Plutus, Estonian lawyer and jurist (d. 2010)
- 1907 – Lev Oborin, Russian pianist (d. 1974)
- 1908 – Alvar Lidell, English journalist (d. 1981)
- 1911 – Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1971)
- 1913 – Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (d. 1983)
- 1914 – Patriarch Pavle of Serbia (d. 2009)
- 1917 – Donald Blakeslee, American pilot (d. 2008)
- 1917 – Herbert Lom, Czech-English actor (d. 2012)
- 1917 – Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino politician, 10th President of the Philippines (d. 1989)
- 1917 – Jessica Mitford, English author and journalist (d. 1996)
- 1917 – Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and horse breeder (d. 2001)
- 1921 – Leaford Bearskin, American tribal leader and air force officer (d. 2012)
- 1921 – Edwin Richfield, English actor (d. 1990)
- 1923 – Alan Badel, English actor (d. 1982)
- 1923 – Betsy Drake, French-American actress
- 1924 – Daniel Akaka, American politician
- 1924 – Tom Landry, American football player and coach (d. 2000)
- 1924 – Rudolf Vrba, Czech-Canadian holocaust survivor and educator (d. 2006)
- 1925 – Alan Bergman, American songwriter
- 1925 – Harry Somers, Canadian composer (d. 1999)
- 1926 – Eddie Miksis, American baseball player (d. 2005)
- 1927 – Vernon Corea, Sri Lankan broadcaster (d. 2002)
- 1927 – Christine King Farris, American educator
- 1927 – G. David Schine, American businessman (d. 1996)
- 1928 – Reubin Askew, American politician, 37th Governor of Florida
- 1928 – Earl Holliman, American actor
- 1929 – Primož Kozak, Slovenian playwright (d. 1981)
- 1929 – Patrick Mayhew, Baron Mayhew of Twysden, English politician
- 1930 – Cathryn Damon, American actress (d. 1987)
- 1930 – Jean-Claude Forest, French writer and illustrator (d. 1998)
- 1930 – Renzo Montagnani, Italian actor (d. 1997)
- 1930 – Saleh Selim, Egyptian footballer (d. 2002)
- 1931 – Bill Simpson, Scottish actor (d. 1986)
- 1931 – Hans-Ulrich Wehler, German historian
- 1932 – Peter Anderson, English footballer
- 1933 – William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (d. 2002)
- 1934 – Norma Croker, Australian sprinter
- 1934 – Oliver Jones, Canadian pianist and composer
- 1935 – Arvo Pärt, Estonian composer
- 1935 – Gherman Titov, Soviet pilot and astronaut (d. 2000)
- 1936 – Ian Abercrombie, English actor (d. 2012)
- 1937 – Robert Crippen, American astronaut
- 1937 – Joseph Kobzon, Russian singer
- 1937 – Queen Paola of Belgium
- 1938 – David Higgins, English composer and conductor (d. 2006)
- 1939 – Charles Geschke, American businessman, co-founded Adobe Systems
- 1940 – Brian De Palma, American director
- 1940 – Nong Duc Manh, Vietnamese politician
- 1940 – Theodore Olson, American lawyer and politician
- 1940 – Robert Palmer, American businessman, co-founded Mostek
- 1942 – Lola Falana, American singer, actress, and dancer
- 1942 – Gerome Ragni, American playwright
- 1943 – André Caillé, Canadian businessman
- 1943 – Mickey Hart, American drummer (Grateful Dead, The Other Ones, The Dead, and Rhythm Devils)
- 1943 – Khun Htun Oo, Burmese politician
- 1943 – Raymond Villeneuve, Canadian activist
- 1944 – Everaldo, Brazilian footballer
- 1944 – Freddy Thielemans, Belgian politician
- 1945 – Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer
- 1945 – Gianluigi Gelmetti, Italian conductor and composer
- 1945 – Leo Kottke, American guitarist
- 1945 – Felton Perry, American actor
- 1946 – Jim Shoulder, English footballer and manager
- 1946 – Dennis Tufano, American singer (The Buckinghams)
- 1948 – John Martyn, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
- 1949 – Bill Whittington, American race car driver
- 1950 – Bruce Doull, Australian footballer
- 1950 – Amy Madigan, American actress
- 1950 – Barry Sheene, English motorcyclist (d. 2003)
- 1951 – Miroslav Dvořák, Czech ice hockey player (d. 2008)
- 1951 – Richard D. Gill, English-Dutch mathematician
- 1951 – Hugo Porta, Argentine rugby player
- 1953 – Jani Allan, South African journalist
- 1953 – Renée Geyer, Australian singer
- 1953 – Tommy Shaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Styx, Damn Yankees and Shaw Blades)
- 1956 – Tony Gilroy, American screenwriter and director
- 1957 – Brad Bird, American director and animator
- 1957 – Jon Moss, English drummer (Culture Club, London, and The Nips)
- 1957 – Jeff Sluman, American golfer
- 1958 – Roxann Dawson, American actress
- 1958 – Brad Lesley, American baseball player and actor (d. 2013)
- 1958 – Scott Patterson, American actor
- 1958 – Phoef Sutton, American screenwriter and producer
- 1960 – Michael P. Leavitt, American military chief
- 1960 – Anne Ramsay, American actress
- 1961 – Philip Ardagh, English author
- 1961 – Elizabeth Daily, American actress
- 1961 – Virginia Madsen, American actress
- 1961 – Samina Raja, Pakistani poet (d. 2012)
- 1962 – Filip Dewinter, Belgian politician
- 1962 – Kristy McNichol, American actress
- 1962 – Victoria Poleva, Ukrainian composer
- 1962 – Julio Salinas, Spanish footballer
- 1962 – Jenny Sanford, American businesswoman
- 1963 – Dave Bidini, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and author (Rheostatics)
- 1963 – Patrick McWilliams, Irish author
- 1963 – Colin Wells, English actor
- 1964 – Ellis Burks, American baseball player
- 1964 – Victor Wooten, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Vital Tech Tones, SMV, and Chick Corea Elektric Band)
- 1965 – Moby, American singer-songwriter and DJ
- 1965 – Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria
- 1965 – Paul Heyman, American wrestling promoter, manager, and journalist
- 1965 – David Roe, English snooker player
- 1966 – Princess Akishino of Japan
- 1967 – Maria Bartiromo, American journalist
- 1967 – Harry Connick, Jr., American singer and actor
- 1967 – Tony David, Australian darts player
- 1967 – Arpad Miklos, Hungarian-American porn actor (d. 2013)
- 1968 – Allan Alaküla, Estonian journalist
- 1968 – Kay Hanley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Letters to Cleo)
- 1968 – Paul Mayeda Berges, American screenwriter and director
- 1968 – Blade Thompson, American porn actor and director
- 1969 – Stefano Cagol, Italian photographer
- 1969 – Gidget Gein, American bass player (d. 2008)
- 1969 – Eduardo Pérez, American baseball player
- 1970 – Chris Garver, American tattoo artist
- 1970 – Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer
- 1970 – William Joppy, American boxer
- 1970 – Taja Kramberger, Slovenian poet and sociologist
- 1970 – Ted Leo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Citizens Arrest and Chisel)
- 1970 – Laura Wright, American actress
- 1971 – Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter (The Verve and RPA & The United Nations of Sound)
- 1971 – Markos Moulitsas, American soldier, blogger, and author, founded Daily Kos
- 1971 – Johnny Vegas, English comedian and actor
- 1971 – Shelton Quarles, American football player
- 1972 – Matthew Gilmore, Belgian cyclist
- 1974 – DeLisha Milton-Jones, American basketball player
- 1975 – Juan Cobián, Argentine footballer
- 1975 – Pierre Issa, South African footballer
- 1975 – Mark Klepaski, American bass player (Breaking Benjamin and Lifer)
- 1976 – Tomáš Enge, Czech race car driver
- 1976 – Elephant Man, Jamaican singer and DJ
- 1976 – Flora Redoumi, Greek hurdler
- 1977 – Ludacris, American rapper, producer, and actor, founded Disturbing tha Peace Records
- 1977 – Jonny Buckland, English guitarist (Coldplay)
- 1977 – Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player
- 1977 – Tobias Zellner, German footballer
- 1978 – Ben Lee, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Noise Addict, The Bens, and Gerling)
- 1978 – Ed Reed, American football player
- 1978 – Dejan Stanković, Serbian footballer
- 1979 – Éric Abidal, French footballer
- 1979 – Frank Francisco, American baseball player
- 1979 – Steve Hofstetter, American comedian and author
- 1979 – David Pizarro, Chilean footballer
- 1979 – Ariana Richards, American actress
- 1980 – Mike Comrie, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 – Dawit Kebede, Ethiopian journalist
- 1980 – Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian race car driver
- 1981 – Andrea Dossena, Italian footballer
- 1981 – Charles Kelley, American singer-songwriter (Lady Antebellum)
- 1981 – Dylan Klebold, American student and murderer, conducted the Columbine High School massacre (d. 1999)
- 1981 – Luscious Lopez, American porn actress
- 1982 – Shriya Saran, Indian actress
- 1983 – Ike Diogu, American basketball player
- 1983 – Jacoby Ellsbury, American baseball player
- 1984 – Aled de Malmanche, New Zealand rugby player
- 1984 – Benson Stanley, New Zealand rugby player
- 1985 – Robert Acquafresca, Italian footballer
- 1985 – Shaun Livingston, American basketball player
- 1985 – Zack Stortini, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 – Ryann Donnelly, American singer-songwriter (Schoolyard Heroes)
- 1986 – Darvin Edwards, Saint Lucian high jumper
- 1986 – Dwayne Jarrett, American football player
- 1986 – Chiliboy Ralepelle, South African rugby player
- 1987 – Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player
- 1987 – Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
- 1987 – Mai Oshima, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48)
- 1988 – Lee Yong-dae, South Korean badminton player
- 1989 – Asuka Kuramochi, Japanese singer and actress (AKB48)
- 1990 – Henry Hopper, American actor
- 1992 – Jonathan Adams, English discus thrower
Deaths
- 1063 – Béla I of Hungary (b. 1016)
- 1161 – Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem (b. 1105)
- 1185 – Stephen Hagiochristophorites, Byzantine courtier
- 1279 – Robert Kilwardby, English archbishop (b. 1215)
- 1298 – Philip of Artois (b. 1269)
- 1349 – Bonne of Bohemia (b. 1315)
- 1599 – Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577)
- 1677 – James Harrington, English philosopher (b. 1611)
- 1680 – Roger Crab, English soldier, doctor, and writer (b. 1621)
- 1680 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596)
- 1721 – Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, German botanist and physician (b. 1665)
- 1733 – François Couperin, French composer (b. 1668)
- 1760 – Louis Godin, French astronomer (b. 1704)
- 1822 – Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor (b. 1777)
- 1823 – David Ricardo, English economist (b. 1772)
- 1843 – Joseph Nicollet, French mathematician and explorer (b. 1786)
- 1851 – Sylvester Graham, American nutritionist (b. 1794)
- 1865 – Christophe Léon Louis Juchault de Lamoricière, French general (b. 1806)
- 1888 – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Argentinian politician, 7th President of Argentina (b. 1811)
- 1896 – Francis James Child, American scholar and educator (b. 1825)
- 1911 – Louis Henri Boussenard, French novelist (b. 1847)
- 1915 – William Sprague, American politician, 27th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1830)
- 1915 – William Cornelius Van Horne, American-Canadian businessman (b. 1843)
- 1917 – Georges Guynemer, French pilot (b. 1894)
- 1921 – Subramanya Bharathi, Tamil poet (b. 1882)
- 1923 – Ole Østmo, Norwegian target shooter (b. 1866)
- 1926 – Matsunosuke Onoe, Japanese actor (b. 1875)
- 1932 – Stanisław Wigura, Polish pilot (b. 1901)
- 1932 – Franciszek Żwirko, Polish pilot (b. 1895)
- 1935 – Charles Norris, American medical examiner (b. 1867)
- 1939 – Konstantin Korovin, Russian painter (b. 1861)
- 1941 – Christian Rakovsky, Bulgarian revolutionary and politician (b. 1873)
- 1947 – Alice Keppel, English mistress of Edward VII (b. 1868)
- 1948 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Indian-Pakistani lawyer and politician, 1st Governor-General of Pakistan (b. 1876)
- 1949 – Henri Rabaud, French composer and conductor (b. 1873)
- 1950 – Jan Smuts, South African soldier and statesman, 4th Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1870)
- 1956 – Billy Bishop, Canadian pilot (b. 1894)
- 1958 – Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1889)
- 1958 – Robert W. Service, Scottish-Canadian poet (b. 1874)
- 1959 – Paul Douglas, American actor (b. 1907)
- 1964 – Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic (b. 1917)
- 1965 – Ralph C. Smedley, American educator, founded Toastmasters International (b. 1878)
- 1966 – Collett E. Woolman, American businessman, co-founded Delta Air Lines (b. 1889)
- 1967 – Tadeusz Żyliński, Polish technician and textilist (b. 1904)
- 1968 – René Cogny, French general (b. 1904)
- 1971 – Bella Darvi, Polish-French actress (b. 1928)
- 1971 – Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet politician (b. 1894)
- 1971 – Errikos Kontarinis, Greek actor (b. 1906)
- 1972 – Max Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1883)
- 1973 – Salvador Allende, Chilean physician and politician, 29th President of Chile (b. 1908)
- 1973 – Neem Karoli Baba, Indian guru
- 1974 – Víctor Olea Alegría, Chilean socialist (b. 1950)
- 1978 – Mike Gazella, American baseball player (b. 1895)
- 1978 – Georgi Markov, Bulgarian author and playwright (b. 1929)
- 1978 – Janet Parker, English last person to die from Smallpox (b. 1938)
- 1978 – Ronnie Peterson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1944)
- 1984 – Jerry Voorhis, American politician (b. 1901)
- 1985 – William Alwyn, English composer (b. 1905)
- 1985 – Eleanor Dark, Australian novelist (b. 1901)
- 1985 – Andrew C. Thornton II, American drug smuggler (b. 1945)
- 1986 – Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Greek politician and academic, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1902)
- 1986 – Noel Streatfeild, English author (b. 1895)
- 1987 – Lorne Greene, Canadian actor and singer (b. 1915)
- 1987 – Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bob Marley & The Wailers) (b. 1944)
- 1987 – Mahadevi Varma, Indian poet (b. 1907)
- 1988 – John Sylvester White, American actor (b. 1919)
- 1990 – Myrna Mack, Guatemalan anthropologist (b. 1949)
- 1991 – Ernst Herbeck, German poet (b. 1920)
- 1993 – Antoine Izméry, Haitian activist
- 1993 – Erich Leinsdorf, Austrian conductor (b. 1912)
- 1994 – Jessica Tandy, American actress (b. 1909)
- 1994 – Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian harpsichordist and composer (b. 1910)
- 1994 – William Obanhein, American police officer (b. 1924)
- 1995 – Anita Harding, English neurologist (b. 1952)
- 1997 – Camille Henry, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1933)
- 1997 – Hannah Weiner American poet (b. 1928)
- 1998 – Dane Clark, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1999 – Belkis Ayón, Cuban painter (b. 1967)
- 1999 – Bobby Limb, Australian actor (b. 1924)
- 1999 – Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan race car driver (b. 1972)
- 2001 – Alice Stewart Trillin, American author (b. 1938)
- 2001 – Casualties of the September 11 attacks:
- David Angell, American television producer (b. 1946)
- Mohamed Atta, Egyptian hijacker–pilot of American Airlines Flight 11 (b. 1968)
- Garnet Bailey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1948)
- Todd Beamer, American passenger on United Airlines Flight 93 (b. 1968)
- Berry Berenson, American photographer, actress, and model (b. 1948)
- Carolyn Beug, American director and producer (b. 1952)
- Bill Biggart, American photographer and journalist (b. 1947)
- Mark Bingham, American public relations executive (b. 1970)
- Ronald Paul Bucca, American fire marshal (b. 1954)
- Charles Burlingame, American pilot (b. 1949)
- Tom Burnett, American businessman (b. 1963)
- William M. Feehan, American firefighter (b. 1929)
- Wilson Flagg, American navy admiral (b. 1938)
- Peter J. Ganci, Jr., American firefighter (b. 1946)
- Ahmed al-Ghamdi, Saudi hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (b. 1979)
- Hamza al-Ghamdi, Saudi hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175 (b. 1980)
- Hani Hanjour, Saudi hijacker–pilot of American Airlines Flight 77 (b. 1972)
- Nawaf al-Hazmi, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (b. 1976)
- Salem al-Hazmi, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (b. 1981)
- Ziad Jarrah, Lebanese hijacker–pilot of United Airlines Flight 93 (b. 1975)
- Mychal Judge, American priest (b. 1933)
- Daniel M. Lewin, American mathematician and businessman, co-founded Akamai Technologies (b. 1970)
- Timothy Maude, American military officer (b. 1947)
- Eamon McEneaney, American lacrosse player (b. 1954)
- Khalid al-Mihdhar, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (b. 1975)
- Majed Moqed, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 (b. 1977)
- John P. O'Neill, American Counter-terrorism expert and FBI agent (b. 1952)
- John Ogonowski, American pilot (b. 1951)
- Barbara Olson, American political commentator (b. 1955)
- Abdulaziz al-Omari, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 (b. 1979)
- Betty Ong, American flight attendant (b. 1956)
- Rick Rescorla, American army officer (b. 1939)
- Marwan al-Shehhi, Emirati hijacker–pilot of United Airlines Flight 175 (b. 1978)
- Wail al-Shehri, Saudi hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 (b. 1973)
- Madeline Amy Sweeney, American flight attendant (b. 1966)
- 2002 – Kim Hunter, American actress (b. 1922)
- 2002 – Johnny Unitas, American football player (b. 1933)
- 2003 – Anna Lindh, Swedish politician (b. 1957)
- 2003 – John Ritter, American actor (b. 1948)
- 2004 – Fred Ebb, American songwriter (b. 1933)
- 2004 – David Mann, American painter (b. 1939)
- 2004 – Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (b. 1949)
- 2005 – Al Casey, American guitarist (b. 1915)
- 2005 – Chris Schenkel, American sportscaster (b. 1923)
- 2006 – William Auld, Scottish poet, author, and translator (b. 1924)
- 2006 – Pat Corley, American actor (b. 1930)
- 2006 – Joachim Fest, German journalist and author (b. 1926)
- 2006 – Johannes Bob van Benthem, Dutch lawyer (b. 1921)
- 2007 – Ian Porterfield, Scottish footballer (b. 1946)
- 2007 – Gene Savoy, American author and cleric (b. 1927)
- 2007 – Jean Séguy, French sociologist (b. 1925)
- 2007 – Joe Zawinul, Austrian keyboardist and composer (Weather Report) (b. 1932)
- 2009 – Gertrude Baines, American super-centenarian (b. 1894)
- 2009 – Pierre Cossette, Canadian television and theater producer (b. 1923)
- 2009 – Larry Gelbart, American screenwriter (b. 1928)
- 2009 – Yoshito Usui, Japanese illustrator and writer (b. 1958)
- 2010 – Harold Gould, American actor (b. 1923)
- 2010 – Kevin McCarthy, American actor (b. 1914)
- 2011 – Christian Bakkerud, Danish race car driver (b. 1984)
- 2011 – Ralph Gubbins, English footballer (b. 1932)
- 2011 – Anjali Gupta, Indian air force officer (b. 1975)
- 2011 – Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor (b. 1972)
- 2012 – Finn Bergesen, Norwegian civil servant and businessman (b. 1945)
- 2012 – Bruce Bolling, American businessman and politician (b. 1946)
- 2012 – Tibor Csernai, Hungarian footballer (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Glen Doherty, American security officer (b. 1970)
- 2012 – Tomas Evjen, Norwegian cinematographer and producer (b. 1972)
- 2012 – Sergio Livingstone, Chilean footballer and sportscaster (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Charles Pidjot, French politician (b. 1962)
- 2012 – Sean Smith, American diplomat (b. 1978)
- 2012 – J. Christopher Stevens, American lawyer and diplomat, 10th United States Ambassador to Libya (b. 1960)
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