September 13

September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 109 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia.
• 509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides of September.
• 335 – Emperor Constantine the Great consecrated the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
• 533 – Belisarius of the Byzantine Empire defeats Gelimer and the Vandalss at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, North Africa.
• 1213 – End of Battle of Muret, during the Albigensian Crusade to destroy the Cathar heresy.
• 1229 – Ögedei Khan is proclaimed Khagan of the Mongol Empire in Kodoe Aral, Khentii: Mongolia.
• 1501 – Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David.
• 1504 – Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) to be built.
• 1541 – After three years of exile, John Calvin returns to Geneva to reform the church under a body of doctrine known as Calvinism.
• 1584 – San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished.
• 1609 – Henry Hudson reaches the river that would later be named after him – the Hudson River.
• 1743 – Great Britain, Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia sign the Treaty of Worms.
• 1759 – Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
• 1782 – American Revolutionary War: Franco-Spanish troops launch the unsuccessful "grand assault" during the Great Siege of Gibraltar.
• 1788 – The Philadelphia Convention sets the date for the first presidential election in the United States, and New York City becomes the country's temporary capital.
• 1791 – King Louis XVI of France accepts the new constitution.
• 1808 – Finnish War: In the Battle of Jutas, Swedish forces under Lieutenant General Georg Carl von Döbeln beat the Russians, making von Döbeln a Swedish war hero.
• 1812 – War of 1812: A supply wagon sent to relieve Fort Harrison is ambushed in the Attack at the Narrows.
• 1814 – In a turning point in the War of 1812, the British fail to capture Baltimore. During the battle, Francis Scott Key composes his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry", which is later set to music and becomes the United States' national anthem.
• 1843 – The Greek Army rebels (OS date: September 3) against the autocratic rule of king Otto of Greece, demanding the granting of a constitution.
• 1847 – Mexican–American War: Six teenage military cadets known as Niños Héroes die defending Chapultepec Castle in the Battle of Chapultepec. American troops under General Winfield Scott capture Mexico City in the Mexican–American War.
• 1848 – Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives a 3-foot (0.91 m)-plus iron rod being driven through his head; the reported effects on his behavior and personality stimulate thinking about the nature of the brain and its functions.
• 1850 – First ascent of Piz Bernina, the highest summit of the eastern Alps.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Union soldiers find a copy of Robert E. Lee's battle plans in a field outside Frederick, Maryland. It is the prelude to the Battle of Antietam.
• 1882 – The Battle of Tel el-Kebir is fought in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War.
• 1898 – Hannibal Goodwin patents celluloid photographic film.
• 1899 – Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
• 1899 – Mackinder, Ollier and Brocherel make the first ascent of Batian (5,199 m – 17,058 ft), the highest peak of Mount Kenya.
• 1900 – Filipino resistance fighters defeat a small American column in the Battle of Pulang Lupa, during the Philippine–American War.
• 1906 – First flight of a fixed-wing aircraft in Europe.
• 1914 – World War I: South African troops open hostilities in German south-west Africa (Namibia) with an assault on the Ramansdrift police station.
• 1914 – World War I: The Battle of Aisne begins between Germany and France.
• 1922 – The temperature at 'Aziziya, Libya reaches a world record 57.8 °C (136.0 °F).
• 1922 – The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
• 1923 – Following a military coup in Spain, Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over, setting up a dictatorship.
• 1933 – Elizabeth McCombs becomes the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
• 1935 – Rockslide near Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ends the International Railway (New York – Ontario).
• 1942 – World War II: Second day of the Battle of Edson's Ridge in the Guadalcanal Campaign. U.S. Marines successfully defeated attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army with heavy losses for the Japanese forces.
• 1943 – The Municipal Theatre of Corfu is destroyed during an aerial bombardment by Luftwaffe.
• 1948 – Deputy Primer Minister of India Vallabhbhai Patel ordered the Army to move into the Hyderabad to integrate it with Indian Union.
• 1948 – Margaret Chase Smith is elected senator, and becomes the first woman to serve in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
• 1953 – Nikita Khrushchev is appointed secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• 1956 – The dike around the Dutch polder East Flevoland is closed.
• 1956 – The IBM 305 RAMAC is introduced, the first commercial computer to use disk storage.
• 1964 – South Vietnamese Generals Lam Van Phat and Duong Van Duc fail in a coup attempt against General Nguyen Khanh.
• 1968 – Albania leaves the Warsaw Pact.
• 1971 – State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to end a prison revolt.
• 1971 – People's Republic of China: Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the country via plane after the failure of alleged coup against Mao. The plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard.
• 1979 – South Africa grants independence to the "homeland" of Venda (not recognised outside South Africa).
• 1987 – Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning.
• 1988 – Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure).
• 1989 – Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu.
• 1993 – Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with PLO chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy.
• 1994 – Ulysses probe passes the Sun's south pole.
• 2001 – Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
• 2007 – The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly.
• 2008 – Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries.
• 2008 – Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston and surrounding areas.

Births

• 64 – Julia Flavia, Roman daughter of Titus (d. 91)
• 678 – K'inich Ahkal Mo' Naab' III, Mayan ruler (d. 730)
• 786 – Al-Ma'mun, Abbasid caliph (d. 833)
• 1087 – John II Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1143)
• 1475 – Cesare Borgia, Italian politician and cardinal (d. 1507)
• 1502 – John Leland, English poet andantiquarian (d. 1552)
• 1521 – William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, English statesman (d. 1598)
• 1583 – Girolamo Frescobaldi, Ferrarese pianist and composer (d. 1643)
• 1594 – Francesco Manelli, Italian composer (d. 1667)
• 1601 – Jan Brueghel the Younger, Flemish painter (d. 1678)
• 1604 – Sir William Brereton, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (d. 1661)
• 1676 – Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans, French wife of Leopold, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1741)
• 1694 – Yeongjo of Joseon (d. 1776)
• 1766 – Samuel Wilson, American meat-packer, namesake of Uncle Sam (d. 1854)
• 1775 – Laura Secord, Canadian war heroine (d. 1868)
• 1802 – Arnold Ruge, German philosopher and writer (d. 1880)
• 1813 – John Sedgwick, American general (d. 1864)
• 1819 – Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer (d. 1896)
• 1830 – Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian author (d. 1916)
• 1842 – John H. Bankhead, American politician (d. 1920)
• 1851 – Walter Reed, American physician and biologist (d. 1902)
• 1857 – Michał Drzymała, Polish rebel (d. 1937)
• 1857 – Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (d. 1945)
• 1860 – John J. Pershing, American general (d. 1948)
• 1863 – Arthur Henderson, British politician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1935)
• 1865 – William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, Indian-English general (d. 1951)
• 1866 – Ole Østmo, Norwegian target shooter (d. 1923)
• 1873 – Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician (d. 1950)
• 1874 – Henry F. Ashurst, American politician (d. 1962)
• 1874 – Arnold Schoenberg, Austrian composer and painter (d. 1951)
• 1876 – Sherwood Anderson, American author (d. 1941)
• 1877 – Wilhelm Filchner, German explorer (d. 1957)
• 1877 – Stanley Lord, English captain (d. 1962)
• 1880 – Jesse L. Lasky, American film producer (d. 1958)
• 1880 – Marcel Van Crombrugge, Belgian rower (d. 1940)
• 1882 – Ramón Grau, Cuban physician and politician, 6th President of Cuba (d. 1969)
• 1883 – LeRoy Samse, American pole vaulter (d. 1956)
• 1885 – Wilhelm Blaschke, Austrian geometer (d. 1962)
• 1886 – Amelie Beese, German pilot and sculptor (d. 1925)
• 1886 – Robert Robinson, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1975)
• 1887 – Leopold Ružička, Croatian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
• 1891 – Max Pruss, Prussian commander (d. 1960)
• 1893 – Larry Shields, American clarinet player (d. 1953)
• 1894 – J. B. Priestley, English playwright and novelist (d. 1984)
• 1894 – Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (d. 1953)
• 1895 – Morris Kirksey, American rugby player (d. 1981)
• 1898 – Roger Désormière, French conductor (d. 1963)
• 1899 – Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Romanian politician (d. 1938)
• 1903 – Claudette Colbert, American actress (d. 1996)
• 1904 – Gladys George, American actress (d. 1954)
• 1908 – Karolos Koun, Greek director (d. 1987)
• 1908 – Sicco Mansholt, Dutch politician, 4th President of the European Commission (d. 1995)
• 1908 – Chu Berry, American tenor saxophonist (d. 1941)
• 1909 – Ray Bowden, English footballer (d. 1998)
• 1909 – Frits Thors, Dutch journalist
• 1910 – Stefanos Natsinas, Greek politician (d. 1976)
• 1911 – Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter (d. 1996)
• 1912 – Maurice K. Goddard, American politician (d. 1995)
• 1914 – Leonard Feather, English pianist, composer, producer, and journalist (d. 1994)
• 1916 – Roald Dahl, English pilot, author, and screenwriter (d. 1990)
• 1917 – Robert Ward, American composer (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Dick Haymes, Argentine actor and singer (d. 1980)
• 1919 – Mary Midgley, English philosopher
• 1920 – Else Holmelund Minarik, Danish-American author (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Charles Brown, American singer and pianist (d. 1999)
• 1922 – Yma Sumac, Peruvian soprano (d. 2008)
• 1923 – Édouard Boubat, French photographer (d. 1999)
• 1924 – Norman Alden, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1924 – Harold Blair, Australian tenor (d. 1976)
• 1924 – Scott Brady, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1924 – Maurice Jarre, French composer (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Mel Tormé, American singer, actor, and composer (d. 1999)
• 1926 – Andrew Brimmer, American economist (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Emile Francis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1926 – J. Frank Raley, American politician (d. 2012)
• 1927 – Tzannis Tzannetakis, Greek politician, 175th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 2010)
• 1929 – Nicolai Ghiaurov, Bulgarian opera singer (d. 2004)
• 1930 – Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron, English publisher
• 1931 – Barbara Bain, American actress
• 1931 – Robert Bédard, Canadian tennis player
• 1931 – Marjorie Jackson-Nelson, Australian sprinter and politician, 33rd Governor of South Australia
• 1932 – Radoslav Brzobohatý, Czech actor (d. 2012)
• 1932 – Bengt Hallberg, Swedish jazz pianist
• 1933 – Eileen Fulton, American actress
• 1933 – Donald Mackay, Australian businessman and activist (d. 1977)
• 1936 – Stefano Delle Chiaie, Italian activist, founded National Vanguard
• 1936 – Joe E. Tata, American actor
• 1937 – Don Bluth, American animator, co-founded Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios
• 1938 – Judith Martin, American journalist and author
• 1938 – John Smith, Scottish-English politician (d. 1994)
• 1939 – Arleen Auger, American soprano (d. 1993)
• 1939 – Richard Kiel, American actor
• 1939 – Joel-Peter Witkin, American photographer
• 1940 – Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940 – Kerry Stokes, Australian businessman
• 1941 – Tadao Ando, Japanese architect, designed Piccadilly Gardens
• 1941 – Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Turkish politician, 10th President of the Republic of Turkey
• 1941 – David Clayton-Thomas, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Blood, Sweat & Tears)
• 1942 – Michel Côté, Canadian politician
• 1944 – Carol Barnes, English journalist (d. 2009)
• 1944 – Jacqueline Bisset, English actress
• 1944 – Peter Cetera, American singe-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Chicago)
• 1944 – Midget Farrelly, Australian surfer
• 1944 – Leslie Harvey, Scottish guitarist (Stone the Crows) (d. 1972)
• 1945 – Noël Godin, Belgian actor and writer
• 1945 – Andres Küng, Swedish-Estonian journalist and politician (d. 2002)
• 1946 – Frank Marshall, American director and producer
• 1948 – Nell Carter, American actress (d. 2003)
• 1948 – Dimitri Nanopoulos, Greek physicist
• 1948 – Sitiveni Rabuka, Fijian revolutionary and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Fiji
• 1949 – John W. Henry, American businessman
• 1949 – Fred "Sonic" Smith, American guitarist and songwriter (MC5 and Sonic's Rendezvous Band) (d. 1994)
• 1950 – Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, Polish politician, 8th Prime Minister of Poland
• 1950 – Jacky Robert, French-American chef
• 1950 – Klaus Wunder, German footballer
• 1951 – Jean Smart, American actress
• 1952 – Randy Jones, American singer (Village People)
• 1952 – Raymond O'Connor, American actor
• 1952 – Don Was, American singer, bass player, and producer (Was (Not Was))
• 1954 – Steve Kilbey, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Church and Jack Frost)
• 1955 – Joe Morris, American guitarist
• 1956 – Alain Ducasse, French chef
• 1956 – Anne Geddes, Australian photographer
• 1957 – Vinny Appice, American drummer (Black Sabbath, Dio, and Heaven & Hell)
• 1957 – Judy Blumberg, American ice dancer
• 1957 – Mal Donaghy, Irish footballer
• 1957 – John G. Trueschler, American politician
• 1958 – Bobby Davro, English comedian and actor
• 1958 – Paweł Przytocki, Polish conductor
• 1959 – Tatyana Mitkova, Russian journalist
• 1960 – Greg Baldwin, American actor
• 1961 – Fiona, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1961 – Dave Mustaine, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Metallica, Megadeth, and MD.45)
• 1961 – Peter Roskam, American politician
• 1961 – Bobbie Cryner, American country singer-songwriter
• 1962 – Tõnu Õnnepalu, Estonian poet and author
• 1963 – Yuri Alexandrov, Russian boxer (d. 2013)
• 1963 – Theodoros Roussopoulos, Greek politician
• 1964 – Tavis Smiley, American talk show host, journalist, and author
• 1965 – Annie Duke, American poker player
• 1965 – Jeff Ross, American comedian, actor, author, and director
• 1965 – Zak Starkey, English drummer (The Icicle Works The Semantics, ASAP, The Lightning Seeds, and Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band)
• 1966 – Maria Furtwängler, German physician
• 1966 – Louis Mandylor, Australian actor
• 1967 – Michael Johnson, American sprinter
• 1967 – Tim "Ripper" Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Iced Earth, Judas Priest, Beyond Fear, and Charred Walls of the Damned)
• 1967 – Stephen Perkins, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros, The Panic Channel, Banyan, Infectious Grooves, and Methods of Mayhem)
• 1968 – Roger Howarth, American actor
• 1968 – Brad Johnson, American football player
• 1968 – Emma Wiklund, Swedish model and actress
• 1968 – Bernie Williams, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1969 – Ilka Knickenberg, German actress
• 1969 – Tyler Perry, American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1969 – Shane Warne, Australian cricketer
• 1970 – Lee Abramson, American composer and musician
• 1970 – Martín Herrera, Argentine footballer
• 1970 – Louise Lombard, English actress
• 1970 – Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter
• 1970 – Jason Scott Sadofsky, American historian and programmer, founded textfiles.com
• 1971 – Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player
• 1971 – Stella McCartney, English fashion designer
• 1971 – Manabu Namiki, Japanese composer
• 1973 – Christine Arron, French runner
• 1973 – Fabio Cannavaro, Italian footballer
• 1973 – Mahima Chaudhry, Indian actress
• 1973 – Kelly Chen, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1973 – Carlo Nash, English footballer
• 1974 – Travis Knight, American basketball player
• 1974 – Éric Lapointe, Canadian football player
• 1974 – Keith Murray, American rapper (Def Squad)
• 1974 – Craig Rivet, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1975 – Akihiro Asai, Japanese race car driver
• 1975 – Joe Don Rooney, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rascal Flatts)
• 1976 – Craig McMillan, New Zealand cricketer
• 1976 – Elvis Mihailenko, Latvian boxer
• 1976 – José Théodore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1977 – Fiona Apple, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1977 – Ivan De Battista, Maltese actor, singer, director, writer, and producer
• 1977 – Daisuke Tsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter and drummer (Maximum the Hormone)
• 1978 – Megan Henning, American actress
• 1978 – Peter Sunde, Swedish businessman, co-founded Flattr and The Pirate Bay
• 1979 – Geike Arnaert, Belgian singer (Hooverphonic)
• 1979 – Ivan Miljković, Serbian volleyball player
• 1980 – Han Chae-young, South Korean actress and model
• 1980 – Daisuke Matsuzaka, Japanese baseball player
• 1980 – Evangelos Nastos, Greek footballer
• 1980 – Viren Rasquinha, Indian field hockey player
• 1980 – Ben Savage, American actor
• 1981 – August, American porn actress and model
• 1981 – Koldo Fernández, Spanish cyclist
• 1981 – Angelina Love, Canadian wrestler
• 1982 – Nenê, Brazilian basketball player
• 1982 – Lloyd Dyer, English footballer
• 1982 – J. G. Quintel, American animator, scriptwriter, and voice actor
• 1982 – Miha Zupan, Slovenian basketball player
• 1983 – James Bourne, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Busted and Son of Dork)
• 1984 – Nabil Abou-Harb, American director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1985 – David Jordan, English singer-songwriter
• 1985 – Emi Suzuki, Japanese model and actress
• 1986 – Derek Hardman, American football player
• 1986 – Kamui Kobayashi, Japanese race car driver
• 1986 – Sean Williams, American basketball player
• 1987 – G.NA, Canadian-South Korean singer and actress
• 1987 – Edenilson Bergonsi, Brazilian footballer
• 1987 – Luke Fitzgerald, Irish rugby player
• 1987 – Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgarian tennis player
• 1988 – John Park, American singer
• 1988 – Keith Treacy, Irish footballer
• 1989 – Jon Mannah, Australian rugby player (d. 2013)
• 1989 – Thomas Müller, German footballer
• 1990 – Luciano Narsingh, Dutch footballer
• 1994 – Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Slovak tennis player
• 1995 – Robbie Kay, English actor

Deaths

• 81 – Titus, Roman emperor (b. 39)
• 1506 – Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter (b. 1431)
• 1557 – John Cheke, English scholar and statesman (b. 1514)
• 1592 – Michel de Montaigne, French philosopher and writer (b. 1533)
• 1598 – Philip II of Spain (b. 1526)
• 1624 – Ketevan of Mukhrani (b. 1565)
• 1632 – Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (b. 1586)
• 1759 – James Wolfe, English general (b. 1727)
• 1766 – Benjamin Heath, English scholar (b. 1704)
• 1800 – Claude Martin, French-English general (b. 1735)
• 1806 – Charles James Fox, English politician (b. 1749)
• 1808 – Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (b. 1718)
• 1813 – Hezqeyas, Ethiopian emperor
• 1815 – Mihály Gáber, Slovene priest and writer (b. 1753)
• 1847 – Nicolas Oudinot, French marshal (b. 1767)
• 1872 – Ludwig Feuerbach, German philosopher (b. 1804)
• 1881 – Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, 30th Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1824)
• 1885 – Friedrich Kiel, Austrian composer (b. 1821)
• 1894 – Emmanuel Chabrier, French composer (b. 1841)
• 1905 – René Goblet, French politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1828)
• 1910 – Rajanikanta Sen, Bengali poet and composer (b. 1865)
• 1912 – Joseph Furphy, Australian novelist (b. 1843)
• 1912 – Maresuke Nogi, Japanese general (b. 1849)
• 1915 – Stefanos Granitsas, Greek author and journalist (b. 1880)
• 1915 – Andrew L. Harris, American soldier and politician, 44th Governor of Ohio (b. 1835)
• 1916 – Mary, Asian elephant
• 1928 – Italo Svevo, Italian author (b. 1861)
• 1929 – Jatindra Nath Das, Indian freedom fighter and activist (b. 1904)
• 1937 – David Robertson, Scottish golfer (b. 1869)
• 1941 – Elias Disney, Canadian father of Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney (b. 1859)
• 1944 – W. Heath Robinson, English cartoonist and illustrator (b. 1872)
• 1946 – Amon Goeth, Austrian nazi officer (b. 1908)
• 1946 – Eugene Lanceray, Russian painter (b. 1875)
• 1946 – William Watt, Australian politician, 24th Premier of Victoria (b. 1871)
• 1949 – August Krogh, Danish physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 1960 – Leo Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (b. 1885)
• 1965 – Jean B. Fletcher, American architect (b. 1915)
• 1967 – Robert George, English army officer, 24th Governor of South Australia (b. 1896)
• 1971 – Lin Biao, Chinese military leader and politician (b. 1907)
• 1973 – Betty Field, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1973 – Sajjad Zaheer, Indian writer and revolutionary (b. 1905)
• 1976 – Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1905)
• 1976 – Albert Tessier, Canadian priest, historian, and director (b. 1895)
• 1977 – Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (b. 1882)
• 1982 – Reed Crandall, American comics artist (b. 1917)
• 1985 – Dane Rudhyar, French-American author, composer, astrologer (b. 1895)
• 1987 – Mervyn LeRoy, American director (b. 1900)
• 1991 – Robert Irving, English conductor (b. 1913)
• 1991 – Metin Oktay, Turkish footballer (b. 1936)
• 1991 – Joe Pasternak, American director (b. 1901)
• 1993 – Carl Voss, American ice hockey player (b. 1907)
• 1996 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper, producer, and actor (Digital Underground and Outlawz) (b. 1971)
• 1997 – Georges Guétary, French singer, dancer, and actor (b. 1915)
• 1997 – Georgios Mitsibonas, Greek footballer (b. 1962)
• 1998 – Harry Lumley, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
• 1998 – Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman (b. 1918)
• 1998 – George Wallace, American politician, 45th Governor of Alabama (b. 1919)
• 1999 – Benjamin Bloom, American theorist (b. 1913)
• 2000 – Betty Jeffrey, Australian nurse (b. 1908)
• 2001 – Johnny Craig, American comics artist (b. 1926)
• 2001 – Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English tennis player (b. 1921)
• 2001 – Dorothy McGuire, American actress (b. 1916)
• 2002 – George Stanley, Canadian historian, author, and public servant (b. 1907)
• 2003 – Frank O'Bannon, American politician, 47th Governor of Indiana (b. 1930)
• 2004 – Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill (b. 1925)
• 2005 – Toni Fritsch, Austrian footballer (b. 1945)
• 2005 – Julio César Turbay Ayala, Colombian politician, 33rd President of Colombia (b. 1916)
• 2006 – Ann Richards, American politician, 46th Governor of Texas (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Clare Oliver, Australian activist (b. 1981)
• 2007 – Whakahuihui Vercoe, New Zealand archbishop (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Paul Burke, American actor (b. 1926)
• 2011 – Walter Bonatti, Italian mountaineer (b. 1930)
• 2011 – DJ Mehdi, French DJ and producer (b. 1977)
• 2012 – Lehri, Pakistani actor and comedian (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Obo Addy, Ghanaian drummer and dancer (b. 1936)
• 2012 – Aditya Dev, Indian bodybuilder (b. 1988)
• 2012 – William Duckworth, American composer and author (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Peter Lougheed, Canadian football player, lawyer, and politician, 10th Premier of Alberta (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Brian Óg Maguire, Irish footballer (b. 1988)
• 2012 – Ranganath Misra, Indian jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Jack Pierce, American baseball player (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Otto Stich, Swiss politician (b. 1927)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Aimé
  • Ame
  • John Chrysostom
  • September 13 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
• Día de los Niños Héroes (Mexico)
• Epulum Jovis, celebrated on the Ides of September, during the Ludi Romani. (Roman Empire)
• Programmers' Day, during a non-leap year. (Russia and programmers around the world)
• International Chocolate Day

External links

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

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